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GYG- in need of an academic comeback asap😭😭

Hi guys,
I’m in year 11 and I honestly don’t know where to start. I feel like year 10 was genuinely a blur for me and I remember not revising much at all but still doing relatively good on my assessments. However this year came about and I honestly don’t know what to say anymore.😭😭😭 I don’t think I’ve done well on a single assessment since I’ve been back and it’s actually starting to get to me now! My year 10 mocks weren’t the worst but they just weren’t the best either.

I feel like I genuinely don’t know how to revise anymore and I actually revised for one of my maths tests and I literally ended up with 31/50 which just put me down even more because maths was one of my best subjects until year 10 came along. These were my year 10 mocks results-

Spanish-3
Maths- 5
Business- 6
Geography-6
Physics-6
Chemistry-4
Biology-7
English literature- 7
English language-8

I genuinely feel so hopeless at the minute but I’ll be so grateful for any advice I can get!! My mock exams start on the 9th December, just over 3 weeks away and I really want to try get my grades up! It feels like I’m not even learning in school and I’m constantly getting teased by my friends for my grades because I was known as the smart one😭 I’ve been so bad at biology too it’s unreal like I got 5/17 on my recent test and I can’t deal anymore it’s literally so frustrating!

For my mocks I’m doing paper 1s for biology, chemistry, physics,business and then for English I’m doing paper 2s for both aswell as all the papers for Spanish, geography and maths!

Thank you for your help guys❤️

Reply 1

Hi! I’m also in Year 11. I’m happy you’ve decided to make a comeback! So many students in my school give up and don’t try anymore.

What exam boards are you doing? Most of my exams are edexcel, but the content is similar.

Your doing amazing in English though! I got a 5 in my mock. Were like maths, english oppositses 😄

I'm going to find some advice i've given and advice I've been told and put it here!

Reply 2

Original post
by S.2703x
Hi guys,
I’m in year 11 and I honestly don’t know where to start. I feel like year 10 was genuinely a blur for me and I remember not revising much at all but still doing relatively good on my assessments. However this year came about and I honestly don’t know what to say anymore.😭😭😭 I don’t think I’ve done well on a single assessment since I’ve been back and it’s actually starting to get to me now! My year 10 mocks weren’t the worst but they just weren’t the best either.
I feel like I genuinely don’t know how to revise anymore and I actually revised for one of my maths tests and I literally ended up with 31/50 which just put me down even more because maths was one of my best subjects until year 10 came along. These were my year 10 mocks results-
Spanish-3
Maths- 5
Business- 6
Geography-6
Physics-6
Chemistry-4
Biology-7
English literature- 7
English language-8
I genuinely feel so hopeless at the minute but I’ll be so grateful for any advice I can get!! My mock exams start on the 9th December, just over 3 weeks away and I really want to try get my grades up! It feels like I’m not even learning in school and I’m constantly getting teased by my friends for my grades because I was known as the smart one😭 I’ve been so bad at biology too it’s unreal like I got 5/17 on my recent test and I can’t deal anymore it’s literally so frustrating!
For my mocks I’m doing paper 1s for biology, chemistry, physics,business and then for English I’m doing paper 2s for both aswell as all the papers for Spanish, geography and maths!
Thank you for your help guys❤️

i feel exactly the same way i got 30/80 in my maths one

Reply 3

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by earth.b
Hi! I’m also in Year 11. I’m happy you’ve decided to make a comeback! So many students in my school give up and don’t try anymore.
What exam boards are you doing? Most of my exams are edexcel, but the content is similar.
Your doing amazing in English though! I got a 5 in my mock. Were like maths, english oppositses 😄
I'm going to find some advice i've given and advice I've been told and put it here!


Heyyy, I know right it feels like no one cares anymore!!! My exam boards are AQA for English lit,lang,bio,chem,physics, Spanish and then edexcel for business and maths!! Thank you so much!! Ahaha I feel like I was so good at maths from year 7-9 and then year 10 destroyed me and I haven’t quite recovered yet! I’m happy to help you with English anytime xx

Reply 4

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by Joannaa_1
i feel exactly the same way i got 30/80 in my maths one


Maths just isn’t it at the moment😭😭

Reply 5

My strong points are Maths and Business, which is a good thing as were doing the same exam board!

Maths:

Maths is about understanding the logic, it is a logical subject, this comes into some grade 7/8/9 questions where that wil ask you to prove something (like a cirlce theorem)

Like zenmog said, you can revise, but it's actually applying the knowledge that gets you the higher grades

You can use websites like PMT, Maths Geinie, MME, Edexcel.

There are some things in maths that you will have to remember, like circle theorms, venn diagram symbols, sin and cos exact values.

