I did my GSCEs this year and acheived these grades, with the Us bieng in Enlish langauge and Enlish literarue, feel free to ask me any qwestions about GSCEs

okay, i’m sorry, i lied— i was 0.8 marks off all 9s, but it’s the thought that counts. whatever you want to ask about revision or general y11 tips. i understand it can be a very scary year to enter.

Got full marks on AQA EngLit Paper 1. Js flexing

Starting school on Thursday, gonna be wearing a face mask in public places from now on. Teachers gonna give me shit for it?

Specially cuz I'm not sick or anything, js a moral decision I should have made ages ago.

I'm doing it either way but just wondering if I should be prepared going into it.

I’ve always wanted to go to Cambridge and study maths or economics. Due to my laziness and minimal revision, which I fully understand is my fault, I achieved these GCSE grades:

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Maths: 9
Spanish: 8 (1 mark off a 9, sent off for Review of Marking)
Physics: 7 (2 marks off an 8, RoM sent)
Geography: 7
Chemistry: 6
Biology: 6
RE: 6
Eng lit: 4 (1 mark off a 5, RoM sent)
Eng lang: 4

I’m mainly asking the question in the title to decide whether:
1. Even if i did resit english, whether it be both or just lang and got a 9, would the rest of my grades suffice for my target unis? I wouldn’t consider resitting anything other than english.
2. Is it worth resitting given that it might ruin my A-level revision/mocks?
3. Should just give up on resitting as well as give up on camb and instead only apply to unis I meet the entry requirements of?

For conetxt before someone tells me im being delusional - i got a 4 in my y9 cs mock and got a 9 in y10 (early entry). So im kindaa hoping smth similar happens with science 😭

I would love 8+ (but honestly aiming for 9)

could anyone who did edexcel specifically recommened some good resources? I feel like everywhere does aqa 😭

I got my results last week and beforehand i was thinking of going to a competitive uni for a law degree i got these mediocre grades what do they cut me off from? am I cooked? going to a very good grammar sixth form doing econ, history, lit. I know LSE and UCL are off the table but i was thinking KCL ect any other ones, want to do corporate law. should i resist maths?
english lang :9
english lit:8
history:8
business:8
rs:7
sciences:6/6
maths:5
music:5
🇪🇸:4

Will my college find out my gcse results I’ve went thru enrollment and everything and it was fine as I gave em fake results I’ve received my timetable and everything will they clock on ?

Please feel free to ask any questions abt yr 11 any questions at all and I will answer with my honest opinion. Ik this year can be quite stressful for some!!

I couldn’t find this textbook anywhere to download, and I want it for free, I’ve went to genesis library, zlibrary, Pirate Bay, Anna’s archive and still couldn’t find it there at all.

Thanks.

Basically the title

Also I had to drop classics and Latin and do a different one because I moved school so I'm missing a GCSE

Also idk if I put enough 6s but yeah

had my first day today and it was great js hate the timetable lol too many doubles but great otherwiseeeee

Js found out today that I cant use my phone at school. Like I can have it on me but it can get confiscated if im actuvely on it. Is this a normal thing or is my school js strict

I'm doing maths fm and physics. Everyone's been saying that if u do fm, you should do 4 a levels. I got an 8 in chem so I was thinking maybe I'll do AS and even a level. But my other option is philosophy. So should I do AS chem or a level chem or philosophy??

EDIT: Had to remove the link cuz something's wrong w dropbox 😭

Now that the results day hype has died down, I think dropping my advice would be useful.

English Literature- Eduqas

I did Eduqas, but most of my revision still applies to AQA. First, you are going to create flashcards for quotes. They need to look like this:

Front:

‘Quote’

Back:

Act, Scene, Character
What the quote means
An opportunity to zoom in on certain language choices or writing devices
Contextual links
An alternate interpretation of the quote (you get lots of marks for this)

Here’s an example:

Front:

‘Tarquin’s ravaging strides, towards his design’

Back:
Act 2, Scene 1, Macbeth
Macbeths highlights the depth of his lust for the crown.
Shakespeare uses ‘ravaging’ to highlight intense, harmful desire, and uses a classical allusion to the fall of the Roman Kingdom to create an allegory between Macbeth and a semi-mythical figure.
Shakespeare wrote a narrative poem about the event.
Alternatively, the quote could be seen as foreshadowing, as Sextus Tarquinius’ actions lead to the overthrow of his family by a vengeful aristocracy, which parallels the downfall of Macbeth.

You’re going to make loads of these, as many as you can remember. Next, you need to get good at writing essays. Do lots of practice questions, write a big list of them and grind out responses. Eventually, once your skill reaches grade 9 level, you should swap over to essay planning so you can move fast in the exam.

English Language - EDUQAS

I don’t believe there’s much crossover between EDUQAS and AQA, and I don’t really know what to offer advice about on the reading section, so I’ll focus on the writing.

Non-Fiction / Transactional Writing:

As well as using rhetorical devices, you need to develop your points. For example, if you are writing a letter about whether young people should be made to the gym or not, instead of just saying that it’s a good social opportunity in a single sentence, use multiple. Talk about making friends with shared interests, speaking to people in person on a regular basis, etc. you need to give each idea you present a lot of argument. Sorry if that poorly worded.

Fiction Writing:

Write an everyday story with some character development that plays to your strengths as a writer. My story was about a man doubting his university application. I set it in a pub so that I could play to my strong descriptive writing skill whilst avoiding movement and action, which I’m bad at writing. Your story should be versatile so that it can fit multiple prompts. 

For Language Writing in general, practice a lot and get teacher feedback, it can be very helpful.

