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Eat. Sleep. Study. Repeat: CoffeeAndPolitics' A Level Blog - Part 1




Eat. Sleep. Study. Repeat.
CoffeeAndPolitics' A Level Blog: Part 1



Hi, everybody. Welcome to my blog, where I'll be updating about my progress during A Levels and the notoriously stressful University application process. As well as that, I'll be updating about my extra curricular activities and I suppose anything else interesting that's going on in my life.

About Me:
My name is @CoffeeAndPolitics (or you can call me by my initials, JT if you prefer). I'm a 17-year-old male from South East London and I'm Chinese (I speak Cantonese). I'm currently a Community Assistant for Study Help, where I hold responsibilities in keeping the sub-forum tidy and help answer people's inquiries in my own capacity.

Given my username, I'm obviously into politics and I'm a proud Centrist. I'm currently serving as MP for the TSR LIberal Party and as Minister for Energy and the Environment. I'm also known for being a "blithering idiot" according to @Airmed .

About This Blog:
As you may have guessed from the title above, this blog: Eat. Sleep. Study. Repeat. will come in two parts. The first part (which is this) will cover my experiences of starting sixth form, my experiences of sixth form over the course of the year - how I'm finding sixth form and my subjects. Also, I'll be focusing on the extra-curricular activities I do. The second part will essentially be the same as the first part but you will see more about my University application process.

Subjects I'm Taking:
Unlike other schools and TSRians, I'll be taking 3 A Levels from September because with the new reforms underway, the A Levels I'm doing are all linear courses, meaning I sit the exams in Year 13 (at the end of my course). Therefore, I feel it's unnecessary to do 4 A Levels because even if I had the ability to do so, I wouldn't be able to drop a subject for A2. Also, universities typically require a minimum of 3 A Levels and I feel that by doing 3, I can manage my time more effectively across my different subjects.

OCR A Level History A
Edexcel A Level Economics A
AQA A Level Sociology

SMART Targets:
For those who don't know what the acronym SMART means, it stands for: specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-orientated. Below I will be setting out my SMART Targets for the end of KS5 (Year 13) and from now until February 2018.

End of KS5 Goal, Summer 2018
Specific: Get into Oxbridge or a top Russell Group university.
Measureable: Get AAA or higher by Autumn 2018 or earlier.
Achieveable: Get 10% or higher in topic tests in my weaker topics in my subjects.
Realistic: Revise the weaker topics in my subjects, little-by-little, everyday so that it sticks in my long-term memory.
Time-Orientated: Spend 4 hours a week adding to/creating revision resources for my subjects so that I can use them to revise for A Levels in Spring 2018.

Goal from December 2017 - February 2018
Specific: Be on track to achieve CCC or higher in the 1st interim assessment.
Measureable: Keep track on all of the topic tests and essays I do and keep note of the grade I have achieved.
Achieveable: Get 10% or higher in topic tests in my weaker topics in my subjects.
Realistic: Revise the weaker topics in my subjects, little-by-little, everyday so that it sticks in my long-term memory.
Time-Orientated: Spend 4 hours a week adding to/creating revision resources for my subjects so that I can use them to revise for A Levels in Spring 2018.

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Results for A Level:

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Reply 1
Good luck for A level!
Reply 2
Original post by Quizlet
Good luck for A level!


Thank you, Quizlet. Good luck to you as well, you're amazing! :wink:
Have fun with A levels!

I did OCR History - do you know what modules/periods you're studying yet?
Reply 4
Original post by EstelOfTheEyrie
Have fun with A levels!

I did OCR History - do you know what modules/periods you're studying yet?


Thanks. I'll be studying Britain 1930-1997, The Cold War in Europe 1941-1995 and also about the Tudor Foreign Policy I believe. :wink:
Reply 5
Can 100% confirm that @CoffeeAndPolitics is a blithering idiot, but he blithers the right kind of stuff, so he's a sound guy. :awesome:
Sad we have no overlap :cry2:
Good luck all the same!

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Reply 7
Original post by Airmed
Can 100% confirm that @CoffeeAndPolitics is a blithering idiot, but he blithers the right kind of stuff, so he's a sound guy. :awesome:


Love you, Airmed. :biggrin:
Original post by CoffeeAndPolitics
Thanks. I'll be studying Britain 1930-1997, The Cold War in Europe 1941-1995 and also about the Tudor Foreign Policy I believe. :wink:


They sounds like a lot of fun :tongue:
the last two overlap with the modules I studied (Mid tudor crisis 1485-1558, and Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964)
Reply 9
Original post by Lemur14
Sad we have no overlap :cry2:
Good luck all the same!

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Thanks, Lemur. Good luck to you. :wink:
Reply 10
Original post by CoffeeAndPolitics
Love you, Airmed. :biggrin:


Love you too :awesome:
Hey CoffeeAndPolitics, I'm also doing an A level blog. Best of luck!
Reply 12
Original post by Money4MyHoney
Hey CoffeeAndPolitics, I'm also doing an A level blog. Best of luck!


Thank you. I also wish you the best of luck, will check out your blog. :wink:
Rooting for u :rave:
U got this :party:
I love the thread title :giggle:
Reply 14
Original post by CheeseIsVeg
Rooting for u :rave:
U got this :party:
I love the thread title :giggle:


Thanks, Cheese. I literally thought of a catchy title on the spot. :tongue:
Good luck on your A levels. I'm starting in September too and doing maths, economics and accounting. Have fun 👍
Good luck JT! Congratulations on your results!
Original post by CoffeeAndPolitics



Eat. Sleep. Study. Repeat.
CoffeeAndPolitics' A Level Blog: Part 1



Hi, everybody. Welcome to my blog, where I'll be updating about my progress during A Levels and the notoriously stressful University application process. As well as that, I'll be updating about my extra curricular activities and I suppose anything else interesting that's going on in my life.

About Me:
My name is @CoffeeAndPolitics (or you can call me by my initials, JT if you prefer). I'm a 16-year-old male from South East London and I'm Chinese (I speak Cantonese). I'm currently a Community Assistant for Study Help, where I hold responsibilities in keeping the sub-forum tidy and help answer people's inquiries in my own capacity.

Given my username, I'm obviously into politics and I'm a proud Centrist. I'm currently a member of TSR Liberal Party and I currently sit as a backbench MP in the Labour-Liberal-Socialist coalition. I'm also known for being a "blithering idiot" according to @Airmed. :colondollar:

About This Blog:
As you may have guessed from the title above, this blog: Eat. Sleep. Study. Repeat. will come in two parts. The first part (which is this) will cover my experiences of starting sixth form, my experiences of sixth form over the course of the year - how I'm finding sixth form and my subjects. Also, I'll be focusing on the extra-curricular activities I do. The second part will essentially be the same as the first part but you will see more about my University application process. :wink:

Subjects I'm Taking:
Unlike other schools and TSRians, I'll be taking 3 A Levels from September because with the new reforms underway, the A Levels I'm doing are all linear courses, meaning I sit the exams in Year 13 (at the end of my course). Therefore, I feel it's unnecessary to do 4 A Levels because even if I had the ability to do so, I wouldn't be able to drop a subject for A2. Also, universities typically require a minimum of 3 A Levels and I feel that by doing 3, I can manage my time more effectively across my different subjects.

OCR A Level History A
Edexcel A Level Economics A
AQA A Level Sociology

GCSE Results:

Spoiler


Results for A Level:

Spoiler


Blog Post Index:

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Tags:

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Good luck!
I watch this thread with great anticipation, it excites me to see others in my cohort making such threads, I feel the best way to succeed in A Levels is if we support each other! I've made a similar such thread!
Reply 19
Thank you everybody who has wished me luck so far, I also wish you the same. :wink: ^JT

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