Help! How can I improve ?

I am in Y13 taking Biology AQA, Chemistry OCR and English Lit OCR. I need three As to get into medicine. It feels like a one shot thing! ( I already have one medicine offer and got interviews for all 4 medical courses applied for.) but I’m scared I won’t get the A levels grades as I am currently getting a B for Biology, a C for Chemistry and a B for English Lit. Any top tips or useful videos/ you tube sites? How should I spend my time? I’d love to hear from others who improved their grades between now and May/June! Thank you

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TSR Hippocrates

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Original post by Grapes10

I am in Y13 taking Biology AQA, Chemistry OCR and English Lit OCR. I need three As to get into medicine. It feels like a one shot thing! ( I already have one medicine offer and got interviews for all 4 medical courses applied for.) but I’m scared I won’t get the A levels grades as I am currently getting a B for Biology, a C for Chemistry and a B for English Lit. Any top tips or useful videos/ you tube sites? How should I spend my time? I’d love to hear from others who improved their grades between now and May/June! Thank you

Medical student here.

I havent given advise about A-levels in like forever lmao. To be honest, i think the most optimal way for you to spend your time whilst doing these subjects will be to incorporate some form of active recall. Do a lot of past papers and flashcards, if these dont work for you, many students benefit from blurting out the subject topic from pure memory to aid in recall.

if you have any further questions, i will be happy to answer them

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hpxna

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Original post by Grapes10

I am in Y13 taking Biology AQA, Chemistry OCR and English Lit OCR. I need three As to get into medicine. It feels like a one shot thing! ( I already have one medicine offer and got interviews for all 4 medical courses applied for.) but I’m scared I won’t get the A levels grades as I am currently getting a B for Biology, a C for Chemistry and a B for English Lit. Any top tips or useful videos/ you tube sites? How should I spend my time? I’d love to hear from others who improved their grades between now and May/June! Thank you

hi! sorry i'm not really fit to give u advice, im in y13 and i seem to be working at around about the same grades as u for bio and chem tbh but where did u get your offer if u dont mind me asking?

Reply 4

Grapes10

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Original post by hpxna

hi! sorry i'm not really fit to give u advice, im in y13 and i seem to be working at around about the same grades as u for bio and chem tbh but where did u get your offer if u dont mind me asking?

Aberdeen so far !

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hpxna

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Original post by Grapes10

Aberdeen so far !

wow congrats!

Reply 6

Stefan Moore

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Heya did my a levels last year got 2 A stars and an A and just got an offer for medicine, the best thing I found by far to get my grades was to do most of my revision with one of my friends. Just tell each other that you are both going to work for the next hour and if one person wants to stop then u hold them accountable. We literally did 10 hour days throughout the holidays with that strategy. We also did mostly past papers timed in quiet on our own and then marked the other persons paper using physics and maths tutor website. I really hope you get the grades u need :smile:

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