failed as levels
so I have had mental health challenges, and my school doesn't offer official as levels (thankgod!) but since my predicted grades are A's, I ended up getting all D's in as level maths, chemistry, psychology. what do i do? im really depressed now, and scared. i really don't want to have to repeat a year, as I'm already repeating as I have had a chronic condition last year which lead me to drop year 12 half way through, so i didnt sit the as level mocks last year, but this year i did. i feel like ****. in the same subjects i take at alevel at gcse i got: 7 in maths, 7 in psychology, 8 in chemistry. im finally stable physically and mentally, but upon recieving my mock results i feel like ****. i really tried. luckily my school offers to do make up tests in september after school reopens. I've had a lot of absences due to mental health challenges, which, thank god, are now stable. just need some reassurance and practical advice. kinda feeling like ****. I have adhd as well, which has become worse, since all these issues arose. Feel ashamed to even walk into school.
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Take this as motivation! Study hard and improve for September.
I also take maths and id recommend you to do a past paper/reflect on your mock paper then identify weak areas on that and watch videos (eg tlmaths or bicenmaths) to fill the knowledge gaps. Then do practice questions on that subtopic (eg on pmt or drfrost) and then do another past paper and repeat until your working at your desired grade.
@always-anxious could you give some tips for psych?
@Trickia any advice for chemistry?
I also take maths and id recommend you to do a past paper/reflect on your mock paper then identify weak areas on that and watch videos (eg tlmaths or bicenmaths) to fill the knowledge gaps. Then do practice questions on that subtopic (eg on pmt or drfrost) and then do another past paper and repeat until your working at your desired grade.
@always-anxious could you give some tips for psych?
@Trickia any advice for chemistry?
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by rowley jso I have had mental health challenges, and my school doesn't offer official as levels (thankgod!) but since my predicted grades are A's, I ended up getting all D's in as level maths, chemistry, psychology. what do i do? im really depressed now, and scared. i really don't want to have to repeat a year, as I'm already repeating as I have had a chronic condition last year which lead me to drop year 12 half way through, so i didnt sit the as level mocks last year, but this year i did. i feel like ****. in the same subjects i take at alevel at gcse i got: 7 in maths, 7 in psychology, 8 in chemistry. im finally stable physically and mentally, but upon recieving my mock results i feel like ****. i really tried. luckily my school offers to do make up tests in september after school reopens. I've had a lot of absences due to mental health challenges, which, thank god, are now stable. just need some reassurance and practical advice. kinda feeling like ****. I have adhd as well, which has become worse, since all these issues arose. Feel ashamed to even walk into school.
Sorry to hear the mocks didn't go as well as you hoped. You can use your mocks to help you improve by looking at where you went wrong then you can target your revision to focus on your weaker areas
I studied psychology a level so if you have any questions I'd be happy to advise the best I can
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by always-anxiousSorry to hear the mocks didn't go as well as you hoped. You can use your mocks to help you improve by looking at where you went wrong then you can target your revision to focus on your weaker areas
I studied psychology a level so if you have any questions I'd be happy to advise the best I can
I studied psychology a level so if you have any questions I'd be happy to advise the best I can
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by rowley jhey can u pls give me some revision tips for psychology? would really be helpful. im stuck, still using gcse methods.
Of course!
I'll list what I did to revise for psychology which got me predicted an A* 
In short, the two most effective revision tips I can recommend are active recall and exam practiceFlashcards
I used digital flashcards (Anki, however I've heard Gizmo and Quizlet are also good) and I aimed to reviewe them every day. I made flashcards after each lesson I had to make sure I was keeping on top of the content. There are pre-made flashcards you can use if you don't want to make your own
Blurting
This can help you to understand where you need to pinpoint your revision. You write out everything you can remember from memory, then read through notes and write down everything you forgot in a different colour. This means that you know where your weaker areas and you can focus your revision on these topics you forgot.
Exam practice
You can do exam questions by topic and full past papers (you can find these on Physics and Maths Tutor), ideally in timed conditions to help you get used to the timings of the actual exam. If you're short on time, you can just do essay plans for longer answer questions rather than writing out full answers (however practising longer answer questions in timed conditions is ideal). I found it useful to do exam questions by topic after doing flashcards/blurts on a topic to know how to apply it to exam questions. Closer to mocks/class tests, I did full past papers to prepare for the exams.
