I got all A* in my GCSEs - Ask me anything

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by Hannahblossom

Lol that happened to me 😂. I turned the page over and it was "about saving someone's life". I'd literally written a story about just that and I was absolutely beaming lol, it gave me so much time to do the other questions.

Well kinda same for me becuz my picture was abt a busy city, I haven't got the paper back yet but got my grade anyways I still MADE it nice becuz no one cares ( i hope) and also becuz it matched the story i planned, so I changed it into a nice sunny place, becuz technically I saw the sun poking out in the corner oh well hope i didnt lose marks for changing that, oopsie

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by Hannahblossom

Lol that happened to me 😂. I turned the page over and it was "about saving someone's life". I'd literally written a story about just that and I was absolutely beaming lol, it gave me so much time to do the other questions.

lol I remember that paper: ‘Kino Juana and Coyotito.’ The description was brutal tho.

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🌹Aumi🌹

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by sdfj

lol I remember that paper: ‘Kino Juana and Coyotito.’ The description was brutal tho.

Ikr, yeh i dont remember no juana but there was a coto smthing like tht

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Orange Blossom

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by sdfj

lol I remember that paper: ‘Kino Juana and Coyotito.’ The description was brutal tho.

The scorpion lol. I waffled for ages on the description lol.

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by 🌹Aumi🌹

Ikr, yeh i dont remember no juana but there was a coto smthing like tht

June 2022. That was my Y10 mocks. What texts do you do for lit?

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Orange Blossom

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by sdfj

June 2022. That was my Y10 mocks. What texts do you do for lit?

It was my actual paper.

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🌹Aumi🌹

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by Hannahblossom

The scorpion lol. I waffled for ages on the description lol.

same here gurl, I am very skilled at waffling

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by Hannahblossom

The scorpion lol. I waffled for ages on the description lol.

I did so bad in that. 49/80 😭 😭 😭

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by Hannahblossom

It was my actual paper.

Yup that’s why I raised it.

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🌹Aumi🌹

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by sdfj

I did so bad in that. 49/80 😭 😭 😭

I am more concerned abt how u remember tht, also the score isn't even bad

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by 🌹Aumi🌹

same here gurl, I am very skilled at waffling

Aren’t we all.

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🌹Aumi🌹

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by sdfj

June 2022. That was my Y10 mocks. What texts do you do for lit?

Oh r u asking me wht text oops i know i am a bit late anyways I do An inspector calls and A christmas carol, going to do macxbeth and poetry in Y11

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by 🌹Aumi🌹

I am more concerned abt how u remember tht, also the score isn't even bad

I remember the score of every single part of it.

Q1. 4/4
Q2. 3/8
Q3. 4/8
Q4 11/20
Q5 27/40

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🌹Aumi🌹

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by sdfj

I remember the score of every single part of it.
Q1. 4/4
Q2. 3/8
Q3. 4/8
Q4 11/20
Q5 27/40

wth, I am aware now of the trauma u had from tht lol I cant even remember wht i did 2 secs ago

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Orange Blossom

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by 🌹Aumi🌹

wth, I am aware now of the trauma u had from tht lol I cant even remember wht i did 2 secs ago

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🌹Aumi🌹

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I feel like I am going to be OK in my GCSE'S but loose the next grade becuz of 1 or 2 marks, becuz thts wht happened to me in maths, i got 7 ( one mark of an 8 ), same for physics in my y10 mocks :frown:

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Ebtrerd3.

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by sdfj

Hi everyone, this is by no means me bragging about my results. I received them yesterday and got:
English lit: 9
English lang: 9
French: 9
Maths: 9
Chemistry: 9
Biology: 9
Physics: 9
History: 8 (getting remarked as I was 1 mark off and convinced I should’ve got a 9)
Spanish: 8
Classical Greek: 8
Additional maths: A (top grade)
I am very happy with my GCSE results and thought this might be a way to help other users to get similar grades to mine. This is mostly targeted as those moving into Y9-11 but anyone is welcome to post.

Well done! As someone who didn't pass a single gcse or any exam in my life, how do you deal with pressure? How do you learn content and perform at a high level in an exam?

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by 🌹Aumi🌹

Oh r u asking me wht text oops i know i am a bit late anyways I do An inspector calls and A christmas carol, going to do macxbeth and poetry in Y11

Not at all, you’re not late. I did AIC, Jekyll and Hyde, Macbeth and power and conflict.

I would say the best way to revise literature is get loads of questions and do loads of essay plans. Like I would draw a table with: point, evidence, explanation, context. And then I would write a few essays after doing the plan but doing loads of plans saved time and helped lots with revision. I would do this for literally everything. And then I could come back the night before and look at them. I also found the PMT notes - especially for poetry - so so helpful. So I’d obviously recommend those. And make sure you do quote banks well in advance. You do need to provide evidence and the predominant way is quoting, and if you don’t quote much, then your essay will come across unsupported with too much explanation. I would also recommend keeping topic sentences nice and concise. And don’t be afraid to put in shorter paragraphs with shorter points too.

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Angel 757

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by sdfj

Hi everyone, this is by no means me bragging about my results. I received them yesterday and got:
English lit: 9
English lang: 9
French: 9
Maths: 9
Chemistry: 9
Biology: 9
Physics: 9
History: 8 (getting remarked as I was 1 mark off and convinced I should’ve got a 9)
Spanish: 8
Classical Greek: 8
Additional maths: A (top grade)
I am very happy with my GCSE results and thought this might be a way to help other users to get similar grades to mine. This is mostly targeted as those moving into Y9-11 but anyone is welcome to post.

Amazing well done. What are you planning to do now?

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by Ebtrerd3.

Well done! As someone who didn't pass a single gcse or any exam in my life, how do you deal with pressure? How do you learn content and perform at a high level in an exam?

Thanks. I never found GCSEs too pressured until the very end (that wasn’t pressure but more that I was exhausted and worked too hard too early), but I was burnt out during exam period - managed to cope until the end when I conked out being overstretched. Not bragging about this, but I do have a sharp memory which helps. Also, I worked hard throughout Y9 and Y10 in particular, so I was on top of content early, which is a major stepping stone to getting 9s at GCSE.

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