Original post by hp49
please give advice on how to improve my GCSE's. I need to get only 8's and 9's at GCSE with a minimal amount of 7's
English - 8
Math - 6
Biology - 7
Chemistry - 6
Physics - 6
French - 7
DT - 7
RS - 8
Geography - 9
English - 8
Math - 6
Biology - 7
Chemistry - 6
Physics - 6
French - 7
DT - 7
RS - 8
Geography - 9
I’m in year13 now I did my GCSEs 2 years ago. I got 12 9s and honestly as long as you do some studying you’ll be surprised how overhyped the exams are. I also got the highest score in the country for every science.
My main advice is:
Bio, Chem, Physics- just do as many past papers as you can as the questions are commonly repetitive so as long as you’ve already done them and studied the answers and markschemes you’re good. Additionally (especially for bio) make sure to memorise processes and definitions in any way you find best (rewriting them from memory, reading, flashcards, reciting them in your head on the bus etc) have them stuck in your head. This will get you a lot of marks in the exam.
For math, there’s very little can actually study by reading. Once you understand the basics of every topic by easy questions, just do past paper after past paper after pastpaper, and repeat every question you get wrong till u get it right.
For English, I mainly have advice for lit. Create a bank of quotations that you can remember and recite and their significance.
For geography, which I completed by myself, not in class, u seem good, just continue studying.
Since I didn’t do the rest I have no advice, sorry.
My main advice overall is to study as much as you can without cramming or stressing. When u can’t take in any more info stop studying and do something fun. A great way of studying although it may seem trivial is reciting quotes, definitions and processes in your head when you have nothing to do eg on the bus. On the mornings of your exams don’t use your phone or listen to music as it may get stuck in your head, eat well and go to sleep early. Don’t study the day of the exam and do minimal the night before. You may not want to but what I did was delete any social media eg insta that may distract me from studying in the weeks leading up to the exams.
Good luck!
(edited 3 months ago)
Reply 2
Original post by Hhjkjkkk
I’m in year13 now I did my GCSEs 2 years ago. I got 12 9s and honestly as long as you do some studying you’ll be surprised how overhyped the exams are. I also got the highest score in the country for every science.
My main advice is:
Bio, Chem, Physics- just do as many past papers as you can as the questions are commonly repetitive so as long as you’ve already done them and studied the answers and markschemes you’re good. Additionally (especially for bio) make sure to memorise processes and definitions in any way you find best (rewriting them from memory, reading, flashcards, reciting them in your head on the bus etc) have them stuck in your head. This will get you a lot of marks in the exam.
For math, there’s very little can actually study by reading. Once you understand the basics of every topic by easy questions, just do past paper after past paper after pastpaper, and repeat every question you get wrong till u get it right.
For English, I mainly have advice for lit. Create a bank of quotations that you can remember and recite and their significance.
For geography, which I completed by myself, not in class, u seem good, just continue studying.
Since I didn’t do the rest I have no advice, sorry.
My main advice overall is to study as much as you can without cramming or stressing. When u can’t take in any more info stop studying and do something fun. A great way of studying although it may seem trivial is reciting quotes, definitions and processes in your head when you have nothing to do eg on the bus. On the mornings of your exams don’t use your phone or listen to music as it may get stuck in your head, eat well and go to sleep early. Don’t study the day of the exam and do minimal the night before. You may not want to but what I did was delete any social media eg insta that may distract me from studying in the weeks leading up to the exams.
Good luck!
My main advice is:
Bio, Chem, Physics- just do as many past papers as you can as the questions are commonly repetitive so as long as you’ve already done them and studied the answers and markschemes you’re good. Additionally (especially for bio) make sure to memorise processes and definitions in any way you find best (rewriting them from memory, reading, flashcards, reciting them in your head on the bus etc) have them stuck in your head. This will get you a lot of marks in the exam.
For math, there’s very little can actually study by reading. Once you understand the basics of every topic by easy questions, just do past paper after past paper after pastpaper, and repeat every question you get wrong till u get it right.
For English, I mainly have advice for lit. Create a bank of quotations that you can remember and recite and their significance.
For geography, which I completed by myself, not in class, u seem good, just continue studying.
Since I didn’t do the rest I have no advice, sorry.
