The Current Year 11 Chat Thread (2019-2020)

hi! i'm taking the core subjects plus economics, history, mandarin and photography!


your predicted grades (8 is the highest for my school, except for photography which goes up to 9)
maths 8
english 7
science 8
mandarin 7
economics 7
history 8
photography 8

the grades you want to achieve :
maths 8
english 8
science 8
mandarin 7
economics 8
history 8
photography 9

i plan to continue with a levels then uni!

what do you want to do in the future? (university, career plans etc.) : not sure yet! but i'm really interested in psychology

how you’re feeling about starting year 11 : really nervous but excited to get gcses done!

how you felt about year 10: a bit stressful but fun on the most part!

hobbies and interests : photography, swimming, video editing! i recently tried out basketball and it's really fun but im not great at it ahha

favourite subject : photography/maths

most hated subject: none, but i find english the hardest

favourite way to revise: past papers!

if you have a gyg blog feel free to share that too, here : i dont, what is it?

thanks!!

hiya I'm taking: obviously all the core subjects but my choices are triple science, geography, French, Arabic, music, re, further maths and statistics I'm predicted all 8s I want to get all 9s or as close to as possible ive gotten an a* already in Arabic I want to go to 6th form to study biology chemistry maths and further maths so I can go to medical school I'm so scared for year 11 it's actually ridiculous At the start of year 10 i was pretty relaxed until Christmas when i actually realised how scary GCSEs actually are then i turned into the nervous wreck that i am today I love gymnastics, horse riding, music, reading, netball my fave subject is Biology and Chemistry (not physics, that subject can just go and die) I hate English I revise different ways for different subjects but mainly auditory

hi! i'm taking the core subjects plus economics, history, mandarin and photography!


your predicted grades (8 is the highest for my school, except for photography which goes up to 9)
maths 8
english 7
science 8
mandarin 7
economics 7
history 8
photography 8

the grades you want to achieve :
maths 8
english 8
science 8
mandarin 7
economics 8
history 8
photography 9

i plan to continue with a levels then uni!

what do you want to do in the future? (university, career plans etc.) : not sure yet! but i'm really interested in psychology

how you’re feeling about starting year 11 : really nervous but excited to get gcses done!

how you felt about year 10: a bit stressful but fun on the most part!

hobbies and interests : photography, swimming, video editing! i recently tried out basketball and it's really fun but im not great at it ahha

favourite subject : photography/maths

most hated subject: none, but i find english the hardest

favourite way to revise: past papers!

if you have a gyg blog feel free to share that too, here : i dont, what is it?

How are predicted grades determined?

Subjects I've taken (predicted grades)
English Lang. (7)
English Lit. (8)
Maths (8)
Art (6)
Child Development (L2D*)
Chemistry (7)
French (9)
Geography (9)
Physics (7-)
RE (7)


your plans after year 11 : I plan to go to college but I have no idea what I want to be as like a career or job so I have no clue what a levels to take and I don't know if I want to go to uni and don't want to choose the wrong a levels and not be able to go to uni if I choose to (I know I'm so indecisive)

what do you want to do in the future? (university, career plans etc.) : hahahahah how would I know I feel like im way too young to be deciding my future

how you’re feeling about starting year 11: Quite scared but glad that school is nearly over but then thats quite sad too... mixed emotions but mainly scared

how you felt about year 10: BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER! I made so many friends that I think actually like me

hobbies and interests: Art like painting or drawing, reading

favourite subject: English Lit. (However my physics class is amazing and so funny but I hate the subject )

most hated subject: Physics or maths

favourite way to revise: flashcards or past papers


I really want to make friends with at least one person so I can compare and relate to them, hope you guys have a good year 11!!

Subjects I've taken (predicted grades)
English Lang. (7)
English Lit. (8)
Maths (8)
Art (6)
Child Development (L2D*)
Chemistry (7)
French (9)
Geography (9)
Physics (7-)
RE (7)


your plans after year 11 : I plan to go to college but I have no idea what I want to be as like a career or job so I have no clue what a levels to take and I don't know if I want to go to uni and don't want to choose the wrong a levels and not be able to go to uni if I choose to (I know I'm so indecisive)

what do you want to do in the future? (university, career plans etc.) : hahahahah how would I know I feel like im way too young to be deciding my future

how you’re feeling about starting year 11: Quite scared but glad that school is nearly over but then thats quite sad too... mixed emotions but mainly scared

how you felt about year 10: BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER! I made so many friends that I think actually like me

hobbies and interests: Art like painting or drawing, reading

favourite subject: English Lit. (However my physics class is amazing and so funny but I hate the subject )

most hated subject: Physics or maths

favourite way to revise: flashcards or past papers


I really want to make friends with at least one person so I can compare and relate to them, hope you guys have a good year 11!!

Subjects I've taken:
-Maths (predicted 9)
-English Literature (predicted 8 which is too high for me as it is my most difficult subject)
-English (predicted 8 but it's a little easier)
-Seperate science
•Biology (predicted 9)
•Chemistry (predicted 9)
•Physics (Predicted 9)
-,History (predicted 9)
-Business (predicted 9)
-German (predicted 8 which is also too high [for anyone else doing German I'm sure u know what I mean])
-RE (predicted 9 but mucked around in the exam so got a 5)


What do you want to achieve?
hmm...all 9's maybe? Haven't revised at all this summer but I've got a stackload of summer homework from every subject and only started today😬
I detest English literature and I couldn't fathom the thought of me revising for it for 10 minutes straight but it seems I have no choice;I NEED that 9
No sweat with science tho.i get straight 9's in all 3, easy
But German is a whole other story😞


What's the next step after year 11?
Sixth Form or straight to an overseas uni-maybe China (For the freedom!🤘)
For sixth form I'll probably do: Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Economics (maybe further maths or physics as well)


What's the next step after year 11?
I'll go Uni to do medicine.
My career plan right now is a Neurosurgeon (brain surgeon) because:
-I've always liked treating people
-I like gore
-It isn't one of the 90% of jobs that will be taken over by robots in the future
-Probably a useful skill in the apocalypse?
-And finally the most important reason: 💰 (jk, but it is one of the reasons why tho)


How are you feeling about starting year 11?
Calm....maybe too calm?hmmm, is that a good or bad thing I wonder? 🤔
But also excited as there is only one more year until I can enjoy the luxury that is sleeping for 3/4 of the day.
But at the same time sad cos it's probably the last year I'll ever see some of my friends.😟


What do you do outside of school?
Apart from this, sleeping and playing games?Nothing.Absolutely nothing


Favourite subject?
Maths, I love the problem solving and the fact that there is always 1 answer only and is purely factual and not based on opinion (I'm looking at you English 😠) and also the joy of working out a hard problem is sometimes worth putting hours of effort and thought into (yes, I once spent about 6 hours straight on an equation and refused to let myself look on the internet on how to do it)



worst subject?
English and English literature.THE most detestable subject man could ever put on the curriculum.I see absolutely no point in doing all this analysis crap.I struggle to see how this would be of any use to my future and why it is a core subject.Of course part of the reason why a present such fury towards it is cos it's the one subject I'm not particularly good at.



Are you doing GYG Blog this year?
If there's money and expensive prizes up for grabs,I'm in!

How are predicted grades determined?

my school do a YELLIS test at the beginning of Year 10, and a MidYIS at the beginning of year 7 (sort of IQ/proficiency), but they change, idk about other schools though

how do you revise past papers?

pleeease teach me how you get 9s in science and math 😰🙏

pleeease teach me how you get 9s in science and math 😰🙏