8 simple things i did to go from ABC to A*A*A* in one year of A Levels
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- so in my first year of A Levels I achieved grades I was fine with, but not over the moon - so i worked out how to work smarter and more efficiently to boost myself up to A*A*A*. these are the things i did!!
also, i'm not saying those grades are how you should define your own success - instead, base your understanding of success on what YOU would personally be happy with!! it's more about being happy with your own achievements because we're all different!! good luck friends :)
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i regretttt picking maths aahhhhh
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1. Do extra research beyond the spec content
2. Use your frees and work smart !
3. Make the revision notes as early as you can, as you go along
4. Analyse content to make sure you understand fully
5. Make essay and question answer plans
6. Immerse yourself in the subject when revising
7. Contribute in class and share your ideas
8. Condense information and then condense it again
Great video Jack !! Good luck to everyone going back
Idk how extra research beyond the spec content for history.
@@ItsHilinsDiary any reading around the topics is great so are documentaries
Bruh I am not even in college. But I think it works for school too. Because for me in school the teachers give us notes.
"you can't revise if you didn't vise in the first place" thanks, i feel attacked
This was me today in my revision lesson at school 🤣
😂😂
same lmaoo. it's so true tho
Please do this for uni. How to prep for lectures take notes during lectures as I can’t keep up and never know what to write so I write everything in case I miss something and revise for essays/ essay preps xx love your videos
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He already has a book about this. Check out his book!
Idk if it can help but you should definitely check Eve Cornwell's video on taking notes and organising notes, she explains her technique and it did help me a lot ! But I get what you mean I have the same problem 😭
I searched the word "inspirational" in the dictionary, and "Jack Edwards" came up
Smooth 😂
Good one
Omg is it just me or Jack is just so helpful and motivational
PERIODT.
This comment is so cute. 🥺💕
Somehow last summer I walked out of my school on results day with A*A*A* without having revised literally AT ALL (mental health kinda took over) and upon reflection I’ve realised that it all came down to the fact that I (unknowingly and accidentally) studied really hard and smart. I drifted apart from all but two of my friends which meant that socialising in frees wasn’t really an option, so I spent every free moment in the library researching, doing homework, notes, essay plans etc., I did literally about 10 years worth of past and specimen papers and learnt the questions and mark schemes by heart, listened very intently in class to discussions (didn’t contribute unless prompted bc anxiety 🥺👉🏼👈🏼) and was constantly making pretty revision notes to fill time lol. It just takes time, practice and patience but it’s definitely attainable!
if you don't mind me asking, how did you manage to study/work hard while struggling with your mental health? i started y13 with the intention of boosting my knowledge and grades however my mental health went downhill really fast, so it's been really hard to do much at all.
I'm actually so so afraid of getting incredibly high offers and not reaching them!!
@@myaccount2766 2nd account? 👀
same!! my school predicts me getting 3 A*s and im scared shitless if i dont get them
That was the same with me! However I think if you think of it as a motivator instead of a scare factor, it will make you more productive. If you got the offer, chances are you deffo can get the grades otherwise they wouldn’t offer at all
Me, a 27-year-old woman who left school a decade ago, watching a video about how to get A*A*A* in my A-levels.
I went from CCC to A*AA - how did I do it? I didn't sit my exams.
And you live in a rich area
I’m betting that you go to a private school
@@peanutsthesquirrel5225 for real, my grades dropped by one or two depending on the subject. It was so upsetting. Thank god they changed it so teachers choose.
@Imran A it is soo messed up! I know some people in private schools that were predicted B's that got A's and A*'s🙄. The government assumes they'll do better than average students 😒
YOU GO, GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!
i just realized that the curriculum and standards of a high school diploma in different countries are soo different in difficulty and type
really? how is it where you are from?
