wirycocobutter year 13 GYG thread!

About me:

- Year 13 student who resat year 12

- Subjects I do: Sociology, Law and Politics

- In my June mocks i recicved a C in socio, C in law and B in politics

Goals: :007:

- Post here at least once or two times a week. (Friday and Tuesdays)

- Make sure to have and memorise essay plans for my subjects

- Find revision methods that works the best for me

- Learn how to analyse and explain my points in essay effectively

- Get A's hopefully so i can get into my dream uni

BTW: I wrote more on my old post but it all got erased bc i had max characters :s-smilie:

Sorry if this doesn't seem that interesting :frown:

I will edit this later!

Reply 1

sugar.water

Original post

by wirycocobutter

About me:

- Year 13 student who resat year 12
- Subjects I do: Sociology, Law and Politics
- In my June mocks i recicved a C in socio, C in law and B in politics
Goals: :007:

- Post here at least once or two times a week. (Friday and Tuesdays)
- Make sure to have and memorise essay plans for my subjects
- Find revision methods that works the best for me
- Learn how to analyse and explain my points in essay effectively
- Get A's hopefully so i can get into my dream uni
BTW: I wrote more on my old post but it all got erased bc i had max characters :s-smilie:

Sorry if this doesn't seem that interesting :frown:

I will edit this later!

hiiii! welcome to gyg! I'm also a y13 student studying sociology, are you feeling ready for back to school? :h:

Reply 2

Jaa_

Welcome to GYG :hello:

I'm heading on into year 13 too, and I also study Politics and Sociology! How are you finding these subjects?

Reply 3

wirycocobutter

Original post

by sugar.water

hiiii! welcome to gyg! I'm also a y13 student studying sociology, are you feeling ready for back to school? :h:

A little bit, I am gonna prioritise my personal statement throughout these last few days !

Reply 4

wirycocobutter

Original post

by Jaa_

Welcome to GYG :hello:

I'm heading on into year 13 too, and I also study Politics and Sociology! How are you finding these subjects?

I find Politics LONG but interesting only thing I really need to lock in with politics when i comeback to school is finish all of the year 1 content or have at least a few essay plans for democracy and participation as well as not using my phone during my politics lesson😓. I also really love sociology all the theories about society really interests me! WBU?

Reply 5

wirycocobutter

Hello! Cocobutter Nation!! (Created this on the spot) :u:

Today is Tuesday 26th August, 2025
From last week Friday I am not afraid to admit I haven't done much honestly it was just me "mentally" preparing (doomscrolling and going out) for school but my goals for these next few days are: :shakecane:

•

Make a draft of my personal statement that im proud and confident in

•

Practise and read the LNAT guides more

•

Choose my last university to put in my UCAS and complete sections that has been uncompleted

•

Make an essay plan guide for myself for the subjects of: Sociology and Politics!

Goals that are unrealistic but i want to achieve is: :bricks:

•

Finish all of the UK gov content as well as ideologies and make sure your notes are clear at the very least

•

Make few essay plans

•

Get my timetable template ready

•

Also establish the things i need to work on with myself and improve them slowly with a good mindset!

•

Add definitions to my Personal dictionary

•

Organise school resources on Drive and Notion

Reply 6

sugar.water

Original post

by wirycocobutter

A little bit, I am gonna prioritise my personal statement throughout these last few days !

ooh nice, good luck for next week :biggrin:

Reply 7

StrawberryDreams

TSR Community Staff

Original post

by wirycocobutter

Hello! Cocobutter Nation!! (Created this on the spot) :u:

•

Make a draft of my personal statement that im proud and confident in

•

Practise and read the LNAT guides more

•

Choose my last university to put in my UCAS and complete sections that has been uncompleted

•

Make an essay plan guide for myself for the subjects of: Sociology and Politics!

Goals that are unrealistic but i want to achieve is: :bricks:

•

Finish all of the UK gov content as well as ideologies and make sure your notes are clear at the very least

•

Make few essay plans

•

Get my timetable template ready

•

Also establish the things i need to work on with myself and improve them slowly with a good mindset!

•

Add definitions to my Personal dictionary

•

Organise school resources on Drive and Notion

How are you feeling this week? Hope you're doing ok!

Any goals ticked off the list? Hope the personal statement writing is going well :hugs:

Reply 8

wirycocobutter

Original post

by StrawberryDreams

How are you feeling this week? Hope you're doing ok!
Any goals ticked off the list? Hope the personal statement writing is going well :hugs:

Im planning to give an update later tomorrow since it is a bit late but as I slowly transition into year 13 I do feel stressed and slow for example i was doing one topic of 1.1 the nation-state and national sovereignty of politics but it felt like the notes ive seen from others and compared to mine looked too little or too much and I feel like I was fixated on that topic for the whole day which led me to question, how the hell am i supposed to juggle year 12 content alongside year 13 content as there isnt much time. Mind you I havent overed half of a year 12 politics content in year 12 due to having unstable teachers and i couldnt lock in. I also feel like making notes is a bit useless but then again i need notes to really understand the topic.

Does anyone have advice?

Reply 9

wirycocobutter

Good Evening, Cocobutter Nation

Your girl is back stronger than ever! Overcame that problem with stress I had and I dealt with it of having a spreadsheet of everything I did or didnt do and started to understand content in my own pace and practically just organised myself better than before.

Questions to you all:

•

How was your first week back?

•

Was there something that seemed difficult surrounding a levels or your life and how did u overcome it!

This week I am planning to:

•

Memorise cases from 3 law topics

•

Create at least 3 essay plans from both politics and sociology

A little TMI: My law teacher picks on me a lot since I don't really know much about cases in law and I seem like one of the people who aren't bright or smart compared to the rest but this fueled my motivation to do better. Any advice or experiences that is similar to mine

Reply 10

Jaa_

Original post

by wirycocobutter

Good Evening, Cocobutter Nation
Your girl is back stronger than ever! Overcame that problem with stress I had and I dealt with it of having a spreadsheet of everything I did or didnt do and started to understand content in my own pace and practically just organised myself better than before.
Questions to you all:

•

How was your first week back?

•

Was there something that seemed difficult surrounding a levels or your life and how did u overcome it!