gyg: nia's fatal-4-way match against a levels ❀

i've seen a lot of people make these to motivate them to study daily, and figured i would join as a-levels approach!
i'm nia and i am a year 13 student (god help me), doing maths, further maths, physics and chem!
i've applied to do electrical and electronic engineering at university; i've applied to imperial, ucl, manchester, southampton, and bristol, and already have offers from the final three!! waiting on imperial after my interview and ucl is just taking its good old time...
some non-academic things about me: i love the weeknd, wwe, tea, red, classical piano music, and sunny days!
my goals for a levels are 2A* (maths, fm) and 2As minimum, but ideally i would like 4 A*s, i just don't know how realistic that is, especially since i've gotten so burnt out since january mocks ended. in this gyg blog, hopefully, if i'm consistent enough, i'll post daily updates on what i've gotten done in the day, as well as interesting things that go on in my life, to keep you guys entertained.
i should hopefully update for the first time around 8-9pm!!

WELCOME TO THE GYG COMMUNITY.
Thanks @Tatakae L for the tag.
I do chem (I need an A* maybe we can help each other out😭😭😭)
Here's my gyg:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7446909

Good luck with all of your tasks today my love <3

WELCOME TO THE GYG COMMUNITY.
Thanks @Tatakae L for the tag.
I do chem (I need an A* maybe we can help each other out😭😭😭)
Here's my gyg:
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7446909

i've seen a lot of people make these to motivate them to study daily, and figured i would join as a-levels approach!
i'm nia and i am a year 13 student (god help me), doing maths, further maths, physics and chem!
i've applied to do electrical and electronic engineering at university; i've applied to imperial, ucl, manchester, southampton, and bristol, and already have offers from the final three!! waiting on imperial after my interview and ucl is just taking its good old time...
some non-academic things about me: i love the weeknd, wwe, tea, red, classical piano music, and sunny days!
my goals for a levels are 2A* (maths, fm) and 2As minimum, but ideally i would like 4 A*s, i just don't know how realistic that is, especially since i've gotten so burnt out since january mocks ended. in this gyg blog, hopefully, if i'm consistent enough, i'll post daily updates on what i've gotten done in the day, as well as interesting things that go on in my life, to keep you guys entertained.
i should hopefully update for the first time around 8-9pm!!

THANK UU <3 im def following your gyg immediately!! please help omg chem is my weakest subject rn

thanks!! <3 what's ur fave weeknd song?

heya happy to have you join the grow your grades family <3

no let's help each other out😭😭😭😭 we'll get those a*s

Ahh that's so difficult! I think my fav right now is moth to a flame though, what about you?

I LOVE MOTH TO A FLAME, it literally just played 5 mins ago! it's def one of my faves. mines def tears in the rain, or after hours rn !

good morning yalll! <3
i acc woke up on time today so thank god for that
today is a chill (ish) day at school:

in terms of goals in school today: i want to skip ahead and start chapter 10 in pure maths (i've only just realised how behind our class actually is, and since i've already done integration in further maths im just gonna skip it😭) we're on the road to not finishing the course until after easter and i want to be done by next weekend/in 2 ish weeks time so i can focus on my other 3
today i think is the final teaching lesson of core pure further maths, which is exciting
tasks: (according to my study timetable)

have a blessed day ❤️

I'm excited for this thread, best of luck with your studies

Ahhhh glad to find another moth to a flame stan!!

i've seen a lot of people make these to motivate them to study daily, and figured i would join as a-levels approach!
i'm nia and i am a year 13 student (god help me), doing maths, further maths, physics and chem!
i've applied to do electrical and electronic engineering at university; i've applied to imperial, ucl, manchester, southampton, and bristol, and already have offers from the final three!! waiting on imperial after my interview and ucl is just taking its good old time...
some non-academic things about me: i love the weeknd, wwe, tea, red, classical piano music, and sunny days!
my goals for a levels are 2A* (maths, fm) and 2As minimum, but ideally i would like 4 A*s, i just don't know how realistic that is, especially since i've gotten so burnt out since january mocks ended. in this gyg blog, hopefully, if i'm consistent enough, i'll post daily updates on what i've gotten done in the day, as well as interesting things that go on in my life, to keep you guys entertained.
i should hopefully update for the first time around 8-9pm!!

evening folkss <3
here is the update for today !!
i did around 2ish hours of revision today, and spent all my maths lesson looking at numerical methods!!
i managed to complete

in terms of today, nothing particularly exciting happened, but i did realise that i feel odd about telling my friends at school (especially the really really smart ones) that i want A star grades, if you guys get me? i feel like at my school there's just been a growing "this is so hard, i'm gonna fail" culture, even with those really smart students, so i feel like telling others about my high expectations of myself, especially when they're definitely a lot further on track (compared to me) to achieving high grades, is just wrong, and i just have too much audacity for doing that. i feel like they'll perceive me differently but on the outside they'll say "wow i'll be happy with a B!!" when you know they're getting an A* EASILY. idk if that makes sense, but i really realised that today. of course it doesn't bother me THAT much, but i've realised that i subconsciously think that.
anyhow, i did have some banging pad thai for dinner, and i'm excited for my day tomorrow, because i only have 3 lessons!!
song of the day: tears in the rain - the weeknd
honourable mention: where she goes - bad bunny
slightly less honourable mention - gasoline - the weeknd (wrestlemania XL's theme song!)
have a good one yall,
nia <3