Then you can mark your own answers in another colour and use this to understand why you're getting questions wrong. For example, you could be losing marks for misunderstanding questions, lacking knowledge in content etc. From here you can then target your revision to improve the exam skills you are weaker on.
Hope this helps!
If you have any other questions feel free to let me know 
(edited 6 months ago)
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by rowley jso I have had mental health challenges, and my school doesn't offer official as levels (thankgod!) but since my predicted grades are A's, I ended up getting all D's in as level maths, chemistry, psychology. what do i do? im really depressed now, and scared. i really don't want to have to repeat a year, as I'm already repeating as I have had a chronic condition last year which lead me to drop year 12 half way through, so i didnt sit the as level mocks last year, but this year i did. i feel like ****. in the same subjects i take at alevel at gcse i got: 7 in maths, 7 in psychology, 8 in chemistry. im finally stable physically and mentally, but upon recieving my mock results i feel like ****. i really tried. luckily my school offers to do make up tests in september after school reopens. I've had a lot of absences due to mental health challenges, which, thank god, are now stable. just need some reassurance and practical advice. kinda feeling like ****. I have adhd as well, which has become worse, since all these issues arose. Feel ashamed to even walk into school.
I'm so sorry to hear you feel that way. I'm not n.d. so I can't say much on ADHD, but from (relatives that do have it), it may help setting an environment that helps you "lock in" and use methods of making studying fun and engaging again. E.g. using a game styled way to remember key vocab! Also task switching may be useful if you find yourself to have a short attention span. Also before you commit to a task set out your intentions nice and clearly - it may help you get tasks done quicker!
I'm sure what exam board you do so the advice is rather general:
Maths and chemistry is simply practicising past paper questions especially maths
For maths:
Practice!!! Especially on your weakest areas, it may be hard to start and my take is to tell yourself I will attempt this for 5 minutes and if I can't I will move onto something else. Usually you will continue if you don't that's fine either do some easier questions to ease yourself in and gain confidence or do something else completely.
Watch videos or ask friends/teachers or even get a tutor if you wish. To understand questions and concept. I found A.I useful to explain questions I didn't understand and kept asking until I understood why.
Chemistry:
1.
Understand your spec and know all the content and cover all bases
2.
Practice exam questions daily e.g. cognito, physics and maths tutor
3.
Understand the nature of the question e.g. it's describe a pi bond? Draw a pi bond? These 2 questions are different and so have different answers. Descibe and draw determine how the answer should be answered
4.
When you lose marks, found out why you lost the marks (mark scheme )and if you don't ask someone e.g. TSR or even me - I will try my best
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by rowley jso I have had mental health challenges, and my school doesn't offer official as levels (thankgod!) but since my predicted grades are A's, I ended up getting all D's in as level maths, chemistry, psychology. what do i do? im really depressed now, and scared. i really don't want to have to repeat a year, as I'm already repeating as I have had a chronic condition last year which lead me to drop year 12 half way through, so i didnt sit the as level mocks last year, but this year i did. i feel like ****. in the same subjects i take at alevel at gcse i got: 7 in maths, 7 in psychology, 8 in chemistry. im finally stable physically and mentally, but upon recieving my mock results i feel like ****. i really tried. luckily my school offers to do make up tests in september after school reopens. I've had a lot of absences due to mental health challenges, which, thank god, are now stable. just need some reassurance and practical advice. kinda feeling like ****. I have adhd as well, which has become worse, since all these issues arose. Feel ashamed to even walk into school.
ADHD study hacks:
Study near other people to motivate yourself/in public places/body double
Use blooket or kahoot to get your revision started
Get your materials out before school and then come home and study so you dont have to organise yourself, you can just get started
Use clay, running, talking aloud, teaching others- basically just avoid the normal reading and writing type approaches as they tend to be ineffective
Change up where you study every couple of days
Hide your phone and headphones if they distract you
Wear earplugs or use brown noise if you get distracted by sounds around you
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