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is science irrelevant?

i get such bad grades in science, did my mocks last week and today my teacher told my class most of us dont really know any content. i think i did quite bad on all of chem, physics, and bio. ill mostly blame this on my yr9 teachers as we were doing paper one which we were mostly supposed to learn in that year (9) but my teachers were incredibly bull quack and i didnt really understand any of it- i believe i got around a grade 3 on my yr9 science mocks but im not entirely sure. i did some spark science here and there before my mocks this year so not much revision overall- im not doing a science career at all and for the a level courses i want to take i only really need english, maths, and a creative subject. should i just not revise for science / do minimal revision because there really isnt any point??

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by weemie
i get such bad grades in science, did my mocks last week and today my teacher told my class most of us dont really know any content. i think i did quite bad on all of chem, physics, and bio. ill mostly blame this on my yr9 teachers as we were doing paper one which we were mostly supposed to learn in that year (9) but my teachers were incredibly bull quack and i didnt really understand any of it- i believe i got around a grade 3 on my yr9 science mocks but im not entirely sure. i did some spark science here and there before my mocks this year so not much revision overall- im not doing a science career at all and for the a level courses i want to take i only really need english, maths, and a creative subject. should i just not revise for science / do minimal revision because there really isnt any point??


^ will reply to this with this year’s science mock results when i get them!! (i do higher tier AQA combined science btw)

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If you're currently in Year 9(I'm just guessing here), and you have some of your GCSEs in year 10 and the rest of them in Year 11, I wouldn't really panic so much I don't even think the content I learnt in year 9 was that helpful when I was doing GCSEs lol, best is just look at which areas you did wrong in your mocks and improve from there, you have plenty of time now till your actual exams.

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by CCD.
If you're currently in Year 9(I'm just guessing here), and you have some of your GCSEs in year 10 and the rest of them in Year 11, I wouldn't really panic so much I don't even think the content I learnt in year 9 was that helpful when I was doing GCSEs lol, best is just look at which areas you did wrong in your mocks and improve from there, you have plenty of time now till your actual exams.


haha no im in yr10 now, but i’ll defo take that last bit on board, thanks! :smile:

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by weemie
i get such bad grades in science, did my mocks last week and today my teacher told my class most of us dont really know any content. i think i did quite bad on all of chem, physics, and bio. ill mostly blame this on my yr9 teachers as we were doing paper one which we were mostly supposed to learn in that year (9) but my teachers were incredibly bull quack and i didnt really understand any of it- i believe i got around a grade 3 on my yr9 science mocks but im not entirely sure. i did some spark science here and there before my mocks this year so not much revision overall- im not doing a science career at all and for the a level courses i want to take i only really need english, maths, and a creative subject. should i just not revise for science / do minimal revision because there really isnt any point??

You obviously want to try and do well in them as for non-competitive courses, all they really care about is your grades and personal statement, so if you have decent gcses and good A-levels, plus some volunteering related to what you want to do, you should be good. So yes, at least try to pass/ get a decent grade.
Best of luck!

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by stilllearning123
You obviously want to try and do well in them as for non-competitive courses, all they really care about is your grades and personal statement, so if you have decent gcses and good A-levels, plus some volunteering related to what you want to do, you should be good. So yes, at least try to pass/ get a decent grade.
Best of luck!


for volunteering, what would be relevant to fashion?

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by weemie
for volunteering, what would be relevant to fashion?

It really could be something as simple as a charity shop, it isn't much related to fashion but it is classic volunteering all uni's look for.
You could ask some teachers at your school, I'd assume there is a home economics or fashion and textiles one of some sort, of anywhere that would be good.
Just ask around, someone somewhere will be able to give you something worthwhile!

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