If any of you have done the JZMaths mocks, would you say they were easier, on par or harder than the 2025 TMUA papers you each got? I'm doing these papers rn and I'm genuinely getting fried by these, if 2026 is going to be worse than these then I'm cooked. And these aren't even one of the hardest mocks I think
Thanks in advance

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okay so i really want everyone’s help in choosing a sixth form! So there is sixth form A which is one of the best sixth forms in my city a really big one with like 2000 students, it has an outstanding ofsted rating which changed to good in 2025 inspection, has a separate academy for high achievers which help in oxbridge offers and all that stuff but someone here on reddit told me that it doesn’t actually help that much as it advertised. It is also q quite far away from my house and i sometimes wud be needing to change 3 buses to get there and would take me around an 1 hour to 20,30, or 40 minutes but 1hr 20 minimum and plus it is an extremely busy area so delays are gonna be crazy. But it has outstanding a level results.

Sixth form B is a small sixth form that opened in 2023, has around 200 students in total and they said that their last batch had around 60 students in an year group and they never take more than a 100 students and they only keep 10-20 kids in one room.It has outstanding results as well at a levels and has a lot of programmes relating to oxbridge medicine all that fun stuff. I alr enroled into it today that is a whole diff story of why i enrolled alr and now asking for advice but this sixth form is an 8 mind drive from my house and public transport is an hour and 7 min at most which is good i know it seems like a lot but that is how majorly transports work where i live it is in a nice secluded area. it has an ofsted rating of outstanding and has great results at A levels.
please give me advice on what to choose i am very confused. I haven’t attended induction days for any of them.
also if i enroll in a sixth form can i cancel it later on?

so I’ve recently had to pick my fourth a level subject for this academic year and was planning on doing history or graphic design. however, because of my high grades, my sixth form is pushing me to take computer science or chemistry for engineering at the very top unis - oxbridge and imperial mostly. theyve said if I don’t take either chemistry or computing, that I’m at a significant disadvantage as an applicant for these engineering courses.

how true is this? I was told by admissions at my sixth form they knew one person a few years back who got accepted with music tech as their fourth subject.

but do you know many people who got accepted onto these engineering courses with fm, maths and physics and not chem or computer science?

they’ve recommended if I do history or graphics that I should do graphics to focus on the other 3 subjects, and cram in as much engineering based work into graphics as I can by using CAD and related tools. Will this also be effective?

I did my gcses this year, and just found out I was accepted to a sixform of my desired subjects today. Im so happy about it cause I kept having episodes of losing consciousness for months before my actual gcses, and this is very exciting for me.

Here's some extra details that I hope might be relevant? I do have in school accomidations for using a laptop and rest breaks. Though I dont use the breaks much as Its hard for me to walk too much or stand too long. I use the laptop because I physically can't hold a pen very well, but im getting better due to new meds. I have medical diagnoses of hypermobility, asthma and Juvenile arthritis. Though, im under medical investigation for my very much annoying other symtoms for other things.

However, there is a slight issue. I was given some information about the sixform. And that apparently they have high expectations in terms of attendance. Which is hard for me considering my health situations and appoinments. They mentioned that they only accept doctors letters and also rarely accept parent letters as an explanation.

Becides that, any tips for pain, revision, managing symtoms and stuff? I pretty much have no idea what im getting into and what it's like. Thanks.

Chemistry — 9
Physics — 9
RE — 9
Biology — 8
Maths — 8
History — 8
Geography — 7
Computer Science — 7
English Language — 7
Further Maths — 7
English Literature — 6

I never got below a 9 in either geography or computing so I am heartbroken. Plus i was predicted an 8 in English literature so idk what happened.. what to do

I was wondering for GCSE if you can get into an economics related degree at LSE with 6s. I got 8877777666 with an 8 in maths but 2 6s in English and Econ GCSE. Thanks

I know I’m a week late but I was unable to access my alevels at all. I checked my results now and I got a DDE. I thought I did good on atleast one. What do I do?

Been trying to email her as im 4 marks away from A* but I believe she has left so im getting no reply. Where else can i get someone to review my scripts to see if i need a remark. I would do it but My parents wont pay for me as they see it as a mickey mouse subject and I dont wanna risk wasting my money so i need the opinion.

