Mocks ? A levels idk what to do

I got my chemistry mocks back last week and it’s been irritating me, I got U on both papers and it’s already January. I’ve applied for foundation med and I’m worried that I won’t even pass and get into anything. I’ve got no interview so far but I am stuck on med. I just need some harsh motivation or anything that can help me. I do chemistry, biology and maths and I’m not doing well in any of them overall.
I’ve heard the “think about alternate choices” but I don’t want to do that. Even if I have to take a gap year to try again I need minimum AAA. I’m not sure anymore.
Anything will help

if youd like some harsh motivation, just remember that its your life in your own hands; the only one in control is yourself so if you want those grades you have to earn them
its completely possible to improve from your situation, i went from straight D grades at the start of year 12 to triple A by the same summer, you can definitely turn Us into some decent grades if youre willing to go the extra mile

Thank you !! What did you do to get to an A in chemistry ??

I got my chemistry mocks back last week and it’s been irritating me, I got U on both papers and it’s already January. I’ve applied for foundation med and I’m worried that I won’t even pass and get into anything. I’ve got no interview so far but I am stuck on med. I just need some harsh motivation or anything that can help me. I do chemistry, biology and maths and I’m not doing well in any of them overall.
I’ve heard the “think about alternate choices” but I don’t want to do that. Even if I have to take a gap year to try again I need minimum AAA. I’m not sure anymore.
Anything will help

hello, I hate to say it but its all down to hard work. I went from a D to an A* in my final exam for chemistry. What got me there was work work and work, im talking 10+ hours a day. Same as Biology, I went from a B to an A*, my trick with biology was memorising the textbook inside and out (litterly pacing around my room reciting it). You can certainly do it, it just requires hard work. One thing i would consider is appraching your teachers for after school private lessons; I had a few frends who simply asked for help and they recived it for free, it really helped them. No harm in asking.

i can also give a couple tips about physics that may translate to chemistry:
1. say what you mean. if a process takes less time because of a factor, say that. do not say "it gets quicker" youre an a level student you are expected to elaborate and say exactly what you mean to show your understanding of the topic
2. remember youre working with a universal system. as an example, in physics, theres nothing stopping me from applying classical mechanics laws in an astrophysics question; theyre different topics but they work under the same universe. make sure you understand the ties and links between your topics to develop a greater understanding of the subject

I really appreciate this, I will work my hardest but no matter how much work I put in when it gets to exams I always flop, I can’t seem to match my knowledge. Did you use any other resources?? And I’m going to email both my teachers today and say that I’m concerned it’s already year 13 January and I don’t know if I’ll make it far but we will see !!!

Past papers. One trick is that every single question that you will get in any exam has been repeated in previous exams, for both bio and chem. There may be slight changes in numbers, but essentially memorise how to do every single question for every past paper using the model answers. Every question can be broken down into 1-5 steps. For each question, identify how many steps it takes to get the answer, memorise how to do them in what order, when the same question comes up again, repeat. You'll start to notice a pattern in the questions after a while. when it comes to the final paper, you'll feel like youve completed it before (I got 89% in paper 2 chem just by doing this).

Past papers. One trick is that every single question that you will get in any exam has been repeated in previous exams, for both bio and chem. There may be slight changes in numbers, but essentially memorise how to do every single question for every past paper using the model answers. Every question can be broken down into 1-5 steps. For each question, identify how many steps it takes to get the answer, memorise how to do them in what order, when the same question comes up again, repeat. You'll start to notice a pattern in the questions after a while. when it comes to the final paper, you'll feel like youve completed it before (I got 89% in paper 2 chem just by doing this).

This is actually amazing, but the thing is I don’t think I even know my content to even attempt past paper, how do you think I should plan my revision from now till let’s say April ?

This is actually amazing, but the thing is I don’t think I even know my content to even attempt past paper, how do you think I should plan my revision from now till let’s say April ?

if you dont understand the content at all the best thing to do is learn in your free time. find a topic you want to understand, and try every way you can think of to understand it (watching videos, reading notes, etc) and once you find a method stick with it. then when you think youre ready to try some questions go for past papers and worksheets

start with a content sheet, highlight in green amber and red for what you do, do ish and dont know. Start with red, simply read the textbook over and over again to memorise, even if you domt udnerstand it will give you the basics. then move onto amber, do the same. repeat the content sheet highlighting, hopefully everything on red will move to amber. Utilise your teachers for when you have meorised the topic but diont undertsnad, at least now youll be able to ask specific questions. Next move to past papers, if you dont think you can complete at all, memorise the answers for questions first. put answers away and then complete it, see which answers/ ways to complete you remembered. read answer sheet again. complete the test again. repeat until you get 100%. move onto next past paper. this tim some of the questions will be a repeat and you should do better first try. Repeat again until gaining 100%. Any questions you struggle on understanding the actual content, put them all together into one 'exam paper'. same again, find the pattern of how many steps, what each step is for each question. At the end you should be smashing it.

So memorising and then past paper on past paper is key !!
When you were doing past paper questions what years did you start from, some people only do the ones from 2017-2024 or even from 2010.

I did my a levels in 2021. I’d ignore the past few years cause they usually don’t reuse questions from the past few years. Start with 2022 then work backwards. They changed the content sometime in the 2010s (can’t remember when), once you get there you should know what’s included now and what isn’t, but I’d recommend going as far as 2010. They are more likely to repeat questions from much older papers as less will have used them to revise

Try to do say 10 mins and after that most likely you'll begin to do more and really get into it. I think I made a revision playlist for motivation?
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWLVz9qeUV54ZzQRps1449AuLCMRghGYU&si=dsakDqTId_FwgyWe

I got my chemistry mocks back last week and it’s been irritating me, I got U on both papers and it’s already January. I’ve applied for foundation med and I’m worried that I won’t even pass and get into anything. I’ve got no interview so far but I am stuck on med. I just need some harsh motivation or anything that can help me. I do chemistry, biology and maths and I’m not doing well in any of them overall.
I’ve heard the “think about alternate choices” but I don’t want to do that. Even if I have to take a gap year to try again I need minimum AAA. I’m not sure anymore.
Anything will help