A Levels, oh lord :( Options

[GoneChopinBachSoon]

oh lord i hate all my AS subjects
Biology - confusing work
Chemistry - very very very hard and more insane than a bouncy ball on a trampoline
Geography - extraordinarily dull!!! and i DETEST my set
Music - well boring! and i hate my set
General Studies - meh its ok

im looking at D-U for them all :(

[Helen]

Well, for the D-U grades, where is it you are losing marks? Do you revise? Do you revise well ? Maybe it's worth checking out onion street (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/) for revise techniques and time management advice. If your problem is remembering things you have been taught, find out what type of learner you are (auditory, visual or kinesthetic) - I'm sure you could take a test on the internet to find out if you haven't had to do loads of them at college like we have ;) There are learning techniques specific to that type of learner. For visual learners, posters around your room, mind maps, spider diagrams etc. Auditory learners, putting your notes onto tape and listening to them, or kinesthetic I can't remember, but that type of learning is to do with actually doing it.

Good luck!

[GoneChopinBachSoon]

Well, for the D-U grades, where is it you are losing marks? Do you revise? Do you revise well ? Maybe it's worth checking out onion street (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/) for revise techniques and time management advice. If your problem is remembering things you have been taught, find out what type of learner you are (auditory, visual or kinesthetic) - I'm sure you could take a test on the internet to find out if you haven't had to do loads of them at college like we have ;) There are learning techniques specific to that type of learner. For visual learners, posters around your room, mind maps, spider diagrams etc. Auditory learners, putting your notes onto tape and listening to them, or kinesthetic I can't remember, but that type of learning is to do with actually doing it.

Good luck!

1 thing i forgot to mention, i started AS like 4 weeks ago and yes i revise my socks off for major exams! hence why i did SO much better than the predicted 1 A 3 Bs 1 C and 4 Ds at GCSE

[Helen]

Well, for the D-U grades, where is it you are losing marks? Do you revise? Do you revise well ? Maybe it's worth checking out onion street (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/) for revise techniques and time management advice. If your problem is remembering things you have been taught, find out what type of learner you are (auditory, visual or kinesthetic) - I'm sure you could take a test on the internet to find out if you haven't had to do loads of them at college like we have ;) There are learning techniques specific to that type of learner. For visual learners, posters around your room, mind maps, spider diagrams etc. Auditory learners, putting your notes onto tape and listening to them, or kinesthetic I can't remember, but that type of learning is to do with actually doing it.

Good luck!

1 thing i forgot to mention, i started AS like 4 weeks ago and yes i revise my socks off for major exams! hence why i did SO much better than the predicted 1 A 3 Bs 1 C and 4 Ds at GCSE

Ok I didn't take in the AS bit.

4 weeks in??? What are you worried about?? Of course it is going to seem hard, there is a big jump between GCSE and A level.

Just keep up the hard work and you will be fine!

[GoneChopinBachSoon]

alright then if you say so :-\

[nicki_flute]

I am in the same position as you. I am finding AS Level very hard, especially in History. But you do get used to it. If it isn't too late, why don't you change subjects?

[saxlover]

Don't mean to be rude but how can you say after a few weeks that you are going to get D-U

They aren't easy, don't expect to be able to just do it. It takes hard work and effort.

Give it a bit longer yet before you start panicking

[Deborah]

Don't mean to be rude but how can you say after a few weeks that you are going to get D-U

Perhaps he's read too many of your posts Nat ;)

[sarah-flute]

lol.

if A Levels weren't a jump from GCSE then they'd hardly be worth doing. No point panicking after a month! :rolleyes:

[elmo]

I was still getting C/D in any pratises we did til about a month before the exams. It won't get any easier at A-level, so keep working.

[mrbouffant]

Best to start panicking now IMHO:

Two years of panic.
That's 730 whole days...
17,520 hours of total panic
approximately 5840 of those will be in darkness
in the middle of the night
panic
panic
panic
(mrbouffant aged 17 3/4, after William Shakespeare)

:blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :ph34r:

[saxlover]

Don't mean to be rude but how can you say after a few weeks that you are going to get D-U

Perhaps he's read too many of your posts Nat ;)

I'm a changed woman :D :lol:

[GoneChopinBachSoon]

meh i know what im looking at straight away so...meh

[nicki_flute]

But, you have hardly started the course. Have you done any tests? If you are thinking you'll struggle, talk to the teachers, do extra revision, make good quality notes. But don't just seem to 'give up', and say I WILL be getting D-U because if you think you will, you will get a lower grade, but being positive and saying "I can do this, but need help on these things", will help you much more, than just blanketting you'll fail.

[mrbouffant]

I'm sorry I don't have much sympathy here. You seem like a clever chap so I don't for one moment think your melancholic musings will be borne out in your eventual results.

I found A level mathematics a particularly big jump, all that integral calculus did my head in.. but eventually I "got it" and went on from there to do OK.

My advice is chill your boots and tough it out. It will come good if you keep chipping away.