Detailed & Honest Experience of A level Biology + Advice & Tips 🌵

[@Unicornsapples]

Teachers are so important with Bio specifically I think. At GCSE I was awful at it, then I re sat at a different school and even went on to do it for AS. it’s mad how teachers can affect your subjects so much.

[@Faith-sr8zw]

Agree. Also with chemistry (A-level)

[@PrishaBathia]

Honestly last year in year 12 I had awful teachers and so I did really badly :( but now my teachers are so much better!

[@sophhaugh6329]

Emma Jane I know! I was getting 2s in RE in my old school and I absolutely HATED it (loved the teacher but I couldn’t learn with her). Now I have a new teacher at a new school and I’m getting straight 9s because I love her teaching method, and I’m taking it as an a level next year and I’ll probably be a university lecturer in religion, theology and philosophy when I’m older :)

[@indeeditiscirro]

IKR? I'd left KS2 primary school with a level 6 [National Curriculum, not GCSE. It's equivalent to a grade 3] in both english and maths. The teacher in english [years 7-9] was CRAP I'm telling you! He just likened my struggle with coming up with ideas to write with being 'bad' at english, and he'd always send me to my head of year's office for things like smiling or getting slightly restless. From years 7-9 I was stuck at a grade 2-3. But after getting my teacher changed in late/mid year 9, I was instantly surrounded by enthusiastic kids as well as a fun and helpful new teacher. After my first unit test in that class, I got a grade 6. And in year 10, in another unit test, got an 8. Teachers affect your EVERYTHING when it comes to school but I hate how the system would still blame it all on you even if your teacher never lets you stay in class.

[@yaizaindy8789]

Helpppp I don’t have a teacher at all

[@fuzz1233]

Never clicked on a video so fast!! I definitely prefer human biology to plant biology

[@cedricmilazar7868]

Me too😃😃in 2 week i will have my biology A level exam

[@DaisySore]

plant biology man it’s just so boring

[@successivestudies4356]

I like both!! :)

[@fuzz1233]

daisyjsore it really is but at least you get a deeper understanding of living things!

[@karlleonard9694]

Me to, I done life and health science for a level (it’s just basically human biology in depth)

[@danih6191]

The people who say Biology is the easiest subject are in for a shock! I completely agree with what you have said Jade, only 4 weeks into Y13 and I am already thinking I miss AS x

[@anissapatel2260]

Dani H literally same this jump from AS to A2 was also mad!!

[@rebeccacantwelluk2415]

Samzzz

[@daniellaelm5106]

The highest mark in our first year 13 test was 60%... i need an a and I got 48% 😬

[@itsrp2507]

Jump from AS to A2 is not that big. The jump from GCSE to A level is insane, i couldn’t understand anything when i started AS

[@Farhan-kw3uk]

@@itsrp2507 what did you get at the end of it?

[@lazyrhii5958]

Oh my GOSH I feel you with the glycerol, glucagon, glycogen, glucose, glycerides, etc. And just remembering like monosaccharides, polysaccharides, disaccharides, then like what makes up what like sucrose, maltose, galactose, fructose etc like what ones of those are poly, di, mono. And all of the processes to make and break those😳 so much stress in the first topic damn! I’m finding it a lot easier now tho!

[@lazyrhii5958]

sabiha iqbal hahah I’m past it all now! I did carbohydrates, lipids then proteins and I’m now on enzymes and structure and my teacher said proteins was hardest yet I still find carbs/saccharides the hardest!! You’ll do amazingly(:

[@lazyrhii5958]

sabiha iqbal you too love! Good luck xx

[@king-r6712]

lol im doing the same thing. I have a test on everything you just said up to enzymes on tuesday

[@lazyrhii5958]

King-R I had mine on Wednesday! Yet to get the results, a bit scared tbh, tell me how it goes! X

[@king-r6712]

@@lazyrhii5958 you'll have done great x. Gl in the future for whatever you want to be. Doctor? Nurse? Or am i completely wrong 😅

[@ghadeerhakem74]

1. Revise 2. Flashcards 3. Blurting revision 4. Someone to help u - friend/teacher 5. Need chapter before lesson - u have q and gaps u will fill in the sess Understand well

[@hhughes9465]

I started A Level biology this year and so far it's not too bad - then again, I'm comparing it to the jump between GCSE and A Level maths, which has been considerable for me since we started with my weakest parts in maths 😅 I'm sure the jump will get bigger once I have more lessons aha

[@phantomr277]

H H The jump between GCSE and AS isn’t that bad imo. What’s worse is the jump between AS to A level. Im struggling so much.

