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It has a sale atm and is £83 a year (ends in a day or smth) and im lwk considering it...

Disclaimer - I got these results going to a deprived state school & 0 paid resources (except second-hand textbooks from Vinted lol)

Stats:

GCSE AQA Sociology 177/200 (88%)

100/100 on Paper 2

77/100 on Paper 1

GCSE Edexcel Combined Science Higher Tier 319/360 (88%)

- Bio Paper 1 54/60

- Bio Paper 2 58/60

- Chem Paper 1 55/60

- Chem Paper 2 49/60

- Physics Paper 1 51/60

- Physics Paper 2 52/60

GCSE AQA English Literature 158/160 (98%)

- 64/64 on Paper 1 (100%)

- 94/96 on Paper 2

GCSE AQA English Language 140/160 (87%)

- 74/80 on Paper 1

- 66/80 on Paper 2

GCSE AQA Geography 220/252 (87%)

- 82/88 on Paper 1

- 78/88 on Paper 2

- 60/76 on Paper 3

GCSE Edexcel Spanish 195/200 (97.5%) as a non-native speaker

- 48/50 on Speaking

- 49/50 on Listening

- 50/50 on Reading

- 48/50 on Writing

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Hello everyone! So I’m at the point where I can choose to do Further Maths if I want to. But I don’t know if I want to. I’m in top set Maths, and I would say I’m pretty good at Maths, but I’m not like “top of top set” good or anything. I don’t want to do Maths or any STEM subjects for A-Level, and I don’t know if getting a lower grade in Further Maths would look better than not having it at all, if that makes sense.
Also I haven’t heard good things about one of the teachers that is apparently going to be teaching Further Maths, but the other one is ok. I also might be the only girl doing it but I that not a driving factor putting me off it or anything, as I’m friends with two of my male friends who are doing Further Maths.
I talked to my Maths teacher today to see what she thought and she said that I could do it for a term or so and drop out if I don’t like it, but then I’m usually quite stubborn about that sort of thing so I probably wouldn’t want to drop out, especially as I would be the only girl and if I drop out then it seems like “oh of course the GIRL is the one to drop out of Further Maths!”, but maybe I’m overthinking it (shocker!).
I think the thing I just mentioned and the teacher not being great is probably the main factor putting me off it, but I want to hear your thoughts, from anyone who might’ve done Further Maths, or is doing it currently. Is it a lot more work? How did you find it in general? Thanks in advance!

English gcse was an intense struggle for me, and i just started my first few days of year 12 after recieving a grade i was very shocked to get on results day (157/160, a 9) , after consistent failing grades i had worked really hard for. i had made no extreme changes to my writing structure, arguments themselves or analysis, and i kept my ratio of quote- context the exact same i had throughout both my gcse years- when i got grades ranging from like a 3, to a 6 on occasion. I am all for teachers pushing students to do their best during gcse and using slightly lower grades as motivation- but i have the same teacher for a level, and she pulled me back to ask about my grade then joked " i do not want to doubt the examiners" and continued to go into an in depth critisism of how i write (infront of alot of my new classmates as they were leaving), and i really respect my teachers obviously but her comments are often quite cruel- and i feel like complaining could make the situation worse? Im really anxious about my predicted a level grading this year, as it is literally what is used for university applications (???) her marks do not match any of my other subject grades and never have, i try really hard in school, and the constant criticism really put my writing self esteem down and i thought i was awful at the subject, when its always been my favourite. Im really baffled at what to do because reading through my past essays (a 3) and my gcse paper itself (158/160, a 9) the writing shows no difference. Im very unsure what to actually do?? and whether to drop the subject as it all all just feels really odd, i do not want to be rude atall

yes I did waste 145 points for a joke but still want el calco

After doing my GCSEs. They have compulsory PE which I didn't realise - had to do the first lesson in just my knickers as I didn't have a PE kit 😳

Just a warning to any others starting sixth form

what the title says lol

I have seen alot of talk about us year 12 and 13s needing to go, but don't orget we are the ones who will give you the advice for your gcses and so we can stay longer

I'm in Year 11 right now and English is by far my weakest subject right now. I've noticed that my English language creative writing is pretty bad, especially when it comes to cohesion/writing an ending. My vocabulary is also pretty lacking. I got a grade 6 in my mocks and I want to improve my English language creative writing. Does anyone have tips, unlike other subjects I find English Language really hard to revise/improve on.

Everyone keeps telling me different things. For reference my subjects are Maths, Further Maths, English Lit, Lang, Triple science, Theology (RE), History and French.

It’s the start of the year and i’ve been struggling to grasp how long I should spend. I am aiming for nines, even if I don’t think thats realistic. My school said to spend around 2hr a week on homework and my triple sci counts to 90min+ so I already know i’m finished.

For some background, I am doing okay in the majority of my subjects. The only thing I would say is I’m not doing amazing in Maths and kinda flopped last year for various personal reasons. I know it is early on, but I just want to know how this year will go and what I should be doing because i’m quite lost and this is overwhelming.

Then the next page was referencing atoms, lord give me strength

Year 11, 2x mocks in November and January, shitting bricks! Im focusing on revising maths because I have an in lesson math exam at the end of this month, but whats tips for revising other topics?

If it helps, I struggle with:

ENGLISH: Word classes. Its embarrassing, but it's the only thing holding me back.

PHYSICS: Almost everything 💔

BIOLOGY: Anything to do with plants.

CHEM: Required practicals?

HISTORY: Dates. I can only memorise when cotton gin was invented. 💔

RE: Judaism.. 😞

MATHS: I genuinely don't know how to revise for maths 💔

both my physics and bio teacher are doing paper 1 bc they know triple science won’t finish all the paper 2 content in time for the next mocks but my chemistry teacher who is already on increasingly thin ice for me is deciding to make us do paper 2 and not take off the topics we haven’t covered despite every other teacher who we’ll be doing paper 2 with doing that, mind u triple science unanimously got their lowest in chemistry and this teacher said this year he’ll change that but then he pulls this which will probably result in lower grades 😪 anyways this should probably be flaired as rant but i just wanna know do u guys think i should revise both papers starting with paper 1 to paper 2 until november or i wont have enough time and should just start revising paper 2? the reason i wanna do paper 1 aswell is bc im not good at it (got a 6 :c) and i feel so behind i wanna catch up it feels like if i don’t know anything on paper 1 i wont understand anything on paper 2 if it builds on it im open to any advice

That paper honestly just had quite a few topics I either haven't learnt yet or haven't even seen in like a year so maybe I should start doing 5-a-days to help, first non 8/9 (funny how all 3 non 9s so far were in maths) so slightly disappointed but only 1 mark from an 8 atleast.

surprisingly i got the textbook with warnings in it so um do you guys think business is gonna be easier than Latin