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Am I too late to revise for gsces +pls motivate me

I’m a gsce student and I have my exams in 30 days I have not revised at all most of my mock exams I got 6s when in reality I’m aiming for 7/9s can anyone give me advice what I can do to improve my weakest subjects (English lit, maths higher and economics and French). I really hope I start revising today… pls motivate me to (you can be harsh)

Reply 1

Yes absolutely I got a 6 and 7 in maths and chemistry in my april mocks last year and in my GCSEs I got an 8 in maths and 9 in chemistry the key is just exam questions specifically for me since I am a visual learner I also used to watch a lot of videos if you really haven't started studying yet then I suggest watching some videos from since ith hazel she uploads 2 or 3 hour videos covering everything in your boards syllabus you don't have to watch it all at once but I suggest watching a topic then answering topic questions to further build on your understanding either than that I think you will be completely fine just make sure that you use this time to put in all the effort you can if your aiming for higher grades hopefully 24' year 11 do well !!!! wishing you luck and best wishes!

Reply 2

Original post by areejashand
Yes absolutely I got a 6 and 7 in maths and chemistry in my april mocks last year and in my GCSEs I got an 8 in maths and 9 in chemistry the key is just exam questions specifically for me since I am a visual learner I also used to watch a lot of videos if you really haven't started studying yet then I suggest watching some videos from since ith hazel she uploads 2 or 3 hour videos covering everything in your boards syllabus you don't have to watch it all at once but I suggest watching a topic then answering topic questions to further build on your understanding either than that I think you will be completely fine just make sure that you use this time to put in all the effort you can if your aiming for higher grades hopefully 24' year 11 do well !!!! wishing you luck and best wishes!


Can you tell more how you did well in maths please?

Reply 3

Original post by stanive
Can you tell more how you did well in maths please?

Do practice questions! If you do OCR, get the grade 8/9 book.
Economics im guessing you should make flashcards for details, and make essay plans/ structures.
French do flashcards on quizlet, memrise, dualingo, and do practice questions. Make some grade 9 sentences that you use in speaking AND writing.
Good luck 🙂

Reply 4

Original post by stanive
Can you tell more how you did well in maths please?

Yes ofc for maths specifically i printed out or just did the last 10 questions of the past 5 years of past papers regional and normal ones since according to my calculations usually 40 marks of the paper are worth in the last 10 questions which are all 6 or 5 nd 4 markers that require multiple different topics in one question therefore i think if you are able to master those questions you will be more than fine however make sure you also practice fll papers and build up on the general and easy topics to make sure your don't loose any marks there! hope this helped

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