[@RayaS4499]

Phantom R Very true. I finished A-levels in the summer and sat the same exams as Jade. I can say that AS biology was extremely easy. A2 is much harder! It all worked out in the end though, just keep trying and ask for extra help.

[@lewisbulled6764]

@@phantomr277 I agree - personally, the jump from GCSE to AS-level maths was negligible, but the jump to A-level is much more apparent (I do A-level maths and AS-level further maths).

[@kezlucas]

I just started maths and bio too. In finding the jump In maths soooo much bigger then my other subjects. Xx

[@_fxk_1329]

Kezia Lucas I’m doing maths, bio too. tbh AS biology doesn’t seem too much yet - I’ve done monosaccharides, polysaccharides, lipids, phosphate lipids etc I’m Also doing maths, were just building on GCSE such so far we have learnt things like polynomials but they’re basic :)

[@zestyammar1973]

This video is BRIMMING with honesty.

[@UnJadedJade]

No point lying about the realities of the workload!! 😉🤷‍♀️ x

[@muzi_3029]

I had physics chemistry and biology I got A A A* respectively. Yayy!!

[@aazeem398]

CONGRATS

[@michaeljackson-kingofpop1615]

Congratulations

[@matthudson9705]

Nice. I took all sciences and sociology and got Physics - A Chemistry - A* Biology - A* Sociology - A*

[@bubblesfacts]

@@matthudson9705 dammmmn that is really really good! well done. :)) im still in year 11 and am very excited to do biology a level lol good luck me 🙈

[@blessingbt3362]

@@bubblesfacts I’m in year 11 and I wanted to do biology but I’m not too sure

[@oliviamoynihan3185]

please do one of these for a level maths because I'm really considering it for a-level because maths is my favourite subject so I'd like an honest review of what it's really like

[@lururu]

i think she did the old maths tho. i would like one too though because i did the old one too, but it wouldn't be as useful for people doing it now

[@TheKitgaming]

Maths is great as long as you keep up with the content. The content itself isn’t too hard, but you have to keep going back over what you’ve learnt because they move on quite quickly. So far I haven’t had anything that I don’t understand at all. If you like maths, definitely go for it :)

[@khadijaaa9886]

I just joined a level maths . Personally I would say that if you get a 7 and above you should deffo try maths , however only do it if you want to and you really need it . Truth be told it’s difficult . But with practice it definitely gets better

[@WwelshB]

Nerd alert

[@ramisamaliyat2784]

Biology is actually very hard. I'm going to give my A level exams on October. A lot of revision and its very interesting content but very hard. Plus, my teachers are not that good so I have to understand most of it by myself.

[@kesheekabhookhun2081]

Hey there am also going through the same situations as you...good luck.

[@riapoks]

What resources do you use?

[@Faith-sr8zw]

I can't express how accurate you are on every point! I knew the content inside out but even though I left an ok amount of time for past paper revision I wish I did it more intensely as I went along like I did with my notes. That's something I'm keeping in mind at university (even though the assessment system's different)

[@jessincley366]

When I watch these and see that Jade struggled it kind of puts me off picking it because I think I will really struggle if Jade did 😂😂

[@gachadrop6728]

HONESTLY. Like I've always have a passion for medicine but now that I've seen Jade having constant mental breakdowns now, I'm terrified :(((((((((.

[@lilythepink9036]

@@gachadrop6728 no go for it still! It’s always going to be hard work but it’s worth it! I’m in year 2 of A level biology which is crazy, I thought I was going to leave science behind in gcse but I love it so much. It’s my hardest subject but the content is interesting. If you want it, go for it!

[@serenity7637]

@@lilythepink9036 you were going to leave science behind? Why is that? I am also thinking of doing that and switching to commerce but I'm not sure... what was your experience?

[@Miniwowdood]

'Have a wonderful and productive rest of the week' as if we aren't watching this video to procrastinate

[@jacebm1249]

MOOD

[@krystlebrownsapphire]

Doing the flash cards after each lesson is so useful, other wise they pile up till you just can't get through all of it! Thanks Jade for this video I really appreciate the tips!💕 Could you please do a maths video aswell please?

[@khalidalgharbeh1125]

Doing (OCR A) A-level Biology at year 12 atm, and I approve. I've skimmed through the spec and there's a distinct difference between GCSE and A-level Bio. GCSE Bio is a joke compared to that of A-level's. Learning it is quite easy (to me at least), but as Jade said the sheer size of it is the problem. Too much content needs to be covered and memorization plays a key role. Overall, it's very interesting but challenging. Welp, thanks for scaring us Jade!

