is it true it harder to go from 7-9 then it is to go form 5-7

i heard a while back that it is harder to jump from 7 to a 9 then it is to jump from a 5-7 and i forgot where i heard about this. i was wondering if it was true

Reply 1

flyingc0w1001

Jumping 7-8 is easy but 8-9 takes months😭😭
I ended up getting 5 8s but no 9s btw

Reply 2

flyingc0w1001

Just make sure you're studying consistently. You might end up surprising yourself on results day

gang ur scaring me

Original post by harishni14

i heard a while back that it is harder to jump from 7 to a 9 then it is to jump from a 5-7 and i forgot where i heard about this. i was wondering if it was true

its not hard, the reason why it seems hard is because most students who are getting constant 6s or 7s are very capable of achieving 8s and 9s. this is because they 1. do not put enough effort or hard work in to get a higher grade. or 2. they do not enjoy the subject, and therefore have no motivation or find no use in revising efficiently for it. but, this might not be true for everyone

Reply 5

flyingc0w1001

Original post by harishni14

i heard a while back that it is harder to jump from 7 to a 9 then it is to jump from a 5-7 and i forgot where i heard about this. i was wondering if it was true

what specific subjects do you want to improve ur grades for

Reply 6

harishni14

Original post by flyingc0w1001

what specific subjects do you want to improve ur grades for

English lit and language and Spanish and maths

Reply 7

04MR17

Volunteer Section Leader, Clearing and Applications Advisor

Right hang on a minute.

It depends on the person and it depends on the subject.

But basically (and I'm saying this as a teacher btw), you can still make a few mistakes in exams and come out with a 7. The kinds of mistakes you make when you end up with a 5 are much more basic issues, which are often easier problems to solve.

Trying to move somebody from a 7-> 8-> 9 is trying to amend and fix what is already a very good style of working and improve it even more. Much smaller mistakes drop you from a 9 to an 8.

It's all achievable, but there's no particular way to measure what "enough work" is to get to a 9. It's not like if you put 5 more hours a week into revising it must lead to an improved grade. It might, and it probably will, but there's not a set time length required in order to achieve high grades.

Some people are lucky and sleepwalk to 7s and 8s on their general intelligence. Others (like me) have to work very hard to reach that.

Reply 8

flyingc0w1001

Original post by harishni14

English lit and language and Spanish and maths

Maths: first make sure your foundation (including primary school stuff) knowledge is absolutely solid since maths is basically building up on basic stuff. Then use one of those thick textbooks and do all the questions in there for a topic your weak in (if you dont know what topic just do one of the topics at the beginning of the book). You're gonna look at the question, do the question OR if you can't do the question look at the example and try to mimic the method they used for your question, and then check the answer.
English Literature: PMT notes are surprisingly good for this so check those out. I only found out about them 2 months before my GCSEs
Spanish: icl I did french so I don't know how applicable my advice will be but my teacher gave us a booklet of 30ish questions covering every topic that could come up so I made paragraphs for each one using idioms, phrases, tenses and difficult words that would get you full marks in the writing exam and just memorised those. You can just adapt and play around with the sentences in the exam so it fits whatever question you're given. It also forces you to learn key phrases and words for each topic so your french/Spanish/language improves a lot.
I'd recommend finding something Spanish that you'd genuinely enjoy e.g. listening to music then translating it, watching films with Spanish dub/sub, online friends that speak Spanish...