Drawing diagrams can make complex problems easier to understand

Do questions by grade/topics where you struggle the most. Personally, I never knew what topics I was bad at so I did questions by their grade and worked my way up.

Exam technique for worded problems, for example, 'compare the distrubution of A and B'. This type of question comes up all the time.


Business:

Nailing the paragraph structure. In my school we use PSS/PAC or PBLT

LOL - lots of links. You must link the case study in your answer or you won't get full marks.

Practice using case studies since many exam questions are based on them.

There's lots of exam technique in business. The papers follow a cetain structure.


Business for me is a funny one. It's a mix of business, maths and english, but with my teachers structures, the writing part is much easier.


I'd be happy with any English help I get 😅 Just like you said with maths, I used to be good at English and I loved reading, but as the years have gone by, it just got more and more difficult, especially with the timmings. I 100% believe I might of failed my English Mock today. It was English Lang 2.0 Paper 2, and we've never actually done a language paper in exam conditions, it was horrible. But, i'm okay with that idea, as long as I keep practicing before the summer, I should be good to go.

If you have any questions that are maths and business related I'd be happy to help! xx

Reply 6

Original post
by S.2703x
Hi guys,
I’m in year 11 and I honestly don’t know where to start. I feel like year 10 was genuinely a blur for me and I remember not revising much at all but still doing relatively good on my assessments. However this year came about and I honestly don’t know what to say anymore.😭😭😭 I don’t think I’ve done well on a single assessment since I’ve been back and it’s actually starting to get to me now! My year 10 mocks weren’t the worst but they just weren’t the best either.
I feel like I genuinely don’t know how to revise anymore and I actually revised for one of my maths tests and I literally ended up with 31/50 which just put me down even more because maths was one of my best subjects until year 10 came along. These were my year 10 mocks results-
Spanish-3
Maths- 5
Business- 6
Geography-6
Physics-6
Chemistry-4
Biology-7
English literature- 7
English language-8
I genuinely feel so hopeless at the minute but I’ll be so grateful for any advice I can get!! My mock exams start on the 9th December, just over 3 weeks away and I really want to try get my grades up! It feels like I’m not even learning in school and I’m constantly getting teased by my friends for my grades because I was known as the smart one😭 I’ve been so bad at biology too it’s unreal like I got 5/17 on my recent test and I can’t deal anymore it’s literally so frustrating!
For my mocks I’m doing paper 1s for biology, chemistry, physics,business and then for English I’m doing paper 2s for both aswell as all the papers for Spanish, geography and maths!
Thank you for your help guys❤️

Hi there! Y11 here too, will be following your journey :smile:

I've just done my November mocks, so I'll give some advice based on my experience:

Revise little but often; cramming isn't worth it, trust me.- If you feel like you haven't done enough revise and need to review anything last minute, go to bed early (9-10 pm) and wake up early (around 5-6 am) as you really need 7-8 hours of good sleep as it really does affect your performance.
I crammed till midnight and woke up at 6, which made my French Writing really difficult as I felt so tired and had a headache, so staying up late isn't worth it.

Identify your weaknesses. Its no use constantly revising what you know and avoiding what you find difficult; Work on what you're struggling with and review it until you feel more confident in that piece of content.

Remember to try past papers or just general exam questions.

Whats your exam board for Geography? if its AQA I can help. Best Of Luck! :woo:

Reply 7

Original post
by earth.b
My strong points are Maths and Business, which is a good thing as were doing the same exam board!
Maths:

Maths is about understanding the logic, it is a logical subject, this comes into some grade 7/8/9 questions where that wil ask you to prove something (like a cirlce theorem)

Like zenmog said, you can revise, but it's actually applying the knowledge that gets you the higher grades

You can use websites like PMT, Maths Geinie, MME, Edexcel.

There are some things in maths that you will have to remember, like circle theorms, venn diagram symbols, sin and cos exact values.

Drawing diagrams can make complex problems easier to understand

Do questions by grade/topics where you struggle the most. Personally, I never knew what topics I was bad at so I did questions by their grade and worked my way up.

Exam technique for worded problems, for example, 'compare the distrubution of A and B'. This type of question comes up all the time.


Business:

Nailing the paragraph structure. In my school we use PSS/PAC or PBLT

LOL - lots of links. You must link the case study in your answer or you won't get full marks.

Practice using case studies since many exam questions are based on them.

There's lots of exam technique in business. The papers follow a cetain structure.