My main advice overall is to study as much as you can without cramming or stressing. When u can’t take in any more info stop studying and do something fun. A great way of studying although it may seem trivial is reciting quotes, definitions and processes in your head when you have nothing to do eg on the bus. On the mornings of your exams don’t use your phone or listen to music as it may get stuck in your head, eat well and go to sleep early. Don’t study the day of the exam and do minimal the night before. You may not want to but what I did was delete any social media eg insta that may distract me from studying in the weeks leading up to the exams.
Good luck!
Omd 12 nines is insane SLAY
Original post by hp49
please give advice on how to improve my GCSE's. I need to get only 8's and 9's at GCSE with a minimal amount of 7's
English - 8
Math - 6
Biology - 7
Chemistry - 6
Physics - 6
French - 7
DT - 7
RS - 8
Geography - 9
English - 8
Math - 6
Biology - 7
Chemistry - 6
Physics - 6
French - 7
DT - 7
RS - 8
Geography - 9
Maths:
Do as much practice as you can. There are 3 reasons for this which i focus on. Firstly, doing practice questions means thatyoure continually exercising the parts of your brain which are needed to do maths so the more you practice the more naturally itwill come to you. Doing exam style questions also means that you’ll get used to the types of questions that you’ll be asked- tobe honest they dont tend to vary too much year on year so practicing old questions really helps. Thirdly, doing practicequestions means you’ll identify what you’re struggling with.
There’s loads of sites you can use to get questions on specific topics or find practice papers. If you have access to sites likeMathswatch or DrFrost those are helpful. Cognito has questions and videos which i would recommend. Corbett maths 5-a-dayis exceptionally useful.
Once you’ve done practice questions, you can then find what you’re struggling with struggled on and recap it. Watching a videois the way i find the best to do this- videos are especially helpful if they have example questions which you can work throughand then see how the teacher would do them. CorbettMaths, Cognito and GCSEMathsTutor are the channels id suggest youtake a look at.
Once youre confident on understanding a topic then you’ll need to do lots more practice questions to get used to what you’ll beasked in exams. CorbettMaths has loads of banks of practice questions on particular topics which are very helpful.
Science:
With science, a lot of the content is quite memory based so make sure you’re continually reviewing topics. One way of doingthis is sites like Tassomai and StudySmarter which use spaced repetition questioning. Or you could blurt on a few topics eachweek and see what youre forgetting. Like with maths, doing practice questions often will mean you know what you need tofocus on.
Once youre aware of a weaker area, watch a video and try your recall task again. I found for science that anything visual reallyengaged me- use some coloured pens, modelling clay, a whiteboard… anything that will make you think about what you’relearning a bit more.
The question types are really important so doing exam style questions is a must. Application of knowledge isvery important so practicing applying your knowledge is really useful- often it could be applying your knowledge to practicalskills so make sure you have a generally good knowledge of practicals too. 15% of your exams will be on working scientificallyso revising this is essential. FreeScienceLessons have a good playlist on that content and then you’ll need to review requiredpractical methods (check out the videos by Malmesbury science and ScienceShorts for this).
There’s also going to be plenty of calculation questions in science, in some parts of chem and across physics especially. This is again practice, IsaacPhysics is a fantastic resource for this.
French:
Vocab learning is essential so i recommend quizlet, anki or studysmarter for this. Consistency is also really important (Duolingo can be very helpful for this lol). ActiveLearn is the best tool ive come across for any practice! Blookets on ‘complex structures’ should really help for the writing exam.
Original post by Brownies1234
Omd 12 nines is insane SLAY
Haha thx😂
Reply 5
Original post by Hhjkjkkk
I’m in year13 now I did my GCSEs 2 years ago. I got 12 9s and honestly as long as you do some studying you’ll be surprised how overhyped the exams are. I also got the highest score in the country for every science.
My main advice is:
Bio, Chem, Physics- just do as many past papers as you can as the questions are commonly repetitive so as long as you’ve already done them and studied the answers and markschemes you’re good. Additionally (especially for bio) make sure to memorise processes and definitions in any way you find best (rewriting them from memory, reading, flashcards, reciting them in your head on the bus etc) have them stuck in your head. This will get you a lot of marks in the exam.
For math, there’s very little can actually study by reading. Once you understand the basics of every topic by easy questions, just do past paper after past paper after pastpaper, and repeat every question you get wrong till u get it right.
