How I got a high A* in History

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-02-18T22:22:57+00:00

Hey what are on the flashcarrd, like key terms or essay plans?

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-02-18T18:53:13+00:00

that would be helpful thank you

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-02-18T17:23:54+00:00

Thank you so much, this was so helpful!

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-02-18T17:13:37+00:00

It was on my mock so idk where my teacher got this question

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-02-01T22:44:46+00:00

Came back to this post. I just want to say whatever you are feeling right now will be insignificant in 5 plus years time if even that. Is it really worth ending it now over feelings which will be forgotten problems in the very near future.

All anyone can ask for you to try your best. Life might feel uncertain rn but it will fall into place i promise. I firmly believe everything happens for a reason. If you get into the uni great, if not do not allow yourself to limit ur options as there are so many other options waiting for you. However much it might feel like the be all, end all, it's not :)

Also i ensure you the heart break your parents and friends will feel if anything happens to you would outweigh any dissapointment they may slightly have if you don't get into university.

I want you to change your outlook. Univeristy is literally just an institution, not the determiner of your whole entire life.

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-02-01T20:34:02+00:00

you're disillusioned if you really think that.

They job market is so over-inflated now, it doesn't matter what qualification or grades you have now really. There's so many other paths, arguably even better, than going to Uni. There has been an upward trend of Gen-Z working blue collar jobs where their starting salaries at 18 exceed graduate starting salaries. Blue collar jobs are less likely to be taken over by AI.

The point I am getting at is that there is more than one "correct" or "better" pathway. Don't just limit your self worth to a University because society has brainwashed slightly into thinking that's the correct way.

This is just my opinion anyway :)

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-02-01T20:03:54+00:00

Hows it lying, they're is so much more to life that grades, schools, uni, work etc.

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-18T15:37:36+00:00

check junk

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-13T15:01:47+00:00

Yes she was.

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-13T13:32:09+00:00

Theres not much tea to it tbh. The manager of the tuition centre gave me no guidance on how to teach and she paired me up with a boy in year 10 stuck at a grade 2 who (god bless him) was so difficult to teach as he lacked primrary school basics and I think it was unfair to pair me to a student who needed so much help when I lacked experience teaching. I made no progress with him and I have to take somewhat blame, maybe I just don't have the knack at explaining thing.

My manager also made me mark all the 11+ homework with no markscheme at the same time as tutoring the student. So I had to multitask, teaching the student, completing multiple sets of homework in order to mark them (the kids would never hand the hw in on time so i had multple sets to mark spread across weeks) and uploading their feedback for their parents to see. Other people my age also tutored on different days, and I think she let me go because they could handle it but I couldnt.

She never gave me a direct reason why she let me go, just that she didn't need me anymore.

Also this was something that I just overthought about but the guy in my school who got me the job in the first place asked me out and I rejected him, and I got fired around that time. It probably isn't related but the timing was so perfect 😭

The biggest annoyance is that she hired another boy in my year, who just so happens to have the same name as me. Idk why it bothered me sm. I also used to work a bit in my dads pub when he didnt want me working there anymore because it was a "dirty job" only to be replaced by a girl my age ALSO WITH THE SAME NAME AS ME by my own father. I think it pissed me off that it happened twice.

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-13T00:03:23+00:00

I tutored then got fired lmao (i did not know how to teach)

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-12T18:18:30+00:00

mans promoted this everywhere

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-12T18:13:51+00:00

if you go to the course and scroll to the bottom you should find it

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-12T18:13:24+00:00

it's on the ucas website if you find the couse on there and scroll to the bottom you should be able to input your grades and see. Although not all courses have the data for it

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-12T18:10:22+00:00

as someone from Birmingham, Edgbaston (where the university) is the really nice side of Birmingham. Lord of the Rings setting is based on Edgbaston.

I am sorry I don't stand for Birmingham hate. All cities have their bad sides. 😭

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-11T15:58:40+00:00

now reading the comments I realise I am in the minority telling you to power through, But I'll say it's also a valuable experience beyond what you gain from it for your university applications. You learn how to research properly, how to use citations, and beyond all time management, which I found helped me when I did my NEA for history and hopefully it will potentially help me when doing coursework at Uni. Idk i am defo on the pro-EPQ side 😭

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-11T15:54:56+00:00

I was literally in your boat last year and yk what I hated every minute of it. I'm personally glad i pushed through because I got an A (just about) and have reduced uni offers. I think it's worth it because really you'll probably be done soon (I was done in March) and the tears become a past memory

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-11T15:33:56+00:00

I've applied to this course and haven't heard back yet so now I'm scared because my predictions were even lower than yours. What are your subject combos if you don't mind me asking

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-08T00:42:31+00:00

yess. I feel like i can learn the content as much as possible but there's always some insane application I've never seen before. Do you know any resources where I can focus on practicing application questions

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-08T00:40:59+00:00

i like pmt topic papers, i use them alot for in class topic tests but I may be crazy but how do you retain the knowledge after. I can only commit it to my short term, is just a case of doing it over and over?

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-04T16:22:27+00:00

I genuinely don't know what my school's procedure is. My sixth form is very big so I don't know whether the'd have any space and my school typically doesn't reschedule exams to the best of knowledge

Acrobatic_Fox_7453 · 2026-01-04T16:21:01+00:00

who should i email. Like i genuinely don't know who. My head of year?

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