Here are my GCSE grades, ask me questions if you need help!

First off: I don't remember any questions I'm sorry I have the memory of a rock 😭🙏🏽

I studied:

English Language [AQA]: 6
English Literature [AQA]: 7 (4 marks off an 8)
Mathematics [Edexcel]: 7 (3 marks off an 8)
Combined Science [Edexcel]: 98
History [AQA]: 8 (9 marks off a 9 which is a lot lmao - Germany 1890-1945 Democracy & Dictatorship, Conflict & Tension: The Inter-War Years 1918-1939, Britain: Healthy & the People: c1000 to the Present Day, Elizabethan England c1568-1603)
French [AQA]: 6
Food Preparation & Nutrition [AQA]: 6
Creative iMedia [OCR]: Distinction (I think that's a 7 in number system)
Religious Studies [AQA]: 8 (I did this GCSE in Year 10 though - Christianity & Islam)

I'm doing A-Levels now, so if you have any questions about A-Levels or Sixth Form generally, feel free to drop them too! My subjects:

A-Level Biology [AQA]
A-Level Physics [AQA]
A-Level Mathematics [Edexcel]

Reply 1

sznwqz

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Original post by Moonakitty

First off: I don't remember any questions I'm sorry I have the memory of a rock 😭🙏🏽
I studied:
English Language [AQA]: 6
English Literature [AQA]: 7 (4 marks off an 8)
Mathematics [Edexcel]: 7 (3 marks off an 8)
Combined Science [Edexcel]: 98
History [AQA]: 8 (9 marks off a 9 which is a lot lmao - Germany 1890-1945 Democracy & Dictatorship, Conflict & Tension: The Inter-War Years 1918-1939, Britain: Healthy & the People: c1000 to the Present Day, Elizabethan England c1568-1603)
French [AQA]: 6
Food Preparation & Nutrition [AQA]: 6
Creative iMedia [OCR]: Distinction (I think that's a 7 in number system)
Religious Studies [AQA]: 8 (I did this GCSE in Year 10 though - Christianity & Islam)
I'm doing A-Levels now, so if you have any questions about A-Levels or Sixth Form generally, feel free to drop them too! My subjects:
A-Level Biology [AQA]
A-Level Physics [AQA]
A-Level Mathematics [Edexcel]

are a levels eating you up or are you eating them up

Reply 2

VaBook7

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How did you revise all the history content? I have a good memory but there's just so much! how much do I need to do per day? thank you

Reply 3

Mickey Mouse 1

12

How are you finding A - level maths? Is it hard to keep up? Also, what was the college interview like if u can remember? Thank you!

Reply 4

3aalooli

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Hi，congrats on the results! What’s your study tips for Maths, history and combined sciences?

Reply 5

Moonakitty

OP

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Original post by sznwqz

are a levels eating you up or are you eating them up

They are most definitely eating me up ICLL physics is killingggggggggg

Reply 6

Moonakitty

OP

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Original post by VaBook7

How did you revise all the history content? I have a good memory but there's just so much! how much do I need to do per day? thank you

Sorry for the late reply! Honestly I winged History a good half hour before both exams using timelines I'd created using Canva. What I did was look in the textbooks our school gave us and write down the key key dates on a sticky note then put them on the canva template and write a small summary of the event, for example the date of Hitler coming to power and the way he took over underneath. It was super helpful as I flicked through it before the exams and remembered most of the dates for the questions. I also practiced a ton of 16/20 markers (I think those were the marks?) since it quite hard to write all the required paragraphs in like 15 minutes. Just practice the past paper questions that scream difficult to you (I always struggled on the 4 markers for some reason especially describing the pictures, I'd just repeat the same point twice) and you'll be fine! Get your teacher to mark them! Good luck!

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Moonakitty

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Original post by Mickey Mouse 1

How are you finding A - level maths? Is it hard to keep up? Also, what was the college interview like if u can remember? Thank you!

Luckily none of the schools I applied to had an interview. One did but it was just to confirm my subjects, nothing about why I wanted to come there. However, I was stressed too, so I'd recommend going on the school's website and looking at all the extracurriculars, enrichment, leadership roles, opportunities etc., they offer for students and write those down on a sticky note and go over them for a few minutes. You can talk about those, for example, if they call in speakers to help to decide your careers in year 12, you can mention how you feel this school is a good fit for you because they offer support for those that don't know what careers to do and you feel this'll really help you grow on your journey and allow you to discover your options etc. You can also talk about their values and how you feel they align with your personal beliefs.

