Year 11 and 13s: were exams easier or harder than you expected?

I don't really know what I expected and I don't really know how hard my exams were.

Calling all Year 11 and 13 students!
With exams finally behind you, we're curious: did they measure up to your expectations?
Were they a breeze, tougher than you thought, or just what you anticipated? You might feel like you sailed through or found them a little more of a challenge, chances are you're not alone in your thinking!
So, take your vote and join the discussion below We can't wait to hear all about it

I don't really know what I expected and I don't really know how hard my exams were.

(A-level student)
All three of my psychology papers were surprisingly easy - no niche topics or strange questions at all... breezed through it!
I was prepared for virtually any question for my English literature papers (since it's my chosen uni course for September), but I did find the topics of the questions quite simplistic - though not impossible to give nuanced responses to. I was very pleased with those.
French I always find the most difficult of them but my speaking exam went EXTREMELY well (since I got my strongest topic for Task 1). Papers 2 and 3 I would say went rather as expected.

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(GCSE student)
My Maths exams were as expected, paper 1 seemed very hard but that might have been because I was having a rough day anyway (it look me like 3 hours to finish in the end despite it being a 1 hour 30 exam). Papers 2 and 3 were chill and easier than I thought.
Both English Lit papers were so much easier than I expected, most of the questions I’d already done of specimens or in class.
The English language papers were quite good, cant complain.
Both the Biology papers were as expected, too many 5/6 markers though.
Chemistry paper 1 was much easier than expected, paper 2 was hell for me- too many C8 questions which I barely revised.
Both the Physics papers were a lot easier than I thought they would be.
The Spanish papers were as expected, the reading was harder than I thought but listening wasn’t as bad as I feared so I hope they average themselves out and the writing was great so over the three papers I hope I did okay.
History paper 1 was harder than I thought, I really mucked up 2 questions on that. The other two papers I concerningly finished with time to spare, I usually write right up to the last second so that had me worried!
The politics papers were hell and Im doomed for my grade but at least I never have to think about them again!
Art was a bit better than expected, I finished with just over 2.5 hours to go and just didn’t go back to the exam, spent the rest of the day just chilling because I didn’t want to go to my lesson so that was fun.
Hope everyone else’s exams went great

Gcse student
Majority of the exams were better than I expected and overall I'm pleased with how they went but there were a few papers were they were harder than mocks but i guess we'll just wait till results day

I felt like everything really took a toll on me.And as i really really really want to pursue med in uni I don't see myself accomplishing my dreams
(Does anyone have any career paths I can follow that are predominantly science related)

(gcse student)
Maths paper 1 and 3 were easy but for paper 2 I was unwell so have special consideration
English lit was mid but poetry was so hard bc i didnt revise kamikaze
English lang was mid
Bio was easy defo pulled a 9
Same with physics
Chemistry was hell i hated it so much deffo pulled an 8 but not to sure about the 9
Computing paper 1 was absolute torture, paper 2 was mid
Further maths paper 1 was awful, paper 2 was mid
Spanish reading was bad, listening gave me a heart attack, writing was a blessing apart from the translation - just hoping for an 8
Drama was ok
Overall my exams went way worse than i anticipated so i can deffo see myself resiting a few

Well done for getting through it everyone, we hope you manage to enjoy some down-time over the summer!
I just want to ask, how did you find TSR helped you with preparing for or getting through your exams? was it the community? the resources? please share it would be great to hear your thoughts!

Well done for getting through it everyone, we hope you manage to enjoy some down-time over the summer!
I just want to ask, how did you find TSR helped you with preparing for or getting through your exams? was it the community? the resources? please share it would be great to hear your thoughts!

Well done for getting through it everyone, we hope you manage to enjoy some down-time over the summer!
I just want to ask, how did you find TSR helped you with preparing for or getting through your exams? was it the community? the resources? please share it would be great to hear your thoughts!