11 GCSEs, 1 Year 11, -2 days. A (slightly too late) GYG.

Hi everyone! :hello:

I'm very excited to start my first GYG ever!!

I've only been here on TSR properly for just over a week, but I think I've found my people here. Everyone is so supportive and helpful, it's like we're all 1 big academic family, trying to help each other succeed in life! :grouphugs:

Now for a bit of backstory: As you have probably been able to gleam from the title, I am in Y11, and I have just started my GCSEs!!! :shock:

Things have gone (surprisingly) extremely well as of yet, but I've only had 2 exams so far. I've started this GYG to get me to actually kick my *** into gear in regards to revision - since apparently the biggest and most important exams I've ever faced in my life aren't enough! I can't seem to motivate myself, so hopefully (don't hedge your bets!) creating some accountability with this GYG will be enough to get me to buck my ideas up!

I'm aiming for all 7s and above! (except in History, Edexcel can shove their History GCSE up to where the sun doesn't shine for all I care!)

Here are my subjects, my mock grades, and the grades I want (In that order!)

Maths: 6, 8
English Lit: 7, 9
English Lang: 8, 9, Distinction (Already got that distinction :cool:

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Biology: 9, 9
Chemistry: 7, 7
Physics: 9, 9
French: 9, 9!!!
History: 8, 6 (my mock was only on one topic, so I could actually remember all the dates and AO1, but I have no chance for the real GCSE)
Music: 6, 7
Computing: 9, 9
Religious Studies: 6, 8

So, yes, pretty ambitious! But I reckon if I pull my finger out (and my credit card to pay for the therapy I'll need after) they're perfectly achievable! :cool:

A few facts about me:

- I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE FRENCH!!!!! :france:

No idea where it came from, but one day in early Year 10, I developed a random obsession with French, and it's been my favourite subject ever since! So excited to start my A level in it! :biggrin:

- I want to go to Oxford so badly to study PPL - Psychology, Philosophy, Linguistics (although that's probably not possible with these grades), so I'm going to try really hard with my A levels and supercurriculars starting this summer! (will be making a GYG about that too, stay tuned :wink:

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- My favourite book is The Elven, a MASSIVE fantasy novel I read on my Kindle in Year 6. It took me the whole summer to read it, but I reread it every year because the story is so good! (poor Nuramon :frown:

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-I HATE modern pop music!!!! (Anything made in the last 20 years!). MOST of it (there are always exceptions!) is so soulless, commercialised, and sexualised, I prefer my Chopin ballades and Beethoven symphonies thank you very much!

So yeah! That's it from me! Stay tuned everyone and I'll make sure to update you all tomorrow! :biggrin:

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Reply 20

xAspect

Original post by MysteryyyGirl86

wow great job you got a lot done, what's your trick for getting through procrastination? i need to know bc i can never, i usually just sit around and daydream

I struggle a lot with procrastination, I literally check snapchat every 5 minutes (having a needy girlfriend doesn't really help things 😭), but I always think about how I only have one chance to do my GCSEs, and if I mess that up then I won't be able to live my dream of studying PPL at Oxbridge. Try finding something that really motivates you and fixate on it, I think that's the key! :biggrin:

Reply 21

xAspect

Late night update!

Wow, 2nd page already! :biggrin:

Thank you all so much for your support and kind words, they really mean a lot to me :hugs:

. Can't wait to crack on with my revision tomorrow! :biggrin:

What I managed to do:

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Finish Jekyll and Hyde (Feeling ready for anything that can come up 😎)

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Get a start on Macbeth - J&H took too long ughhhhh

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Go on a really nice walk, the weather was literally beautiful! Found a new cool spot in the woods that I can go to revise for my A levels maybe? :biggrin:

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Managed to bring myself to do some history revision! It was really hard, but at least I've done some :smile: feeling better about my chances in the GCSE :smile:

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Spent the rest of the evening (literally like 3 hours!!) talking to two American people on discord about philosophy, theology and politics. Was only meant to be a short discussion, but I got a bit carried away about how the existence of an omnibenevolent and omnipotent God was not possible if evil exists. Thanks Eduqas for teaching me all about it! :wink:

