Can i get all 9s
Did anyone have the same-ish results as me last yr and how did you manage to becomre better at your weaker subjects? Or do you have these sorts of results and what do you plan on doing? I rlly wanna get all 9s but i didnt in my mocks. I feel like i crammed too much for them last minute and im not sure I will be able to keep my 9s at grade 9 and move the 7s and 8s up. Yr 11 jan Mock Results:
English lit 9
English lang 8
Maths 9
Bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
Chem 9
Physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
Geog 9
German 7
PE 8 (1 mark off 9)
Business 8 (3 marks off 9)
Compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
English lit 9
English lang 8
Maths 9
Bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
Chem 9
Physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
Geog 9
German 7
PE 8 (1 mark off 9)
Business 8 (3 marks off 9)
Compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
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by cloudy-sunriseDid anyone have the same-ish results as me last yr and how did you manage to becomre better at your weaker subjects? Or do you have these sorts of results and what do you plan on doing? I rlly wanna get all 9s but i didnt in my mocks. I feel like i crammed too much for them last minute and im not sure I will be able to keep my 9s at grade 9 and move the 7s and 8s up. Yr 11 jan Mock Results:
English lit 9
English lang 9
Maths 9
Bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
Chem 9
Physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
Geog 9
German 7
PE 9
Business 8 (3 marks off 9)
Compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
English lit 9
English lang 9
Maths 9
Bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
Chem 9
Physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
Geog 9
German 7
PE 9
Business 8 (3 marks off 9)
Compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
Straight 9s definitely looks possible based on these mock results. For any you got 9s in or those few where you got a couple marks off a 9, keep doing what you're doing is the best advice really. It's clearly working! For German, try to spend a few minutes every day thinking of random sentences to translate. Learn all your oral exam answers (if you have that. I did eduqas so I don't know what other exam boards are like) these will help you in the essay questions as well as lots of the sentences can be tweaked a tiny bit and then fit somewhere in any question you could get. Computer science, practice coding and maybe try out something like Seneca for learning the theory stuff. Ultimately, these are an incredibly strong set of results and getting these in your actual GCSEs would still put you in a very good place when it comes to applying for uni or whatever you want to do in the future. Good luck!
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by cloudy-sunrisedid anyone have the same-ish results as me last yr and how did you manage to becomre better at your weaker subjects? Or do you have these sorts of results and what do you plan on doing? I rlly wanna get all 9s but i didnt in my mocks. I feel like i crammed too much for them last minute and im not sure i will be able to keep my 9s at grade 9 and move the 7s and 8s up. Yr 11 jan mock results:
English lit 9
english lang 9
maths 9
bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
chem 9
physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
geog 9
german 7
pe 9
business 8 (3 marks off 9)
compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
English lit 9
english lang 9
maths 9
bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
chem 9
physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
geog 9
german 7
pe 9
business 8 (3 marks off 9)
compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
how did u get 9 in maths tell me
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by 18sphillipsStraight 9s definitely looks possible based on these mock results. For any you got 9s in or those few where you got a couple marks off a 9, keep doing what you're doing is the best advice really. It's clearly working! For German, try to spend a few minutes every day thinking of random sentences to translate. Learn all your oral exam answers (if you have that. I did eduqas so I don't know what other exam boards are like) these will help you in the essay questions as well as lots of the sentences can be tweaked a tiny bit and then fit somewhere in any question you could get. Computer science, practice coding and maybe try out something like Seneca for learning the theory stuff. Ultimately, these are an incredibly strong set of results and getting these in your actual GCSEs would still put you in a very good place when it comes to applying for uni or whatever you want to do in the future. Good luck!
Thanks so much for the advice! I do aqa German and it’s kinda similar - there is a list of questions to memorise for speaking (I didn’t for mocks tho 💀) but I’ll def do it for the real exam
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by Hellopeople!how did u get 9 in maths tell me
Do a lot of past paper questions and use Corbett maths 5 a day. Once you do enough questions u will realise most of the time the are asking very similar things and u will eventually get the hang of it. What exam board are you doing if u don’t mind me asking?
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by cloudy-sunriseDo a lot of past paper questions and use Corbett maths 5 a day. Once you do enough questions u will realise most of the time the are asking very similar things and u will eventually get the hang of it. What exam board are you doing if u don’t mind me asking?
igcse maths A edexcel
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by cloudy-sunriseDid anyone have the same-ish results as me last yr and how did you manage to becomre better at your weaker subjects? Or do you have these sorts of results and what do you plan on doing? I rlly wanna get all 9s but i didnt in my mocks. I feel like i crammed too much for them last minute and im not sure I will be able to keep my 9s at grade 9 and move the 7s and 8s up. Yr 11 jan Mock Results:
English lit 9
English lang 9
Maths 9
Bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
Chem 9
Physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
Geog 9
German 7
PE 9
Business 8 (3 marks off 9)
Compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
English lit 9
English lang 9
Maths 9
Bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
Chem 9
Physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
Geog 9
German 7
PE 9
Business 8 (3 marks off 9)
Compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
i mean i would say your quite set, i am also hoping to achieve all 9s but my grades are significantly lower compared to yours: (from the oct/nov mocks) .
