Exams...exams...exams

Any A- level student will know that January exams are quickly approaching. I wanted to do a blog post on a personal issue because I know I'm probably not the only person feeling this way right now. Lately, although all these positive things have been going on in my life there is still one downside... the fear of exams and the lack of motivation. It's funny how for so many years I have been sitting exams but each and every time the exam period approaches I always get this sense of fear and unfortunately because of this I've been feeling extremely down.  I decided that I was tired of feeling this way as it was affecting my performance in college and I found some advice on what I could do to battle this and I've found it really useful.

Here are some tips that I have:

Offers!!!!!

I was going to wait till I got all five replies but I don't know how long that will take. So luckily for me I received three offers last week from Kent, Surrey and Queen Mary's.

Update.. AS Level results.. Future?

I've had a few days to think now and I've come up with a plan to what I have to do in A2 to get the best grades possible. I just discovered that to apply to LSE to do Economics Bsc I had to get an A in Further Maths but I got a C. Just to make sure I still have a chance I have emailed the recruitment team at the university for their advice. It's good to contact the universities you want to apply to with questions just to make sure you're making the right choice. Providing that the grade I got is not a problem, I MUST aim for an A* in two of my subjects. This is going to be EXTREMELY difficult because I have to get an average of 90% in my A2 exams.

No social life for me...

The entry requirements are A*AA but that's just the minimum and it's best to aim higher because the competition is intense. There's also an option to apply for UCL but there's the issue of the Modern Foreign Language at GCSE which I don't have although they still encourage students who don't have it to still apply.

All I can do is just wait for the email from LSE and just hope and pray it's not a problem.

Results Day!!! (16th August 2012)

Yesterday I receieved my AS results. I was absolutely terrified on my way to college. I think that was the longest bus journey ever. My heart was beating fast, my stomach was turning and for some reason I couldn't stop laughing with my friend but I think it was because I was so nervous. I finally arrived at college and was directed to go to the hall. My legs were absolutely shaking whilst I was walking up the stairs but finally I arrived and I was given an envelope... and I opened to see:

Economics: B
Unit 1: A
Unit 2: C

English literature: C
Exam: D
Coursework: A

Maths: A
C1: B
C2: A
S1: A

Further maths: C
FP1: A
S2: D
D1: C

Government and politics: A
Unit 1: B
Unit 2: A

I'm really happy about my results especially my Politics results. In a previous post I mentioned that I got an U in my first Politics exam and to re-take it and do unit 2 as well to get an A overall is amazing. I've decided to drop English literature and Further maths to continue with Maths, Economics and Politics for A2. I have to work extremely hard to keep up the standard of this year. It's seems that applying to LSE is still in my horizons but the year ahead is extremely important.

Time to focus on the future!!!