So, not as productive as I thought I would be, but still miles better than usual! Tomorrow I'm going to aim to do a lot more :smile:

Goodnight everyone, have sweet dreams, and see you tomorrow! :hello:

(Hopefully I don't get woken up by those damn birds again 😭)

-Aspect :smile:

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 22

koolkhad

Original post by xAspect

Thank you! :smile:

I actually read your gyg after your contributions in the biology paper 1 chat and it inspired me to make my own :smile:

Thank you for having belief in me! Tbh, a lot of people in my year say French is way too difficult, but for some reason I think it's literally the most easy subject ever. Most of it is just a few basic rales with some excpetions that you can learn, but after that, it's very straightforward! Good luck to you too this summer and may you get the grades you deserve :biggrin:

Oh.. that was a surprise and unexpected 🤭!! Well I appreciate that :smile:

Maybe I'll try to learn it at the long summer holidays we have
And tyy :groovy:

Reply 23

xAspect

Good afternoon everyone!

I promise I haven't forgotten about my GYG already! I just woke up like 3 hours ago 😭 I was so tired after being woken up so early yesterday, so decided to get some rest to recuperate.

I haven't really managed to do much so far in terms of studying, but I made a massive stride in progress on the piano! I actually figured out how to improvise over some arpeggiated chords! I spent ages just messing around on the piano because my parents aren't home and managed to come up with something pretty cool! I'll show my mum when she gets back from picking my sister up from DofE :smile:

I managed to get about halfway through the Macbeth video, so my plan for today is just to finish that, and then do some plans for English exam questions. Maybe I'll do some history if there's time tonight.

See you later!
-Aspect :smile:

Reply 24

xAspect

Some not so great news...

I knew it would happen at some point, but I hoped it wouldn't be English. My exam today went horribly :frown:

. I ate up the Jekyll & Hyde question, but when I got onto Macbeth, my brain stopped working and I produced the biggest pile of crap I have ever made and dumped it onto the question paper. There's no way I get above half marks for that question. Not to mention too that it was LITERALLY the WORST question AQA could've come up with :frown:

Seriously struggling to believe that a 9 is even possible now for English Literature for me. :frown:

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Oh well, I can't change the past, so I just have to learn from it :smile:

. I'm going to try really hard for paper 2 so I can at least get an 8 :smile:

Hopefully power and conflict will treat me well! :biggrin:

The good news!

FRENCH TOMORROW!!!!!! :france:

I CAN'T WAIT!!! I get to show off all that I've learned over the past few years and try to get 100%! Hopefully Edexcel won't be as cruel as AQA to me :biggrin:

The plan for today!:

•

Do every higher listening & reading past paper

•

Look through the list of vocab so I don't get caught out by any random words

•

Revise tenses just to be sure I am 10000000% confident

•

Read lots of French!!

•

Listen to a French podcast

•

Listen to French music whilst I'm revising to subconsciously absorb the Frenchness

That's it from me, how have you guys been? How did everyone find the English today / how is your A level revision going? Keep me updated!

Thank you for reading!
-Aspect :smile:

Reply 25

study23!

Study Forum Helper

Original post by xAspect

Some not so great news...
I knew it would happen at some point, but I hoped it wouldn't be English. My exam today went horribly :frown:

Seriously struggling to believe that a 9 is even possible now for English Literature for me. :frown:

.
Oh well, I can't change the past, so I just have to learn from it :smile:

. I'm going to try really hard for paper 2 so I can at least get an 8 :smile:

Hopefully power and conflict will treat me well! :biggrin:

The good news!
FRENCH TOMORROW!!!!!! :france:

I CAN'T WAIT!!! I get to show off all that I've learned over the past few years and try to get 100%! Hopefully Edexcel won't be as cruel as AQA to me :biggrin:

The plan for today!:

•

Do every higher listening & reading past paper

•

Look through the list of vocab so I don't get caught out by any random words

•

Revise tenses just to be sure I am 10000000% confident

•

Read lots of French!!

