BCE >AAC

4 months to get BCE to AAC
C needs to be in biolofy and never gotten anything higher than a D…
Any tips xxxx

Also any tips for sociology/ psychology to get As

Reply 1

MindMax2000

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Original post by ehluharriet06

4 months to get BCE to AAC
C needs to be in biolofy and never gotten anything higher than a D…
Any tips xxxx
Also any tips for sociology/ psychology to get As

Reply 2

username7490471

Original post by MindMax2000

Do you think it’s realistic getting As and a C in 4 months from BCE?

Reply 3

MindMax2000

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by ehluharriet06

Do you think it’s realistic getting As and a C in 4 months from BCE?

Not really realistic. However, doing your best is still better than doing nothing.

You can change things around for one subject in 3 months. For all 3 subjects, it's going to be a real stretch unless you are doing something really drastic and it works really really well. For example, if your current approach is drastically different to those outlined in the videos above, then you have a good chance if you do things to the letter according to the videos.

I would work really smart and hard.

Reply 4

shp0505

Original post by ehluharriet06

Do you think it’s realistic getting As and a C in 4 months from BCE?

dont listen to the other guy in saying it is "not realistic", what an idiot. of course it is realistic. what you need to do, and NOW:
1) make concise notes for every single module, get them into your brain, make sure you understand the content.
2) bang out past papers, taking note of exam technique and the markschemes. (especially for paper3 bio).
3) make more notes, flash cards, anything that gets the content into ur brain. Do this NOW, you have no time to waste. I got an A in A-Level bio (OCR, AQA is slightly harder if u do aqa) purely from doing notes, knowing the content, and knowing how to answer the question.

after a bit of further thought, the above is just what i personally would do. we're different. you need to ask yourself why you got poor grades. did you not put in any effort? what did you do to revise? either you put in no effort or you are fundamentally approaching your revision wrong. lmk how you revised.

to get an A, fundamentally, all you need to know is good exam technique, and THE CONTENT. these are both developed through (in my opinion) notes revision, and past papers (self-marking strictly using the mark scheme).

fwiw, i only studied STEM subjects, i dont know how this will apply to essay subjects. ask your top classmates. good luck, get on it. of course you can do it. it is only a matter of effort and a good approach to revision.

Reply 5

username7490471

Original post by shp0505

dont listen to the other guy in saying it is "not realistic", what an idiot. of course it is realistic. what you need to do, and NOW:
1) make concise notes for every single module, get them into your brain, make sure you understand the content.
2) bang out past papers, taking note of exam technique and the markschemes. (especially for paper3 bio).
3) make more notes, flash cards, anything that gets the content into ur brain. Do this NOW, you have no time to waste. I got an A in A-Level bio (OCR, AQA is slightly harder if u do aqa) purely from doing notes, knowing the content, and knowing how to answer the question.
after a bit of further thought, the above is just what i personally would do. we're different. you need to ask yourself why you got poor grades. did you not put in any effort? what did you do to revise? either you put in no effort or you are fundamentally approaching your revision wrong. lmk how you revised.
to get an A, fundamentally, all you need to know is good exam technique, and THE CONTENT. these are both developed through (in my opinion) notes revision, and past papers (self-marking strictly using the mark scheme).
fwiw, i only studied STEM subjects, i dont know how this will apply to essay subjects. ask your top classmates. good luck, get on it. of course you can do it. it is only a matter of effort and a good approach to revision.

Thanks I have miss olivia biology notes now, they are helpful as ever where did u get ur notes from? I tend to think the fat textbooks are a waste of time as they tell me uncesscary stuff whilst not giving me the mark scheme words (OBN does) and I do loads of past paper questions I want a C but just got an E in my mock

Reply 6

shp0505

Original post by ehluharriet06

i dont get my notes from anywhere - that would be silly for me, because i can't remember the content thru just reading other people's notes - i made my own notes.

My own method to do that: i read a textbook (the fat CGP one for OCR), made sure i understood the content from the pages of the textbook, and then made my own notes from that in my own words. for me, i found the textbooks useful for revision bc they mostly just run thru the spec. so you'll get a good feel of all the content.

so for example, for the topic of transport in animals, i'd read the relevant sections of the textbook, make my own concise summary notes for everything, then do past paper questions using the knowledge of what i've just written (if you've truly understood what you're writing, and not mindlessly copying, it should be in ur short term memory) to answer the question. then self-mark, and be pedantic with your marking. you should naturally remember your mistakes, so when you next come across a similar question (question are often repeated), you don't make the same mistake twice. rinse and repeat and rinse and repeat. make sure you understand all the content

idk what you mean by the textbooks tell you the unnecessary stuff - are you using a random textbook for a different examboard? usually, if you use a textbook dedicated to ur specific examboard, it just runs thru the whole spec (i.e all the necessary stuff that you need to know). i'd also definitely google the spec for ur examboard to confirm what you need to know. don't miss anything out. i made that mistake in my chem a level - i neglected revising ONE particular calculation because i found it hard, and of course, we get a 6 marker on that exact question in the summer. really obscure calc too. so learn from my mistake - if it is in the spec - it is necessary.

Reply 7

shp0505

you still have time - get on your grind for the summer exams NOW, and you can easily make that improvement.

Reply 8

username7490471

Original post by shp0505

i dont get my notes from anywhere - that would be silly for me, because i can't remember the content thru just reading other people's notes - i made my own notes.
My own method to do that: i read a textbook (the fat CGP one for OCR), made sure i understood the content from the pages of the textbook, and then made my own notes from that in my own words. for me, i found the textbooks useful for revision bc they mostly just run thru the spec. so you'll get a good feel of all the content.
so for example, for the topic of transport in animals, i'd read the relevant sections of the textbook, make my own concise summary notes for everything, then do past paper questions using the knowledge of what i've just written (if you've truly understood what you're writing, and not mindlessly copying, it should be in ur short term memory) to answer the question. then self-mark, and be pedantic with your marking. you should naturally remember your mistakes, so when you next come across a similar question (question are often repeated), you don't make the same mistake twice. rinse and repeat and rinse and repeat. make sure you understand all the content
idk what you mean by the textbooks tell you the unnecessary stuff - are you using a random textbook for a different examboard? usually, if you use a textbook dedicated to ur specific examboard, it just runs thru the whole spec (i.e all the necessary stuff that you need to know). i'd also definitely google the spec for ur examboard to confirm what you need to know. don't miss anything out. i made that mistake in my chem a level - i neglected revising ONE particular calculation because i found it hard, and of course, we get a 6 marker on that exact question in the summer. really obscure calc too. so learn from my mistake - if it is in the spec - it is necessary.

Trust me since day 1 of a levels I looked up the spec and yeah I do AQA it’s pure crap… I got a CGP book and those fat Oxford books that tell me so so much uncesscary extra stuff that won’t be needed in the exam and at this time I don’t have time to go over that so my method of revision now is making sure I fully understand miss Olivia’s notes and making mark scheme flashcards whilst doing loads of past questions and doing more application/maths questions