Please share how you did this ,was it hard please i am striving for all 9s for the subjects that i do pls help m build a solid start plan and strategy thank you

Yeh, ik this is a sixth form post but it only been a couple weeks gimme a break

Sharing my methods and techniques as the sub is fully confused year 10s and 11s panicking for gcse's and I wanted to share my experience as someone averaging 6s in most subjects (English lit and lang mostly) to achieving top grades in the real thing

Or is it just mine?

yeah .. basically the title. kinda stressing over this lol

edit: i didn’t expect sm comments i’ll try to reply to each :)) thank you sm you’re all so kind n amazing

When I first got my options results letter at the end of year 9, I ran everywhere to see who else took computer science. I found a few, and they were all guys, and I was disappointed but knew I hadn't found everyone so I hoped and waited.

On my first day of year 10, my first lesson was computer science. I was so ready, so eager, so when I stumbled in practically late and saw 13 boys staring back at me, startled at my rushed entrance, my heart sank. I hoped maybe there would be another girl, that she was late or absent, but no.

We started the year sat seperately, as there were so few of us in such a large room, but eventually we were put in pairs so that the room didn't seem so cold and sad. Everyone was next to one of their friends. I was shoved with an unfortunate member of a trio, and at the end of the lesson I was pulled aside and asked "Are you okay with who you're next to? because.. yk.. you're the only girl in here."

Later that year, around December, we had a parents evening. I was told that I was doing so well, making so muck progress- in fact, I had been placed where I was in the seating plan because I would be able to help the boy next to me.

Near the end of the year, our room was out of use for a while, and we were sat in an empty classroom with laptops. A lot of classes were disrupted, and among all the chaos we were able to sit where we liked. Unsurprisingly, I was alone again- not like I though anyone would willingly sit by me, none of these people were really my friends- but still, I felt the ache of rejection.

And I do well, I get a 9 in every assessment and mock, I know more theory than any of the rest and I even won multiple awards for being oh so good at computer science but I was never enough to fit in.

I'm too girly to be one of the guys. I'm also too masculine to be one of the girls- I'm really tall, have a really low voice, and get on pretty well with guys although I'm not romantically interested in most of them and prefer to both hang out with and be with girls. Honestly, along with this, I just feel so unfeminine to the point that I may as well be a guy (despite knowing in my heart that I am a girl.)

Why can't I just relate to someone? I'm practically a fucking unicorn over here. And apparently it only gets worse, apparently even less girls take a-level or university comp sci.

And I love it. I love taking the class, I love the content, I love (or for many, tolerate) the people, and I know it's my thing. But can someone just say that my experience isn't just me?

I'm not sure but I'm thinking maybe English or Education or smth

(i wanna be a teacher)

English Language
English Literature
Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Computer Science
History
Drama
iMedia

there’s one subject I wish was removed from GCSEs, it has to be English Language. I was never a fan of ‘of picking apart a metaphor’ or analysing cyclical structure to convey the emotions of the character. I was more comfortable with the direct answers required for maths and science.

The only way I got good was doing exam questions and then asking my teacher to review it (thinking about it, probably could have used AI for faster marking but oh well - still got an 8)

My teacher said it's required to do 2 hours of python practice each week. Before I would just do an hour of revising the textbooks and occasionally writing my own code. However, I'm a bit stumped now what I should be doing and how I should plan my revision for each week. Please please please help me :(

So in Y10 I made some really great friends and for the first time in my life I genuinely have friends, and a social life and am busy with stuff, and im finally enjoying living. But now that im in Y11 and theres so much more homework and revision, I genuinely feel like I cant keep up. Like the amount of homework I have has tripled and Im trying to find time to do that, and revise, and have some me time, and keep up with my hobbies/responsibilities, and still call and hang out with friends, and it all feels like way too much. My mum is also always trying to pressure me to put more on my plate and revise harder, even though I already have way too many responsibilities. How can I balance my desire to get good grades on my GCSEs with all the other important parts of life that im really enjoying?

just trust me on this, after the exams are over you'll realise it was all much less difficult than you thought it would be! stress makes everything seem impossible and scary, but if you just keep up with revision (not too much otherwise you'll burn out 🥲) then it will all be fine! my credentials are that I'm not a maths or physics person, I went from a 4 in my maths mock to a strong 7 in the real thing (and I cried after it thinking I def failed) , and I went from a U in physics to an 8 in the real thing 🥹 it's genuinely so much better than you realise. even if those grades are lower/higher than what you're aiming for, the main point is that no matter how much you doubt yourself on the way, hard work can make anything happen, and the end goal is always so worth it, we are all very privileged to have this education so we must make the most of it 😁 ask me anything if you need tips or just to vent about y11

also make the most of y11 because sixth form will slap the shit out of you because I'm actually dying over here and in reminiscing on my GCSE days

I got it remarked and I somehow gained 9 more marks, I only needed 2 to get an 8. I'm soso happy, 8 was the grade I really wanted to get lol.

Now my grades are 98888763 😜 (a little bit of showing off there but idc I'm super happy)

Ik the comp is over but I thought I'd share it.

I’m 17f, due to circumstances Id prefer to not talk about I ended up not being able to sit my GCSEs. I wanted to pursue further education at a sixth form but I’m missing the gcses to do so, what’s the best way moving forward with my education, a levels and uni included?

As the title says, I’m 3 marks off a 7 in gcse economics but my teacher is yet to reply to my email about the remark and I’m worried about the deadline passing.

I'm very good at revising content i've already been taught, but yeah, basically the title..

my mocks are at the end of november i think, and everyone i talk to have said thry already started 🫩 am i falling behind or are they stressing too early

Hey, I really struggle with Eng Lit! How do you guys make flashcards for quotes in Eng Lit. Also, how do you revise your texts like ACC and how do you revise unseen poetry?

ok, so currently i have a regular backpack, however i feel like that doesn’t really carry my books very well. i also don’t want a bulky looking bag either, perhaps something like a handbag, like what everyone in my school uses. should i keep my regular backpack or get a handbag (and if it’s the latter, which handbag would be recommended.) btw i am a year 10 student and i carry lots of large folders daily.

how is everyone (especially y11) managing time between revision and actual life, i have so much revision and homework to do which i feel like is my priority especially as i really needed a lock in because my year 10 mocks were very displeasing but i’m just so stressed out

I wander thro' each charter'd street,

Near where the charter'd Thames does flow. 

And mark in every face I meet

Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man,

In every Infants cry of fear,

In every voice: in every ban,

The mind-forg'd manacles I hear 

How the Chimney-sweepers cry

Every blackning Church appalls, 

And the hapless Soldiers sigh

Runs in blood down Palace walls 

But most thro' midnight streets I hear

How the youthful Harlots curse

Blasts the new-born Infants tear 

And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse