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Do to B in 2 months. Help !!

Hey,

I need advice for maths, bio and chem a levels. I have bio in the first 2 weeks of May, then chem and maths in June. I'm currently working at a high D/low C in the subjects and need ABB to meet my offer.

I have finished maths content and have nearly done year 1 bio with year 2 bio left. I think it's most realistic for me to get an A in chem.

Any advice would be appreciated : )

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Reply 1

What exam board are you doing because if it’s OCR I can help for bio & chem xx as for maths I didn’t take it so sorry but maybe someone else can help xx

Reply 2

Original post by yelova911
What exam board are you doing because if it’s OCR I can help for bio & chem xx as for maths I didn’t take it so sorry but maybe someone else can help xx


CIE bio, AQA chem and Edexcel maths. My college switched to CIE bio this year so the teaching hasn't been amazing : /

Reply 3

For biology the mark schemes are really picky so doing past papers would be most helpful and having access to a textbook. for chemistry I did Edexcel so I used allery chemistry but he could be helpful with AQA too. Doing past papers for those subjects can be really helpful+youtube, looking at examiner scripts too

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Original post by JoeRosek06
CIE bio, AQA chem and Edexcel maths. My college switched to CIE bio this year so the teaching hasn't been amazing : /

For AqA chem do alot of practise questions and perfectly MEMORISE the content (you could use anki flascard). you could use this website for the questions resources https://drjwinters.weebly.com/year-13-a2-chemistry.html And https://www.scienceskool.co.uk/a-level-exams1.html. also start doing the past papers at least from beginning of April so that you know what your weakness are and make sure you learn from your mistake. And for edexcel math just do tons of question. Thats the only way to improve your grade. DO LIMITLESS QUESTIONs then you will raise your grade. Do ALL the edexcel past papers at least for twice or three times.

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Original post by MillieeM2
For biology the mark schemes are really picky so doing past papers would be most helpful and having access to a textbook. for chemistry I did Edexcel so I used allery chemistry but he could be helpful with AQA too. Doing past papers for those subjects can be really helpful+youtube, looking at examiner scripts too

For edexcel is there a lot of memorising for chemistry

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Original post by yelova911
What exam board are you doing because if it’s OCR I can help for bio & chem xx as for maths I didn’t take it so sorry but maybe someone else can help xx


Hiiii i wanted to ask for ur honest advice on bio and chem for OCR. I’m predicted a B in bio and D in chemistry and have got mocks in four weeks time :frown: Kinda struggling but believe I can approve if i improve the foundations. Any advice would be much appreciated thank uu <33

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Original post by JoeRosek06
Hey,
I need advice for maths, bio and chem a levels. I have bio in the first 2 weeks of May, then chem and maths in June. I'm currently working at a high D/low C in the subjects and need ABB to meet my offer.
I have finished maths content and have nearly done year 1 bio with year 2 bio left. I think it's most realistic for me to get an A in chem.
Any advice would be appreciated : )


U mean June not may

Reply 8

Original post by ilovespareribs
U mean June not may


No I do international a levels for bio and chem

Reply 9

Original post by JoeRosek06
No I do international a levels for bio and chem


Why is that

Reply 10

Original post by ilovespareribs
Why is that


Just what my school does for some reason. We used to do international maths a level too but they changed this year

Reply 11

Original post by JoeRosek06
Just what my school does for some reason. We used to do international maths a level too but they changed this year


Guessing. Ur an international student or go to an. International school

Reply 12

Original post by ilovespareribs
Guessing. Ur an international student or go to an. International school


I go to a private school. It's got around 50% international students and 50% home students. I'm guessing it's easier to get better grades in international a levels?

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Original post by JoeRosek06
I go to a private school. It's got around 50% international students and 50% home students. I'm guessing it's easier to get better grades in international a levels?


Isn’t that cheating or am I delusional

Reply 14

Original post by ilovespareribs
Isn’t that cheating or am I delusional


I'm not sure how it would be cheating. Anyone is allowed to do international a levels?

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Original post by ilovespareribs
Isn’t that cheating or am I delusional


Aren’t the grade boundaries higher for international too ?

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Original post by ysl060804
For AqA chem do alot of practise questions and perfectly MEMORISE the content (you could use anki flascard). you could use this website for the questions resources https://drjwinters.weebly.com/year-13-a2-chemistry.html And https://www.scienceskool.co.uk/a-level-exams1.html. also start doing the past papers at least from beginning of April so that you know what your weakness are and make sure you learn from your mistake. And for edexcel math just do tons of question. Thats the only way to improve your grade. DO LIMITLESS QUESTIONs then you will raise your grade. Do ALL the edexcel past papers at least for twice or three times.


There's no point memorising the content you need to understand the content all memorising does it teach you facts but you won't be able to apply the knowledge to consistently get 90%+ and you will get application qs wrong

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Original post by supersaiyan9000
There's no point memorising the content you need to understand the content all memorising does it teach you facts but you won't be able to apply the knowledge to consistently get 90%+ and you will get application qs wrong

maybe it varies with people but thats what i did to get an A

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Original post by ysl060804
maybe it varies with people but thats what i did to get an A

Did you memorise the content ?

Reply 19

Original post by kmat1893
Did you memorise the content ?

Yes I mostly did. There are some parts that you have to understand for exmaple in my case there were mostly unit 1 about periodic table trends and some of the characteristics in esters and ketones. But i mostly fully memorised the content and I safely got A.

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