Adjusting to Year 13 | A-Level Diaries #5
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Year 13 is heavy. And it's only been a week.
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Omg I relate so much!! I've already had 3 tests last week and I have so much more homework on top of making all of my anki flashcards. The jump in difficulty was also a shock because I now need to go over content multiple times to understand concepts but In shaa Allah it will all be worth it
inshallah, it's difficult but we'll get through it
Omg the year 13 struggle hahahah!! Excited to watch this and see how you’re doing :)
Yup I know right I can defo feel the step up especially because of UCAS!! Luckily I managed to submit mine to school yesterday - it’s the best feeling 😊 I’d say year 12 is a much bigger step up due to differences and getting used to things, but as you said year 13 is much more in the deep end!!
And bio IKRRRR I’m doing photosynthesis right now and it’s so hard 😩 still loving my subjects though 🙌
It’s a lot, but I know that if I push through this gruelling ucas process, then at least things will ease a tiny bit. Photosynthesis though God help 😖.
I know photosynthesis is so hard like why is it not just a simple equation any more 😢
@@NoumanSami It honestly is so true, no UCAS on ur mind really relieves so much stress!
Oh I know right 😭
Best of luck to you :)
@@NoumanSami photosynthesis is not that bad compared to later. Its probably the easiest bit. Watch out for recombinant dna topic. That's the worst one
Just started year 12, not looking forward to 13 💀
Biology a level got me deeping already if this spike of difficulty happens again between y12 and 13 I may be finished💀
Enjoy whilst you can
@@satoshi-sanfr its the way one of my teachers are doing module 2 but one’s doing alpha beta glucose and the others doing the ultra structure my brain is hurting 😭
@@e5therx that's not even the hard stuff :(
@@NoumanSami ik- good luck on your med applications will be following along
I feel like so many people find A2 Biology such a jump up is because they usually start with photosynthesis. I'm so glad that my school started with respiration, because it's MUCH easier than photosynthesis and photosynthesis builds on respiration knowledge (e.g. chemiosmosis is much easier to understand within oxidative phosphorylation than within light-dependent reactions, and Calvin cycle is similar to Krebs cycle), so photosynthesis was actually pretty easy when I finally got around to it.
But yeah, Year 13 is so much busier than Year 12, especially for medics! Expect your grades to drop right now, but if you continue your habits from Year 12, they will come back!
Hey what spec do you do?
@@fortnitelegend3780I did OCR A.
I've made this so bad for myself - 4 A-levels with bio, chem, maths and further maths; med applicant and I got my BMAT in like 9 days. Everyone's got this - for early applicants, it will get better (it has got to!)
*TW RANT 😭* (Ignore my spelling haha)
First week of holidays i was exhausted so i took a break, went on holiday for 2 weeks (i had no choice 😭) then i only had 2 weeks to revise for my ucat, and complete my summer homework which were 2 chemistry booklets, 2 60 page research booklets for economics, 2 25 markers, 2 15 markers for econ and then 6 bio past papers all while revising for ucat. then i procastinated on half of that so i only had the 3 days after my ucat before school to complete it (i still got told off by my teachers cuz apparently we didnt do enough revision). First two lessons of y13 i had 2 exams which i did alr in and they said that it was not good enough although they know me and my friends are med appllicants, then my teachers said theres no point of applying to it cuz they think im not gonna get in (they also didnt pay for my ucat or help me with anything med aplications related). Then my teachers gave a 3 day- 1 week notice for my mocks which will go towards my predicted grades and said we had summer to revise for them (WHICH WE DID NOT CUZ OF THE AMOUNT OF HW THEY GAVE 💀🔪) then my chemistry teacher also decided that it would be a good idea to include year 13 content in our AS predicted mocks for some odd reason??? And to top that off she said that she wont predict us one grade higher and will only predict what we get (so if i get a b she wont predict me an a or if i get a u she will predict us a U even if throught the year we got C/Bs. Oh and not to mention i have two weeks to write my personal statement, choose my unis, apply, sit the bmat and revise for it (only God knows how ill do that) and then kms 🥰(sorry for the rant lolllllllll im stressssed af) i have my bio mock tmrw (which is on the whole of as content and i have only had 3 days to prepare so pray for me )
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Stop panicking. Take things one at a time. Tell your teachers you're overwhelmed and ask them for more time if you need it. I'm sure they'll want to help you.
I feel you so much. This entire process has been exhausting and it looks like you were done very dirty with homework across the holidays. I got set a ton of maths homework which I had to juggle with my UCAT as well as PS and all the rubbish. It’s such a painstaking process but we’re all going through it together, if that makes you feel a little better. If it ever gets too much, just take a step back and think about all your options because even if things don’t go well, there are so many options and so many things to do. Just don’t lose yourself in this period because it’s a very demanding time, but all this UCAS stuff will go away very very soon, and you’ll be thankful in the future if you push through it now. Honestly best of luck and I’m wishing that you get through this period with minimal stress. Just make sure you stay happy and healthy, easier said then done, but having an unhealthy routine etc. is going to have a knock on effect on everything else.
Gl with y13 mate, you're gonna own it
So are you 😎
SAME to everything you said! I'm not an early applicant but I am doing all the same subjects as you and its only the second week and I've already had a big mock on maths (statistics ew) and biology and chemistry and weve only just started. I feel as though if they atleast gave us a week or so to ease our way back in without throwing exams in our faces it would make things so much easier because we would get time to organise ourselves and i guess "get ready" for year 13. Personally I found the jump from year 11 to 12 harder because the first few months felt like I was just carrying on from GCSE but as soon as it hit January all my subjects (esp bio and chem) became unexpectedly so much more harder and i ended up burning out from march onwards whereas this year I tried to mentally prepare myself for how hard it was going to be which so far it is quite overwhelming but I'm trying to create a schedule and inshallah stick to it. Good luck for bmat and for year 13!
Ikr!! Its so much all of a sudden but you know what I think im slowly starting to get myself adjusted as long as I keep up on things and stay organised. But yeah I agree it doesnt make sense that they’re throwing exams at us already, at least wait until all the application rubbish dies down a bit
one thing i'd like to add for year 12s is to start looking into unis around spring of your year 12 year, then you can plan for open days. unis have them running during early summer and during autumn, some of them have overlapping open days so choose which ones you prefer, narrow down your list and plan ahead for which open days to book !!
Yep this is so important! I kept on finding out that open days were fully booked and it was annoying
If I were to recommend any Universities as I am also aspiring med applicant and I managed to visit every Russel Group (except for QMUL, Nottingham and York) and here are my top 7:
1. Newcastle (Pros: Overall best open day- facilities in terms of integrated style, and practical aspects such as shadowing consultants in a range of disciplines every year, also the biggest medical school and studying medicine abroad in year 2 and year 4 (if one of top rankers) in Malaysian campus. Cons: Highest UCAT threshold in country and need 2830+ this year I think, competition is also very high not due to requirements but due to the amount of people who apply, Durham and Newcastle University also have reputation as “Oxbridge rejects” due to 50% of cohort being made up of this)
2. Oxford (Pros: My first choice- best medschool in the world via rankings and experiences of studying in oxbridge are invaluable, maybe a bit bias as my sis studies there, also very social; Cons: clinical experiences/patient contact doesnt start until year 4 and first three years of teaching style is very essay based and monotonous and workload is massive- also place in clinical school isn’t guranteed so competition doesnt even stop when you’ve been accepted as an undergraduate, also accomodation; interviews are impossible to get)
3. Kings College London/UCL (Pros: One of the most social unis, where’s there’s a balance of both social life and work and both well connected to the London Hospital system which are the biggest in the UK; Cons: No cons except possibly living in London is expensive especially live elsewhere in England like I do being from Manchester)
4. Kings College London/UCL (both 3rd and 4th, cant decide the order)
5. Cambridge (Pros: most picturesque university in the UK, certain college if you are lucky have the most amazing accomodation in the UK such as Jesus College and also connections and experiences in Cambridge, also interviews are easy to get even with average BMAT; Cons: Social aspects are very small due to Cambridges size and the university experience is limited due to amount of pressures with work being research based- I would recommend an EPQ if you apply here. Entry requirements are very very hard with cambridge giving discretion that they are able to increase it from A*A*A TO A*A*A* (and even another A* if you are doing 4 alevels).
6. Manchester/Leeds (Pros: the University experience is most evident here and overall are most friendly unis, also relatively cheap living expenses; Cons: Over-applied)
7. Imperial (Pros: one the best universities in the world to study medicine Cons: the most expensive university to study in the UK and teaching style is so robotic and intense and are even more overworked than Oxbridge)
If you want to know about any more Unis let me know?
Thanks for this!! I'm sure it will help a lot of people
@@NoumanSami Hey no problem- I remember you saying you haven’t fully decided where to apply yet, so i just wanted to give you some ideas to consider. Where are you considering applying right now?
*Also i forgot Edinburgh- that’s in 6th as well same position as Manchester and leeds
Hey Nouman, this video was definitely worth watching, I couldn't agree less with hearing other peoples experiences, I was wanting to ask that do you think enrichment is very important to do besides your academic studies when studying a-levels, as my college doesn't offer epq sadly and their enrichment involves sports, I was just thinking to take on enrichment in year 12. Could you please give me advice regarding what enrichment you took part during year 12, what you would recommend and ur advice??? as I know having good grade and no extracurricular could limit my entry for medicine/dentistry in the future a lot :(
Hi, thanks so much! A lot of teachers say to do extracurriculars for your university application but I’ll be honest, they don’t help at all, especially for medicine. Most unis just want to see what things you’ve done medicine related, or that show the qualities that they’re looking for. These qualities you can get from extracurriculars but you can also get them from other things as well such as work experience, volunteering etc. don’t treat it as a checklist where you try and get as many things possible done, instead try and do whatever you find enjoyable and go from there.
@@NoumanSami Thank you so much, that makes much more sense now, where I now need to focus my time on. Having a y13 student giving advice is just soo helpful. Yeah definitely I need to start researching for volunteering, work ex 👍
Can you make a video about personal statements?
How you finding BMAT prep? I havent been able to properly starts cause my school are still deciding to test us on AS content😭
Omg sameeeee I have AS maths tests this week! Im trying to do BMAT revision at the moment and it isn’t going that well to be honest! 😅 Not awful but not scores that are ideal
@@GamerGirll36 I got AS tests for all my subjects, imagine the stress like do they not get I got admission tests to do but nah😂
@@ishqiahmed4315 Oh exactly! Best of luck
@@GamerGirll36 best of luck to you too, have you taken the UCAT or are you only doing the bmat?
Only BMAT
The pain is real.
It is.
year 13 is longggg😭😭
Yeah..
Agree with you bro,but we have to get thru it
Also is there a way to type ur answers when doing spaced repetition on Remnote ,thanks
Yeah true, and yeah it’s in settings, you can enable a box where you can type your answer out before you check it’s right
@NoumanSami right I'll have a look, thanks again 👍
Sami what did you get for your ukcat? I got a 1980 😢not sure what I should do, do you think foundation medicine 6 year course will take me?
Or would I have to wait to do my ukcat next year 😢
id say retake next year bro the lowest I’ve heard most unis take is 2200+
@@shivk8thh thanks bro, I'm still gonna apply anyway and see what happens, I'm taking the bmat aswell, we'll see. Maybe Buckingham university will take me, dunno. Im just gonna get the best grades I can for A levels and when If i get all As I'm gonna take a gap year and prepare for the ukcat.
Bro for BMAT I have barely get revision in
Same here, I just don’t get any time
Do you answer the emails you get 😢
I try my best to, but I might occasionally forget
did you do EPQ In yr 12
Nah but I did an EP (and am still doing it) which is similar but it’s not an official qualification
What Biology content are u referring to when you say it’s like chemistry and physics😂😭
Photosynthesis has so much chem in it, and the nervous system is starting to involve potential difference and charges
Can I cameo next vid
😭😭 I’ll see