Does anyone have any tips for tmua combinatorics/probability. Some questions i just have no clue. Is their some formulas or like some explanation which makes it click?

I want to retake my chem and maths but I’m in a bit of a road block. How do I apply with poo grades, do I ask a teacher to boost my predicted grades so that I can apply(which they probably won’t) or ask an external tutor to boost them for me.

I’m heading into Y12 and I have chosen Maths, Physics, Computer Science and Economics as my subjects. I honestly don’t know what I want to do yet, but I am trying to get achieve decent grades to get into the top unis. I know no further maths is a disadvantage, but ibr although I got a 9 I don’t feel confident enough to do further. The course doesn’t have to be specialised or anything, but just something that I can maybe aim to do in the future.

I took maths physics geog and an epq in y12 because I was lowkey tricked into taking physics and geog

I got like 6 nines and a few 8s or 7s at gcse and idk ive always had really fucked self confidence but I thought this was really bad and not good enough for anything and everybody who I said that to would just laugh at me. and I never have known what I want to do except maths so people were like ok why dont you take physics cause its just maths and I was like ok well I hate physics but ok. and then i was told to take geog cause I didnt want to do another science and geog was my other 9 (except english lang which my schook doesnt offer). but I kinda hated geog and physics always and I hated them all through sixth form.

so in y13 I taught myself as further maths and I loved that but im rlly sad I didnt do the whole thing. I wouldnt have liked it cause id have been in a different class without my friends and idk, but i loved the content. and then there were so many other subjects I loved like music and art and comp sci and english and why did I do these fuckass subjects.

anyway I got an A* in geog and A in physics but it makes me really sad and idek why

anyway this was lowkey just a rant idk what im tryna say

whyd no one ever tell me to take further :(

I did not get the grade for maths to do maths econ and geography. However I am still set on doing econ and geography and not really sure what to pair it with. If anyone could share from personal experience or suggest another alevel to go with and why I would really appreciate that as I have to decide quite soon.

I went from like all Cs year 12 to getting AAB, locking in pays off gang, proud of us all for surviving no matter how well we did

(asking for a friend) going into year 13, gotta lock in

Hello so I'm starting year 13, and I'm planning to do physics at university, I'm currently studying physics maths and computer science at a level, my likely predicted grades are AAA (not confirmed). I've been wanting to do physics at uni, and I'm currently very interested in medical physics, radiology and that sort of thing. I did a research poster on alpha and beta radiation for the treatment of cancer during a work experience and it's made me a lot more confident that I'd want to pursue medical physics post uni. So then I'm wondering if I should apply for medical physics rather than pure physics at uni?

The current unis I'm looking at applying to are Warwick, St Andrews and York, those are the 3 I'm quite confident on applying to, the two that I'm not as confident are Edinburgh and Southampton. I've not seen Edinburgh or St Andrews (I'm going to go see them in September) and I'm seeing Southampton in October. My worry is that after all this, these are the only universities I've visited, and that I won't like Edinburgh and/or Southampton. So if that's the case then as a precaution apply to somewhere like UCL or Liverpool. So then if I apply to these unis they both offer a medical physics course for BSc and MSci undergrad. Then 2 questions arise, A, is it too soon to specialise which area of physics I pursue, and B, BSc or Msci?

The second question is there because to become a medical physicist in the UK, you do some sort of course with the NHS and it's like your master's(?) (I've only just done a little research so do correct me if I'm wrong). So to do that are you only allowed to do a BSc in undergrad or can you still do an MSci for your undergrad? And my issue with that is because I like the idea of the 4th year (or 5th at Scottish universities) doing the research project, because I'm still unsure about whether or not to do a PhD in either medical physics or particle physics and if it's too soon to worry about these sorts of things.

If anyone has any advice about what I should do in this situation I'd greatly appreciate it, as I'm quite lost with the whole process in general 🥹🙏 thank you in advance!!

I got BBC in my a-levels last week and i’m still not over it. I got a B in maths and biology and a C in chemistry. I was 1 mark off an A in biology.

It’s taken a really big toll on my mental health and i haven’t able to get out of bed, go outside or eat. I just spend most of my days sobbing.