Business for me is a funny one. It's a mix of business, maths and english, but with my teachers structures, the writing part is much easier.
I'd be happy with any English help I get 😅 Just like you said with maths, I used to be good at English and I loved reading, but as the years have gone by, it just got more and more difficult, especially with the timmings. I 100% believe I might of failed my English Mock today. It was English Lang 2.0 Paper 2, and we've never actually done a language paper in exam conditions, it was horrible. But, i'm okay with that idea, as long as I keep practicing before the summer, I should be good to go.
If you have any questions that are maths and business related I'd be happy to help! xx

If you do AQA english Mr Everything English and Mr Salles are great YT channels to check out :smile:

Reply 8

Original post
by S.2703x
Hi guys,
I’m in year 11 and I honestly don’t know where to start. I feel like year 10 was genuinely a blur for me and I remember not revising much at all but still doing relatively good on my assessments. However this year came about and I honestly don’t know what to say anymore.😭😭😭 I don’t think I’ve done well on a single assessment since I’ve been back and it’s actually starting to get to me now! My year 10 mocks weren’t the worst but they just weren’t the best either.
I feel like I genuinely don’t know how to revise anymore and I actually revised for one of my maths tests and I literally ended up with 31/50 which just put me down even more because maths was one of my best subjects until year 10 came along. These were my year 10 mocks results-
Spanish-3
Maths- 5
Business- 6
Geography-6
Physics-6
Chemistry-4
Biology-7
English literature- 7
English language-8
I genuinely feel so hopeless at the minute but I’ll be so grateful for any advice I can get!! My mock exams start on the 9th December, just over 3 weeks away and I really want to try get my grades up! It feels like I’m not even learning in school and I’m constantly getting teased by my friends for my grades because I was known as the smart one😭 I’ve been so bad at biology too it’s unreal like I got 5/17 on my recent test and I can’t deal anymore it’s literally so frustrating!
For my mocks I’m doing paper 1s for biology, chemistry, physics,business and then for English I’m doing paper 2s for both aswell as all the papers for Spanish, geography and maths!
Thank you for your help guys❤️

Start small and don't rush

What helps for me when I'm struggling with a lot of subjects is to spend a week on each subject so that you can make some progress in each subject, instead of trying to revise them all for 3 weeks and not getting anything done

For example ~ WEEK 1 = Chemistry (do your weakest topics) do as much pmt as you can and watch freesciencelessons if you don't understand or if you're bored of ppqs

Plan any revision on your gyg and as long as you keep trying, you'll do great! There are a lot of people who know a lot more than me about subject-specific revision tho so just ask them and they're happy to help :grin:

Reply 9

Original post
by dhqnyq
Hi there! Y11 here too, will be following your journey :smile:
I've just done my November mocks, so I'll give some advice based on my experience:
Revise little but often; cramming isn't worth it, trust me.- If you feel like you haven't done enough revise and need to review anything last minute, go to bed early (9-10 pm) and wake up early (around 5-6 am) as you really need 7-8 hours of good sleep as it really does affect your performance.
I crammed till midnight and woke up at 6, which made my French Writing really difficult as I felt so tired and had a headache, so staying up late isn't worth it.
Identify your weaknesses. Its no use constantly revising what you know and avoiding what you find difficult; Work on what you're struggling with and review it until you feel more confident in that piece of content.
Remember to try past papers or just general exam questions.
Whats your exam board for Geography? if its AQA I can help. Best Of Luck! :woo:


Heyy, thank you so much! I’m really working on my weaknesses right now and I’m already making improvements! I’m doing AQA for geography aswell.

Reply 10

Original post
by dhqnyq
If you do AQA english Mr Everything English and Mr Salles are great YT channels to check out :smile:


Thank you!!

Reply 11

Original post
by zenmog
I'm trying to make a maths comeback before my mocks (Jan), as far as I know you can revise all you want, but if you don't really know how to apply the knowledge in worded exam questions, it won't be that helpful. Next two months for me is spamming PMT papers and brushing up on th questions I can't answer. look up Henry Brand on Youtube, he's got all sorts of tips e.g. ranking all the topics in a spreadsheet and so on.


Thank you so much! I’ll take a look when I’m revising.

Reply 12

Original post
by Th4t1kid
Start small and don't rush
What helps for me when I'm struggling with a lot of subjects is to spend a week on each subject so that you can make some progress in each subject, instead of trying to revise them all for 3 weeks and not getting anything done
For example ~ WEEK 1 = Chemistry (do your weakest topics) do as much pmt as you can and watch freesciencelessons if you don't understand or if you're bored of ppqs
Plan any revision on your gyg and as long as you keep trying, you'll do great! There are a lot of people who know a lot more than me about subject-specific revision tho so just ask them and they're happy to help :grin:


Thank you so much!!

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