[@andalahadel]

@Khalid Al-Gharbeh is AQA biology any different from OCR biology? If so, what is it the difference?

[@kezlucas]

I’m doing OCR too. There is so much stuff we need to know that I don’t think I’m gonna understand it all In the next 2 years

[@samnelson2333]

@@kezlucas eventually you get there once you start making links between the chapters, but there is still sooo much content

[@suheyrhussein4761]

Me too ...when I do past papers I feel like it’s so different

[@abdullahdelab1075]

LOVED THIS VIDEO!! Please do one for Maths❤

[@iqraali1474]

Abdulrahman Ahmed yesss maths

[@iqraali1474]

Abdulrahman Ahmed might be too late for me 😬😬

[@ofunne892]

I'm in year 10 and I want to study medicine when I'm older so I'm planning on doing A level biology, this video is so helpful!

[@sophiablank325]

Good luck!

[@ofunne892]

Cookie Crumbles#101 Yup, that’s the plan. Bio, chem, maths and Spanish (but I’m gonna drop Spanish in year 13)

[@nothingreal7137]

Cookie Crumbles#101 I take Bio, Chem and psychology. These subjects work for medicine too

[@haz1788]

Nothing Real thank god I started panicking 🤧

[@hy7994]

jaber ahmed NO you must have chemistry because it is the only subject that ALL unis want and biology will really help in the first year of medicine

[@anna-ux3nm]

me about to go into college and study a level biology: 👁👄👁

[@sreyamagan]

deadass😭😂😂

[@KJR-vh3rh]

Im in my 2nd year Biology currently, the whole course becomes connected together in second year and there is a lot of reference back to first year content

[@annie4005]

how are you finding it so far? and what other subjects are you taking?

[@anna-ux3nm]

@@annie4005 i’m doing bio, psychology and english language! it’s definitely my hardest subject, i really hated it at first and i failed my first ever assessments in november i think but it was mostly a case of me not understanding a-level questions and not using specific terminology. it is a great subject to take and the content is really interesting and when i put in the independent work it’s a lot easier to do - i enjoy it now!

[@human8041]

Same! Im doing biology chemistry physics and math with AS english language. 🤡 everyones questioning my choices 😅 but fingers crossed i do well. Any advice?

[@JudithSamp]

I am doing my masters in biology in germany at the moment and am so happy that i made it through the bachelor! It was pretty hard, but work ethic and interest in the subject are the most important things that will keep you motivated. AND don't beat yourself up about bad marks, they happen!! As long as you can make your masters afterwards, your bachelor mark does not matter, so just keep on going! Not the smartest stayed until the end, but the grittiest! If you have any questions, please ask below, i may make a video about it too 😊❤️❤️❤️

[@catherineuff6324]

Yayy I wanna do a level biology Edit (after watching) : hmmm welll....

[@jamalsafeer7405]

how did it go? if you picked A level biology that is

[@justaperson1998]

how did it go

[@Thaisweetchillisensations]

I'm in year 13 currently just finishing biology, chemistry, and geography spec. I 100% agree with all of this it's so difficult to apply and analyse and explain things and for very few marks. A grade C is currently about 48% and a grade B is around 55% and its hard to even get to this level. Half my chem class failed their June mocks and most of my geog class don't get 3/4 marks on essays cause A levels are so hard. My bio teacher said in my first lesson in year 13, it's called advanced level for a reason. Everything is relevant. The bio text book is 500 pages in tiny print. It's killing everyone. Only take it if you need it as a particular subject for your uni course. Don't take it as a side quest.

[@whorhythmic]

In year 13 rn and I totally agree with you! this advice is so great (apart from making notes after EVERY lesson which isn’t realistic for me aha) it’s okay if you don’t get it straight away though, as long as you’re motivated enough to go to the teacher after class or learn through Khan academy or whatever

[@alevelbiology9391]

The key to doing well in A level biology is not taking anything for granted. Make sure you start even before you start preparing even before you enter sixth form school. That way, when you start officially, you are able to work at your pace because things get crazy very first. Also, ensure you have a target of finishing the syllabus at least two months before the actual exam. Practise as many questions as possible and study the techniques used in answering questions. Good luck to all you newbies.

[@mestanhadi68]

I do A-level biology and I watch Khan Academy videos it’s a very useful.. and she is right biology is way harder than maths and chemistry and you have to do lots of past papers to get high grades. Good luck everyone 💜

[@rawanwalaa8325]

mestan hadi do they make videos on A level biology??

