Is the academic comeback possible?

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Hi, so i didn’t take year 12 seriously and got 3Ds in my mocks at the end of the year. I do french maths and business and want to go to warwick to study international business. My predicted grades right now are ACC. Do you guys have any advice on how to get my predicted grades up, any motivation or any comments really, anything would be appreciated thank you.

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BeingBoring

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From your position, academic comeback is 100% possible. You have over 40 weeks until you have to sit your actual examinations and that is plenty of time to plan out study and revision if you are disciplined. Your motivation is another matter, if you really want to get into Warwick then that should be your motivation, unless it's more of you'd just LIKE to go to Warwick but deep down you're not overly fussed. If you want something badly enough then we can always find it within ourselves to go the extra mile, stay in rather than go out, get up a bit earlier and study etc.... If we really want to, otherwise you'll just find excuses to do it later, and there's still time - then before you know it you'll have a few weeks until exams and it'll be too late. You can certainly do it if you put your mind to it, and stick with it!

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quirky-modulatio

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thanks man i appreciate it, i’ve been studying hard for my mocks when i go back to school as i do actually really want to go to warwick, hopefully i’ve done enough to get the predicted grades

Reply 3

elevated-glove

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Original post by quirky-modulatio

thanks man i appreciate it, i’ve been studying hard for my mocks when i go back to school as i do actually really want to go to warwick, hopefully i’ve done enough to get the predicted grades

you have plenty of time, just make sure to put in the effort, just don't burn yourself out! :smile:

Reply 4

LunaB

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Oh definitely possible not the same type of qual nor the same type of assessments but I managed to do 70% of the access to HE in comp sci within the last month you have ages to get studying done just get cracking

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gada147

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Original post by quirky-modulatio

thanks man i appreciate it, i’ve been studying hard for my mocks when i go back to school as i do actually really want to go to warwick, hopefully i’ve done enough to get the predicted grades

Try to do between 15-25 hours of revision a week. I was getting AAB before but I've got 3A*s predicted after I started that in January.

Reply 6

quirky-modulatio

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Original post by gada147

Try to do between 15-25 hours of revision a week. I was getting AAB before but I've got 3A*s predicted after I started that in January.

thank you!

Reply 7

erin11

Volunteer Team

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french:
- ask teachers for as much help/advice as possible
- memrise / quizlet for vocab
- past papers
- aqa grammar and translation workbook
- watch tv/youtube and listen to podcasts/music in french
- get your irp done asap and memorised
what film and book do you do?
let me know if you need more help :smile:

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quirky-modulatio

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Original post by erin11

french:
- ask teachers for as much help/advice as possible
- memrise / quizlet for vocab
- past papers
- aqa grammar and translation workbook
- watch tv/youtube and listen to podcasts/music in french
- get your irp done asap and memorised
what film and book do you do?
let me know if you need more help :smile:

thanks for this any tips for 1. structuring essays and also my book is l’étranger and my film is les intouchables

Reply 9

erin11

Volunteer Team

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Original post by quirky-modulatio

thanks for this any tips for 1. structuring essays and also my book is l’étranger and my film is les intouchables

ah i did different film/book but can defo help with structure:

intro
- 1/2 sentences that summarise the overall story/plot. 1 sentence to introduce your argument

paragraphs x3
- point
- explain
- evidence/analysis - specific film scenes or quotes from the book, start with obvious analysis and then build up to your more interesting ideas !
- link back to the question - you want to make it SUPER obvious to the examiner that you’re answering the question !

conclusion
1/2 sentences to reinforce your arguments and link back to the question

if you want, i can send you some of my old paper 2 essays to help you get a clearer idea !

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quirky-modulatio

OP

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Original post by erin11

ah i did different film/book but can defo help with structure:
intro
- 1/2 sentences that summarise the overall story/plot. 1 sentence to introduce your argument
paragraphs x3
- point
- explain
- evidence/analysis - specific film scenes or quotes from the book, start with obvious analysis and then build up to your more interesting ideas !
- link back to the question - you want to make it SUPER obvious to the examiner that you’re answering the question !
conclusion
1/2 sentences to reinforce your arguments and link back to the question
if you want, i can send you some of my old paper 2 essays to help you get a clearer idea !

yes please that would be so useful, i’m so grateful for you helping!

Reply 11

Hazk2506

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Original post by quirky-modulatio

Hi, so i didn’t take year 12 seriously and got 3Ds in my mocks at the end of the year. I do french maths and business and want to go to warwick to study international business. My predicted grades right now are ACC. Do you guys have any advice on how to get my predicted grades up, any motivation or any comments really, anything would be appreciated thank you.

I got UUE in 3 of my A Level mocks. I was predicted CDD. I made the greatest academic comeback with the help of my teachers and achieved BCC in my results last week so it is possible.
Go to all support sessions that are on offer.
Get a tutor for maths
For business use tutor4u.
For Spanish ask for one to one time with your teacher and also the same with maths if possible

Reply 12

quirky-modulatio

OP

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Original post by Hazk2506

I got UUE in 3 of my A Level mocks. I was predicted CDD. I made the greatest academic comeback with the help of my teachers and achieved BCC in my results last week so it is possible.
Go to all support sessions that are on offer.
Get a tutor for maths
For business use tutor4u.
For Spanish ask for one to one time with your teacher and also the same with maths if possible

wow congratulations and thanks for the advice

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