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Quacking the case to A*s - Y13 GYG 20/21

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Helllloooooooooo :wavey:

(warning: I overuse that emoji tooooooo much),
I'm here - I've entered my final year of compulsory education :headfire:

Would I be lying if I said it has flown by - no, I can still remember my first day of primary school, but the end is in sight :redface:

Looking back on the curve balls that the last 13 years have thrown at me (including corona, like who would have predicted that?!?!) I think it's fair to see I have no idea what the next year is going to be like, but hey, I've made it this far - so why not go out with a bang?

Yes I know the next 10 months of my life are going to be full of ups and downs (or smiles, stress and strops as I put it in my last GYG), but hopefully this blog will help me keep sane and motivated to get to the end :biggrin:

Soooo just a bit about me:

GCSEs
Year 10 was probably my hardest year of my life (mentally) due to your typical high school friendship issues, but I didn't let this affect my GCSE grades and came out with grades that I was (nearly) over the moon with :woo:

for anyone that is really that interested in what I got, I've listed them below. (hint: I am not your typical straight grade 9 TSR user)

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Year 12
Well, I made the big jump of moving to a college for sixth form, and as cheesy as it sounds it was the best decision I ever made. I manage to fit in with a good group of friends and put behind all the stuff that happened at my previous secondary school.

I do 4 alevels, which yes is tough, but I (just about) enjoy them all, and I am not planning to drop one. I do:
Maths (AQA)
Further Maths (Edexcel)
Physics (AQA)
Geography (OCR)

I did an EPQ for about 4 weeks but dropped it :smile:

Due to corona we didn't have end of year 12 exams, but we will be having them in October instead - so I will probably put my results here once I receive them. :eek3:

Year 13
I am going into Y13 doing the same subjects I did at the end of Y12 (I might drop down to an AS in Further Maths, but I am not currently planning to).

Don't really know what else I can say about Y13 apart from - stay tuned! :idea2:

Ohhhh yes I would quite like to achieve A*AAB but A*AAA would be amazing :biggrin:

Post-18 plans
This may end up being split into 2 sections as I am not 100% sure if I want to do and apprenticeship or a degree yet, but currently edging towards a degree at uni.

Uni stuff
I am planning to study civil engineering at uni, I am yet to decide on the 5, but I do have a good idea about where I want to apply.

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Uni updates here: https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6680478&page=73#post92515720
Updates ('Big' updates are in bold)

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Anyway that's enough rambling for now, if you want to be tagged (you must be mad) but let me know :tongue:

I will try to do updates every few days...

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Reply 180

flaurie

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Yessssss huge congrats for handing in your NEA :woo:

handed mine in this week too! :five:

I suppose that is something to be grateful for, no clashing exams in the same afternoon :tongue:

Just checked the weather forecast, we might get snow tomorrow morning :headfire:

I like the song American money by børns , it’s maybe a bit too chilled for an ‘upbeat’ playlist but it’s a good one :biggrin:

Reply 181

cactus11235813

Original post by Becca216

Update #12: How many U-turns will there be?

:wavey:

It’s been a while….and so much has happened! I have been putting off this update for many reasons, the main one being geography coursework, I also had one week where I got a big of a stomach bug, but I was also hoping it would allow me to express my view on how I feel about exams being cancelled, but with all these u-turns (and mini exams?!) I have felt whatever I say will just be irrelevant the next day. But here we go….

Maths and Further Maths

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Physics

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Geography

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UCAS
So I have had offers from all 5 unis now :woo:

since my last update I have received offers from:
Birmingham – AAB (MEng) or ABB (BEng)
Southampton – A*AA
My last offer came in about 3 weeks ago now, so I have had time to think about where I’m going to firm/insure, at the moment I think I am going to firm Birmingham, however I am also strongly considering Nottingham and Loughborough, so I am going to attend various offer holder talks and hopefully they will help me make my decision :eek:

On another note, I hope if you are in Y13 that UCAS has been treating you well over the past few months and if you applied to Oxbridge I hope you got the outcome you were hoping for :hugs:

Exams
So exams have been cancelled (or have they?) and even though the announcement was made 3 weeks or so ago, I still don’t really know how to feel. In some of my subjects I have done quite well and have been consistent in end of unit tests, in others (*cough cough* geography) I have been far from consistent and have no idea how things could turn out. One thing that I am happy about is not having to sit 3 exams totaling 7hrs 30mins all in one day :lol:

I was due to have my mocks on the first week after Feb half term, then they got pushed back to March 8th and now they’ve been pushed back “until further notice” which isn’t….great. At the minute I have no idea what my final grades are going to be, guess we’ll just have to wait and see what the government announces next.
So yeah, like many other Y13s I have been extremely unmotivated, I have been turning up to online lessons and literally done the bare minimum. I’m hoping over the next few weeks I’ll find some motivation, even if it is just to re-look over some of the Y12 content.

Other interesting things that have happened in my life:
-This month has brought a couple of my friends 18th birthdays so its been nice to have zoom calls/play online games as a way of celebrating 😊
-I have started trying to get out on my bike again since hockey has been cancelled, but the cold weather isn’t really helping :lol:

-SNOW, we have been quite lucky to have a couple of snowfalls over the last month and with living in what feels like the middle of no where I have been going to build snowmen and just walk through the local fields, which has been nice during lockdown
-I have released my inner child and dug out some of the LEGO I had in the attic and started building some stuff over the weekend
Other than that I haven’t really done much, just been watching Netflix and lazing around :redface:

Joke/Pun time :woo:

Its been a while so I’ll treat you to two:

How does a penguin build a LEGO house?