English lit 7 , English lan 7 . Maths 7 , Bio 8 , Chemistry 8 , Physics 7 , RS 6 (we have to do everything by ourselves cause the teacher is nowhere to be found) , Computer science 7 , Spanish 6 (kinda had no option but to pick it cause something was wrong was the option blocks and i have never done it before picked it up half way through yr 10) . . No matter how many question papers or how much content i will learn i will end up in the high 7s boundary, can you please share some tips on how you have achieved them? And how little time we have left do you think i can move up to all 9s?
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by Hellopeople!igcse maths A edexcel
I’ve had a look at the past paper questions - they do look a bit harder than AQA (which I do). Try to do the first 19ish questions quickly bc they are generally easier than the last ones, so make sure u have enough time to solve those. Also do lots of questions that mix topics together eg. trig and bearings so that you get used to the question style.
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by shonow033mi mean i would say your quite set, i am also hoping to achieve all 9s but my grades are significantly lower compared to yours: (from the oct/nov mocks) .
English lit 7 , English lan 7 . Maths 7 , Bio 8 , Chemistry 8 , Physics 7 , RS 6 (we have to do everything by ourselves cause the teacher is nowhere to be found) , Computer science 7 , Spanish 6 (kinda had no option but to pick it cause something was wrong was the option blocks and i have never done it before picked it up half way through yr 10) . . No matter how many question papers or how much content i will learn i will end up in the high 7s boundary, can you please share some tips on how you have achieved them? And how little time we have left do you think i can move up to all 9s?
English lit 7 , English lan 7 . Maths 7 , Bio 8 , Chemistry 8 , Physics 7 , RS 6 (we have to do everything by ourselves cause the teacher is nowhere to be found) , Computer science 7 , Spanish 6 (kinda had no option but to pick it cause something was wrong was the option blocks and i have never done it before picked it up half way through yr 10) . . No matter how many question papers or how much content i will learn i will end up in the high 7s boundary, can you please share some tips on how you have achieved them? And how little time we have left do you think i can move up to all 9s?
I think all 9s is definitely possible. For RS try blurting everything yk on a whiteboard and then fill in the gaps with a textbook or notes and keep looking at the whiteboard throughout the day - this also works for other essay subjects like quotes for English. Main thing is you just need to be thinking about the info as much as possible - like when I was doing my mocks I would js be walking somewhere and thinking abt my Macbeth quotes 😂 yes it sounds neeky but you have to get rlly familiar with the content. For sciences and maths keep doing past papers. One method that helped me is doing one question at a time (like 1 a b c and d), marking it and then writing my mistakes down. And do the paper like 2x (after a few days) so that you don't repeat ur mistakes again.
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by cloudy-sunriseI think all 9s is definitely possible. For RS try blurting everything yk on a whiteboard and then fill in the gaps with a textbook or notes and keep looking at the whiteboard throughout the day - this also works for other essay subjects like quotes for English. Main thing is you just need to be thinking about the info as much as possible - like when I was doing my mocks I would js be walking somewhere and thinking abt my Macbeth quotes 😂 yes it sounds neeky but you have to get rlly familiar with the content. For sciences and maths keep doing past papers. One method that helped me is doing one question at a time (like 1 a b c and d), marking it and then writing my mistakes down. And do the paper like 2x (after a few days) so that you don't repeat ur mistakes again.
Thank you for responding, you have no idea how much this actually calms me, i was starting to get anxious 😅. But do you mind if i ask how many hours you study and how much you would recommend me to study if you were in my position?
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by shonow033mThank you for responding, you have no idea how much this actually calms me, i was starting to get anxious 😅. But do you mind if i ask how many hours you study and how much you would recommend me to study if you were in my position?