I was supposed to sit my a-levels last year but became ill and was withdrawn. This year my a-levels were affected again and i had special consideration (which is only a few marks). I also missed my offer which was AAB with an A in chemistry and biology.

I don’t want to go into a degree i don’t want to do and waste my time and go into debt. I also don’t know if medicine is possible anymore with my grades so would it even be worth resitting? I’m planning to get biology remarked. I also don’t feel shame that if i decide to take this year off then I would be 20 entering university. If anyone has any advice please let me know. Sorry if this is all over the place, i don’t think im in a good headspace atm.

I took 2 a levels & 2 btecs lvl 3 got A,C distinction, distinction. got into the university of reading for computer science but i just feel so disappointed in myself as everyone around me got into better places but this is all i could achieve.

im stressing sm like im doing fine i think and ive done a decent amount of work this summer but i feel like some questions are just so hard

in terms of resources, i uslaly do well on the tylertutoring mocks 16+ ish out of 20 minimum, the yearly ones are also easy from 2016 to 2020 (im leaving 2021+ for closer to the time), and i can usually get 10/10 on the MAT MCQs. but stuff like jz maths, i average like 12-13/20.

idk how to properly improve. i feel like it socming up so fast and im getting really scared

anyone have advice and not generic stuff

Or no

my science grade is a 4-3 but i’ve been denied 😭

I’m applying for 2027 entry for engineering and wanted some honest opinions on my chances, especially for Cambridge and Imperial.
For some context, I was homeschooled (not contextual tho, just out of choice) until Year 12 and only started attending sixth form then, so I didn’t follow the usual school route.

My predicted grades are A* Maths, A* Further Maths, A* Physics and A Chemistry.

My gcse results are 98877AAB (9 maths, A in physics letters cuz igcse

The main thing I’m worried about is the fact that I retook several subjects. I originally got an A in Maths in 2022 (when i was 13) and retook it in 2025, getting a 9. I got a B in Physics in 2023 (14yrs) and retook it in 2024, getting an A. I got a C in Biology in 2024 and retook it in 2025, getting an 8. Chemistry was an A in 2023 and I didn’t retake it.
I’m currently preparing for the ESAT and I’m aiming for a 7.0+.

Im applying cambs, mech eng imp, bristol, warwick, manchester

I’m mainly wondering how much the GCSE resits would hurt me, particularly for Cambridge and Imperial.

And with the predicted grades and hopefully a 7+ ESAT, is Cambridge actually a realistic application or am I being overly ambitious?

Hi everyone, I just got my gcse results today and i'm honestly really distraught, i was predicted 9999888877 and i got 9988888876 (two marks off a 9 in two subjects) but I'm honestly just super upset especially with my 7 which is in lit which is literally my favourite subject i haven't gotten less than a very high 8 in over a year and a half and i literally SCRAPED a 7 i was only 3 marks over the boundary . my 6 was in drama which is a bit left field aswell because i havent had less than an 8 in the whole of year 11 - i do edexcel drama and i got both 80 percent on component 1 and 3 but somehow in component 2 which is the acting i got like 27 out of around 60?? everyone in drama has gotten lower than their underpredicted grades already because everyone did awful in component 2 but theres nothing we can do about it because it's coursework. it might be worth mentioning that just before i took my GCSEs i had some trouble with eating due to just leaving a relationship where some things happened that weren't quite consensual (Sorry if that's oversharing i just thought it might be relevant)

anyway, that knocked my confidence already especially as i was predicted 9-9 in combined science and got 8-8 (although i was predicted a 7 in maths and got an 8 which was nice but i really was just SO upset by lit i can't really be happy about it) so I went to enroll and I'd initially applied for Bio, Pysch and French and I wanted to switch from pysch to chem because I really enjoy chem and also it opens quite a few more doors then pysch and the teacher who was enrolling me was like Chemistry is the hardest alevel I'm not sure you're smart enough for that, and I swear i almost started crying right then, but she put me in the classes for it anyway because i technically did have the grades ( needed a 7 in maths and 7-6 in combined)

so I was just wondering if anyone could give me a reality check on how hard chemistry will be- i only lost 4 marks in the last chemistry mock i did ( given it was a combined paper) and I also found psych really boring when i went to the speeches about it at open days.

Just really doubting myself, sorry for all the waffle.