For English, I mainly have advice for lit. Create a bank of quotations that you can remember and recite and their significance.
For geography, which I completed by myself, not in class, u seem good, just continue studying.
Since I didn’t do the rest I have no advice, sorry.
My main advice overall is to study as much as you can without cramming or stressing. When u can’t take in any more info stop studying and do something fun. A great way of studying although it may seem trivial is reciting quotes, definitions and processes in your head when you have nothing to do eg on the bus. On the mornings of your exams don’t use your phone or listen to music as it may get stuck in your head, eat well and go to sleep early. Don’t study the day of the exam and do minimal the night before. You may not want to but what I did was delete any social media eg insta that may distract me from studying in the weeks leading up to the exams.
Good luck!
My main advice is:
Bio, Chem, Physics- just do as many past papers as you can as the questions are commonly repetitive so as long as you’ve already done them and studied the answers and markschemes you’re good. Additionally (especially for bio) make sure to memorise processes and definitions in any way you find best (rewriting them from memory, reading, flashcards, reciting them in your head on the bus etc) have them stuck in your head. This will get you a lot of marks in the exam.
For math, there’s very little can actually study by reading. Once you understand the basics of every topic by easy questions, just do past paper after past paper after pastpaper, and repeat every question you get wrong till u get it right.
For English, I mainly have advice for lit. Create a bank of quotations that you can remember and recite and their significance.
For geography, which I completed by myself, not in class, u seem good, just continue studying.
Since I didn’t do the rest I have no advice, sorry.
My main advice overall is to study as much as you can without cramming or stressing. When u can’t take in any more info stop studying and do something fun. A great way of studying although it may seem trivial is reciting quotes, definitions and processes in your head when you have nothing to do eg on the bus. On the mornings of your exams don’t use your phone or listen to music as it may get stuck in your head, eat well and go to sleep early. Don’t study the day of the exam and do minimal the night before. You may not want to but what I did was delete any social media eg insta that may distract me from studying in the weeks leading up to the exams.
Good luck!
What marks did you get in science?
Reply 6
And also how did you know you did the best because they never tell us about that in school?
Reply 7
Original post by mohamednawaj
And also how did you know you did the best because they never tell us about that in school?
well if you get like in the 90+ on both papers then you may ask you teacher or your exam officer teacher in your school to check who did the best in the countr
Original post by mohamednawaj
And also how did you know you did the best because they never tell us about that in school?
I got posted a certificate from my exam board.
Original post by mohamednawaj
What marks did you get in science?
Ufff I don’t rmb😂. I think I got 115/120 on theory, 39/40 in multiple choice and 58/60 for alt. practical
Reply 10
Original post by Hhjkjkkk
I’m in year13 now I did my GCSEs 2 years ago. I got 12 9s and honestly as long as you do some studying you’ll be surprised how overhyped the exams are. I also got the highest score in the country for every science.
My main advice is:
Bio, Chem, Physics- just do as many past papers as you can as the questions are commonly repetitive so as long as you’ve already done them and studied the answers and markschemes you’re good. Additionally (especially for bio) make sure to memorise processes and definitions in any way you find best (rewriting them from memory, reading, flashcards, reciting them in your head on the bus etc) have them stuck in your head. This will get you a lot of marks in the exam.
For math, there’s very little can actually study by reading. Once you understand the basics of every topic by easy questions, just do past paper after past paper after pastpaper, and repeat every question you get wrong till u get it right.
For English, I mainly have advice for lit. Create a bank of quotations that you can remember and recite and their significance.
For geography, which I completed by myself, not in class, u seem good, just continue studying.
Since I didn’t do the rest I have no advice, sorry.
My main advice overall is to study as much as you can without cramming or stressing. When u can’t take in any more info stop studying and do something fun. A great way of studying although it may seem trivial is reciting quotes, definitions and processes in your head when you have nothing to do eg on the bus. On the mornings of your exams don’t use your phone or listen to music as it may get stuck in your head, eat well and go to sleep early. Don’t study the day of the exam and do minimal the night before. You may not want to but what I did was delete any social media eg insta that may distract me from studying in the weeks leading up to the exams.
Good luck!
