Picture this, I was an A* student, getting 80% and above consistently. My end results? An average B. Still a great grade, but quite a decline from my general academic record. So I am now having a year out before retaking the exams. Here are six things I learned and plan to put right.
I was so panicked to practise as many past papers as I could, that I led myself to believe I didn’t have time for the mark schemes. I did the new AQA papers, the old AQA papers, AS papers and Edexcel papers. But, at the end of the day, by not checking and comparing my answers to the mark scheme, I could have been completely off the ball and never would have known. Ultimately, I was answering questions how I thought they should be answered, as opposed to writing my answer, comparing with the mark scheme to see where I gained marks, and where I lost marks, helping to understand the exam technique better.
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