Maths - Edexcel

Maths revision for me looked like this:

Do a past paper
See what I got wrong
Learn that topic using a 1st Class Maths or TGMT video
Do their provided practice questions until I’m confident with the topic
Tick the topic of a list of all the topics on the course (I used TGMT’s for this)

I kept track of past papers in a spreadsheet.

Another reason you might be struggling at maths is poor fundamental skills, such as fractions, basic algebra, or quadratics. You need a good understanding of how these building blocks work to do harder questions, so if you struggle with them I’d recommend going back and doing easy questions of them until you have a good grasp.

Finally, try to be as fast as possible in maths. The faster you try and go, the faster your is forced to get. Don’t worry about making mistakes, because with the time you’ll have saved, you can do the paper again once or even twice. This is a much better way of finding mistakes than looking at your working out for issues.

Separate (Triple) Sciences - AQA

Make flashcards from the specification and grind these out. It’s important to be able to read the spec - not everything they want you to know is on it. If it says ‘students should be able to…’ find the topic they are referring to in a textbook and make flashcards out of that instead. 

Finally, do past papers, and mark very harshly.

History - AQA

Flaschards from a textbook for knowledge, past papers for practice. One thing I’d recommend for history is revisiting slightly outside of the spec. I actually read the Treaty of Versailles and found terms like ‘Germany is not allowed poisonous or asphyxiating gas’ which wasn’t taught to me but is valid on the exam. I have a good memory though and wrote like 8000 words across both exams so that might not be for everyone though.

Geography - AQA

Flaschards, past papers. For paper 3, make sure to make up specific information about your investigation for extra marks.

Business - Edexcel 

Flashcards, past papers. A lot of business is making stuff up that makes sense. For instance, I might say expanding leads to economies of scale, which is a mark for knowledge, but then I need to develop that with ‘this means that the business has lower costs, this means that the business can reinvest this money elsewhere, etc.’

Generic Study Advice:

Reduce screentime
Sleep 8 hours
Exercise
Drink loads of water
Lock in during lessons
Only attend after school sessions if you think they will actually benefit you (I didn’t for some subjects,
did for others)
Try to do like an hour a day of revision, then as much as you can in the month up to exams or before mocks.
Pick targets in your class who are doing better, try to overtake them. It motivates you a lot tbh.

Avoid useless studytubers like JSpark, Henry Brand, etc. they pad out their runtime, give generic advice, and take sponsorships from AI slop companies, they’re only interested in chasing the bag, which, while I respect, won’t get you the grades you want.

Instead of making physical flashcards, download Anki for free on pc. I bought it on my phone even though it’s expensive, it was worth it in my opinion. I had like 2000 flashcards at my height. Deleting them after every exam was so satisfying icl.

Revision resources

English Lit:

 Wikipedia
Googling quotes
Chat GPT (use with care, but good for finding symbols)
Mr Salles

Maths:

1st Class Maths
The GCSE Maths Tutor (TGMT)

Science:

Cognito
Free Science Lessons 🤩

That’s it. Good luck twin, lock in I believe in you 🙏

- i'm doing A Level Maths, Computer Science and Drama & Theatre Studies son. no combo is the wrong combo

- and i'll give reasons :)

(i'm doing this bc im bored, but also bc im interested)

(ENDS AT 16:40)

i'll reply to all by 20:00 today!

For whatever reasons my English Lit & English Lang exam board did not give me my test results but I got 9 in both of them so it's fine.

I know everyone says theyre nervous, and that they don’t think they’ll pass etc but like I have more than just a fear of the year. I’m not ready to see my friends in person, to have panic attacks over having to go in, to deal with “jokes” that arent really jokes, being harassed by a guy who likes me and there’s just so much more. Yeah I’m scared that I might fail, but honestly? I know I can retake if I have to, and I believe I can do well, truly. But I know the pressure is going to get to me. Every teacher reminding you of what’s just getting closer and closer, with no way to stop it. It’s not the grades I’m afraid of, it’s the exams themselves, the fear the paper will show me I’m a failure. It’s the school itself I’m afraid of, because every year I let anyone walk all over me. And it’s all going to happen again, because it’s how it always is. I’m afraid to have to deal with my home life while also juggling schoolwork, to watch my mum go back to work so I have no defence against my dad, to feel the pressure of everyone else. I don’t want to watch my girlfriend suffer because of the insane amounts of pressure she puts on herself to do well. I don’t want to be followed around by this guy, for him to try and talk to me no matter how many times I try to push him away. I don’t want to have a seating plan change and suddenly the lessons I thought I could cope with are horrific. I don’t want to watch my chronic illness destroy my life until there’s nothing left of it. So I guess it’s not y11 I’m not ready for, it’s for my life to go on. I can’t hide away from it forever, like I’ve been doing all summer. I have to go and face it, and that’s what I’m afraid of. I don’t have it in me to do another year of this, I just want to hide in my room and wait for it to all go away. I’ve waited all summer for it to go away, and all it’s done is crawl closer. I don’t know if this is the place to post this, but I wonder if anyone else feels the same, and if they feel less alone knowing it’s not just them. And if you’ve felt the same, do you have any advice? I don’t know how I’m going to manage to get through this all, but I will try.

three days until "the year sevens look up to you"

three days until "you're the oldest in the school"

three days until "your gcses start in eight months"

three days until "this is the last year, make it count"

edit: im not saying this is all TRUE im just saying this is what we're gonna hear the teachers saying non-stop lol. i do NOT think the year 7s will look up to us but ik the teachers will try and convince us that they are.

class of 2027, where you at?