nathan's y11 gyg - the climb to the nines!

hii everyone! thanks for tuning into my (kind of late) y11 gyg (i'll make it worth your time i promise!)
i'm nathan, an aspiring y11 student hoping to maximise my grades and enjoy my last year of secondary school life (although i'm really looking forward to sixth form!) ☺️
predicted grades (before mock season):
maths - 8
eng lit - 8+
eng lang - 8+
biology - 8-
chemistry - 8+
physics - 7+
history - 8+
spanish - 8-
comp sci - 8
further maths - ?? (haven't done a formal assessment yet)
religious studies (did in y10!) - 8 (169/204 - 3 marks off a grade 9 🥲)
my school doesn't give us grade 9 predictions until after our mocks, so hopefully some of these will be 9's afterwards!
goals for y11:
-survive mock season. (NEXT WEEK!!😖)
-achieve predicted grades of 8/9 for maths and triple science + the rest 7/8/9 to apply for the a-level combo i want to do at a really good sixth form! (maths, further maths, computer science and either physics/eng lit/economics + the compulsory epq)
-finish off my personal statement (with a total of 0 good extracurriculars to talk about...)
-get out of my comfort zone somehow (i'm quite introverted irl 😓)
-revisit my old passions of editing, writing stories and watching k-dramas!
things about me:
-huge lover of anime, reality tv, and mystery series + enjoy analysing character growth and development
-in my free time i like to play a wide variety of videogames, read comics online and catch up on shows i'm watching!
-mbti is intj, ennegram is 6w5, zodiac is gemini
-passionate about many sociological topics (mainly gender roles/identity, race inequality, sexuality), applying my own experience/research to current events + educate other inquisitive ppl like me!
-fav characters are: kuroo, bakugou, bocchi, carmen, kyoko, mydei, silver wolf (the list goes on lol)
thanks again if you read through all of my yap, hopefully you can stick around to see my progress!
daily mood: motivated + positive - ready to lock in for the weekend! 😆
-nathan ❤️

15/11/2025
was quite tired today, but I managed to get a few tasks done!
what i did:
-went through my biology flashcards on organisation + did some ppqs on it!
-did a whole maths paper 1 and got 59/80 (a bit annoyed bc i lost 6 marks to an easy question...) 🥲
things to do tmrw:
-complete the practice eng lang paper 1 handout my teacher gave me
-quickly review western front + modern medicine and do a full medicine paper
-do some flashcards on cell transport if i have time
days before mock season: 2 days!! (first mocks are eng lang + history medicine)
daily mood: excited but also a bit nervous 🙃
-nathan ❤️

hii everyone! thanks for tuning into my (kind of late) y11 gyg (i'll make it worth your time i promise!)
i'm nathan, an aspiring y11 student hoping to maximise my grades and enjoy my last year of secondary school life (although i'm really looking forward to sixth form!) ☺️
predicted grades (before mock season):
maths - 8
eng lit - 8+
eng lang - 8+
biology - 8-
chemistry - 8+
physics - 7+
history - 8+
spanish - 8-
comp sci - 8
further maths - ?? (haven't done a formal assessment yet)
religious studies (did in y10!) - 8 (169/204 - 3 marks off a grade 9 🥲)
my school doesn't give us grade 9 predictions until after our mocks, so hopefully some of these will be 9's afterwards!
goals for y11:
-survive mock season. (NEXT WEEK!!😖)
-achieve predicted grades of 8/9 for maths and triple science + the rest 7/8/9 to apply for the a-level combo i want to do at a really good sixth form! (maths, further maths, computer science and either physics/eng lit/economics + the compulsory epq)
-finish off my personal statement (with a total of 0 good extracurriculars to talk about...)
-get out of my comfort zone somehow (i'm quite introverted irl 😓)
-revisit my old passions of editing, writing stories and watching k-dramas!
things about me:
-huge lover of anime, reality tv, and mystery series + enjoy analysing character growth and development
-in my free time i like to play a wide variety of videogames, read comics online and catch up on shows i'm watching!
-mbti is intj, ennegram is 6w5, zodiac is gemini
-passionate about many sociological topics (mainly gender roles/identity, race inequality, sexuality), applying my own experience/research to current events + educate other inquisitive ppl like me!
-fav characters are: kuroo, bakugou, bocchi, carmen, kyoko, mydei, silver wolf (the list goes on lol)
thanks again if you read through all of my yap, hopefully you can stick around to see my progress!
daily mood: motivated + positive - ready to lock in for the weekend! 😆
-nathan ❤️

Sounds like a solid day, especially getting through a full maths paper and bio revision don’t worry too much about the lost marks, that’s exactly what mocks are for. Your plan for tomorrow looks really organised, and with two days to go you’re in a good position. Keep going, you’ve got this!

hi nathan! nice to meet u - i'm in y10 (also doing maths/fm, triple science, computer science) and i'll be keeping up!
well done on all your grades & good luck on mocks!
what's your favorite subject??

ty for the positivity!!

17/11/2025 (day 1 of mock season!)
first day of mocks went quite well, i'm quite relieved honestly!
how the mocks today were:
eng lang - i did very well on q1-3, i might have done well on q4/5 but i'm not completely sure. overall, it went quite well!
history - the questions weren't too bad! i wasn't forced to answer a question based on modern medicine, but the western front questions threw me off a bit. this mock also went quite well!
what i think i'll get on the mocks (so far):
eng lang - 8
history - 7+ (not including paper 2 which is next week, not looking forward to it...)
what i did:
-did the maths paper 1 for 2024 and got 68/80, i'm feeling pretty confident for maths now!
things to do tmrw:
-review cell transport for biology + do a past paper on biology paper 1! (in preparation for biology on wed)
-review domain and ranges (in preparation for further maths on wed)
mocks tomorrow: just maths paper 1! i'm very excited for it as its one of my fav subjects and i think i'll score very high!
daily mood: prepared and slightly excited for tomorrow, mock season has started off strong! ☺️
-nathan ❤️

I have my mocks right now as well and yh im trying my best as well I don't know if I did good or not cause I think I got around an 8 for both geology and englsh language hopefully but tbh I dont know the grade boundaries they are using. I have geography and German listen tome so wish me luck

gl for your mocks! hope you do well ❤️

thx bro same for u wait are u in the UK

nice btw how do u revise for languages like listening,reading,writing