Same cause as an american this is so confusing to me
RIP Asians
DD yeah its quite hard here :(
Dakota Briar in my country we have 3 major exams, at the ages of 12, 16 and 18 . 12 is at the end of primary school,16 is like GCSE, 18 is like A level. however, i am not in the UK and do not use their systems, so our GCSEs (we call it O levels) and our A levels are moderated by Cambridge Assessments and its harder here than it is elsewhere :”) but a good thing is, since our papers are harder, we dont have an A* grade, and top unis usually discount an A as an A* as they know our papers are harder than international standards :)
Jack:ANALYASE
STEM A-Level Students: does no analysis whatsoever
i switched from sciences and my AS was basically spent trying my best to actually use my brain (instead of just rote learning stuff) 💀💀💀
@@kindred.spirit ooh i disagree i definitely use my brain a lot in my physics alevel 🤣
@@janani1826 o ya a level physics is super freaking weird i saw one question and was like bruhhhhh
i completely gechu like there is such a big difference between subjects like geography where there is more than one answer and you write essays/back up your points and maths/chemistry etc where there is 1 right answer and soooo much to learn :'(
I'm doing maths, further maths, chemistry and physics, and I'm so glad I don't have to do essays and analyse stuff, because lots of my friends are really struggling with that
Jack literally made my A Levels
Bro same.
he’s gonna make my uni years too
Omg. 🥺🥺🥺
Here’s one.
Did you start A Levels thinking how cool it would be to go back to GCSE and see how easy they seem?
Make that happen while doing A level!
Go above and beyond, so A level seems like the bare minimum and easy! I’m working towards doing that now.
Good luck everyone and nice video Jack!
One tip I'd say which I had to get out of the habit of myself, is don't put off any topic/section of a course. It's so easy to, because you might not understand it, put off an entire chapter/page of a textbook and then just spend your time revisiting something you already know quite well. Even if you spend 5 or 10 minutes reading through something you don't understand, it will start to make sense once you keep revising it and noticing links to other relevant content! Please don't neglect parts of your syllabus, especially for GCSEs and A-Levels where you could get questioned on any of it :)
I found chemistry the most difficult at first, but now I've been over it a couple of times, it's a lot easier, and i even enjoy the maths when I hated maths! There's so many links, I'm like:wait, this is almost like one big topic itself! :O Instead of struggling for till it's too late, ask and go over things so you've time to process things. One of the best tips ever! :D✨
"so the new academic year is about to start, and I'm not sure how because we haven't had Easter yet" omg THIS is how I feel about 2020
I'm not going to lie my brain read the thumbnail as ACAB and I was like Jack's changing things up nice.
This is literally what I needed, I thought increasing my grades from BBC - AAB/AAA
mine are the exact same!
Mine are the same tooo!
literally SAME. we got thiissss
Now THIS is what I needed!!! I’m on A*AC and STRUGGLING because I want A*A*A to get onto the course I want
Same !!!!
You’ll be fine it’s just two grades, and you have ample amount of time. Don’t be so worried, you will get there in the end x
Me too! I’m so scared
Update i got an offer for ABB from my top choice so it’s all good
@@heatherflorence124 oooo well done! Lucky you hope u get where u want to go!
Good luck to anyone starting school tomorrow you got this 💖
❤️
Got DDD for predicted. Working for Triple A. I am on the right track😎
Thank you so much! These were literally my y12 mock grades and I would love to get these end of next year !!! Good luck with the gap year plans love you so muc thank you for everything
Who is already missing the opening line that Jack used to say *Hello everyone. My name is Jack Edwards and I am a 3rd year Eng Lit degree student at Durham University* ?
Jack has had such a glow up during quarantine
Already making revision notes/flashcards from the content I've learnt so far
Thank you so so so so so much Jack! I've always been high achieving student but a-levels has really hit me hard and I ended up failing one of my subjects in our mocks this year. You've motivated me to change my attitude to be more productive rather than feeling sorry for myself.
literally needed this!! thanks jack :)
Jack i cant explain how much you've helped me with my GCSEs and now that im starting A levels, this video was perfect! your study with mes motivate me and videos like these are genuinely helpful. plus, ive taken English Lit too so your channel overall is just a massive help! so this is just a thankyou i guess! love ya
I NEEDED THIS THANK YOU JACK!!
ahhh jack this will be so helpful!
This is actually so useful for my AP classes and exams this year. Thank youuu, Jack!
This is exactly what I needed as I have my A Level exams in a few weeks ❤️
i swear by all of these methods!! they just work so well for me. it's all well and good for some people to say 'put this on a flashcard' but Jack's tips are the best because he isn't saying there's only one method but these tips can be adapted for everyone's revision methods
OMG, this video is awesome !! thanks for the 8 simple tips which make me have a great start of Year 13. I used to watch your videos on study tips before the sixth form, your tips always make me stay productive and keeping things on the right track. "Work harder and work smarter" is absolutely true
watching this to procrastinate studying but it actually ended up motivating me so thanks jack!!
