Chemistry a level
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Hi I’ve applied for medicine so need an A in OCR A chem.
I’m in year 13 and in my recent mock I got a C
I am working really hard and I revised for at a minimum an hour a night of chem in weekdays and a few hours on both Saturdays and Sundays - I know I’m putting in the effort so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…
I’m mainly doing practice questions and flashcards for organic.
Please please help as I have 3 interviews and I’m feeling hopeless even if I get an offer I’m now unconfident that I’ll make it
I’m in year 13 and in my recent mock I got a C
I am working really hard and I revised for at a minimum an hour a night of chem in weekdays and a few hours on both Saturdays and Sundays - I know I’m putting in the effort so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…
I’m mainly doing practice questions and flashcards for organic.
Please please help as I have 3 interviews and I’m feeling hopeless even if I get an offer I’m now unconfident that I’ll make it
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by IsspocHi I’ve applied for medicine so need an A in OCR A chem.
I’m in year 13 and in my recent mock I got a C
I am working really hard and I revised for at a minimum an hour a night of chem in weekdays and a few hours on both Saturdays and Sundays - I know I’m putting in the effort so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…
I’m mainly doing practice questions and flashcards for organic.
Please please help as I have 3 interviews and I’m feeling hopeless even if I get an offer I’m now unconfident that I’ll make it
I’m in year 13 and in my recent mock I got a C
I am working really hard and I revised for at a minimum an hour a night of chem in weekdays and a few hours on both Saturdays and Sundays - I know I’m putting in the effort so I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…
I’m mainly doing practice questions and flashcards for organic.
Please please help as I have 3 interviews and I’m feeling hopeless even if I get an offer I’m now unconfident that I’ll make it
sounds frustrating! if you’re putting in that much time, it’s probably the way you’re revising that’s the issue. something i’ve realised with people that get C’s below in chem is that they’re trying to study it like biology - memorisation of mark scheme etc. for chemistry you have to understand what’s going on. for mechanisms it’s a whole lot easier thinking: arrow goes from negative to positive. pi bond in C=O always breaks first. etc. organic chemistry is probably the easiest part once you understand just a little bit why things are happening. i also did flashcards like acid chloride + alcohol = ??? for mechanisms. physical: brush up on maths skills through past paper questions. watch MaChem guy walkthroughs, most physical questions are really similar year by year. inorganic and some of physical: PRACTICALS!! watch videos on practicals, do a big table on the ‘tests’ practicals and just flashcard it. also do RAG ratings of each spec point. it will probably take you a lot more time than your other subjects, i spent ages doing chemistry revision in Y12 and start of Y13 but now because im solid on these things i barely revise chemistry and new topics are a lot easier.
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hey guys i’m a gap year dental applicant who achieved A*A*A in bio chem and psych last year offering tutoring in these lmk if any of u r interested (low hourly rates compared to average )
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