Everything I Wish I Knew About GCSEs, A Levels and University
Today I cover questions about GCSEs and A Levels, the EPQ, juggling personal life with studies, as well as general advice on how to excel in your exams and boost your productivity, asked by you guys. A little about me: I got 11 9s at GCSE and have been predicted 4A*s since the start of year 12. I did an EPQ and achieved an A* (50/50) on this. I was a medicine applicant and received 3 offers to study medicine following the UCAT, personal statement and interviews. So many wonderful people helped me get to where I am today so I'd like to repay the favour by helping you guys out too. I hope you learn something new from this video and I hope you enjoy! Do feel free to share this video with friends if you think it'll help them too. In the next part I will be addressing the questions I received all about the medicine application process, specifically how best to prepare for the UCAT, what a good personal statement looks like and Oxbridge medicine specificities. --- Links from the video: 📝 The google form: https://forms.gle/XaMv4RKz3w7D6z4Q7 📖 Revision websites PMT: https://www.physicsandmathstutor.com/ MadasMaths: https://www.madasmaths.com/ Maths Genie: https://mathsgenie.co.uk/ Save My Exams: https://www.savemyexams.com/ More great revision websites that I used: Edexcel Maths mock question banks: https://gways.fireflycloud.net/maths/... Chemistry notes: https://www.chemistrystudent.com/ freesciencelessons: https://www.freesciencelessons.co.uk/ --- Socials: 🗣️Join my discord community:   / discord  --- Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:33 People say the jump from GCSE to A level is more than A level to degree, is this true? 01:43 Can you give me a brief explanation of what the EPQ presentation entails? 02:23 How much work is the EPQ? 02:58 Is the EPQ a sensible idea to choose if you’re already doing 3 essay based subjects? 03:46 Is the EPQ worthwhile on uni applications? 04:34 What's the most important advice you can give to someone taking their GCSEs/IGCSEs? 05:55 What was your revision method and what website did you use? (chemistry and maths) 07:39 How much work/info are you expected to find out on your own, and do teachers go over all content from the spec in class or do you have to research some yourself? 08:38 How do you manage to juggle your A Level studies with hobbies and do I need to give these up? 10:48 How much of A Levels is application of knowledge instead of recall? 11:59 What technology do you recommend getting for A Levels or GCSEs? 12:57 What is some good life advice you’d like to share? 14:00 When should you start looking for unis? 14:56 What is life? 15:17 What are some productive hobbies/extra-curriculars that you recommend doing? 17:24 Outro --- Tags (ignore) #alevel #gcse #qanda #medicinestudent #revisionstrategy #studytips #productivity #revision #medicine #epq #university #exams #exampreparation #examtips #examprep

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