Starting my A Levels tomorrow I’m binging all your A Level videos so I feel prepared 😂😂
This is knowledge packed. Thank you, especially for the last two tips, really helpful.
Jack Edwards just makes me think I’m gonna get three A*s now what a guy
I rly loved how Jack mentioned instead of how to get A*A*A* he said how to get ‘the grades ur aspiring to’ as everyone has diff goals they wanna achieve and feel proud of :))
Thank you for this video Jack!!
Bought the uni-verse last week, so worth it it's amazing 😍😍
Had my first week of sixth form last week. These tips are definitely going to help me out. Thanks Jack
holy, i legit needed this!
loved this perfect timing for me to go back to sixth form!!
thankyou so much!! i start college tomorrow and this really helped calm my nerves 😬 i’m so determined to do well for a level
I start my A Level subjects this Wednesday so thank you for these tips!
Thanks, great video! Would love to see more of these!
Bish! I need to get from a D average to A's 😭😭
Thanks Jack! Just started year 13 so definitely need the help, I was quite good at using my independent studies last year as I only went home if I had a free last (once a week) so used my other 3 but now with covid we aren't allowed on site if we have a free period 1st or last (unless we have a workshop lesson after school) so that cuts me back down again. But I will start revising from this week especially as the school has no clue when our mocks are going to be. Good luck to everyone this year!
Thank you so much ! I just started sixth form last week and was thinking about the best way to start and this helped a lot !
THANK YOU ! this helps soooo much
this is so perfect eek i’m about to start y13 thank u jack !!!!
We don't have A levels in australia, but we have something similar. I will say I got one free period on wednesday afternoon. We have lessons from 9-3 all week. And we didn't have exams. We had 40% essays. So there was barely any time for breaks and socialising. As out of school hours you'd be researching for a really large essay.
I got two B- and two C+ despite getting straight As (and a few Bs) in every subject up until then.
So I wish I had seen this video then (4-5 years ago now)
needed this, beginning to freak out
Same!
Thank you so much for sharing this video. It helped my studies
I live in the U.S. so there is a little difficulty with the dialect for me. However I just wanted to hop in the comments and say thank you so much. These tips are amazing! This is the first video I have watched where the tips are not redundant. Thank you so much! Glad I subscribed a while back when you came up in the suggestions.
Starting sixth form tomorrow, doing history, english language and french and i’m absolutely bricking it. Thank you for these tips though, i think they’ll be really useful :D
God, I have my IB final exams this year and I'm so so stressed. So thank you Jack for posting this video!! :)
I've just gone into year 13.... i'm so anxious about doing well and finishing everything considering how much time we've had off... thanks for the video!!
needed this! thanks u legend 😎
Thanks for the advice!
me, having already finished my A-levels and about to go to uni like
👀👀👀 time to watch
I am going to my final year (year 13) helpppppp
Literally the perfect timing for me before starting my freshman college
Thank you Jack. If possible, will you please make a video on condensing content?
Hi jack!!! I’m doing IB but I’m still going to watch this video!! Haha x
thank you so much jack! I'm about to start sixth form doing history, sociology and law and this was so helpful!
I just finished history and sociology too!! What exam board are you doing?
@@komalvaghela266 how were they? both are AQA for me I think
Madie Hughes I did AQA for sociology! It was okay, there is a lot of work to do so really take what jack says on board because it really is helpful and if you need any tips or help on sociology then feel free to ask :)
@@komalvaghela266 thank you so much!! I did sociology GCSE and got a 9 so hopefully it'll all go well for A-levels too!
Madie Hughes that’s amazing! I got a B in GCSE and then A* for A-Level. The content is the same it just gets more in depth and you need to know a lot of theories and theorists. I’m sure you will fine tho :)
I agree with everything you said! However one point I would like to say is it's quite tricky within the sciences (from my experience with bio) to read beyond the course content and include it in questions because the mark schemes were so tight, and honestly harsh that it didn't cater for extra knowledge. At least with OCR. That being said I definitely agree with humanities and English etc! Xx
The intro is all i watch your videos for!😂😂
wow these are so helpful :)
King I'm begging you do a uni version- things you did to get a first!!
I WISH I HAD THIS VIDEO DURING MY A LEVEL TIMES! MAN NOT FAIR!
I worked so hard for my English A-Level but got an E , back in 2000! We were allowed to bring our texts in, thank goodness! I did past papers, extra essays, started my essays as soon as we were given them, made quote/character/theme cards and essay plans... A couple of weeks before my English lit exam, one of my teachers told me I really didn’t know how to/couldn’t write essays. Some of my classmates did their essays the night before they were due in, messy presentation and they got As, while I got B-, having spent the last couple of weeks working on it! Most people doing English Lit also did History, so I think they must have a similar mind ( analytic, able to structure a coherent argument...).
Thanks chap, wish I motivated myself sooner as I've basically done no revision and mocks are in 2 weeks
I’m starting a levels tomorrow so thank you for easing my massive worries 🥺🥺😂
I’m starting year 13 and this was so helpful!
Thanks Jack. 💙
Good tips. Similar to what should be done in uni.
this is such a helpful video!! ik it might be kind of weirdly late considering you did your a levels a while ago at this point but would you consider making a video on how you got an a* in a level politics? i thought you’d done one already but it’s only english and history:)
trying to watch the video but all i can focus on this the alocasia polly behind you, love that plant. but they are pretty fussy. good luck
In second year of uni but, I still dunno how to study so gonna use this.
Even fluked a first last year, but yanno, corona and some online exams was helpful
Smart work takes you a long way
thank you
I'm was on BBB at the end of Juky and I have 1 week until our UCAS mocks
Thank you Jack for this video
Given me such motivation because I think I lost it a bit over the summer
Hey Jack, I’m also doing history and politics for A Levels and I just wanted to ask, how did you revise/what was the best revision technique that you used for them 2 subjects?
I need this since I missed 1/4 of a levels due to corona
Thank you😊❤
Jack: *The biggest glitch of the year*
Me: Reck it ralph entered the chat.
Omg. 😂😂
Starting y13 on Wednesday so I neeeed this 😣😣
I relate, I also used to teach myself everything (I had already forgotten) during revision 🥴
They should show these videos in the sixth form assemblies. Love them!
Same!
All I can say is thank you
I am genuinely going into Year 13 with ABC grades and I need to raise my grades considerably in order to get into my dream uni! I really hope I get those grades!!
i was just at this very moment crying and breaking down about my ABC (math bio chem) (was crying about chem lol) and then i see this on my recommended. Thanks jack! :)
Thank you! I wish I have seen this two years ago, but the people doing A-levels during COVID do deserve your advice. I would like to add advice for people doing Art related A-levels as I boosted two numbers in a year.
1. Do all the relevant above in Jack's video!
2. Listen to your teacher's feedback but not their instructions of what you need to do practically. So I have taken on board from teachers that I need to make a good journey in my book. I have also started my coursework book from scratch at the start of y13, figuring out the best journey for myself without my teacher leading me from random task to task.
3. Do what you are genuinely interested in a specific area of your subject. I found out a few weeks before my y12 mock exam that I don't have to do dark, moody art that everyone else is doing. I can use my love for finding happiness in simple things within my exam and coursework journey.
4. Look through lots of past student coursework books - both good and bad.
5. Look through success criteria and pick out practical things to include in your book (Analysis, good quality photos or artwork, work you dislike and improvements, contact sheets etc.)
I hope this helps. Please boost if you find it helpful as there aren't that many videos or advice like this for Art-related students - I'm a past Photography A-level student. Bear in mind there are so many hours of work in those subjects.
Thank you! I’m starting Year 12 on Monday and I’m doing Fine Art A-Level. The college I’m attending has a great art department so I’m very excited about starting!
@@ampersandcastle1091 Glad I can help :)
I'm watching this video to get the gist and help out my niece who's currently in her senior high school.
That’s so sweet!
Hello Jack, I like your videos, will you do a video about what clothes to bring in Uni. ✌🏽
I don't even know what a levels are but I'm here to take study tips cause it's Jack 😌
Being from another country, I don't even know what A levels really are but I'll still watch every Jack's videos without exception
As you should. 😌✋🏻
I did my alevels two years ago and you best believe I’m still gonna watch !! 😍
I started watching Jack at the beginning of 4th year and now I'm in my final year doing the exact same A-Levels as him pure madness ahahaha