My main advice is:
Bio, Chem, Physics- just do as many past papers as you can as the questions are commonly repetitive so as long as you’ve already done them and studied the answers and markschemes you’re good. Additionally (especially for bio) make sure to memorise processes and definitions in any way you find best (rewriting them from memory, reading, flashcards, reciting them in your head on the bus etc) have them stuck in your head. This will get you a lot of marks in the exam.
For math, there’s very little can actually study by reading. Once you understand the basics of every topic by easy questions, just do past paper after past paper after pastpaper, and repeat every question you get wrong till u get it right.
For English, I mainly have advice for lit. Create a bank of quotations that you can remember and recite and their significance.
For geography, which I completed by myself, not in class, u seem good, just continue studying.
Since I didn’t do the rest I have no advice, sorry.
My main advice overall is to study as much as you can without cramming or stressing. When u can’t take in any more info stop studying and do something fun. A great way of studying although it may seem trivial is reciting quotes, definitions and processes in your head when you have nothing to do eg on the bus. On the mornings of your exams don’t use your phone or listen to music as it may get stuck in your head, eat well and go to sleep early. Don’t study the day of the exam and do minimal the night before. You may not want to but what I did was delete any social media eg insta that may distract me from studying in the weeks leading up to the exams.
Good luck!
May i ask when did u start your revision? like when was ur heavy revision, and what you got in your previous mock in feb?
Reply 11
Original post by hp49
please give advice on how to improve my GCSE's. I need to get only 8's and 9's at GCSE with a minimal amount of 7's
English - 8
Math - 6
Biology - 7
Chemistry - 6
Physics - 6
French - 7
DT - 7
RS - 8
Geography - 9
English - 8
Math - 6
Biology - 7
Chemistry - 6
Physics - 6
French - 7
DT - 7
RS - 8
Geography - 9
Hi I started revise for my actual exams 2 months before. I planned it by writing on a physical calendar of the subjects that I would revise each day. I don’t particularly follow it but I use it as a guideline what position that I should be in right now. As for revision, I recommend looking through mark schemes instead of doing the paper as it saves time and I’ll allow you to identify any patterns in the answers (use of keywords and common concepts).
Original post by shonow033m
May i ask when did u start your revision? like when was ur heavy revision, and what you got in your previous mock in feb?
Hi, sorry for the late reply… I didn’t do any hardcore revision. During the months before the exam I got to school 45 mins earlier every morning and studied then, as well as during some breaks and lunches. This meant that I had plenty of revision (allocated two subjects per day) and I could do my own things (ie football) after school. I also did an hour or so studying on the train on the way to football as well as on the weekends. Hardcore revision like 5 hours at a time and all nighters are just not as effective.
Reply 13
Original post by Hhjkjkkk
Hi, sorry for the late reply… I didn’t do any hardcore revision. During the months before the exam I got to school 45 mins earlier every morning and studied then, as well as during some breaks and lunches. This meant that I had plenty of revision (allocated two subjects per day) and I could do my own things (ie football) after school. I also did an hour or so studying on the train on the way to football as well as on the weekends. Hardcore revision like 5 hours at a time and all nighters are just not as effective.
bro so you only did 1 h 45 mins roughly every day and even got highest in the country? 😅, bro i k some people who study like 4 to 6 hours to get 9s let alone get THE highest. Could i ask what your like grades looked lik from lik yr 10 to yr 11 finals?
Original post by shonow033m
bro so you only did 1 h 45 mins roughly every day and even got highest in the country? 😅, bro i k some people who study like 4 to 6 hours to get 9s let alone get THE highest. Could i ask what your like grades looked lik from lik yr 10 to yr 11 finals?
Reply 15
Original post by hp49
please give advice on how to improve my GCSE's. I need to get only 8's and 9's at GCSE with a minimal amount of 7's
English - 8
Math - 6
Biology - 7
Chemistry - 6
Physics - 6
French - 7
DT - 7
RS - 8
Geography - 9
English - 8
Math - 6
Biology - 7
Chemistry - 6
Physics - 6
French - 7
DT - 7
RS - 8
Geography - 9
What’s ur exam boards I can send anki flashcards
Original post by mahdahmad
What’s ur exam boards I can send anki flashcards
Chemistry - Edexcel IGCSE
Physics - CIE IGCSE
RS - OCR
French - AQA
Geography - CIE IGCSE
Biology - Edexcel GCSE
Maths - Edexcel GCSE
English - OCR
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