the owl-A house (a-level gyg journey)

Good luck fellow year 12!
Im also starting Biology a level (plus Maths and Physics) and am hoping to do something in ecology at uni 🙂

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I love all The Owl House references! I study biology as well (I'm in year 13). Best of luck with year 12 :biggrin:

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Original post by DerDracologe

Good luck fellow year 12!
Im also starting Biology a level (plus Maths and Physics) and am hoping to do something in ecology at uni 🙂

Tysmmm!! Good luck, heard its going to be a load more content than GCSEs 😓 woah physics :0 i could never wrap my head around all the equations :') and thats awesome!! how are you doing enrichment wise like work experience and volunteering? im finding it kinda hard to get anything like that to do with the environment and stuff 😕

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Original post by oriio

Tysmmm!! Good luck, heard its going to be a load more content than GCSEs 😓 woah physics :0 i could never wrap my head around all the equations :') and thats awesome!! how are you doing enrichment wise like work experience and volunteering? im finding it kinda hard to get anything like that to do with the environment and stuff 😕

I haven’t really done anything like volunteering but I’ve been visiting places like museum of zoology, nature reserves a lot etc which I get aren’t that impressive but also I’ve been doing some online courses which might help me ig

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Original post by always-anxious

I love all The Owl House references! I study biology as well (I'm in year 13). Best of luck with year 12 :biggrin:

aa thanks!! have you watched it :0 ahh right, what was it like in year 12? (if you dont mind me asking) and thank youu so much, good luck with A-levels :biggrin:

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Original post by DerDracologe

I haven’t really done anything like volunteering but I’ve been visiting places like museum of zoology, nature reserves a lot etc which I get aren’t that impressive but also I’ve been doing some online courses which might help me ig

ohh right thank youuu <3 ig anythings good as long as it shows interest? and yeaa i did a springpod course hoping it helps and this weird spot the fish thing on zooniverse.org :dontknow:

but its kinda fun

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Original post by oriio

ohh right thank youuu <3 ig anythings good as long as it shows interest? and yeaa i did a springpod course hoping it helps and this weird spot the fish thing on zooniverse.org :dontknow:

but its kinda fun

I really dont know lol. Hopefully our schools/the internet will tell us what we need to do a bit better closer the time?!

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Original post by oriio

aa thanks!! have you watched it :0 ahh right, what was it like in year 12? (if you dont mind me asking) and thank youu so much, good luck with A-levels :biggrin:

Yes I love The Owl House! I wish there were more episodes :-/

With year 12, I found it hard at first to establish a routine with revision. But after a couple of weeks I found it easier to revise as I found what worked for me. If you have any other questions let me know, and I will be happy to answer the best I can :-)

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Original post by always-anxious

Yes I love The Owl House! I wish there were more episodes :-/
With year 12, I found it hard at first to establish a routine with revision. But after a couple of weeks I found it easier to revise as I found what worked for me. If you have any other questions let me know, and I will be happy to answer the best I can :-)

Frrr definitely cut too short 😓
Oh ok cool, thank you so much! Just wondering how you managed to fit in extracurriculars/supercurriculars in with school stuff? I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the things we are apparently meant to be doing to help get into uni and stuff, haven't really started anything? I do volunteer but in a charity shop, but i don't think that fits the description of something i could write to apply for anywhere. Sorry for the questions, i dont mind if you dont answer - im just feeling kinda worried atm :')

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today:

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study period - did some topic questions on savemyexams for biology (haven't done the hard ones yet tho) and i realised i barely understand the topic 😂

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after school - put my classics notes onto notion and started the homework for that

need to do:

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start the 500 words nature writing piece for a random post online (by sunday)

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put my bio question corrections onto Anki

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put my chemistry notes from today onto Anki

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finish classics hw by next week

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finish spanish hw by next week? not sure what it is tho
i'll probably do this stuff during free period tomorrow

and i NEED to get organised this year because last year was pretty bad :teehee:

so this weekend ill find a folder at home for spanish and put some dividers in it and maybee by a refill pad

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Original post by DerDracologe

I really dont know lol. Hopefully our schools/the internet will tell us what we need to do a bit better closer the time?!

