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Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!

My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).

And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

Reply 1

DerDracologe

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Reply 2

doorrightsix

how did you get A star in AQA politics need advice, im already on an A for AS but it is always good to seek advice imo

Reply 3

Jaa_

Thanks for the ping @DerDracologe!

Hiya, I do Politics and Sociology (both AQA), so I'd love if I could ask some questions about those. I'm predicted A*s in both but I don't feel like I'm currently working at this level 😅.

Firstly, how do you manage your time in Politics? My current tactic is to work backwards through the paper and do the 25 markers first, and that usually works. Though, I've just done a past paper literally right now for Paper 2 politics since that's what my mock will be on, and I didn't manage to finish in time at all 😭.

Secondly, if you could share your answers that would be utterly wonderful; I always feel like I'm ever so slightly marked down in my sociology essays, and It'd be nice to read some answers marked by examiners that aren't on the answers & commentaries.

Thank you so much!

Reply 4

elareare

Hey! I'm doing AQA English language, do you do a language investigation NEA as part of your exam? Congrats on your results btw :smile:

Reply 5

esdccrfewdeff

hi! i was just wondering how do you structure the theory 9 markers in politics im struggling^!!!

Reply 6

esdccrfewdeff

i can't find any examples online anywhere!

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Geo Lover 7

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by HellocatOfficia

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!
My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).
And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

Hi, I'm doing AQA sociology. Any tips on timing?
Also what we're your paper 2 topics?
:ta:

@DerDracologe and congrats on your results.

(edited 2 months ago)

Reply 8

meatball229

I am doing Edexcel Politics rather than AQA, currently predicted an A but stuck on a B-C. How would you recommend revising for essays + being able to recall it in detail in exams. And how much time would you spend doing each subject? As i find Politics tends to hoard most of my revision time.

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ValiantLady

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by HellocatOfficia

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!
My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).
And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

Do you have any tips for getting an A* in Politics?

Reply 10

Mr.Cereal

Please help me as I also do sociology and English. Same exam boards as you but I’m struggling to get beyond a c/b grade. I’m in year 12 and want to know how I can revise and improve on my grades. Any advice would be great.

TIA!

Reply 11

Erryee

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by HellocatOfficia

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!
My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).
And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

Hi there,
I am a little unconfident in my ability to answer the questions and annotate the transcripts in paper 1 for English lang (a-level) could you please give me some tips and advice? Many Thanks!!

Reply 12

victoriax0005

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by HellocatOfficia

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!
My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).
And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

Hi was just wondering how you revised for paper 1,2,3 for AQA sociology? Congratulations on your results!

Reply 13

121807

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by HellocatOfficia

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!
My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).
And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

Hi! Unrelated to your main idea but why did you pick bath? I currently have gotten an offer from them so I'm starting to look into their life etc what made you want to go there??

Reply 14

Caplin._.

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by HellocatOfficia

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!
My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).
And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

Congratulations on your achievements!
I'm in year 13 and I too am doing English Language OCR and I find it incredibly difficult. This is the first time the school I attend is doing A-levels and im struggling with the information they give. They don't know what they are doing and my only real support is the textbook which can't guide me to get A and A*. I was wondering if you had any tips and resources to achieve the same grade as you?

Reply 15

nur.

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by HellocatOfficia

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!
My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).
And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

hi , congrats on your amazing grades !
Could I please have a look at your sociology papers ?
Thank you !

Reply 16

buz1784

I’m not sure how the OCR English Language differs from Edexcel (my board), but I’m currently struggling with annotation and getting the motivation to attempt essays.
Any advice? Or any advice in general to do with Language would be so so appreciated, its the subject I’m worried about most :/

Reply 17

buz1784

How did you manage school/life balance, any tips on effectively managing y13?
Well done by the way!!

Reply 18

b25144152

Hey, i'm also doing OCR english lang, just wondering if you could share your advice + maybe your scripts, thanks!

Reply 19

iyuiuiuiui

Original post

by HellocatOfficia

Hi everyone! My name is Alex and I'm currently on my gap year. I got 3 A*s this summer (over the moon it was completely unexpected), and I will be going to Bath Uni in September 2026. I want to stay engaged with education during my gap year so I thought a good way to do so is to give some advice to any A level students studying at the moment!
My subjects were English Language (OCR), Sociology (AQA) and Politics (AQA). Id be really happy to share any advice with these subjects or any other essay type subject (but obviously I can specialise more with the subjects I took).
And also I have all my papers from my exams so if you wanted to look through any answers I did feel free to let me know

what was ur structure for aqa alevel sociology 20 and 30 markers?

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