[@Joy-jn7km]

also BioRach

[@phoebexo9602]

Why is it that after watching one of your videos, I instantly feel so motivated to do well in my exams!

[@cher8815]

Currently doing biology a level and love it despite the heavy content ++ still watching this video just because I love Jade!!💗

[@Sanaa12158]

Needed this x we’ve just finished biological molecules and there’s already so many new key words 😭😭😭

[@sorrelfenelon9422]

Great advice and video! I did Biology with English Lit, History and French and have to agree that it would be easier with maths and chemistry. I still got an A*, so it's definitely possible to do well without having maths and chemistry, but I think you have to be willing to put in a little more effort to understand some of the maths stuff - like the t-tests and chi squared. Also I feel like one of the best pieces of advice I was ever given on answering biology exam papers was to not be afraid to state the obvious. So often on the questions using graphs and tables, you can lose marks by not pointing out what seems too glaringly obvious and easy to merit a mention.

[@laurenemmens695]

I’m not even taking biology but of course I’m still watching this!! lots of the people in my physics class who also take biology always say that it’s often underestimated just how difficult it is and although physics is notorious for being hard, they find biology much more challenging to get good grades in xx

[@hhpp7865]

BEHLOGY is great a level channel !!! all the chapters have been covered in detail

[@katetargett6429]

YO I TOOK BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY AND PSYCHOLOGY. This made my life and made me feel happier in my a levels and more confident. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU xxx

[@pramodkshrestha480]

I really appreaciate all of the hardwork that you put in work, study so well and yet are such a fabulous youtuber. Love you Jade .

[@ahmadhaziq2923]

Im from malaysia and im currently studying for my foundation level. U really motivate me a lot! Thanks for ur advices. Keep spreading good vibes Jade :)

[@Mary-jv2fx]

I'm not even doing biology a-level but I'm watching this for Jade!

[@hollybaker1403]

the thing I'm most looking forwards to in a level biology is the fact that my college has two terrapin tanks in the biology labs

[@taram6315]

Brilliant video Jade! ❤️ I'm in year 11 and I've been thinking about my A level options. I've always wanted to take Biology but after watching this is feel a bit weary about the mathematical part of the A level. Just this year I've been moved up to top set in maths so I'm doing the higher paper and it is quite different to the foundation tier.

[@motunrayo4650]

Hey ! What did you do in the end ?

[@lauramacleod4822]

Thank you for the great video!!! I started WJEC biology A-Level this year, and so far I’ve been reeally enjoying it, and your tips and advice will surely be useful!! Xxxx

[@tomandjerry2069]

Hey... how do u find wjec? Cuz I do it too and I really like the textbook since it makes it soooo simple

[@Jay-bh4ec]

Yass. Biology is HARD!! 😭I suck at biology. Thank you so much for this video. ❤ Also, I have to struggle more bc I'm not lucky enough like you to have a good bio teacher.

[@luisportillo1000]

I'm an A-level biology teacher in Shanghai. This is a very concise and thorough insight into A-level Bio, and definitely clued me in to what my students have gone through this year. Some very good tips to pass on, especially as they go into A2 next year!

[@existinguser7788]

“even 4 lessons of biology is hard to catch up on” what about 3 months of biology lessons? :/

[@dinaliaj1804]

You can't even finish up 2lessons in 3 months 😑

[@dalilacacho8441]

I swapped to biology two weeks before the end of term sooooo muchhh catch upppppp

[@MARIBOO671]

I’m failing bio and I’m in year 2, I’m revising sooooo much but I’m clearly not grasping the exam technique. I’m just doneeeeee

[@suheyrhussein4761]

EK Maria Gaming I feel you🤧

[@scsuka]

did you mean year 12?

[@monique5017]

@@scsuka she probably means her second year of college

[@scsuka]

@@monique5017 oop-

[@probablyboredafrn5625]

Even though I’m in year 13 and know very well how hard bio is, I love coming back to this video to hear another person get just how hard it is

[@kirankaurrx]

hi jade, could you please do a video on how to get through year 11 - revision; homework, etc xxx

[@Sumaira_04]

I've been considering doing A Level Biology for next year. Thanks Jade, your vids are always so convinenet and useful!❤

[@athenaenergyshine7616]

I am glad to hear that it’s ok not to like ever aspect of the subject in order to like it or do well

[@luc1293]

I’m starting biology a level soon and I’m so scared!

[@seyramagudu5237]

Ugh me too 😥

[@rahmahassaf2275]

How are you going ?

