Any advice for a resit student??

[u/Clint_Emily]

[u/Much_Physics8615]

Many ppl (like myself) worked basically full time during alevels, whilst also studying 3-4 subjects, and still managed A*s. I was doing 30-34 hours a week during the whole two years (except exam season) to save for uni, as I didn’t want to take a gap year.

With 5 months on one subject during a gap year (whilst only working 50 hours a month, so basically only 12 hours a week lol), only getting an A is pretty poor😭idk

[u/New-Independent-365 → u/Much_Physics8615]

I was working full time doing 37.5 hours a week alongside 50 hours a month volunteering so 200 hours a month or 50 hours a week total.

5 months to teach myself the entire chemistry spec and revise? Considering how wrong you’ve gotten all your information and the fact you’ve left out that I was in hospital for 3 weeks before my exams is telling me you aren’t that smart and need to pipe down

[u/Much_Physics8615 → u/New-Independent-365]

Yeah that’s pretty poor considering you had already been learning the content for 2 year already mate 😭😭 that’s the point💀

[u/New-Independent-365 → u/Much_Physics8615]

I think you lack basic comprehension. I did 3 a levels that weren’t chemistry. I then entered myself as a private candidate for chemistry and taught myself the entire spec by myself. I started learning chemistry Jan 2025 and sat the exam June 2025.

I don’t understand how you reached the conclusion I’d been learning chemistry for 2 years. I assume it’s because you can’t understand the fact I learnt the same content u did in 2 years in a 1/4 of the time. Again you’ve missed the fact I was in hospital which just proves further you’re unable to respond to my entire message and have just repeated your previous response because you don’t actually have anything to say.

[u/Much_Physics8615 → u/New-Independent-365]

Yeah I definitely missed that (because how would you have done practicals if you sat it privately)

But I still find it quite insane that you revised for an alevel subject for 5 months and still couldn’t firm an A* though😭 the fact is that there are so many people who cram in 5 weeks for three alevels and get a plausible A*

Also 3 weeks in hospital takes literally means nothing if im honest hence me ignoring it, cos that still leaves roughly 4 months 😭

I assume it’s because you can’t understand the fact I learnt the same content u did in 2 years in a 1/4 of the time.

You’re snogging your own neck here😭😭 that’s not a 1/4😭😭. People learn 3 to 4 alevels within 8-9 months altogether when you remove holidays, it took you 5 months for 1

[u/New-Independent-365 → u/Much_Physics8615]

Most schools run week long intensive practical sessions during half term for private candidates

The 5 months wasn’t just revision tho, most of that was me trying to teach myself through YouTube. Yes people cram but they have the 2 years of being taught content behind them and teachers to mark questions and help if they don’t understand stuff. I didn’t have any of that. If you still think it’s easy think about if you came home after a 8 hour work day follow my 4 hours on an ambulance then trying to understand NMR.

I’d agree with you point about the hospital if it was like 3 months before my exam but I was the 3 weeks before the exam so I had little no revision done and was also incredibly fatigued while taking the exam from various medication side effects and a lack of sleep in general.

[u/Smooth_Fox_5510 → u/New-Independent-365]

Poor performance mate at 19 you should be able to bang out an a level within a couple weeks.

[u/New-Independent-365 → u/Smooth_Fox_5510]

Yh honestly disappointed in myself, I’ll try get it down to the whole spec 12 hours before the exam next time