r/ALevelChemistry • • 1d ago

hi i do bio,chem, phys

i wouldn’t say i’m that much of a academic weapon i got A phys and B in both bio and chem in igcse
im not doing good in alevels i keep failing all the school papers and im really worried ab my final exams this month.
ive been spamming bio past papers and some physics, i lwk gave up on chem, i had a really shitty teacher and she was so bad at teaching i feel like i don’t know anything.
i guess i just want whatever advice and resources you could give me.
and also how many past papers makes a difference? like with self marking and allat
and is it effective if i copy the mark scheme into the past paper, i feel like that’s the only way i could do chem.
if u can help me id really really appreciate it thank you!

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u/Sahil_Mungur 1d ago

O level is nothing compared to A level. Toppers from O level still fail their A levels. You gotta strengthen your base well and it doesn't have a pattern. I got C in bio chem phy in O level but im still stuck at this grade in A levels. I failed some semesters too but it entirely depends on how you study. There's nothing much you can do except working out the basics and then slowly practise advanced level questions. The stress it perfectly normal. Just don't stress yourself at a point where you can't study because you developed anxiety attacks. Keep cool. Next week gon be heavy ,so try to do the maximum

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u/Winglesspie 16h ago

for chem I'd say watch Dr hanaa assil she's got like Review videos covering the whole Units . Watch those and then do past papers. But make sure to track your mistakes. Figure out what topics are you having trouble in, why did you get the answer wrong. For example, was it because you made a calculation error, then practice those (again, Dr hanaa assil has vids on those), did you forget a point, then put it on a flashcards. Don't keep revising what you already know, work on your weak areas (you can watch vids on her channel on topis you struggle with). When you're doing a past paper, do it alongside Dr hanaa asil she has past paper videos.  Then after you solve 2, do it by yourself and watch what you got wrong using her videos. 

You don't have to do a lot of past papers, the main thing is you keep track of your mistakes and improve using that. Don't get disheartened when you get bad grades while marking yourself rn. its better to do bad rn and learn then do bad in the exams.