Any new Y11's wanting any advice? :)

When should I revise for my mocks? I've just found out that mine r in early November so I feel like I won't have enough time to revise everything. I saw in the other comments that basically u don't like timetables . Do u think I should make a timetable to fit everything in in time?

Oh my gosh- really?!! Everyone has different expectations- I’m like you- mine are very high. But no person is the same- our brains function differently. You only get one life, do you really need to use it calling people out? 😂

Thank you so much, I also wanted to know if there were interviews this year and do u think that people going into year 11 will need to do interviews for colleges

Well if you think your grades are 'amazing' then we'll agree to disagree. 7-9 isn't amazing though it's well, unless you really are homeless, with no paper, textbooks, gang violence everywhere then yes they are amazing.

Grades have not been 'inflated slightly' as you put it it has been drastically inflated, look what happened to the 9s being almost double in amount.
I was never talking about hard work I was talking about how amazing the results were.

"According to its analysis “2021 grades are slightly higher than those from 2020 in most, but not all, subjects”.

This proves that grades haven't been "drastically inflated".

Anyways well done Annabrownbridge for your awesome results 👏👏👏

Hi again!

Colleges always interview as far as I know. However don't worry - unless they've stated it will be similar to an ACTUAL real life interview (e.g a job interview), it should only be them asking what you're interested in taking and your predicted grades. That was what it was like for me.

Thank you, what month are you usually called for an interview? Straight after October mocks, we have another set in January in my school which is why I am wondering. Appreciate this

I'm just going into Y12 in September so I just finished Y11 through COVID, like you'll be doing this year (although hopefully not as extreme).

Ask me anything you're worried/stressed about or even any general questions and I'll give you the best answer I can!

hey. i wanted to ask do you have any tips on how to move from foundation to higher (Spanish). Also as its just the start of year, what should i be doing now to guarantee good grades. Any mistakes or regrets you have and wish other people don't make the same mistake too?

Hey, I am starting year 11 but in year 10 I moved from foundation to higher in both German and French- Languages. Tbh all I did is focus mostly on the writing paper as thats's where most marks are available and I did this by practicing to write in all 3 tenses, usuing a variety of vocabulary- ur teacher should already provide you with vocab to learn and I also corrected any grammar mistakes. Best of luck to you

thank you for replying . as there is so much vocab to learn do u have any effective ways to use in which i can progressively memorize vocab?

No worries, I revised a little bit of vocab at a time by using flashcards and the blurting method- it's when you write down on a piece of paper all the vocab from memory (with the English translation) so that you know which words you need to work on and it's a very effective method. Another thing I did which helped me incredibly is constantly reviewing the vocab every week so it can stay in my long term memory, and u should do this too! Don't stress too much, just focus on these tips and prove you are suitable for the higher paper in your mock exams, you'll smash it!!

omgg thank you the annoying thing is that i really wanna be focusing on spanish rn but instead on our first day today they told us we have a suprise test for science so I had bio today and tomorrow its physics and and chem. like how can i pay my full attention to spanish when all these random tests keep popping out of nowhere. anyways its yr 11. i should just keep working hard withought complaining i hope you do well in your mocks too.

Just prioritise the most important and upcoming tests, and yes that's super annoying!! We had a surprise test in maths too and my teacher shared everyone's results via email and I got a grade 7, however since everybody else got a lot higher so she is saying I need to attend extra revision classes, which is really demotivating since I thought I had done well, but oh well

omgg thank you the annoying thing is that i really wanna be focusing on spanish rn but instead on our first day today they told us we have a suprise test for science so I had bio today and tomorrow its physics and and chem. like how can i pay my full attention to spanish when all these random tests keep popping out of nowhere. anyways its yr 11. i should just keep working hard withought complaining i hope you do well in your mocks too.

I'm just going into Y12 in September so I just finished Y11 through COVID, like you'll be doing this year (although hopefully not as extreme).

Ask me anything you're worried/stressed about or even any general questions and I'll give you the best answer I can!

When should I revise for my mocks? I've just found out that mine r in early November so I feel like I won't have enough time to revise everything. I saw in the other comments that basically u don't like timetables . Do u think I should make a timetable to fit everything in in time?

Hi , do you have any advice on how to make a sixthform/college application stand out ? I have academic awards from my schools prizegiving , DofE and I do mock trial at my school. However I was unable to do year 10 work experience due to covid ( my school cancelled it) do you think many others will be in the same position from other schools ?