How are your exams going so far?

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How are your exams going so far?

GCSE-ers, you're almost there! Most of you will be over halfway by now and starting to look towards the end. A level you've got a bit further to go but most of you will have started.

So, how are they going? Any gone particularly well or badly? Thoughts on what you have left? Plans for the summer? Get chatting here! :smile:

Reply 1

gurlll

15

My first week was simply terrible. That's all I'm gonna say. My second week I think was much better with English lit, Physics except for Maths. This week was really, really good. The best so far! (even maths!) and hopefully next week will be even better , I really want to smash those science exams hopefully;

Reply 2

knownasAD

14

ngl at this rate im taking the biggest L of 2018

Reply 3

harmankaur17

8

All have gone very well so far! Got 5 left, hoping to nail the ones left and that’s itttttt for GCSEs!

Reply 4

furryface12

OP

21

Original post by knownasAD

ngl at this rate im taking the biggest L of 2018

Sure they won't be as bad as you think!

Original post by gurlll

My first week was simply terrible. That's all I'm gonna say. My second week I think was much better with English lit, Physics except for Maths. This week was really, really good. The best so far! (even maths!) and hopefully next week will be even better , I really want to smash those science exams hopefully;

Glad it got better! That sounds really good. Good luck with science!

Original post by harmankaur17

All have gone very well so far! Got 5 left, hoping to nail the ones left and that’s itttttt for GCSEs!

Great! On the home strait then :smile:

you'll be so relieved!

Reply 5

phantom973

14

My first three a level exams have all been pretty horrendous if I'm being honest. Oh well here's to making up for it in the second week :smile:

Reply 6

Saif Saleemi

14

underwhelming to say the least..

Reply 7

MydaMina

14

Quite good tbh! Just maths I am pushing myself for 70+ marks for Paper 3, to get that 8!! :s-smilie:

Reply 8

Saif Saleemi

14

Original post by MydaMina

Quite good tbh! Just maths I am pushing myself for 70+ marks for Paper 3, to get that 8!! :s-smilie:

how did the other papers go with that grade and 60s in the others you should get a 9

Reply 9

MydaMina

14

Original post by Saif Saleemi

how did the other papers go with that grade and 60s in the others you should get a 9

Hhehe, i wish! xD I got like 45 in paper 1 and 59-60 in paper 2. If I'm aiming for an 8 I know I need 70+ marks.

Reply 10

Saif Saleemi

14

Original post by MydaMina

Hhehe, i wish! xD I got like 45 in paper 1 and 59-60 in paper 2. If I'm aiming for an 8 I know I need 70+ marks.

ight. i have probably i best idea of what might, no will come up for a student. the answer is EVERYTHING. anything can come up still, but focus on circle theorem proofs, bearings, more trig,sequences(quadratic,fibonacci,geometric) simultaneous equations ( the linear and quadratic) completing the square, quadratic formula,trig graphs,hard functions,iteration IMPORTANT(most questions are arouns 7 marks and they are easy once you know them) and finally stratified and normal sampling. don't forget frequency polygons and Cumulative frequency as well.also area under a curve and rearranging difficult formulae. good luck. copy and pasted as you can tell

Reply 11

Sycaphore

13

Four exams down and two left. Psychology went better than Geography - probably because the former is easier as with the latter it's more application than recall. IT exam tomorrow that I'm feeling not-so-confident with; I haven't revised for it much but it's a BTEC exam so the grade boundaries are really low in comparison to A-Levels (I can get above half marks easily; half marks is the top grade). Then there's the final Psychology exam on Thursday I am frankly cramming for (although at least I won't have other exams to revise for so can focus on that). And after that I can relax, alongside finishing my IT coursework.

It's come around quickly; I can remember my first day of secondary school, never mind sixth form!

Reply 12

MydaMina

14

Original post by Saif Saleemi

ight. i have probably i best idea of what might, no will come up for a student. the answer is EVERYTHING. anything can come up still, but focus on circle theorem proofs, bearings, more trig,sequences(quadratic,fibonacci,geometric) simultaneous equations ( the linear and quadratic) completing the square, quadratic formula,trig graphs,hard functions,iteration IMPORTANT(most questions are arouns 7 marks and they are easy once you know them) and finally stratified and normal sampling. don't forget frequency polygons and Cumulative frequency as well.also area under a curve and rearranging difficult formulae. good luck. copy and pasted as you can tell

THANK YOU SO MUCH! Haha, doesn't matter thanks for the guidance! :smile:

Reply 13

Zaspo

20

May god bless everyone with the gift of lower grade boudaries.

Reply 14

cherrybomb115

15

sh*t! sh*t! and....sh*t!

Reply 15

lydiarutharnold

17

ICT (edexcel)- liked the paper, decent
RE (aqa)- glad i don’t want to be a vicar
English Lit (aqa)- decent, but compared ozymandias to tissue so that’s either terrible or a decent grade
English Language (aqa)- hoping the examiner reacts to my work like mr fisher reacts to tibbet’s
Science (aqa combined)- bio was crap, chem was decent, physics was okay
Maths (aqa)- p1 was ok but p2 was a godsend
Sociology (aqa)- enjoyed the papers and felt i organised my time well
Business (edexcel)- a pass would be lucky

Reply 16

furryface12

OP

21

Original post by phantom973

My first three a level exams have all been pretty horrendous if I'm being honest. Oh well here's to making up for it in the second week :smile:

That's the way to look at it! One at a time :smile:

good luck!

Original post by Saif Saleemi

underwhelming to say the least..

Original post by cherrybomb115

sh*t! sh*t! and....sh*t!

As above! What's done is done, move on and do as well as you can on the next ones. Hopefully come results day you'll be pleasently surprised :smile:

Original post by MydaMina

Quite good tbh! Just maths I am pushing myself for 70+ marks for Paper 3, to get that 8!! :s-smilie:

Good! You can do it- an 8 would be amazing! But a 7 great as well. Good luck!

Original post by Sycaphore

Four exams down and two left. Psychology went better than Geography - probably because the former is easier as with the latter it's more application than recall. IT exam tomorrow that I'm feeling not-so-confident with; I haven't revised for it much but it's a BTEC exam so the grade boundaries are really low in comparison to A-Levels (I can get above half marks easily; half marks is the top grade). Then there's the final Psychology exam on Thursday I am frankly cramming for (although at least I won't have other exams to revise for so can focus on that). And after that I can relax, alongside finishing my IT coursework.

It's come around quickly; I can remember my first day of secondary school, never mind sixth form!

2/3 done! I can imagine that. Good luck tomorrow, it sounds like you'll be absolutely fine :smile:

you have time before thursday too. Almost there!

Original post by lydiarutharnold

ICT (edexcel)- liked the paper, decent
RE (aqa)- glad i don’t want to be a vicar
English Lit (aqa)- decent, but compared ozymandias to tissue so that’s either terrible or a decent grade
English Language (aqa)- hoping the examiner reacts to my work like mr fisher reacts to tibbet’s
Science (aqa combined)- bio was crap, chem was decent, physics was okay
Maths (aqa)- p1 was ok but p2 was a godsend
Sociology (aqa)- enjoyed the papers and felt i organised my time well
Business (edexcel)- a pass would be lucky

These sound pretty good on the whole! Hopefully the results will portray that :smile:

I've heard so much about Mr Fisher this week :lol:

good luck for any you have left!

Reply 17

Seppuku

12

The stats are approximately normally distributed.

Reply 18

bluemuffin

21

Exams going as expected thankfully, hopefully results will be too (or higher)!!

Reply 19

MapleFu

9

Hmm, I think I'm doing fine. Though I'm slightly worried.
I guess now that maths is over, I can say the subjects that I am most scared for on results day, are English literature and Maths. I found Literature paper 1 to be rather difficult, only because I stupidly did not revise a minor character for The sign of four. I then panicked. Messed up the essay. -_-
Luckily, I found paper 2 much better.

Maths, on the other hand... I have mixed feelings on how I did. The first paper was good, second - 'iffy', and third was alright (I'm not sure). I'm quite worried if I won't reach my expected grade.

Rest of the other exams are all good, though!

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