•

Listen to a French podcast

•

Listen to French music whilst I'm revising to subconsciously absorb the Frenchness

That's it from me, how have you guys been? How did everyone find the English today / how is your A level revision going? Keep me updated!
Thank you for reading!
-Aspect :smile:

I’m sorry it didn’t go as planned. Good luck with French

Reply 26

xAspect

Original post by study23!

I’m sorry it didn’t go as planned. Good luck with French

Thank you! good luck in your exams tomorrow too :biggrin:

Reply 27

skitter12

Hi, good luck with all your subjects, dw about english, you still have paper 2!
Here is my gyg if you want to check it out:https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7454207&p=99452715&page=4#post99452715

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 28

username6717716

Original post by xAspect

Some not so great news...
I knew it would happen at some point, but I hoped it wouldn't be English. My exam today went horribly :frown:

Seriously struggling to believe that a 9 is even possible now for English Literature for me. :frown:

.
Oh well, I can't change the past, so I just have to learn from it :smile:

. I'm going to try really hard for paper 2 so I can at least get an 8 :smile:

Hopefully power and conflict will treat me well! :biggrin:

The good news!
FRENCH TOMORROW!!!!!! :france:

I CAN'T WAIT!!! I get to show off all that I've learned over the past few years and try to get 100%! Hopefully Edexcel won't be as cruel as AQA to me :biggrin:

The plan for today!:

•

Do every higher listening & reading past paper

•

Look through the list of vocab so I don't get caught out by any random words

•

Revise tenses just to be sure I am 10000000% confident

•

Read lots of French!!

•

Listen to a French podcast

•

Listen to French music whilst I'm revising to subconsciously absorb the Frenchness

That's it from me, how have you guys been? How did everyone find the English today / how is your A level revision going? Keep me updated!
Thank you for reading!
-Aspect :smile:

good luck with french, glad you're excited about it! i've always found the tenses parts of foreign language so hard, any tips for that? :smile:

Reply 29

o.ctopus

Original post by xAspect

Some not so great news...
I knew it would happen at some point, but I hoped it wouldn't be English. My exam today went horribly :frown:

Seriously struggling to believe that a 9 is even possible now for English Literature for me. :frown:

.
Oh well, I can't change the past, so I just have to learn from it :smile:

. I'm going to try really hard for paper 2 so I can at least get an 8 :smile:

Hopefully power and conflict will treat me well! :biggrin:

The good news!
FRENCH TOMORROW!!!!!! :france:

I CAN'T WAIT!!! I get to show off all that I've learned over the past few years and try to get 100%! Hopefully Edexcel won't be as cruel as AQA to me :biggrin:

The plan for today!:

•

Do every higher listening & reading past paper

•

Look through the list of vocab so I don't get caught out by any random words

•

Revise tenses just to be sure I am 10000000% confident

•

Read lots of French!!

•

Listen to a French podcast

•

Listen to French music whilst I'm revising to subconsciously absorb the Frenchness

That's it from me, how have you guys been? How did everyone find the English today / how is your A level revision going? Keep me updated!
Thank you for reading!
-Aspect :smile:

ahh so so sorry u feel english didn't work out for you ik its hard but dont dwell on it, its the worst you can do so just go smash out french tmr!! :thumbsup:

you got thisss

Reply 30

xAspect

Original post by MysteryyyGirl86

good luck with french, glad you're excited about it! i've always found the tenses parts of foreign language so hard, any tips for that? :smile:

Oh absolutely! What I do is find a conjugation table on google, then, using it, just make up a bunch of different sentences in all the different pronouns (I, You, We, They etc). This method is really useful because you get to learn both how to use the tense and also you can practice using all sorts of vocab too! After you've done a few sentences, you start to get the hang of it and don't need to use the table anymore. Hope I've helped! :smile:

Reply 31

username6717716

Original post by xAspect

oh ok, i'll definitely try that, thx a lot :smile:

Reply 32

xAspect

Original post by o.ctopus

ahh so so sorry u feel english didn't work out for you ik its hard but dont dwell on it, its the worst you can do so just go smash out french tmr!! :thumbsup:

you got thisss

Thank you!! Just did a past paper and got 48/50 :frown:

. Not quite the full marks I was expecting but still good! :biggrin:

Reply 33

o.ctopus

Original post by xaspect

Thank you!! Just did a past paper and got 48/50 :frown:

. Not quite the full marks I was expecting but still good! :biggrin:

48/50?! omg i wish wow thats so good well done :eek3:

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 34

xAspect

Hi everyone! :hello:

Just wanted to say that French went AMAZING!!! I cooked up a 3 star michelin meal, ate it up, and left ZERO crumbs!! :france:

I only dropped one mark in the whole thing because some year 7 started screaming in the corridors outside the exam hall about how he beat someone on fortnite yesterday on the second chance we got to listen to one of the extracts, so I couldn't quite get what I needed :mad:

. Not all year 7s, but it's ALWAYS a year 7!! :shakecane:

But 99/100 is still good!! :biggrin:

I have history and computing tomorrow UGH. Of course literally the 2 most content heavy subjects had to be on the same day!! I bet OCR and Edexcel teamed up to make our lives a nightmare! :unimpressed:

Luckily, I have a lot of hours between them as history is only a short paper, so I'm going to blitz through the computing course in the library!! It should be fine, but there's SOOOOOO many random key terms I have to remember for NO reason!! All I know is that a MAC tastes nice with cheese, NIC is what's in a vape, and WAP is the song by Cardi B. Am I cooked guys? 😭

How has everyone been feeling over this exam season? :smile:

See you later everyone!
-Aspect :smile:

Reply 35

username6717716

Original post by xAspect

Hi everyone! :hello:

Just wanted to say that French went AMAZING!!! I cooked up a 3 star michelin meal, ate it up, and left ZERO crumbs!! :france:

. Not all year 7s, but it's ALWAYS a year 7!! :shakecane:

But 99/100 is still good!! :biggrin:

Luckily, I have a lot of hours between them as history is only a short paper, so I'm going to blitz through the computing course in the library!! It should be fine, but there's SOOOOOO many random key terms I have to remember for NO reason!! All I know is that a MAC tastes nice with cheese, NIC is what's in a vape, and WAP is the song by Cardi B. Am I cooked guys? 😭
How has everyone been feeling over this exam season? :smile:

See you later everyone!
-Aspect :smile:

glad you aced french! also now i'm craving mac n cheese lol

Reply 36

skitter12

Original post by xAspect

Hi everyone! :hello:

Just wanted to say that French went AMAZING!!! I cooked up a 3 star michelin meal, ate it up, and left ZERO crumbs!! :france:

. Not all year 7s, but it's ALWAYS a year 7!! :shakecane:

But 99/100 is still good!! :biggrin:

Luckily, I have a lot of hours between them as history is only a short paper, so I'm going to blitz through the computing course in the library!! It should be fine, but there's SOOOOOO many random key terms I have to remember for NO reason!! All I know is that a MAC tastes nice with cheese, NIC is what's in a vape, and WAP is the song by Cardi B. Am I cooked guys? 😭
How has everyone been feeling over this exam season? :smile:

See you later everyone!
-Aspect :smile:

Well done on french! I have comp sci tomorrow too, but aqa and it's programming. How do you already know what score you got? We have to wait until august for all subjects....

Reply 37

username6717716

Original post by skitter12

Well done on french! I have comp sci tomorrow too, but aqa and it's programming. How do you already know what score you got? We have to wait until august for all subjects....

i feel u, i've got to wait till october

Reply 38

xAspect

Original post by MysteryyyGirl86

glad you aced french! also now i'm craving mac n cheese lol

ahaha thank you! :smile:

Reply 39

xAspect

Original post by skitter12

Well done on french! I have comp sci tomorrow too, but aqa and it's programming. How do you already know what score you got? We have to wait until august for all subjects....

Because you know when you literally understand entirely the question and the text and your answer? That feeling that you KNOW everything is right? I had that for literally every single question apart from the one I couldn't hear. Also, I've been reading books in French and GCSE is so much easier than that. I checked the paper through 3 times and literally eradicated every single possibility of losing marks. Plus there are no long-form answers, so it's very easy to know when you get a mark or not as every question is either 1 or 2 marks.