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

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.

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

Omg tysm🤗🤩
This helps a lot✨⭐
I will 100% implement this into my own work
GTG now by and thx again! 💕

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

I’ll be staying at the same school and do A-Levels in:
Maths (possibly FM but I’ll decide by the start of term)
Chemistry
Economics
History
I’ll try and do 4 subjects but if it’s too much work or my grades are affected, I’ll willingly drop down to 3.

Sounds like you have your hands full. What kind of career would you like?

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.

Honestly, I’m not sure at this stage

Well whatever you decide, best of luck.

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.

How did get rid exam fear? And what did you do in the final months, weeks, days and hours to prepare?

Hi first of all congratulations on your amazing grades .
I’m going into yr11 in September and I was wondering if you could help me with these questions .

For me, I always knew that I wouldn’t fail, even if I got less than hoped for grades. So I just accepted that being worried about exams would only hinder my chances of doing well. I was nervous coming up to exams but I wouldn’t say I was fearful. I was when it came to results but they ended up being good. I had kinda let go of the accelerator with months to go, but in the final week, I focused on only the papers for the first half of exams in my revision. It helped manage the pressure a bit. By that point, you should fully know the content and move onto past papers but I hadn’t fully covered everything so I did a mix of past papers and revising core content, but mostly revising content. The night before would be a flick through of notes or a quick recover of harder content. In the mornings of exams, I would be quite nervous and again, flicking through revision material.

Thank you for your very helpful insight.

Thanks for posting on here and for the congratulations. I just have to go for an hour right now so I’ll respond to this later, sorry.

Hi first of all congratulations on your amazing grades .
I’m going into yr11 in September and I was wondering if you could help me with these questions .

As for your questions:
I worked consistently for tests in Y10, and I revised hard the week before Y10 mocks. When it came to Y11, I was working a fair bit in the first term for tests. For my January mocks, I worked very hard (average 6-8 hrs a day but not the most concentrated) but I struggled to replicate that in Easter. I got back into it two weeks before exams began. So, I was working well early, took a bit of a dip but got my act together just before start of exams. As for hours a day, I never strictly managed it outside a ‘to do’ list just before exams. I would try and time-scale that but I would always spend too much time on one thing and take shortcuts on others. So I did have a timetable sometimes but I would only recommend making one if you’re really committed to sticking to it. For me, school notes were what helped a lot in GCSE year but it depended per subject. Sciences, I had a CGP revision guide, English lit I used lots of different sources but PMT was helpful, for history, I used notes made by the school, Maths I figured out on my own etc. So you need to find what works for you but I sure can give you recommendations. I feel like yt videos aren’t usually the best for teaching/revision - at least for me. I found reading more effective. I’ve said this a lot on here, but it’s a struggle to wake up sometimes and try to find motivation to work. Often, thinking about what that feeling on results day might be if I keep on working did seem to help. I actually found that allowing my mum to monitor my work forced me to actually do it. But the most important thing is, do all the work you need to but look after yourself: it’s not a sprint but rather a marathon. Don’t work too much in December because you’ll struggle then when it really counts. Honestly, when it comes to stress, I would just remind myself that whatever the grade, everything will still turn out fine. I didn’t actually feel super stressed when it came to sitting exams but more so after and during the wait for results. Hope this helps and you find some of this useful.

Thank you for your response! I appreciate it. I was wondering if you could recommend some strategies or resources for revising maths, as I find it a bit challenging

As for your questions:
I worked consistently for tests in Y10, and I revised hard the week before Y10 mocks. When it came to Y11, I was working a fair bit in the first term for tests. For my January mocks, I worked very hard (average 6-8 hrs a day but not the most concentrated) but I struggled to replicate that in Easter. I got back into it two weeks before exams began. So, I was working well early, took a bit of a dip but got my act together just before start of exams. As for hours a day, I never strictly managed it outside a ‘to do’ list just before exams. I would try and time-scale that but I would always spend too much time on one thing and take shortcuts on others. So I did have a timetable sometimes but I would only recommend making one if you’re really committed to sticking to it. For me, school notes were what helped a lot in GCSE year but it depended per subject. Sciences, I had a CGP revision guide, English lit I used lots of different sources but PMT was helpful, for history, I used notes made by the school, Maths I figured out on my own etc. So you need to find what works for you but I sure can give you recommendations. I feel like yt videos aren’t usually the best for teaching/revision - at least for me. I found reading more effective. I’ve said this a lot on here, but it’s a struggle to wake up sometimes and try to find motivation to work. Often, thinking about what that feeling on results day might be if I keep on working did seem to help. I actually found that allowing my mum to monitor my work forced me to actually do it. But the most important thing is, do all the work you need to but look after yourself: it’s not a sprint but rather a marathon. Don’t work too much in December because you’ll struggle then when it really counts. Honestly, when it comes to stress, I would just remind myself that whatever the grade, everything will still turn out fine. I didn’t actually feel super stressed when it came to sitting exams but more so after and during the wait for results. Hope this helps and you find some of this useful.

Just wanted to say it's so nice of you to answer all the questions in this much detail and give such helpful tips. Thank you 😊