#gcses 2024

[huh-j]

“I can’t, I have to study~”

~Rory Gilmore

- Probably my most used excuse this year..

[learningsanctum]

when I finally start learning something I had been postponing and I suddenly rediscover my will to study and apply myself until I’m the best again

[stingraystudiess]

Good day…

⬆️from a few days ago, can you tell I’ve been putting off posting? :P

Hello my lovely Jublies, here’s what I’ve been up to:

Finished all types of study planning and have been following it for 3 days now

Feel a little more hopefully gcse wise

Feel ready to start posting again (god knows nobody’s gonna see this as engagement has been so low, my fault lol)

Finishing any notes/flash cards so I can actually study with them

Today I have done:

3h 49 min in total (using study bunny to track)

Corbett 5 a day

Some maths (algebra)

Chemistry on cognito and past paper questions on bonding

English language paper 1, questions 2 and 3

Geography rivers, just some reading

What I’m hoping to do:

Some flash cards (both making and revising)

Some reading of geography and history

Anyways if you have made it to here I would like to thank you for reading, and have a lovely rest of your day, it’s sunny ☀️!!

Signing off~

StingrayStudies

[dangeroustaintedflawed]

OHMYGOD I PASSED ALL MY EXAMS NO FUCKIN WAY

[gay-classics-student]

Good luck to everyone getting their gcse results tomorrow !

Remember that no matter what you get , you have a tumblr account so at least your cool

[clownblogz]

Oh my days. The questions was Lady Macbeth… I AM GOING TO KISS WHOEVER MADE THAT PAPER!!!

[xxskyethetiredemoxx]

Getting my exam results for my gcses next week. Omfg I'm too stressed out for this, help.

[candy8448]

I need mutuals that are actually doing gcses rn lol

[yonderghostshistories]

GUYS I PASSED MY GCSES

*deep breath*

AHHHHHHHHHH

ARGGHSHSNSJDHAUHHNRHDBDH

[matiixoxo]

How to study - a guide for ♡ good grades ♡

intro

for most of my school years, I never studied. I have naturally good memory and was quick to understand things... up until maybe year 8. Then things got a bit harder, my grades started falling. I only started to truly study during year 10, and that's how I developed my various ways of studying.

i will be listing the methods i use below. these have helped me a lot and hopefully they can help you too! That said, here are my methods:

method 1 - two notebooks

this is my preferred method for sciences, aka, biology, chemistry, etc.

what i do is have two separate notebooks for each subject.

one is to use during class. its messy, disorganised, an info dump of everything the teacher says.

the second one stays at home. there, everyday after school, i rewrite my notes, this time more aesthetic, more complex, prettier. i also research online and check the powerpoints used by the teacher to make sure I'm not missing anything. I take my time with this notebook, because rewriting my notes helps consolidate them in my mind, and is a great tool for revising for tests. it also means that during class, i can pay more attention to what the teacher is saying instead of trying to do pretty titles and such.

method 2 - flashcards

i also mostly use this for sciences, it helps a lot.

flashcards are the best. You can use ones ready made on your computer, or handwrite your own. I prefer to handwrite because, even though it takes time, as I said before rewriting helps consolidate the material in your brain. After every class, I write down questions and answers on white rectangles I bought from the nearby stationary store, punch a hole in them, and add them to the ring where I have all the other flashcards.

when I'm close to a test, I keep my flashcards close to me at all times. when I am bored, or have nothing to do, I take them out and flip through them until I feel I know everything. I try to go through them at least twice a day.

this method has saved me in so many ways.

method 3 - close by

this is the method I use for history, languages, and english.

