the y13 agenda: get three a*s, practise the piano, and have some sort of social life?

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Original post by MysteryyyGirl86

hi, i can't wait to follow your journey!
also, here's the gyg community thread if you wanna check it out and post about your gyg!
https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7462899&page=8

thank you so much! will do :smile:

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OP

update friday 6th september 2024:

important application stuff

— i wrote a little bit more of my personal statement draft!! nearing 500 words now. even if it sounds so incredibly pretentious that i think the unis are going to just chuck it in the bin (if my head of sixth form doesn’t), it’s a start.
— discovered the date for my maths resit: 30th september. i have three weeks…

my school day

— free. practised for playing the piano in assembly, did some work on my english presentation, and chatted to a friend. lovely.
— english. 8/10 was quite vibey. worked on a presentation about two poems, the lamb and the tyger. got to love a bit of blake. got another lesson to work on it but that’s only an hour… shall try to finish it over the weekend.
— french. 9/10 brilliant: chatting + reading the book. my friend wasn’t there though so i removed a point.
— assembly. 6/10. played first movement of beethoven’s pathetique which i’m doing for my diploma in front of whole school. good opportunity to practise. apparently people were whispering about me being good (thanks to my informants for relaying this information to me it boosted my ego) but i was SO NERVOUS and i stumbled and yeah. could’ve been better but could’ve been a whole lot worse
— lunch. do not remember what i ate. but 10/10 bc the weather was nice and i went out and played on a playground with my friends like little kids… we’re y13s we have to have our last remnants of fun before the joy gets sucked out of our bones
— personal statement session. okay i’m with a friend, wrote more.
— went out to local coffee shop with another friend after school and had an absolutely lovely chocolate milkshake. banging.

homework
— maths mech stuff
— more work on english presentation
— english nea work
— french reading
this is actually light for first week back omg?? i did some already ofc but like. IS y13 going to be that bad?
(watch me die inside later)

friday special: weekend plans
— play tennis
— grind out the maths past papers
— do a bit of grinding on the personal statement
— piano practiceee
— at least one workout
— make my chappell roan poster stick onto the wall solidly. i bought it from amazon on my dad’s account and for some reason they sent it inside the monthly dog chews order?? and i didn’t realise and nobody opened the parcel for a week because we had enough dog chews before. and the poster was wrapped round a stick (sorry for layman term i do not know the word for a poster stick) and now it keeps curling up and won’t stick to my wardrobe door properly. still elevates my room decor though

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Maximum-tragedy

Good luck with your A-levels!

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Saracen's Fez

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Another member of MFL squad! :woo:

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OP

Original post by Maximum-tragedy

Good luck with your A-levels!

thank you. you too!!

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Original post by Saracen's Fez

Another member of MFL squad! :woo:

woooo!!!

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kayleigh_t.27

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Original post by eveningprimrose

hiii i’m vera, a y13 a level student, who has spent the summer procrastinating and needs to get back on track!
i do:
— english lit and lang combined (predicted a*)
— french (predicted a*)
— maths (i flopped mocks and got a d — only one in my life ever & i cannot cope 😭 — but they’ve given me an opportunity to resit. brilliant.)
gcses: 9999888
course: french and english lit joint degree
target unis: oxford, edinburgh, st andrews. possibly birmingham, exeter, bristol??
coursework:
— English NEA comparing Down and Out in London and Paris with A Waiter in Paris
— preparing French IRP (topic yet to be chosen — potentially music?)
also taking piano ARSM diploma at beginning of November
plan for this term:
— get on track for diploma (sort of done already)
— resit maths as level mock & get a high a into the a* boundaries. then, hopefully, they’ll predict me an a despite june’s catastrophe?? only time will tell
— finish my supercurricular work for French and English
— write my personal statement before the september 16th deadline
— practise the piano for my diploma
— practise MLAT revision with grammar book
— continue supercurricular reading for both french and english
— do all my homework the day of so i don’t have to stay up doing it the night before it’s due
— finish my English NEA essay by the October half-term
hang out with my friends for the last year we’ll be together
and also sleep eight hours a night and exercise…
gonna have to carpe diem for once ig 😔😔

Hiii here to support!

