my school does edexcel as well.Roughly how big is the jump from gcses to alevel?
As a whole it’s completely different, it’s really not that bad for maths, (essay subjects the jump is extremely massive), maths would start with covering topics similar to gcses like surds, indices, simple algebra, to straight line graphs and circles... with some challenging questions, then becomes intense towards the end of the year 1 chapters. The jump will probably be felt for maths (realising how much content is covered in such a short space of time when revising). Like, relying on just the textbook or a revision guide may not be enough to attain an A grade, whereas gcse was quite simpler to attain As in, with little content revision/no revision. (Because of how dumbed down A*-G exams where). Doing 9-1, now, you’re more likely to be prepared for the jump now
As a whole it’s completely different, it’s really not that bad for maths, (essay subjects the jump is extremely massive), maths would start with covering topics similar to gcses like surds, indices, simple algebra, to straight line graphs and circles... with some challenging questions, then becomes intense towards the end of the year 1 chapters. The jump will probably be felt for maths (realising how much content is covered in such a short space of time when revising). Like, relying on just the textbook or a revision guide may not be enough to attain an A grade, whereas gcse was quite simpler to attain As in, with little content revision/no revision. (Because of how dumbed down A*-G exams where). Doing 9-1, now, you’re more likely to be prepared for the jump now
are the problem quesion doable and how often do you revise
They are doable & I don’t have an answer towards how often I revise for maths, because I sort of crammed exam revision and papers, the week before my exam & approached it in a way, where I didn’t need to revise. (But, now approaching year 2 content, I’d say aim for 3-4 hours a week)
They are doable & I don’t have an answer towards how often I revise for maths, because I sort of crammed exam revision and papers, the week before my exam & approached it in a way, where I didn’t need to revise. (But, now approaching year 2 content, I’d say aim for 3-4 hours a week)