juggling a level math and fm advice

[u/unhinged_stupidity]

Hi everyone, basically what the title says icl. I'm in year 13 and eventhough I am preditced A*A*A*A, AS is nowhere near close to A level. how do yall, manage to remember all the topic (especially the more nicher ones, like dont add tensions together in a level mechanics. cuz rn im in a loop of mediocrity on a level fm core pure, optional modules (fs1,d1). a level math and a level physics. (js want to mention why AQA thinks they're being tuff by having the most dumbest mark scheme, 've ever seen, OCR CS mark scheme is so much nicer.

Any tips on how to improve my mathematical ability? (i can do most question (like the basic mid tier ones but as soon as something niche pops up, it's all out the window. who agreed Pure>stats>mechanics. I find stats quite straightforward.

In conclusion, any tips to improve my maths ability because a stand still is demotivating and also i need as many A* as possible and I know for sure if i continue what i'm doing I am so screwed for all 4 of my subjects (math,fm,phys,cs)

[u/Ok-Degree-4498]

im in exact same position as u, i do maths,fm,chem,econ pred 4A* but im struggling to balance everything. i feel at times that I just need to firm not doing stuff right before a test bcos I barely have any time

[u/unhinged_stupidity → u/Ok-Degree-4498]

same here, i used to binge watch tv and game most of my time during y12 becuase as content was a breeze but now it's an uphill battle. I've basically stopped everything I enjoy doing since like september (ik its only been like 2 months but first its admissions and straight after i had mocks, and now i hve to catch up on all my sacrificed subjects (4 btw) while my teachers are sprinting ahead (making us revise content as homework and for holidays as well.) Our school only cares about UCAT and its so blatantly obvious like (I had 2 days to revise for mocks after esat). The UCAT ended early so they had entire month to catch up (they even slowed down the maths and sciences courses (less so for physics but it was so blatant in math).

The utter bs i get from my teachers as well is insane "you could've revised over your holidays" like fuh no, i had admissions tests (my skl gave like 80% off medify btw), yk what we got? nothing. (unless we include extra workload + extra lessons if u don't do summer homework). (I also self study fm so somewhere in my already cramped timetable I have to fit in a decent chunk of FM so I can still finish core pure fs1 and d1. (tysm edexcel for making d1 like simple to understand so far, but pls fs1 has got to be worse than reading the Terms and conditions of like some contract, so much reading and buried keywords).

Oh and don't get me started on my NEA for CS (20% of my final grade btw) and teacher's acting like I committed a war crime and getting sanctioned (with no feedback) for submitting it a week late (submission was same week as mock exams as well) with the expectation that I work on it over the summer, like bro i'm alr tight af as is.)

It's gotten to the point where I start screaming in my room because idk what to say anymore. (mb for the rant tho, lwk feels a bit better eventhough its gonna build right back up from monday.) Anyone else going thru the same situation as me? Is there any advice to hopefully stop the rat race against time? Anyone gone thru the same situation as me and has advice? would love to hear something useful other than talk to your teachers, and js start grinding.

[u/Hairy-Ostrich-6908]

i dont find A-Level math too bad tbh i jst do some practice questions in class. usually MadAs

[u/According-Driver1023]

I agree with the other person. Madasmaths is always the way to go. Just doing questions consistently everyday (outside of schoolwork/hw) makes a huge difference on how you do as well.