[@annie4005]

how is it

[@gracetallentire384]

Thank you for making this! I’m 2/3 weeks into year 12 and I’ve decided to swap one of my subjects to biology so this is super helpful! I really love your videos 😊🌼

[@preeta3732]

Doing IB HL Biology (much much harder than A-Level Biology!!) and loving it so far. You're totally right, IT IS SO DENSE! Your videos are actually saving me Jade

[@amina-hr2je]

IB Higher lvl is not 'much harder' than a level biology, the new a Levels are much harder than they were before

[@angelicaa3325]

I needed a video just like this and ofc you are a mind reader so you made one 💁🏽‍♀️💕 This was so helpful!

[@tigereyewarrior]

Don’t even study Biology and still watch your amazing video 😂😘😘😘😘 You truly are so inspiring and it’s great sharing your honesty and wisdom. 🙏🏼💛🤗😘

[@yasminkhanam2681]

U inspire me..when ever i need motivation and guidance i watch ur videos..sometimes one video twice too!

[@warwickwagner4797]

I loved the video! I'm thinking about doing Maths, Chemistry, Biology and Further Maths for A levels, but it's a horrendous workload, and the video gave me a lot of information to think about :)

[@MrBrandonHDGamer]

Warwick Wagner 4 is honestly stressful, (I started with Maths, Further Maths, Economics and History) and although the workload is manageable. It led me to have to be working 24/7 which is not what I want. So therefore I dropped one (history). I’ve also heard that further maths isn’t really needed for medicine/science related courses, but obviously if you want to go into maths then it is essential

[@btsniki113]

I'm doing those subjects and I just went into year 12.

[@warwickwagner4797]

Thanks for the advice - Annoyingly I don't know whether I want to go into Maths or science at uni, so that makes the decision harder. Also I heard that for top universities Further Maths is an advantage (but never a requirement) for sciences, but I might be wrong.

[@lururu]

Warwick Wagner you're right about further maths not being a requirement; it just often means that the grade requirements are slightly lower for maths courses. for example, for my uni (uni of leeds) the normal requirements are AAA, but they are AAB/A*BB if you have a further maths A level or an A in further maths AS level. i haven't researched these unis but some of the really high unis like oxbridge might require it, but if you're not aiming as high as that, you should be fine not doing further maths. everything covered in further maths is gone through at university where necessary to put everyone on the same level, and same with statistics and mechanics because not everyone has done those either

[@lewisbulled6764]

@@MrBrandonHDGamer If you want to do maths at university, further maths is not essential - preferable, but not essential.

[@user-zf7zm5dl8z]

From this video I learnt that you're a reallyyyy HARDWORKING! You inspire me :)

[@UnJadedJade]

Awhhh THANK YOU! I’m a big believer in having goals and working hard to achieve whatever you personally wish to. Lots of love x

[@user-zf7zm5dl8z]

UnJaded Jade Omg omg omg I didnt think you would reply to me. I agree with you hard work will pay off in the end. All the loveeee 💕💕

[@rebeccacantwelluk2415]

I actually could not have described a-level biology better myself. Everything u said is exactly right. Ur vid has confirmed what I’m doing it right. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ceridixie6807]

just started as level biology and so far i’m loving it, this has really given me the advice i needed of how to really revise as i’m doing chemistry and biology and both are very different i’ve been trying to work out how to actually consolidate my knowledge, this helped so so much, thank you jade!!!

[@UnJadedJade]

Yayyy I’m honestly so glad to hear it! 🙈 Thank you for sharing and good luck! x

[@MrPupShorts]

Wow so much I wanna say! Okay let me get started xD.. You are litterally one of the most amazing YTers out their.. You motivate & inspire me everyday. Your positivity is contagious and automatically improves my day. Your academia really helps me with school because there is very little support for me at my school. Your love for your fans is so precious & I really hope ypu know how much you mean to all of us!I wanna wish you the best of luck for your tttravels, your going to be amazed by the impact you have on so many peoples lives! . Thanks for being you xxxx

[@UnJadedJade]

Wow. Thank you so much for such a truly amazing comment! 🙈✨ I’m honoured that you’re here xxx

[@MrPupShorts]

@unjaded jade Im only saying the truth. You deserve to know xxx

[@chloebroom1485]

This helped so much. I've just started biology and I'm not sure what to think about it! There is a lot of content to learn so your revision videos and study videos have definitely come in handy!! Great video :))

[@UnJadedJade]

Definitely a lot of content! 😉 Thank you so much and good luck with the rest of the year x

[@corinarabionetmartinez5388]

It’s like talking to an older sister even though I’m not from England and my educational system is not the same :) I’m studying Pharmacy at the University of Barcelona and it’s the best desicion i’ve ever made 😍

[@donnie9886]

Also it’s so inspiring watching your travels! I’m your age but couldn’t even imagine doing that alone! Go you! 🙌🏻

[@lucyxoxo7278]

can't wait to start bio, chem and history in September!!! woo go me

[@sabht3899]

lucy xoxo me too 🤠🤠

[@justadiamond4961]

I completely agree with producing resources after each lesson at GCSE, but at A-Level using as many textbooks as possible and compiling all of the information together is so important due to the super picky mark schemes. You can’t really use textbooks though until you’ve finished an entire topic so (as stressful as it is) I 100% believe it better to leave all resources until after you’ve finished the full chapter. Otherwise you can end up with resources that aren’t explained in the way the mark scheme likes and subsequently drop marks. 💗💗

[@juliankeenlyside7055]

I'm a biology teacher and I think your advice is spot on! Thank you. Biology is fab !!! but you really have to work at it. It isn't the "easy" science - as you so rightly said.

[@hicham.a]

Knowing the Etymology of technical words helps a lot not just in biology but in every "scientific" subject

[@chlobo1010]

I can’t believe how accurate this video was. I’m from New Zealand and am currently doing NCEA Level 3 and it is so wild to me how that this video is so relevant to completely different systems! But especially Mark schemes, oh my lord. Love writing a page and a half for a question and getting 0 points and failing the question because I didn’t mention like 3 specific words 😭

[@jejepalmer]

Omg Jade. I can’t wait for thissssss. I love you too much. Thank u

[@harithaolaganathan8895]

Wonderful video Jade! Just wondering how you quickened up the flashcards-making process? It takes me hours to make a set, which is frankly overwhelming

[@swand1383]

Haritha Olaganathan use online websites like quizlet or brainscape

[@harithaolaganathan8895]

swan D thanks for the suggestion! however i need my pics and abbreviations and quizlet is too orderly for me : )

[@indeeditiscirro]

YES JADE MAKE A VIDEO ON THIS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE to use colours and pics in my flshcards else I can't remember them b/c they'd be black and white with the same handwriting

[@yourstudybuddy245]

I am in 12th grade and have been preparing for medical entrance exam for the past 2 years. And I looooovvee biology. genetics and biotechnology is really interesting and always blows my mind everytime I study it. Also a tip my botany teacher gave us that if you have a topic which has a lot of examples write them down on a chart paper and past it on your wall or above your table where you glance often. Even if you don't actively read it, just glancing is enough to help you remember it

[@gmortimer20031]

Easily, in my opinion, by a million miles, the best piece of advice in this video, and possibly ever: Try to understand it on your own before going to the lesson. and I mean really give it a good whack. Do your very best, don't just say to yourself, "Oh, ok, I'll wait until she tells us about this chunk." You need to narrow it down to a few crucial points, and to consider how you would understand it in the light of the knowledge, exactly why you need to understand this point. I am about 5,000,000 years old, and a couple of years ago learned how to create very large scale integrated circuits. I made extensive use of this method. To those who think I am a creep, I would point out that my own son and daughter are contemporaries of Jade, and I do take an interest in what they are experiencing. For a variety of reasons it is impractical to interrogate them for the sort of detail provided here, and they are not in a position to assess their own abilities in the context of the quality of teaching, which is, and always has been, subject to every degree of variation from the downright incompetent to the telepathic genius. Again, good preparation enables the discovery of the former type, they themselves are likely to be unprepared for the type of question arising from such preparation, and will tend to attempt to belittle and discredit those who are too searching of their own knowledge of the subject. If your question is simply spontaneous, you might be left with a feeling of self-doubt when this happens, if, instead, the question is a result of concentrated study of the subject, you be pretty certain that the problem is not your own, and can at least raise a flag, in the hope the situation can somehow be resolved. You may, although it pains me to say this, be able to resort, for instance, to some external infill tuition, although the apples at the bottom of this sack tend also to be unfit for human consumption. I once had a very honest teacher who told us all, "Of course, you do realise some of you are going to be better than us." This is entirely true, few teachers of any subject are likely to be anything approaching the top of their field. Their abilities lie in an intersecting, but somewhat different space from that occupied by the best practitioners of their subject. This is something seldom acknowledged. Their criticisms need to be treated similarly to those of a football fan, whose knowledge of the game may be extensive, but whose ability to play might not, for instance, take into account that the best players might be able to move five metres in half a second, toward the right place, and would be overwhelmed by the pace of a professional game played at the highest level.

[@priscillaose5772]

I used blurting in the form of posters when revising for bio 🤗

[@VaultYT.]

Thank you. I’ve just enrolled onto a level biology for year 13 as I switched travel for it since travel was getting me nowhere. I am going to stay for 3 years at my college. My other subjects are statistics and forensic science.

[@sadie5730]

Started my a levels this month and I changed sociology to biology after the first week. So far it isn’t horrid but I really hope I don’t regret it 😬

[@annabelrogers6294]

Sadie what was your experience with sociology? xx

[@sadie5730]

Annabel Rogers personally I thought the subject entailed was quite boring and not necessarily something I would enjoy. I do psychology and there is some overlaps so I chose sociology to drop out of the 2 xx

[@annabelrogers6294]

Sadie thank you for replying x what kind of things did you do in sociology, I want to do physcology but I’m unsure about sociology

[@sadie5730]

Annabel Rogers I only stayed in the lesson for a week so I can’t really comment on it, maybe speak to so,done at your school or wherever you’re considering studying the subject

[@luhenyangkun2102]

I’m doing both sociology and biology and I understand what you mean, sociology doesn’t have particularly exciting content. But I find it interesting and it goes nicely with my other subjects and I have an amazing teacher who makes it as fun as possible!

[@mikaelaprim4273]

Loving the frequent uploads 💕💕💕

[@AntiHan]

I recently started AQA alevel biology and I’m honestly terrified because we haven’t hit anything mindblowing yet but I know it’s coming

[@pratitimajumder312]

loved this video. Even though our systems are different i too have taken bio, maths, chem and phy and Bio is my favourite one. I will be taking it at Uni.

[@eviehallitt8122]

I’ve finished my A levels and I didn’t even do Biology, you know you’re a loyal fan when you watch this anyway! Hope you’re enjoying your travels xx

[@jesselmore4780]

I find maths difficult but I’ve just started a level bio. My teacher is incredible and he says he won’t stop until I understand everything lol

[@supulisenaya5243]

I’m doing IAL, and our AS is in May, I’m doing Chem, phy and bio. This was a really helpful video. I literally am like, in shock, girl you must’ve worked like hell, To be getting those 3 A*s congrats!! 😭♥️

[@florallucy2053]

Just started my second year of A-level Biology, it wasn't a subject I originally wanted to do but ended up doing it because I needed a third A-level, but I remember absolutely hating it, getting mostly Us and finding it so hard up until January/February when I worked out what worked for me and now I'm averaging Bs and I'm really happy with how I'm doing, so it is possible! Edit: I have something to add on something I slightly disagree with Jade on. I don't do other sciences or "academic" subjects (I take Biology, Politics and Textiles btw) and I don't think that just because you don't plan to go into the science or medical fields or do other science subjects, that you shouldn't do biology. If you have an interest in the subject and/or it's content then go for it. Know that It's hard, but as jade said it is very interesting and very rewarding when you get the grades you worked hard for. I ended up choosing Biology after finding out the spec and realising that I found a lot of the content really interesting.

[@EllaBrereton]

Congrats! That's such great progress!

[@ASahara001]

I am not from the uk, but I had biology in a similar way compared to A levels, at least I think so. I'm from Germany and I did as a “Leistungskurs“. And I started studying it last year (finished second semester last week) aaaaaand I really like it still. After school I thought we had learned so much during the 2 1/2 years, but honestly just one semester is more... plus I had to take physics (two semesters), chemistry and math which makes the first year really hard. Looking forward to brighter times ahead (and more interesting lectures) was nice to see how different A levels is compared, even though there is also a great difference between school and uni here.

[@CinnamonToast]

I'm from the US and therefore don't understand A level or GCSE stuff, but this sounds similar to my experience in AP biology. Not sure if that translates to the same course or not, but what you were saying about consolidating and making cards after every lesson definitely applied to AP bio as well.

[@Hamza8pie]

I found that memorising the mark scheme was super important during my exams a few months ago for OCR. The answers are literally the same every time - the only hard part is trying to find out what topic the question is referring to. Like when I saw a question I was like "thats probably enzymes" then I just wrote a standard answer for enzymes using the keywords that I had memorised from the mark scheme.

[@jackb1272]

Suddenly feeling much happier about changing from biology to sociology a level.

