Did I do well in my GCSE mock exams? (I am aiming for 7s and above)

English Literature- 6
English Language- 6
Maths- 6
Science- 55 (bio- 6 chem- 5 phys- 5)
Religious studies- 9
History- 9
French- 6
Business- 6
Drama- 6

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Reply 1

Toastiekid

yeah those are great :grin:

as long as you work effectively from here you should be fine :smile:

i got a 5 in my december mocks for physics and got a 9 in the real thing- a lot can change if you put the work in :grin:

(however don't overwork yourself, you still want to have a life :lol:

)

Reply 2

Littlegeekgirl_

Original post by Toastiekid

yeah those are great :grin:

as long as you work effectively from here you should be fine :smile:

i got a 5 in my december mocks for physics and got a 9 in the real thing- a lot can change if you put the work in :grin:

(however don't overwork yourself, you still want to have a life :lol:

)

Thank you

Reply 3

s.m999

Original post by Toastiekid

yeah those are great :grin:

as long as you work effectively from here you should be fine :smile:

i got a 5 in my december mocks for physics and got a 9 in the real thing- a lot can change if you put the work in :grin:

(however don't overwork yourself, you still want to have a life :lol:

)

how much revision per day did you do from february? i think we can all take a little motivation from your grades, omfg :tongue:

Reply 4

Toastiekid

Original post by s.m999

how much revision per day did you do from february? i think we can all take a little motivation from your grades, omfg :tongue:

I did like 10-30mins on school days till about April (excluding all the extra sessions my school ran after school) and a few hours on weekends.
I didn’t get study leave so I ‘technically’ revised 9-3 at school every day but most weren’t that productive (especially as they were teacher led so we couldn’t choose what we wanted to revise :grumble:

) I did an hour or two after school from April -end of May. Highkey lost all motivation in June but the in school revision forced me to do stuff and my friends would get me to do stuff after school :colondollar:

Reply 5

s.m999

Original post by SomMC1

Studying '10-30mins' will not help anyone lmao.

well @Toastiekid got all 8's and 9's (A*'s) so i guess it did tbh

Reply 6

Littlegeekgirl_

Original post by s.m999

well @Toastiekid got all 8's and 9's (A*'s) so i guess it did tbh

What was your revision technique?

Reply 7

choco253

Original post by Littlegeekgirl_

English Literature- 6
English Language- 6
Maths- 6
Science- 55 (bio- 6 chem- 5 phys- 5)
Religious studies- 9
History- 9
French- 6
Business- 6
Drama- 6

how did you get a 9 in history?

Reply 8

choco253

Original post by Toastiekid

mocks are in a month with 20+ exams how do i revise smart?

Reply 9

Littlegeekgirl_

Original post by huda122

how did you get a 9 in history?

My teacher held a lot of revision classes going through exam structure and I made notes on each topic to learn content and dates

Reply 10

choco253

Original post by Littlegeekgirl_

My teacher held a lot of revision classes going through exam structure and I made notes on each topic to learn content and dates

what exam board are you currently doing for history?

Reply 11

Littlegeekgirl_

Original post by huda122

what exam board are you currently doing for history?

Edexcel. The topics we do are Medicine, Henry VIII, The American West and Weimar and Nazi Germany

Reply 12

JT_888

Original post by Littlegeekgirl_

English Literature- 6
English Language- 6
Maths- 6
Science- 55 (bio- 6 chem- 5 phys- 5)
Religious studies- 9
History- 9
French- 6
Business- 6
Drama- 6

Hi there!

Those mock results are really good. I would work on bumping up Chemistry and Physics to at least a 6 - FreeScienceLessons on YouTube is a good revision resource for AQA GCSE Science. Then focus on areas of gaps in your subjects and revise little and often leading up to the exams, don't revise the week before or something like that. Good luck with your studies!

Reply 13

username3973192

Original post by Littlegeekgirl_

English Literature- 6
English Language- 6
Maths- 6
Science- 55 (bio- 6 chem- 5 phys- 5)
Religious studies- 9
History- 9
French- 6
Business- 6
Drama- 6

These grades are very good! Try to divide your revision time in proportion to your grades so you can revise effectively from here on!

Reply 14

Littlegeekgirl_

Original post by thestudent33

These grades are very good! Try to divide your revision time in proportion to your grades so you can revise effectively from here on!

Thank you for the advice!

Reply 15

Toastiekid

Original post by SomMC1

Studying '10-30mins' will not help anyone lmao.

To be fair I did have revision sessions afterschool every day for 1-2hours and before school most days for 30-45minutes

Reply 16

Toastiekid

Original post by Littlegeekgirl_

What was your revision technique?

I didn’t really have one, I just tried lots of different things until the exam (like mindmaps, using YouTube, exam practise and testing friends) like I never had any technique that clicked with me and made revising easier I just did a mishmash of lots of things :biggrin:

I also went to teachers for help on anything I was a tiny bit confused by :colondollar:

(I was v annoying lmao)

Reply 17

greenapples2

my friend got a D in her Welsh mock and got an A* in the real thing, anything is possible

Reply 18

Toastiekid

Original post by huda122

mocks are in a month with 20+ exams how do i revise smart?

Prioritise subjects you want to do well in/need to do well in over subjects you’re already doing really well in. Like if you know you’re strong in maths but weak in history then dedicate more time to history than maths- I ranked my subjects overall by how much work was needed in each before figuring out when/what I’d do for each :wink: