Nearly there...

So whilst all of my friends are currently free and have started their summer, I'm sitting at home about to mark my S2 paper. Whyyyyyy.

I hate stats, so it's just really irritating when the one exam that I have three days straight to revise for is the one that I hate the most.

Anyway! I'm nearly there! Last week was absolutely horrible - I had 4 exams in 5 days and it was just so stressful. I had a breakdown on Thursday before Biology Unit 5 on Friday because I was just so stressed because I felt like I didn't know anything, and I was terrified that they would give us a horrible exam. The exam itself actually went okay, and I'm really pleased because I came out of the exam hall feeling happy!

So, last week I had C3 on Monday. When I was actually in the exam I literally sat there thinking "I've failed." but when I came out I actually realised I probably hadn't failed, because loads of people had got similar answers to me! I know I made some silly mistakes, which is really frustrating, but there's nothing that I can do now!

Then On Tuesday I had Chemistry unit 5, omggggg that exam is just so hard! The exam itself wasn't terrible, I mean it could have been a lot worse. But looking back, there are things that I knew and I just didn't write them down and it's so frustrating:( I'm definitely the most worried about my grade in chemistry out of all of my subjects because I really just don't know. I'm the worst for over-thinking exams and assuming I've failed though. I'm literally just praying for an A.

Then C4 on Wednesday was okay. The first five questions were great, and then I turned over to question 6 and was like oh. The last 3 questions took me longer to do than the first 3 questions, and I still didn't manage to finish. I know that I also dropped some marks in that exam for irritating mistakes as well. That seems to be a big thing for me this year: silly mistakes.

And then, as I said, unit 5 biology definitely went better than expected! I liked the questions on the article, except for one which was a genetic diagram question that I just couldn't get my head around. I'm sooo pleased that I revised my AS stuff, because it was so so useful.

My advice for your A2 exams is don't panic. I think I've dropped quite a few marks this year from panicking when I saw a question that I didn't know the answer to immediately, and then just all I could think was "I'm not going to uni.". Just concentrate, forget what the exam's for, and focus on doing your best rather than panicking because you're not sure about one question.

This time tomorrow I will be freeeeee! But I better get back to stats, so that I can finish on a high rather than having an awful last exam!

Bye!xxx

First exam done!

So yesterday I did my first exam - Chemistry Unit 4!

I really don't know how I did - I found the first two questions quite difficult so then I was so scared for the last two questions, because I thought it must get harder, but then I thought that the last two questions were okay? Everybody on the student room said that they thought it was really hard, which is a good sign because at least I'm not the only one who struggled on those first two questions! I came out feeling alright-ish, and then obviously have made myself start panicking that I've done really badly. But there's nothing that I can do now anyway so I'm just going to have to move on and do really well in my unit 5 chemistry (probably easier said than done!).

I have Biology on Friday and then my horrible week next week, and after that only one more exam! Two weeks today until I finish!

I literally can't wait because there are so many exciting things happening after exams! I have my prom, and I'm going on holiday with my friends and then my family, and then I'm looking after my cousins for two weeks! And then we have results day which could either be great or not so great... Hopefully great! And then fingers crossed if I manage to get those 3As, I'll be heading up North in September to start being a medical student! It's so exciting!

Anyway, back to chemistry unit 5 revision... so much fun!!!!!

Bye!xxx

Boredom and Revision

So it's nearly time for my exams to start! A week tomorrow and I will have sat my first exam ahhhhh

I finished school just over a week ago now, and it was so sad:( I can't believe that I've finished! At my school we dress up in fancy dress on our last day of sixth form, and so me and my friend came dressed as lab rats. We wore lab coats, and tied up our hair in buns and sprayed our hair white with dry shampoo. We also put black eyeshadow all over our faces to make it look as though we'd been in an explosion. After school we all went to the pub and some of the teachers came, and it was just really nice for all of our year to go out together on our last day! It's probably the last time I'll ever see some people, as some people can't come to prom, and I might not see people on Results Day.

So the whole of half term has just been revision mainly. I've started worrying about Unit 5 Chemistry because it's just so difficult and it counts for 50% of my A2 grade! I need to know all of the synpotic information too, which is so annoying to have to revise, because I just want to focus on the new, harder things. I'm just doing past papers and then revising things that I mess up on - I'm also trying to learn all of the reaction conditions which is sooo difficult because there are literally so many reactions to know, and when it comes to having to apply them to a synthesis or something, I just get so stuck.

I've been out a bit as well! I went to see Matilda on Wednesday, because I got tickets for my friend for her birthday so that was really fun! And then today I'm going to see Maleficent with my mum because I just need to leave the house because I'm going mad from just sitting at my desk all day. I've also rediscovered the piano, so that's become a useful method of procrastination!

I literally just want my exams to start so that they can be over sooner. I'm so fed up of just revising and waiting for them to arrive! I want it to be the Summer so that I can just go out, and go on holiday and catch a tan.

I'm really not looking forward to my second week of exams though. It goes: Monday - C3, Tuesday - Chem unit 5, Wednesday - C4, Thursday - break, Friday -Biology unit 5. Help! I also have an exam on Friday 13th (Biology unit 4) so I'm going to be shaking before that exam starts hahaa

I hope that revision is going well for everybody!

Bye!xxx