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update saturday 7th september:

today was very unproductive. because of tiktok. i redownloaded it and spent nearly four hours on it. deleting it rn. why is it so addictive where else can i watch my frazzled englishwoman edits 💔

literally just did my maths homework (which was agonising… i used SIX sides of paper to write three tiny itsy bitsy questions because i kept crossing stuff out — it needs redoing so the poor teacher can read it 😭), a bit of piano practice, and nothing else. i will do my french reading before bed though. that’s actually relaxing and will also make me sleep better.

plans for tomorrow: nea work!! and maths revision!! i have exactly three weeks starting tomorrow so i think ill do a “21 days of revising for my maths mock resit” thing. will aim to cover all topics and do hard exam questions from madasmaths.

if any fellow maths students read this far, do you have tips on revising for exam papers? what i’ve heard — and experienced in my end of year 12 mock — is that they’re just getting harder. i was getting (low) a grades in the timed papers i used to revise for the mock which made me really complacent and then the mock paper was like… five times harder. i can’t find anything like that revision-wise 💔 sure it’ll be fine though

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halfharry

Original post by eveningprimrose

hiii i’m vera, a y13 a level student, who has spent the summer procrastinating and needs to get back on track!
i do:
— english lit and lang combined (predicted a*)
— french (predicted a*)
— maths (i flopped mocks and got a d — only one in my life ever & i cannot cope 😭 — but they’ve given me an opportunity to resit. brilliant.)
gcses: 9999888
course: french and english lit joint degree
target unis: oxford, edinburgh, st andrews. possibly birmingham, exeter, bristol??
coursework:
— English NEA comparing Down and Out in London and Paris with A Waiter in Paris
— preparing French IRP (topic yet to be chosen — potentially music?)
also taking piano ARSM diploma at beginning of November
plan for this term:
— get on track for diploma (sort of done already)
— resit maths as level mock & get a high a into the a* boundaries. then, hopefully, they’ll predict me an a despite june’s catastrophe?? only time will tell
— finish my supercurricular work for French and English
— write my personal statement before the september 16th deadline
— practise the piano for my diploma
— practise MLAT revision with grammar book
— continue supercurricular reading for both french and english
— do all my homework the day of so i don’t have to stay up doing it the night before it’s due
— finish my English NEA essay by the October half-term
hang out with my friends for the last year we’ll be together
and also sleep eight hours a night and exercise…
gonna have to carpe diem for once ig 😔😔

the sleep target is so real (I havent slept more than 5 hours max in nearly 5 years😭)

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Original post by halfharry

the sleep target is so real (I havent slept more than 5 hours max in nearly 5 years😭)

5 years?? omg i’m so sorry can you catch up on weekends??? you must be so tired — that was what i was averaging last year & i got referred to safeguarding for sleep deprivation 😭😭

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halfharry

Original post by eveningprimrose

5 years?? omg i’m so sorry can you catch up on weekends??? you must be so tired — that was what i was averaging last year & i got referred to safeguarding for sleep deprivation 😭😭

oh I'm a rare breed
I write this at 1 am, knowing I'll wake up fine tomorrow😌

Reply 13

beestudies

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just found this gyg, will be watching even tho I study in Scotland and our qualifications are different 😂 Wishing you all the best on your personal statement, revision and your grades ⭐️

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beestudies

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Original post by halfharry

oh I'm a rare breed
I write this at 1 am, knowing I'll wake up fine tomorrow😌

you really are a rare breed omds, i’m someone who loves to sleep but it’s hard for me to actually sleep😭

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whoskaavya

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Original post by halfharry

the sleep target is so real (I havent slept more than 5 hours max in nearly 5 years😭)

5!?!? i cant deal with the day if i havent slept over 7 hours (techinally i can deal with like 4 but i NEED to catch up later) and a cup of coffee - i got 6 hours of sleep last night and ended up having two coffees today 🤭

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low-key abandoned this but I want to restart it over half-term so hi everyone 👋 it has been HECTIC but I:

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resat my maths Y12 exam and got an A!! big jump from a D am actually pleased w myself. v grateful to my friends for tutoring me

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got predicted A*A*A in all. growing the grades WORKED guys!!

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wrote my personal statement which was actually so nerve-wracking and I'm still worried about it. an original draft got approved by the head of sixth form, but I thought it was mid so I asked my English teacher and my friend and then rewrote it until 3am with my mum (love her so much for staying up with me I'm never complaining about anything she does ever again)

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sent off my ucas. was asked to predict a grade for my piano diploma. predicted a distinction. i am not getting said distinction

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applied to Oxford for French and English Lit. do not think I will get in. am acc quite sad abt that

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have the MLAT on Tuesday and have done nowhere near enough revision. thank goodness it's half-term after one last day. it's just grammar right?? I can do it!!...

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im so tired. need to take Friday evening off, sleep early, then Saturday Sunday Monday are going to be MLAT REVISION TIME. after that I will write a list of half-term priorities and update w progress. anyone please leave a motivating comment if you read this far I am losing the will to live 🙏 and any fellow language or English applicants say hiiii pls im the only person applying for either at my school and everyone is gaslighting me into thinking im insane for that 😥

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Saracen's Fez

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Bonne chance! :france:

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Maximum-tragedy