Got a C after a long time of revising

Same happened with me for Maths. Revised for weeks, put tons of work in because I know it was my worst subject, but still walked out with a C that damaged my raw grades. I'm not sure what advice to give, but I'm going to try and identify core problems with my understanding later in the summer, to see what it is that is making me go wrong. I'm also starting tuition in Yr13

Wishing you the best of luck! You got this!

I spent nearly 3 weeks revising for Biology. I wrote my own flashcards using online resources, textbooks + classroom notes. I did exam questions on physicsandmathstutor and actual exam papers, but especially focused on the types of questions I usually lost marks on. I spent hours a day going over key content, and yet when it came to my exam I still got a C? I'm not sure what else to do as this is my end of year exam and very important but I just really don't know how to improve. Am I just really bad at this subject? I've lost all motivation and I feel like there's nothing I can do to improve, even if I work really hard.

Three weeks of revision is not really enough. You need to be revising consistently throughout the school year to maximise your grades. I would recommend making revision materials after lessons, and making sure you set time to revise for each of your subjects.

I spent nearly 3 weeks revising for Biology. I wrote my own flashcards using online resources, textbooks + classroom notes. I did exam questions on physicsandmathstutor and actual exam papers, but especially focused on the types of questions I usually lost marks on. I spent hours a day going over key content, and yet when it came to my exam I still got a C? I'm not sure what else to do as this is my end of year exam and very important but I just really don't know how to improve. Am I just really bad at this subject? I've lost all motivation and I feel like there's nothing I can do to improve, even if I work really hard.

If I spend time over the summer, do you think I can improve by Y13?

the same happened to me last year, for my Y12 summer mocks I revised so hard for my subjects (I did bio, chem and maths). I used to think that I done so much revision, that there is no way I could get a bad grade. I ended up with CDD. I was heartbroken and just felt like I betrayed myself. But I grinded over the summer holidays and secured A*AA for my predictions.
I basically did what you did last year. Looking back 3 weeks is not enough revision, and you may not have been revising effectively although you think you have. 3 weeks personally is not enough to go over a years content, for active recall, to track your grades on the long-term etc. You need to trace your steps back and see where specifically you went wrong in your revision. What worked for me was anki (for active recall) and past papers in exam conditions.

Only three weeks and you think that was enough revision?
Coming from someone who’s about to graduate with a Masters, I can say A Levels were BY FAR the hardest things I’ve ever done and would never, EVER do them again as they’re genuinely the hardest things I’ve ever done (me and exam technique never got on…

You should be able to, but also maintaining some level of revision once you start lessons again in September will help as well

thank you so much for the reply! i'll definitely apply this advice to my time over the summer and hopefully i can improve by september (when i have my mocks). were your teachers very lenient in changing your grades?because i'm pretty worried they'll only predict me a grade higher and I have to apply early!

I was also early entry (medicine - you can imagine how i felt when I got those Y12 results lol). Discuss with your teachers and most likely they should find a way for you. My teachers were understanding and allowed me to sit September exams to redetermine my predicted grades but it was still a hard journey. Not impossible though. Otherwise it is better to take a year out and reapply with achieved grades, or apply via an independent company (I do not know much about this but some took this route).

I spent nearly 3 weeks revising for Biology. I wrote my own flashcards using online resources, textbooks + classroom notes. I did exam questions on physicsandmathstutor and actual exam papers, but especially focused on the types of questions I usually lost marks on. I spent hours a day going over key content, and yet when it came to my exam I still got a C? I'm not sure what else to do as this is my end of year exam and very important but I just really don't know how to improve. Am I just really bad at this subject? I've lost all motivation and I feel like there's nothing I can do to improve, even if I work really hard.

Hve you had your paper back and gone through it with your teacher? You need to pinpoint where you are losing marks.
Ask for some work for the summer and a retest.

Yes I have gotten my paper back but I haven’t had the time to see exactly where I have lost marks. I have another exam sometime in September, so I’m definitely just going to work really hard during the summer for that test.

I spent nearly 3 weeks revising for Biology. I wrote my own flashcards using online resources, textbooks + classroom notes. I did exam questions on physicsandmathstutor and actual exam papers, but especially focused on the types of questions I usually lost marks on. I spent hours a day going over key content, and yet when it came to my exam I still got a C? I'm not sure what else to do as this is my end of year exam and very important but I just really don't know how to improve. Am I just really bad at this subject? I've lost all motivation and I feel like there's nothing I can do to improve, even if I work really hard.