Yhhh i hope so bc honestly i dont know what to do 😓 ill just take a forever gap year atp

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Original post by oriio

Yhhh i hope so bc honestly i dont know what to do 😓 ill just take a forever gap year atp

Haha

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Original post by oriio

Frrr definitely cut too short 😓
Oh ok cool, thank you so much! Just wondering how you managed to fit in extracurriculars/supercurriculars in with school stuff? I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the things we are apparently meant to be doing to help get into uni and stuff, haven't really started anything? I do volunteer but in a charity shop, but i don't think that fits the description of something i could write to apply for anywhere. Sorry for the questions, i dont mind if you dont answer - im just feeling kinda worried atm :')

No worries, I don't mind answering any questions you may have :-) It's okay if you haven't started anything yet; you've got enough time to sort some super curriculars out. I usually set aside some time in my schedule to focus on super curriculars, such as reading a chapter of a book in my free time (for example). I also looked online for super curriculars that link to my subject, so I got some inspiration for what to do. I know year 12 can be stressful, but you got this 💪 Feel free to ask any more questions and I'll try my best to answer :-)

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Original post by always-anxious

No worries, I don't mind answering any questions you may have :-) It's okay if you haven't started anything yet; you've got enough time to sort some super curriculars out. I usually set aside some time in my schedule to focus on super curriculars, such as reading a chapter of a book in my free time (for example). I also looked online for super curriculars that link to my subject, so I got some inspiration for what to do. I know year 12 can be stressful, but you got this 💪 Feel free to ask any more questions and I'll try my best to answer :-)

Oh ok thank you!! That really helps ❤️ good luck with biology and the rest of your a-levels and applying to places!!

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today:

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Kind of finished classics homework during study period? but it's too long so i'll need to cut it down

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Need to do bio homework for next week and still haven't done the anki stuff

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I might do an essay instead for the 500 word thing - not feeling super creative right now 😔

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Still need to go over chemistry

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And need to go over spanish vocab so far

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Need to buy textbooks for everything too :'')

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Original post by oriio

Oh ok thank you!! That really helps ❤️ good luck with biology and the rest of your a-levels and applying to places!!

No worries, and thank you :biggrin:

Best of luck to you in year 12 too :gthumb:

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soo today in bio we just looked down microscopes, but in chemistry i understand absolutely nothing (what is mass spectrometry helppp) so i had better go through that 😓 but kindaa tired because i stayed back so my teacher could make corrections and stuff for the classics essay and had a music lesson so hopefully i'll get round to all that tomorrow! alsooo tons of vocab from spanish and some odyssey notes to get onto notion

can't believe its already started 😭 i'm just waiting for summer to come back

to do during free period:

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the 500 word thing. because otherwise i'll never do it

to do after school tomorrow:

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fix classiv essay

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chemistry understand (savemyexams topic questions)

to do in the next week:

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spanish hw

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anki flashcards for chem + bio + spanish

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on sunday i could go over science notes

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not sure if there's chem hw?

sorry i'm not very productive, i need to get better :<

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Original post by oriio

soo today in bio we just looked down microscopes, but in chemistry i understand absolutely nothing (what is mass spectrometry helppp) so i had better go through that 😓 but kindaa tired because i stayed back so my teacher could make corrections and stuff for the classics essay and had a music lesson so hopefully i'll get round to all that tomorrow! alsooo tons of vocab from spanish and some odyssey notes to get onto notion
can't believe its already started 😭 i'm just waiting for summer to come back
to do during free period:

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the 500 word thing. because otherwise i'll never do it

to do after school tomorrow:

•

fix classiv essay

•

chemistry understand (savemyexams topic questions)

to do in the next week:

•

spanish hw

•

anki flashcards for chem + bio + spanish

•

on sunday i could go over science notes

•

not sure if there's chem hw?

sorry i'm not very productive, i need to get better :<

You sound like you’ve been doing a lot of stuff 🙂 dont burn yourself out trying to do more than you need to just because you feel you need to. It’s only the first few weeks so focus on settling in and finding your feet a bit.

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