[@haihahoang3505]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO ❤️❤️

[@lillierigby4]

Hard agree with the difficulty of a level biology maths questions!! As someone who did pretty average in gcse maths, the amount of maths and the complexity of it in a level bio was very shocking to me. It’s just something that you really need to put the work into in your own time, because for the most part your teachers just won’t have to time to dedicate in lessons to maths questions due to the sheer level of content that has to be covered. In my experience, the maths aspect of each topic was largely left to us to work through independently with maybe half an hour in the last lesson of the topic being spent on explaining those questions. Maths is a significant chunk of the a level so do make sure you’re solid on this as well as the content!!

[@Mimiisreading]

You know what's annoying? In Germany we don't get to choose our A level subjects. (at least not in my type of school.) I currently involuntary have to suffer from Biology and Chemistry lessons, that I never wanted to in the first place. Ugh. Well whatever, I know I'm going to need my Biological and Chemistrical knowledge for studying Psychology at University but not all the topics we discussed. And as much as I love learning new things, I think it is such a waste of time for me to sit in these subjects when I could have another Psychology lesson instead. Anyways, I thank you for this video and the tips you give and just want to tell you that you are such an inspiration and I love you. Greetings from Germany, Michelle. PS: I hope you're having fun travelling Europe!

[@milolangan5905]

Been waiting for this! Love you 🔆 p.s have fun traveling

[@RishikaSinghthetraveler]

I’m thinking of taking biology for A level so this was really helpful xx❤️

[@UnJadedJade]

Oooh good luck making your decisions!! 💛 x

[@govindramchandrayadav1505]

You always think about the betterment of us...and you know what I feel,God will always bless you for this thing.

[@hannahabedin1391]

I’ve started A Level Biology (OCR A) now and I’m in year 12. We haven’t finished one subunit yet and I’ve made flashcards on what we have done so far and it’s almost 2 topics worth at GCSE 😐😂. I didn’t quite comprehend how much content there was but I do like the content which is good xxx

[@cecilymorley5083]

Loved this video, wish I had seen it before taking biology! Having such a dilema at the moment, im in year 13 at the moment and really struggling with biology! so much content and markschemes are vile! I work so hard for it but aren't really getting the grades I want (normally Ds and Cs). I know the grades really aren't awful or anything but im also just not happy cause I just feel constantly confused, and am only scraping passes in tests beacuse I spend all my time revising and learning the content (i struggle with the application of knowledge)! This week I have been heavily considering restarting year 12 with different subjects but i need some advice cause I know its a massive decision but I need to make it soon and not feeling too happy with my subjects (chem and geog), especially biology!

[@haleyseacole123]

Hey just intrigued what u ended up doing ??😅

[@HT-xs2rd]

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, THEY ARE ALWAYS SO USEFUL, (AND YOU HAVE HELPED MY GRADES IN BIOLOGY)! Can you do a "tips for handling many subjects at once video" or something along those lines. XXX ❤❤❤much appreciated

[@bjg2492]

I find myself in biology feeling really fidgety because I’m getting so excited about the content and how amazing biology is. Particular at the beginning of year 12 I can now control it 😂. Lots of love Jade

[@sincerelyreza.6623]

I'm majoring biology in uni and biology is exciting, especially learning zoology, because I don't really like botany (it's boring!) lol just be ready spending countless hours in the lab, collecting data, studying research articles, drawing notes for structure and anatomy, and writing lab reports !

[@3washali]

I totally agree about the resources being very few. I couldn’t find a single past paper from 2020 anywhere

[@imogencarter3363]

Wow people say biology is easy? I do all three sciences and at my school most people say bio is one of the hardest a levels... not as much maths but definitely far from easy! Loved the video Jade, forever an inspiration xxx

[@esinesendemir4074]

Im so interested in all of your study! Wow, I can't believe you did all this! Lots of luck with the rest of your love,God bless you ❤💟💓

[@arianaramnarain8379]

I'm about to start my AS level to go onto my A levels😭😭 And woahh we're doing the same subjects! I just hope I don't have too much breakdowns ;-; Thanks a lot for this vid!

[@millyfiore7815]

hate biology but watched this vid nonetheless

[@maria6451]

can i ask why?

[@millyfiore7815]

why i hate biology?

[@baso4nacl581]

I hate it too and unfortunately I'm studying it

[@keyapancholi749]

Unfortunately for me I have to do everything myself as our teacher is pretty much useless so I'm just trying to keep up with tuitions alongside alot of research and pmt's summarized notes are a godsend for me as they give me a perfect base to add on to, and I've also found that for AS and A level biology all you really need to do is read and properly understand every single detail (no matter how minute) in the textbook and you'll be good to go

[@forireadandfly4873]

So glad you posted this... I was waiting for this Love you jade♥