Feel like giving up on a levels

Maybe you’re not suited for university or academic study. This isn’t a bad thing. Just do as well as you possibly can in your A - Levels and then try to find apprenticeships that you’re interested in

I sit and do revise Sometimes don’t do exam questions but it’s not because I’m lazy but because in my brain it’s like I have to get the exam question correct otherwise I feel like a failure and that thought pushes me away I’ve been working on it and do exam questions and battle the thought

Trust me at first I did horrible with exam questions. It’s something everyone goes through. I’m exactly the same. I just kept doing them until I got them right. I think I’m my maths mock last year I got a D. I was upset because I just couldn’t do the exam questions right and I didn’t want to do them. I now just got 87% in my recent mock because I sat and kept doing papers until I was confident

Oooooo please don’t say that my goal in life is to get into medicine it’s not like I’m dumb. I think I can achieve good academicially but just in a rough patch and need help getting out. It’s not cuz I’m dumb

Thank you like this is reassuring unlike the other two posts where they just are trying to bring me down

I’m actually so disheartened by my a levels. Some background information I do bio chem maths got like mostly 7s at gcse. I wouldn’t say I’m smart but average and try very hard. I got pressured into these a levels but I’ve gotten to like them however they are kicking my ass like i constantly keep flopping. Like I wanna do well but it’s hurting how many times I keep falling down. My report card was CDD and I wanna do medicine. I got 7s in my gcse for the a levels I chose so I’m suppose to be “good” at them. I have mocks next month that predicts my predicted grade for university. Like I’m trying but I guess I could try harder but even with how much I’ve tried I can’t see the fruit of my labour like it’s tough. Is this meant to happen. Any tips on my a levels . Stories off inspiration like im stuck between giving up but I know deep down I can get into medicine but it’s looking harder as everyday passes. I just wanna prove to myself I can be someone like I’m at the bottom off all my classes. HELP !!! Everytime I go to lesson I’m like whyyyyyy because everyone is smart and I’m just sitting there like a muppet feeling worse and worse and more insecure cuz at this point it feels like Ive taken more then I can chew

No don’t worry like everyone in my school goes through the same thing. We do like horrible in the first 3/4 exam questions we do and then we retry and we just get better. I do IAL so we have a very similar course but we’re modular so we can resit. I had friends who resat bio and chem and went from D’s to A’s. I gave them this advice. With the first few exam questions have your notes w you. Every time you can’t do the question, restudy that topic and try again. Then a bit further in ( after you get more confident) have a small cheat sheet just with things you don’t remember well. I had some reactions for chemistry next to me for example. Then when it gets closer to the exam you should be able to do it with no sheet because of remembering. (I hope this makes sense). I never really learnt how to study until A2 because I never learnt properly in GCSE. This method really worked for me. Flash cards are also really good for active recall. But I think during a level a lot of people get to that point where they think they can’t do it. But you can! I believe in you

So, I would take it one step at a time. You have good GCSEs in the bank, keep the faith, get establish a study (and relaxation) routine and see where you get to. You can only do your best, you may get to medicine grades, if you don’t you can do something else rewarding or resit. I lost momentum with similar reservations to yourself and failed my A levels. In hindsight it was a mistake, that I had to pick up the pieces from later. Uni and a science degree is a great experience and sets you up for a good career

Literally feeling this rn.

Just keep trying I guess. You can't even imagine how well you do until you give it your best

I sit and do revise Sometimes don’t do exam questions but it’s not because I’m lazy but because in my brain it’s like I have to get the exam question correct otherwise I feel like a failure and that thought pushes me away I’ve been working on it and do exam questions and battle the thought

What a levels do u do? Do u wanna be friends ? I’m in yr12 and as u know I do bio chem maths(I’m a boy btw lol)

I’m actually so disheartened by my a levels. Some background information I do bio chem maths got like mostly 7s at gcse. I wouldn’t say I’m smart but average and try very hard. I got pressured into these a levels but I’ve gotten to like them however they are kicking my ass like i constantly keep flopping. Like I wanna do well but it’s hurting how many times I keep falling down. My report card was CDD and I wanna do medicine. I got 7s in my gcse for the a levels I chose so I’m suppose to be “good” at them. I have mocks next month that predicts my predicted grade for university. Like I’m trying but I guess I could try harder but even with how much I’ve tried I can’t see the fruit of my labour like it’s tough. Is this meant to happen. Any tips on my a levels . Stories off inspiration like im stuck between giving up but I know deep down I can get into medicine but it’s looking harder as everyday passes. I just wanna prove to myself I can be someone like I’m at the bottom off all my classes. HELP !!! Everytime I go to lesson I’m like whyyyyyy because everyone is smart and I’m just sitting there like a muppet feeling worse and worse and more insecure cuz at this point it feels like Ive taken more then I can chew

Remember, it's not failure to get a practice exam question wrong. Getting a question wrong and then working through how to get it correct is actually a really good way to remember them; personally, I remember things better that way than just studying them. You have to give yourself permission to work through your weak areas; it's just like practicing anything else. Compare it to learning a musical instrument: you're going to hit a lot of wrong notes while learning to play something perfectly. Nobody's judging how many practice questions you get wrong, so that's your chance to prepare for the exams which do matter. (Sounds like you're avoiding exam questions out of perfectionism, by the way.) Good luck!