A Level Maths is somewhat difficult. It's split into Year 1 Pure, Mechanics and Statistics. For us, we had 2 teachers, and since pure is the biggest topic, it was split between both teacher. Teacher A did half of pure and all of mechanics, and Teacher B did half of pure and all of statistics. I'd say as long as you work through textbook questions/MathsGenie/PMT etc., any type of exam questions after each lesson, you should be fine. You just need to get a lot of practice in since A Level Maths does get harder compared to GCSE. We have EOTTs (End Of chapTer Test) too, so just make sure to practice questions after each lesson if you end up choosing it. I do find it a little hard to keep up since we have maths once a day so I'm constantly doing multiple questions on top of work from science subjects. You'll also get separate homework from the subject (we get a ton) so you'll have to learn to use time efficiently and plan to meet deadlines in time.

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Moonakitty

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Original post by 3aalooli

Hi，congrats on the results! What’s your study tips for Maths, history and combined sciences?

Thank you, good luck on yours!

History you can check the reply I gave the other person, maths is most definitely just a ton of practice. I did higher maths and I remember practicing individual topics I was confused on, past exam papers, papers made by individual websites and finally, predicted papers (there's free ones by 1st Class Maths every year). If you don't understand a topic, I'd recommend going to a teacher instead of watching a video, since teachers normally explain it better, before you practice again. You can go to a teacher again if you ge it wrong and get them to help you. Maths is literally just practice, practice, practice. Combined sciences, I practiced questions for biology, made flashcards and went over them and watched videos on topics I never understood. I did the exact same for chemistry and for physics I mostly just practiced questions since physics is more application over memorisation in my opinion and watched videos, no flashcards.

I'd recommend channels like Cognito (their website is really good too), freesciencelessons and Science Shorts. + past papers AND THE SPECIFICATION!!! I can't stress the specification enough it saved my life. I printed it out and colour coded it RAG (red amber green) according to topics i felt the most confident and the ones I felt least confident, I watched videos, got help from teachers and practiced questions and went over flashcards until I got them to green. For biology, I also really think it's just memorising the mark scheme. I remember practicing so many questions i literally saw patterns of the exact same questions worded differently and saw they all wanted the same thing in their mark schemes so I got full marks every time, so just practice a ton and find patterns in questions. Good luck!

Reply 9

Mickey Mouse 1

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Original post by Moonakitty

Luckily none of the schools I applied to had an interview. One did but it was just to confirm my subjects, nothing about why I wanted to come there. However, I was stressed too, so I'd recommend going on the school's website and looking at all the extracurriculars, enrichment, leadership roles, opportunities etc., they offer for students and write those down on a sticky note and go over them for a few minutes. You can talk about those, for example, if they call in speakers to help to decide your careers in year 12, you can mention how you feel this school is a good fit for you because they offer support for those that don't know what careers to do and you feel this'll really help you grow on your journey and allow you to discover your options etc. You can also talk about their values and how you feel they align with your personal beliefs.

A Level Maths is somewhat difficult. It's split into Year 1 Pure, Mechanics and Statistics. For us, we had 2 teachers, and since pure is the biggest topic, it was split between both teacher. Teacher A did half of pure and all of mechanics, and Teacher B did half of pure and all of statistics. I'd say as long as you work through textbook questions/MathsGenie/PMT etc., any type of exam questions after each lesson, you should be fine. You just need to get a lot of practice in since A Level Maths does get harder compared to GCSE. We have EOTTs (End Of chapTer Test) too, so just make sure to practice questions after each lesson if you end up choosing it. I do find it a little hard to keep up since we have maths once a day so I'm constantly doing multiple questions on top of work from science subjects. You'll also get separate homework from the subject (we get a ton) so you'll have to learn to use time efficiently and plan to meet deadlines in time.

Thank you so much for this reply! It’s really helpful. :smile:

Reply 10

sznwqz

10

Original post by Moonakitty

They are most definitely eating me up ICLL physics is killingggggggggg

bless your supercalifragilisticexpialidocious soul 😓😓

Here are my GCSE grades, ask me questions if you need help!

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