Simple Y13 GYG

Going into Y13 so I've decided to try this out to stay on top of everything for this tough year.

I currently study Maths FM Physics and Chemistry, and I want to do Mechanical Engineering in university. My biggest academic struggles right now has been with Maths as I've found myself fallen behind where I need to be. I have mock tests at the start of Y13 so I'm hoping to see some improvements in my results there since I need A*A*AA for the course I want to apply to. I also need to do practice for the ESAT as well later in October but getting good predicted grades is the current priority. Hope this helps my revision, any general advice is more than appreciated. Thank you!

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Reply 1

Krissi_thakrar12

Original post by _Emi_

Going into Y13 so I've decided to try this out to stay on top of everything for this tough year.
I currently study Maths FM Physics and Chemistry, and I want to do Mechanical Engineering in university. My biggest academic struggles right now has been with Maths as I've found myself fallen behind where I need to be. I have mock tests at the start of Y13 so I'm hoping to see some improvements in my results there since I need A*A*AA for the course I want to apply to. I also need to do practice for the ESAT as well later in October but getting good predicted grades is the current priority. Hope this helps my revision, any general advice is more than appreciated. Thank you!

Hi, I’m in a similar boat to you. I’m applying for PPE at oxford which means I have to sit the TSA in October. I’ve spent around 2 weeks doing some TSA prep this summer, but I’ve put it on pause because I have mocks in September which determine my predicted grades and i need to bump my maths grade to an a*. I don’t know if my method is going to work but I’m just going through every topic through physics and maths tutor and doing every practice question there is on them. So far I’m seeing improvements so hopefully i can secure the a*, and then i can resume tsa prep after my mocks.

Reply 2

_Emi_

Original post by Krissi_thakrar12

Ah awesome to see someone similar to me good luck! I'll try out what you said as well cause I feel a bit overwhelmed with the amount of content I need to revise for maths(We've covered the whole A Level). What subjects do you take?

Reply 3

_Emi_

Forgot to write what I did yesterday here so I'll do it today:

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I started with doing an Anki deck for abt 20mins that my teacher recommended me for Physics(He says I should make a deck of the past paper questions I get wrong with the model answers). Lmk if this sounds useful?

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Then I attempted an Engaa past paper for around 30mins(2017 Section 2), however doing it made me realise that I've kinda just straight up forgotten some physics topics so I definitely need to review them ASAP(it was Waves and Diffraction questions and Materials stuff but there's probably more topics I should review)

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I marked some Stats questions that I did previously in maths on Hypothesis testing and Probability

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And I tried to do a full Maths A Level paper but same as Physics I felt like I really forgot some topics and it was too late so I didn't end up finishing it.
I'm feeling a bit worried about how it feels like I've fully just forgotten some topics but hopefully with some reviews I should be alright with them. Also wanted to ask if anyone has opinions on when you should mark practice questions/past papers you've done. One of my teachers reaaaaalllly recommended doing it the next day which I've been trying, though I haven't really seen much benefit of it and sometimes I just end up leaving the marking for too long to the point where I've forgotten abt doing the question. Do other people just mark their work straight after completing it?

Reply 4

Krissi_thakrar12

Original post by _Emi_

I take maths, econ and politics. Maths is by far my hardest a level. There is so much content so I understand what feeling overwhelmed by it is like.

Reply 5

_Emi_

Here's a summary of the past few days from what I wrote in a journal, but tbh haven't really done as much as I'd like to.
20/08:
Used flashcards to review mistakes I'd made in past physics questions
Did an ENGAA paper for 30mins but couldn't really answer some sections cause I was missing knowledge on the Waves and Materials topics
I marked some past paper questions I did in maths
21/08:
Finished a Pure Maths paper and marked about half of it
I watched a video tutorial on a topic I struggled with on it
22/08:
Used a bunch of videos to try and learn all of Waves in Physics
Did some flashcards on waves
Did a bunch of questions for waves (didn't mark them though)
But marked some previous physics questions I did
23/08:
I finished marking the pure maths paper, and reviewed a bit of trig from the questions I was struggling with.
Then didn't really do any planned proper work for the next few days 💀

Reply 6

_Emi_

Today I've got a few things I wanna do:
Make sure I know all the content for my chemistry topic test right at the start of the school year and do some topic questions(did some yesterday so I should mark those as well) ✅(Reviewed 2/3 topics)
Check my particle physics knowledge with some past paper questions ✅
Do some flashcards for Physics and Chemistry content that I may have forgotten from Y12 ✅
Finish save my exam questions on Waves ✅
Do a Pure Past Paper for Maths ✅
Find out what topics I should be reviewing and create some kind of plan cause I've been just going a bit random in my maths revision by just doing full past papers that I may not necessarily be ready for ☐
Actually do some Mechanic and Stats revision for Maths cause I've neglected them a bit and I know I have some weak topics that I should try and relearn and review ☐

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Reply 7

MysteryyyGirl86

Original post by _Emi_

Going into Y13 so I've decided to try this out to stay on top of everything for this tough year.
I currently study Maths FM Physics and Chemistry, and I want to do Mechanical Engineering in university. My biggest academic struggles right now has been with Maths as I've found myself fallen behind where I need to be. I have mock tests at the start of Y13 so I'm hoping to see some improvements in my results there since I need A*A*AA for the course I want to apply to. I also need to do practice for the ESAT as well later in October but getting good predicted grades is the current priority. Hope this helps my revision, any general advice is more than appreciated. Thank you!

hey there, good luck with your journey :smile:

Reply 8

_Emi_

Original post by MysteryyyGirl86

hey there, good luck with your journey :smile:

Thank you!

Reply 9

scar-the-queen

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heyy, good luck with everything!

Reply 10

_Emi_

Original post by scar-the-queen

heyy, good luck with everything!

Thanks!

Reply 11

halfharry

Study Forum Helper

Original post by _Emi_

Going into Y13 so I've decided to try this out to stay on top of everything for this tough year.
I currently study Maths FM Physics and Chemistry, and I want to do Mechanical Engineering in university. My biggest academic struggles right now has been with Maths as I've found myself fallen behind where I need to be. I have mock tests at the start of Y13 so I'm hoping to see some improvements in my results there since I need A*A*AA for the course I want to apply to. I also need to do practice for the ESAT as well later in October but getting good predicted grades is the current priority. Hope this helps my revision, any general advice is more than appreciated. Thank you!