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Improving my grades as a resit student

Hi all
Does anyonr have any good tips for bio aqa alevel and edexcel alevel maths??
For some context im resitting these two alevels as i got a c and b in them respectively which was quite disappointing as i was predicted two A stars and tbh i think it mostly not studying effectively enough as my mental health was lowkey really bad and i never really learnt how to properly study as i used to find school really easy
I think with bio i struggled with exam technique
And maths is struggled with intergration and differentiation
And tips on these sections would be super helpful 💗💗💗

Reply 1

hi im also resitting my a levels as i was not happy with my grades either but now i am seeing improvement
for Biology watch all miss estruch videos for exam techniques and make notes and download miss estruch free resources she has created specific exam question on certain exam techniques for example like critical analysis and data analysis this has really helped me and keep writing down patterns u are seeing then after a month print them out again and do the exam question and see if u have learnt it and sorry i dont do a level maths but maybe go on mathgenie they have questions and videos

Reply 2

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by Catjue35
Hi all
Does anyonr have any good tips for bio aqa alevel and edexcel alevel maths??
For some context im resitting these two alevels as i got a c and b in them respectively which was quite disappointing as i was predicted two A stars and tbh i think it mostly not studying effectively enough as my mental health was lowkey really bad and i never really learnt how to properly study as i used to find school really easy
I think with bio i struggled with exam technique
And maths is struggled with intergration and differentiation
And tips on these sections would be super helpful 💗💗💗

Hi! Hope your okay!

Have you considered maybe getting a personal tutor? I had a maths tutor and found them really helpful! There are also a lot of youtube channels and online resources such as Maths Genie! As for Science i would reccomend doing the same. I was awful at revision because i had to write things out over and over again to remember them but a Whiteboard really helped me too!

Thankyou,
Katy
LJMU Rep

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by hamnam
hi im also resitting my a levels as i was not happy with my grades either but now i am seeing improvement
for Biology watch all miss estruch videos for exam techniques and make notes and download miss estruch free resources she has created specific exam question on certain exam techniques for example like critical analysis and data analysis this has really helped me and keep writing down patterns u are seeing then after a month print them out again and do the exam question and see if u have learnt it and sorry i dont do a level maths but maybe go on mathgenie they have questions and videos

What was ur gcse grades and a level predictions? What did you get in your AS official exams ?

Reply 4

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by hamnam
hi im also resitting my a levels as i was not happy with my grades either but now i am seeing improvement
for Biology watch all miss estruch videos for exam techniques and make notes and download miss estruch free resources she has created specific exam question on certain exam techniques for example like critical analysis and data analysis this has really helped me and keep writing down patterns u are seeing then after a month print them out again and do the exam question and see if u have learnt it and sorry i dont do a level maths but maybe go on mathgenie they have questions and videos


hii thank u so much for the tips good luck with ur resits!!!

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by Katy07503
Hi! Hope your okay!
Have you considered maybe getting a personal tutor? I had a maths tutor and found them really helpful! There are also a lot of youtube channels and online resources such as Maths Genie! As for Science i would reccomend doing the same. I was awful at revision because i had to write things out over and over again to remember them but a Whiteboard really helped me too!
Thankyou,
Katy
LJMU Rep


hii im doing much better now thank uu
I had a tutor of sorts last year but she wasnt too helpful but i think she had been quite busy herself as a med student but i will try the yt videos 💗

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by Catjue35
hii im doing much better now thank uu
I had a tutor of sorts last year but she wasnt too helpful but i think she had been quite busy herself as a med student but i will try the yt videos 💗


I’m so glad to hear ! best of luck you’ve got this!!

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