Np glad I helped! I would aim for around 1 to 2 hrs per day if possible, and u cld spend longer if there is something you are particularly unsure of. Try using the pomodoro technique - there are a bunch of vids on yt explaining it
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You have 4 months of course it is possible you should just invest the time to figure out what to do first and make plan and then stick to it. I suggest you look over the majority of of mr everything English’s videos
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by PavhYou have 4 months of course it is possible you should just invest the time to figure out what to do first and make plan and then stick to it. I suggest you look over the majority of of mr everything English’s videos
Thank you for the advice, but is it still possible to use that because mr everything english teaches aqa and i do edexcel? I try to implement the advice he offers, but i believe we only have 3 months? I really would like to go oxford medicine, so i would like to have a solid foundaiton for it too. 😭
(edited 11 months ago)
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by cloudy-sunriseDid anyone have the same-ish results as me last yr and how did you manage to becomre better at your weaker subjects? Or do you have these sorts of results and what do you plan on doing? I rlly wanna get all 9s but i didnt in my mocks. I feel like i crammed too much for them last minute and im not sure I will be able to keep my 9s at grade 9 and move the 7s and 8s up. Yr 11 jan Mock Results:
English lit 9
English lang 8
Maths 9
Bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
Chem 9
Physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
Geog 9
German 7
PE 8 (1 mark off 9)
Business 8 (3 marks off 9)
Compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
English lit 9
English lang 8
Maths 9
Bio 8 (2 marks off 9)
Chem 9
Physics 8 (1 mark off 9)
Geog 9
German 7
PE 8 (1 mark off 9)
Business 8 (3 marks off 9)
Compsci 7/8(havent got it back yet)
pleaseee, how did you revise for English, geography and business?
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Eng lit: I js kept going over quotes again and again. Mr everything English and mr sales are SO HELPFUL
Eng lang: uhh idk how to rlly revise cuz I low key winged my mock.. I basically js looked at grade 9 model answers and used the exact same structure - u can’t rlly “revise” for lang other than doing past papers
Geography: find a Quizlet with everything on that paper/topic and js keep doing it… also do a lot of the 8 mark questions
Business: Seneca literally saved me! Make sure to do a lot of exam technique too and remember all of the structures for each question. I’d say business is the subject where exam technique matters most
Eng lang: uhh idk how to rlly revise cuz I low key winged my mock.. I basically js looked at grade 9 model answers and used the exact same structure - u can’t rlly “revise” for lang other than doing past papers
Geography: find a Quizlet with everything on that paper/topic and js keep doing it… also do a lot of the 8 mark questions
Business: Seneca literally saved me! Make sure to do a lot of exam technique too and remember all of the structures for each question. I’d say business is the subject where exam technique matters most
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what structures do you use?
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For Business or English?
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by cloudy-sunriseFor Business or English?
For both 😭
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(i do edexcel business and eduquas eng btw)
so for business:
English: 3x PEARL paragraphs + conclusion - try to make them chronological or link in some way if possible (eg: para 1 - at the start of the novel, X is presented as..., para 2 - in the middle of the novel, X is presented as..., para 3 - at the end of the novel, X is presented as..., OR smth like para 1 - theme Y is presented as A when..., para 2 - theme Y is also presented as B when..., para 3 - additionally, theme Y is presented as C when..., )
for the conclusion: you dont need a huge conclusion, if you were writing about character X, the conclusion could be very similar to your points, but you need to say WHY:
eg. At the start of the novel, X is presented as ... BECAUSE of ..., and due to this factor, X shifts to being presented as more ..... At the end of the novel X is presented as ... bc of ... and ...
hope this helps! if you have any questions js lmk 😄
so for business:
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you have to have minimum 5 chains of reasoning (so like "decreasing prices (point) will lead to more sales (1 chain) which would lead to more revenue (1 chain))
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so for 6 markers you could do either:
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1 point with 5 chains
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or 1 point with 3 chains + another point with 2 chains
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for 9 and 12 markers (make sure you have 5 chains) AND embed context throughout
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one para about the advantages of the option you choose
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one para about the disadvantages of the option you choose
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conc - another advantage of the one you choose + what it depends on (for example: Option 1 - increasing the number of stores opened by business X is better, as it would...(advantage), however this depends on where they open the stores, as some areas may not have as much footfall)
English: 3x PEARL paragraphs + conclusion - try to make them chronological or link in some way if possible (eg: para 1 - at the start of the novel, X is presented as..., para 2 - in the middle of the novel, X is presented as..., para 3 - at the end of the novel, X is presented as..., OR smth like para 1 - theme Y is presented as A when..., para 2 - theme Y is also presented as B when..., para 3 - additionally, theme Y is presented as C when..., )
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P - point
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E - evidence
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A - analysis
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R - readers response
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L - link back to point
for the conclusion: you dont need a huge conclusion, if you were writing about character X, the conclusion could be very similar to your points, but you need to say WHY:
eg. At the start of the novel, X is presented as ... BECAUSE of ..., and due to this factor, X shifts to being presented as more ..... At the end of the novel X is presented as ... bc of ... and ...
hope this helps! if you have any questions js lmk 😄
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