I rewrite all my notes on my computer (but you can do handwritten, i just prefer computer so i can print many copies) and then print them out. a week before a test, I start leaving the notes in places i pass by often, eg, my desk, my bathroom mirror, taped to the inside of my wardrobe. every time I see my notes, I force myself to read them all. because I pass by the places so many times, I'll be constantly rereading the same thing, helping consolidate it in my brain.

ofc, this might not be enough, so I also suggest reading your notes like this - read the first sentence. then read the first again, and then the second, and read the first again, followed by the second and then read the third, and then reread the first, second, and third sentences. then read the fourth. and reread the first, second, third, and fourth, and then the fifth, etc. this method is amazing and helps memorize stuff so easily. sorry if its confusing ♡

method 4 - exercises

this method, in my opinion, is better for subjects like maths, physics, etc.

it's pretty obvious what it is. just do and redo exercises, correct them, grade yourself, Google past papers and test yourself again. do this until you are confident that you understand everything. and even then, keep doing exercises.

method 5 - essays

this one is for English, and you might hate it. I mean, who doesn't hate essays?

what i do is, I go to chatgpt, and ask it to suggest possible essay questions on possible things that might be on my test (eg., shakespeare).

then, I write an essay (using the PEAEAL structure) and ask chatgpt to evaluate it and rate it out of ten, tell me where I should improve without giving me the exact answer to what I should improve. then I rewrite the parts that were wrong, and send it to chatgpt again. I do this until I get a 10/10. I keep doing this with multiple questions until I'm confident I know the topic well

important:

how i truly, truly, managed to get good grades was making studying enjoyable. I started romanticizing it - lighting candles, installing an aesthetic clock on my computer, spending hours on pretty diagrams, going to cafes with my notes and studying there.

get a friend to study with you too sometimes. Trust me when I say, romanticizing studying is the best study method.

[bambibllog]

[huh-j]

Me studying nonstop because I won’t settle for anything less than the highest possible grade…

[archerygun]

[stingraystudiess]

StudyLapse

⬆️ English Language anthology work for my exam tomorrow

Today was my very first day of mocks!!!! Chemistry was shocking but I will pass. Maths was surprisingly smooth sailing, yet I feel panicked looking back at it. Was it all a lie?!?

Today I have ashamedly chanted more mantras more than in the whole of the year thus far, I went to the mandir too 🥹

Tomorrow I just have English language so I will go home after that and revise ( I am NOT wasting my day on PE)

Now I am off to do more in transactional writing 🖋️ (waffling is a specialty of mine)

Ok tysm for reading

Signing off~

StingrayStudies

[takingtheacademicscenicroute]

I am not a fish: Introduction

"Looking at their work I would be expecting 8s or 9s"

My biology teacher said that when I was in year nine. It was not the first time someone had said something to that effect, and it was not the last.

The fact of the matter is that I spent most of my time, up until year 11, being told how far I would go, how high my grades were expected to be and how I could do anything that I wanted. People have said that, I just about nudged into the gifted category(though that is a nuanced discussion for another time), not like some of my friends who passed everything with their eyes closed, I definitely had to work, but I was honestly doing well.

My first set of mock GCSEs in year eleven came back and I was broken. Not one of my grades was above a six. This continued through year 11, I was not living up to the expectations that were set. This all came to a head on results day when I discovered that I had only just scraped a 6 which was not enough to do maths A-level, and without maths, I couldn't do physics. This was an issue. I want to be an astrophysicist, however, I have always been in a complex "situationship" with maths, and honestly, I think we might need couple's counselling, but I'm stretching this metaphor too far so suffice to say, I was not too proud of my performance.

So here I am, the day before my first day of college and getting set to do Biology, Environmental science, and Geology. And I will be the first to admit, I am still bitter, I am still upset, I am not over it, but if I could do all the subjects I wanted too, they would be next on my list after physics and maths. The idea is that I will retake my maths GCSE and then go back after college to do physics and maths, so really, in essence I am just taking the scenic route, and maybe, I will end up somewhere wonderful that I could never have dreamed of.

take it easy and good luck to everyone starting this new year

written: 03/09/2024

posted: 03/09/2024

[outpieces]

I PASSED MY GCSES