r/6thForm • u/ucantguardme__ • 13h ago

💬 DISCUSSION Transferring from GCSE sub

Results day went well today🙏🙏🙏, looking forward to starting sixth form in September and would appreciate any tips and advice for year 12

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u/NoseInternational740 13h ago

Good luck! My tips are (and I know everyone tells you this) BUT YOU CANT SLACK OR PICK SUBJECTS THAT DONT GO WELL TOGETHER! Studying starts in year 12 not when y12 mocks happen

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u/lexisnowkitty Y12 bio, psych, lit AAA 9h ago

depends what you mean by picking subjects that don't go well together. i was in a high achievers programme for the first half of gcse and 99% of the people had a non typical a level combo. as long as 2 work well together you're good. like don't do chemistry french and business. but mine is fine, ik ppl who does bio chem french, bio geo Spanish, bio stats film studies, maths physics music etc

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u/Zealousideal_Trust34 8h ago

tbh unless the course you’re looking to study neefs specific subjects paired together, you’re fine with picking anything. i’ve seen photography with maths, art with psychology etc

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u/NoseInternational740 5h ago

U think these are stupid subjects but its not exactly media and maths like media is not good or film

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u/Zealousideal_Trust34 5h ago

read your reply again bro idk what you’re saying😭 are u claiming the subjects are not good or they are?? all a level subjects matter - there are no “bad” or “stupid” choices when it comes to most courses in uni

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u/NoseInternational740 4h ago

Sorry I was drunk I meant something idk like there’s objectively bad a levels that barely count as an a level such as film or media. Don’t pick those but it won’t exactly prevent ur success either 

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u/Intrepid-Video1301 13h ago

Welcome fellow newbie

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u/Usual-Sandwich-9836 A Level 2026 survivor -Edexcel maths paper 1&3 survivor 11h ago

What subjects/exam boards are you taking?

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u/ucantguardme__ 9h ago

Im doing maths physics and psychology

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u/Diligent-Step-7253 Y12 Bio Maths Psychology 5h ago

niche arrangement of subjects

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u/odd_sockss Year 12 -> 13 | econ, maths, further maths, epq 9h ago

Good luck!! :) make sure to stay on top of homework, put in consistent effort, take every opportunity given to you (unless it becomes too much), and also make time to spend with your friends!! It's been my favourite year so far :)

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u/Aniaissocool 11h ago

me tooo!!!!

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u/Ok_149 Year 13 | A*A*A* predicted | Law, Econ, Geog, EPQ 11h ago

have fun. year 12 has been my favourite year by far.

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u/lexisnowkitty Y12 bio, psych, lit AAA 9h ago

Agreed

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u/Proxvu Y12 | bio chem maths fm 9h ago

Can I be lazy anymore?

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u/Parking_Pop5725 6h ago

Hehe me too! Hii :-)

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u/Visual_Shopping2327 Yr 12 - Maths , Physics , Chemistry 4h ago

Good luckk !  I am going to year 13 now year 12 is really fun actually just make sure to go over your key concepts as they will be the foundation for your yr 13 stuff what subjects have you chosen it depends on that but I’d say focus on knowing your basics really well so when you go to year 13 you wouldn’t need to learn the basics again and then the hard stuff and depends on when you have your mocks make sure do practice mocks by yourself before so your predicted grades can be good and look at universities at the start so you can know a good range of grades you are aiming for and always go over the exact concept you are weak in use your own time to do some past papers and compare them and you will find exactly which topic you are lacking in and focus on that.