The last few months have been chaotic! But it has all come to an end today as my exams are finally over!!! I'm so happy! But I don't know what to do with myself now... I'm a bit lost as to what I should actually do and where I should start with my summer 'to-do' list.
I've had 11 exams over the past month. 2 Biology, 2 Physics, 2 Chemistry, 4 Maths and 1 Further Maths. Too many exams.... But they're over now :) There's a mixed review of good and the-ones-I-am-disappointed-in-because-I-know-I-can-do-better but I'll know how I've done on results day so I can just forget about it for now.
To catch up on the last 2 months, at the start of April I went to Cambridge University and Loughborough University and stayed at each for two days.
The first one was a school trip where a few of us went to attend some talks and look around the colleges. It's such a pretty town and I loved the college environment. It was so cute when we saw some college students all sat in a circle on the floor in the atrium of the accommodation block and studying together. The accommodation was so nice too. And the libraries were amazing.
Loughborough was really nice too. Ironically, during the introductory speech, the fire alarm went off so we had to evacuate. Once we got back in, the next slide of the presentation was about 'In case of a fire...' At Loughborough, I attended 4 different talks that are all engineering based: Electronics, Mechanical, Materials and Chemical. They were very interesting. It was fun travelling down on the train with my 3 other friends who came and also made new friends there. I loved the campus feel because the accommodation blocks were all together so we were all sat in the courtyard between the blocks and playing card games and ordered pizza at 11pm :)
I also had the McBusted concert which was amazing!!!!
And then there was revision... lots of it.... Looking back, it feels like I hardly did any revision for my GCSEs compared to what I've done this year. Last year, I didn't really know how to revise to be honest. I read through my revision guide, did the homework given and crammed the stuff in the revision guide the night before the exam. This year, I actually started revision earlier and found a method that works for me. I typed up my notes in an orderly fashion onto a software on my mac called Circus Ponies Notebook and learnt these notes and did lots of past papers.
If you are a student or anyone who requires making organised notes and own a mac, I honestly recommend getting Circus Ponies. It has honestly helped me so much. I'm the type of person who hates writing notes unless it is organised. And this software allowed me to do that. And it's in the format of a notebook which I love. I'll have to do a review about this sometime!
I'm pretty busy for the next few weeks. Until the 1st of August, I have a day out to celebrate the end of exams by binge eating at a buffet, shopping, university open day, a tea party with my charity shop, 2 DofE expeditions, a week of work experience and 2 summer schools. Also need to start writing my personal statement. Busy busy busy...
I've had 11 exams over the past month. 2 Biology, 2 Physics, 2 Chemistry, 4 Maths and 1 Further Maths. Too many exams.... But they're over now :) There's a mixed review of good and the-ones-I-am-disappointed-in-because-I-know-I-can-do-better but I'll know how I've done on results day so I can just forget about it for now.
To catch up on the last 2 months, at the start of April I went to Cambridge University and Loughborough University and stayed at each for two days.
The first one was a school trip where a few of us went to attend some talks and look around the colleges. It's such a pretty town and I loved the college environment. It was so cute when we saw some college students all sat in a circle on the floor in the atrium of the accommodation block and studying together. The accommodation was so nice too. And the libraries were amazing.
Loughborough was really nice too. Ironically, during the introductory speech, the fire alarm went off so we had to evacuate. Once we got back in, the next slide of the presentation was about 'In case of a fire...' At Loughborough, I attended 4 different talks that are all engineering based: Electronics, Mechanical, Materials and Chemical. They were very interesting. It was fun travelling down on the train with my 3 other friends who came and also made new friends there. I loved the campus feel because the accommodation blocks were all together so we were all sat in the courtyard between the blocks and playing card games and ordered pizza at 11pm :)
I also had the McBusted concert which was amazing!!!!
And then there was revision... lots of it.... Looking back, it feels like I hardly did any revision for my GCSEs compared to what I've done this year. Last year, I didn't really know how to revise to be honest. I read through my revision guide, did the homework given and crammed the stuff in the revision guide the night before the exam. This year, I actually started revision earlier and found a method that works for me. I typed up my notes in an orderly fashion onto a software on my mac called Circus Ponies Notebook and learnt these notes and did lots of past papers.
If you are a student or anyone who requires making organised notes and own a mac, I honestly recommend getting Circus Ponies. It has honestly helped me so much. I'm the type of person who hates writing notes unless it is organised. And this software allowed me to do that. And it's in the format of a notebook which I love. I'll have to do a review about this sometime!
I'm pretty busy for the next few weeks. Until the 1st of August, I have a day out to celebrate the end of exams by binge eating at a buffet, shopping, university open day, a tea party with my charity shop, 2 DofE expeditions, a week of work experience and 2 summer schools. Also need to start writing my personal statement. Busy busy busy...
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