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What is scared and at the bottom of the ocean?

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Wow, that was a long update, but it was also long over-due. I hope you and your families are safe and well. If you are lucky enough to get snow tomorrow (I am forecast some :biggrin:

), hopefully you’ll get chance to relax and have a walk in it.

Have a wonderful week and stay safe! :hugs:

- Becca x

(Also if you have any like happy/upbeat song recommendations I would really appreciate them, I'm trying to create a happy playlist help keep my mood up :redface:

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Congratulations on the offers!! And well done on finishing the coursework - I'm sure you aced it!

My happy song recommendations:
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
Seaside Rendezvous - Queen
Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen
Resistire - the 2020 version (it's in Spanish)
La Bicicleta - Shakira
I Will Wait - Mumford and Sons
Waterloo - ABBA
Dancing Queen - ABBA

Reply 182

sadforsadboys

first of all i wanna congratulate you for getting all 5 uni offers! sending you luck for results day!!💛

Reply 183

absolutelysprout

well done on finishing your coursework and getting all offers back!
brooklyn in the summer - aloe blacc is a lovely happy song :smile:

take care of yourself and don't burn yourself out :hugs:

Reply 184

LovingLucy

Yayyy well done I’m in year 12 and am praying next year will be better. I know how much the uncertainty sucks about exams and I just hope it all works out 🙂

Reply 185

beginningofanera

Yayyyyy well done on handing in your NEA! It's such a good feeling to have it done and never have to look at it again :smile:

Also well done on receiving 5 uni offers, that's amazing!
Hope you enjoyed the snow, we had some last week down south and it was so beautiful, my area literally looked like a winter wonderland
Hope you have a fab week! :smile:

Reply 186

StudentFinley

Original post by Becca216

Sorry I have just seen this and I have now handed it in - but thank you and well done on your results :biggrin:

No worries, glad to help anyway. Congrats on handing in your NEA, bet it feels like a huge weight has been lifted 😃

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Becca216

Original post by laurawatt

Yessssss huge congrats for handing in your NEA :woo:

handed mine in this week too! :five:

I suppose that is something to be grateful for, no clashing exams in the same afternoon :tongue:

Just checked the weather forecast, we might get snow tomorrow morning :headfire:

I like the song American money by børns , it’s maybe a bit too chilled for an ‘upbeat’ playlist but it’s a good one :biggrin:

Thank you! and well done to you too :woo:

Hope you got some snow and thank you for the song recommendation :smile:

Original post by username11235813

Thank you!! I will definitely give those songs a listen :biggrin:

Original post by LovingLucy

Yayyy well done I’m in year 12 and am praying next year will be better. I know how much the uncertainty sucks about exams and I just hope it all works out 🙂

Thank you, my fingers are crossed for you - it must be so difficult to do so much of your alevels during lockdown :redface:

Reply 188

Becca216

Original post by emilynxlan

first of all i wanna congratulate you for getting all 5 uni offers! sending you luck for results day!!💛

Original post by absolutelysprout

well done on finishing your coursework and getting all offers back!
brooklyn in the summer - aloe blacc is a lovely happy song :smile:

take care of yourself and don't burn yourself out :hugs:

Original post by StudentFinley

No worries, glad to help anyway. Congrats on handing in your NEA, bet it feels like a huge weight has been lifted 😃

Thank you all!! :hugs:

Original post by beginningofanera

Yayyyyy well done on handing in your NEA! It's such a good feeling to have it done and never have to look at it again :smile:

Thank you - hope your NEA went okay :smile:

Hope you enjoyed the snow and have a good week! :hugs:

Reply 189

LovingLucy

Original post by Becca216

Thank you! and well done to you too :woo:

Hope you got some snow and thank you for the song recommendation :smile:

Thank you!! I will definitely give those songs a listen :biggrin:

Thank you, my fingers are crossed for you - it must be so difficult to do so much of your alevels during lockdown :redface:

Thank you, it’s hard at times but I’m getting there I’m just worried about exams next year as I really don’t want to go to university never having set exams so I’m actually unlike some hoping we do have them :redface:

Reply 190

Becca216

Original post by LovingLucy

I personally think that your year will do exams, but they may not be in the usual format. I get how you feel but just remember everyone in your year is in the same position, so unis will take this into consideration when you start :smile:

Reply 191

Becca216

Wow! It’s beeen two months :oops:

I’m okay and doing fine, it’s just been extremely busy!

I’ll try do a proper update over the coming days, hope you’ve all had a wonderful Easter :hugs:

Reply 192

Becca216

Hehe...welll...lifes happened..

I'm alive :woo:

long story short around March last year my laptop decided to die every 5 mins so life became a little hectic, especially as a lot of revision was online. Probably the main reason I stopped posting :oops:

but here we are.

15 month update in 3 sentences:
-Got what I needed in my alevels
-Now at Birmingham Uni
-Just found out I've passed my first year :biggrin:

Anyway appreciate this forum is well and truly dead but thought I'd give a quick life update.

Hope you've all managed to survive this heat, bye for now :hugs:

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