evening folkss <3
here is the update for today !!
i did around 2ish hours of revision today, and spent all my maths lesson looking at numerical methods!!
i managed to complete

in terms of today, nothing particularly exciting happened, but i did realise that i feel odd about telling my friends at school (especially the really really smart ones) that i want A star grades, if you guys get me? i feel like at my school there's just been a growing "this is so hard, i'm gonna fail" culture, even with those really smart students, so i feel like telling others about my high expectations of myself, especially when they're definitely a lot further on track (compared to me) to achieving high grades, is just wrong, and i just have too much audacity for doing that. i feel like they'll perceive me differently but on the outside they'll say "wow i'll be happy with a B!!" when you know they're getting an A* EASILY. idk if that makes sense, but i really realised that today. of course it doesn't bother me THAT much, but i've realised that i subconsciously think that.
anyhow, i did have some banging pad thai for dinner, and i'm excited for my day tomorrow, because i only have 3 lessons!!
song of the day: tears in the rain - the weeknd
honourable mention: where she goes - bad bunny
slightly less honourable mention - gasoline - the weeknd (wrestlemania XL's theme song!)
have a good one yall,
nia <3

WELCOMEE TO GYG!! first of all CONGRATS ON YOUR OFFERS 💪 i'm in y11 right now but i'm also looking to take further maths, how are you finding itt?? i've heard of how much the workload is so i just wanted to get some advice or words of experience from someone who acc does it haha
oooo i love tea and sunny days asw, like these days the weather has been so miserable and cloudy and rainy right, and it literally affects my mood since i feel so depressed these days lool (pathetic fallacy fr, yeah no that wasn't good ignore me pls 💀)
looking forward to your updates 🤍
thanks as always @Tatakae L for the tag <33
alsoo here's my gyg if you want to check it out 🤍 (defo not self advertisement) my gcse adventure ⭐

Ah i understand where u r coming from about the smart students, i feel like its more of a trend now saying ‘this is so hard for me’ ‘i am so going to fail this’ rather than it even having any real meaning so as the famous hearing goes ‘let your success make the noise rather than your plan’ so keep at your good work.
Also, don’t think you have too much audacity for saying that it’s because you believe in yourself, which is absolutely amazing, that you can do it and get those grades, don’t let me affect what you want.
Hope all goes well!

Long reply incoming…
Just wanted to comment on the grades thing coming from ‘toP StUdEnt’ according to my friends. Honestly if one of my friends told me they wanted A*s I’d be very supportive of that and give them any tips I could and reassure them that they can get there, because really what you need to do to get there is concentrate in class and do some consistent active revision to solidify your knowledge. I will admit that some people naturally ‘get’ the work more in class than some others (idk why). My one friend last year only revised the day before further maths gcse and got an A*, she just was somehow good at it. Now idek if I’d be like that, there have been some tests where I haven’t revised much and still gotten the top grades wise but I’ve never given myself that much freedom to not revise because I am so scared of failing.
This is what some people don’t seem to fully understand about the ‘top students’, is that we put so much pressure on ourselves for every single test, but we always get criticised. ‘I didn’t revise much I’m probably going to fail this’ - oh you’re being silly you’ll still get an A*. ‘I revised all weekend to be ready for this test’ - why waste your time on studying that’s so sad. ‘I’m really happy with my grade’ - yeah really?! ‘I’m disappointed in my grade’ - oh shut up you still did well, or you’ll get it easily next time. ‘You did so well on the test’ - says you.
There’s like no way to win, and I constantly feel even though my grades are there I’m not ‘cool’ enough or I don’t ‘consider’ other peoples feelings or I’m ‘pathetic’ for getting upset over a B. Now I know realistically a B is really good at A Level, my mindset over the past few years has just gotten to the point where I have such high standards for MYSELF that if I drop slightly from my average it’s like why did I put all that effort in?
The ‘A* students’ have their struggles too. I know you aren’t disregarding that or anything and Ik it would be annoying if they said I’d be happy with a B when that’s what most people get and it sounds like they’ve ‘settled’. I just wanted to let you know that they aren’t perfect or all knowing 😂
I understand you probably also find it harder if you feel ‘behind’. I don’t know how your academic record has been in the past but I’m confident it’s been good, but if you maybe haven’t had the top marks every time comparing to some of your friends you may feel like you have to catch up to get there. But I want to tell you this it is totally NOT ‘audacity’ for you to want those grades, why should I or any other student who has that goal deserve to talk about it anymore than you do? If it’s what you want and you work for it that’s what you can get!
You can be that very very smart student you’re referring to I have no doubt. This GYG is already a step there. And for the whole failing culture thing I think that’s everywhere for everyone, everyone is scared of missing out on their goals, so as long as you keep a positive attitude you can do it.
(Really hope this doesn’t come across as I think I’lm all high and mighty or whatever cause I’m really not - it makes me very uncomfortable when my friends label me the smart one, insinuating they are dumb at the same time and when I tell them they’re actually so smart and hardworking I get told to shh 😭 I think we can all work to those grades and I’m still working on it myself, I hope this came across as motivational ❤️ )
AND I AM ROOTING FOR YOU