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Gcse's am I cooked?

in my mocks i got 97777665
i know this is so bad but i havent revised anything easter break and i dont know any english lit conten ( i luckily got a 6 in my mock)
is it too late to get all 9's?

Reply 1

Original post by ana1374
in my mocks i got 97777665
i know this is so bad but i havent revised anything easter break and i dont know any english lit conten ( i luckily got a 6 in my mock)
is it too late to get all 9's?

its possible, but it would take lots of time and cramming

Reply 2

literally in the EXACT same boat rn, english lit was so bad but partly because i fell asleep during the exam. for english lit i'd say fully go cram mode and make a document of all the quotes u can possibly analyse. watch mr salles he's really good and try out all the predicted questions. i still havent done anything major for english lit because im focusing on sciences but i've been doing tiny bits here and there and will do a lot more over the next two days. you still have 20 days. what texts are u doing?

Reply 3

Original post by flowrrSg
literally in the EXACT same boat rn, english lit was so bad but partly because i fell asleep during the exam. for english lit i'd say fully go cram mode and make a document of all the quotes u can possibly analyse. watch mr salles he's really good and try out all the predicted questions. i still havent done anything major for english lit because im focusing on sciences but i've been doing tiny bits here and there and will do a lot more over the next two days. you still have 20 days. what texts are u doing?

cjristmas carol, Macbeth, lord of the flies and power and conflicted poetry
Those are perfectly acceptable grades unless you were aiming for Oxford.

Reply 5

Original post by PinkMobilePhone
Those are perfectly acceptable grades unless you were aiming for Oxford.


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Original post by AdviL384
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I'm serious

Reply 7

Original post by PinkMobilePhone
I'm serious


Nah lmao ik it just seemed so direct 😂

Reply 8

Original post by PinkMobilePhone
I'm serious

i am aiming for LSE and my freind specificaly got rejected for not having enough 9s and she had better grades than my mocks

Reply 9

Original post by ana1374
in my mocks i got 97777665
i know this is so bad but i havent revised anything easter break and i dont know any english lit conten ( i luckily got a 6 in my mock)
is it too late to get all 9's?


I genuinely believe its all up to your dedication. Me personally i finished the whole of OCR CS Paper 1 in 2 days, so if you put the work in in these next 2 or so weeks, you should be able to just come in clutch and save your whole gcses
Original post by ana1374
i am aiming for LSE and my freind specificaly got rejected for not having enough 9s and she had better grades than my mocks

You can only do your best.

If you get in, great.
If not, it's absolutely not the end of the world. There are so many other unis.

Reply 11

Original post by AdviL384
I genuinely believe its all up to your dedication. Me personally i finished the whole of OCR CS Paper 1 in 2 days, so if you put the work in in these next 2 or so weeks, you should be able to just come in clutch and save your whole gcses

Hi there well done on covering all of the content in two days.. what methods did u use to revise and how did you make sure u didn’t forget it after

Reply 12

Original post by cloudy-sunrise
Hi there well done on covering all of the content in two days.. what methods did u use to revise and how did you make sure u didn’t forget it after


Hey 👋 Thanks!

So basically I made mindmaps with the key points and wrote out everything that I would need using the commonly repeated questions on exam papers (all of this was on my iPad btw) and then I opened a new page and blurted out everything I could remember in one colour and then filled in the blanks with a different colour. This has helped me before. In terms of other subjects that rely solely on memorising such as biology, literally doing past papers will do you wonders- do the paper with no notes first, then go through the paper again with your notes, THEN ONLY can you go through it with the Mark scheme. This is the case with all sciences and you should be set. For spanish/language speaking I would recommend just making flashcards and memorising parts of your answer that links to the questions from your spanish booklet- if you are doing higher, then just memorise the higher questions and then if you really want to, then do what was stated above.

Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further questions

Reply 13

Original post by AdviL384
Hey 👋 Thanks!
So basically I made mindmaps with the key points and wrote out everything that I would need using the commonly repeated questions on exam papers (all of this was on my iPad btw) and then I opened a new page and blurted out everything I could remember in one colour and then filled in the blanks with a different colour. This has helped me before. In terms of other subjects that rely solely on memorising such as biology, literally doing past papers will do you wonders- do the paper with no notes first, then go through the paper again with your notes, THEN ONLY can you go through it with the Mark scheme. This is the case with all sciences and you should be set. For spanish/language speaking I would recommend just making flashcards and memorising parts of your answer that links to the questions from your spanish booklet- if you are doing higher, then just memorise the higher questions and then if you really want to, then do what was stated above.
Hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any further questions

Tysmmmm the past paper method sound very interesting I will try it

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