How to Get All 9s/A* at GCSE 2023 | Edexcel and CIE, What I Did To Get Top Marks In My Exams

[@hamzahd95]

your first idea (the idea of starting with past papers), is LIFE-CHANGING. thank you, it's exactly what I needed to hear.

[@SarahChu]

So glad you found it useful!! It's honestly not talked about enough, using past papers to scope each subject is honestly so helpful :)

[@iamhighoncrac1365]

this is sooooo much better than all the THOUSANDS of videos i have watched ,. it helped me guide on how to prepare even though i have 3 months left

[@SarahChu]

Aww that is so sweet

[@Huda-l8k6b]

1 month is left, any progress??

[@iamhighoncrac1365]

@@Huda-l8k6b UMMMMM it's going good I am mostly done with my first set of revision going to start fill in the small gaps in a few days this our last week of mocks and classes so I have been lagging a bit as I have to go from places to places for class

[@ryanpierre263]

I have 1 week

[@LapissHamster]

@@ryanpierre263 UCANDOIT! Try active recall. Write everything u know about every topic on a page, recheck it, fill in the gaps and do it again until u can recall all required information!

[@noorzilla]

The thing I like the most abt your videos is that you go straight to the point without wasting much time. and these tips are actually quite helpful. I have my Igcses coming up in a few months so I def needed these. Thanks for sharing

[@SarahChu]

aww that means a lot!! :))

[@gaspardfourcassie3507]

@@SarahChu u do coputer science?

[@imnotinthemafia]

I have my IGCSE board exams in 8 days, and while it's terrifying me, tysm for these tips because they seem like they could help immensely for my last, final revision; so ty!!

[@R1chter.e]

how did it go?

[@friedfishh]

I'm currently doing my second set of mocks and will be sitting my GCSEs this year and honestly, I've seen so many of these videos and yours is by far the most useful! Thank you thank you thank you aaaah

[@SarahChu]

Aww that means a lot!! Good luck with your exams :)

[@davidqvs]

hi! not doing the gcses but i’m doing the irish junior cert exams (they’re quite similar to the gcses and the igcses!). just wanted to say thanks for keeping me motivated in my final months of studying before the actual exam :)

[@annabelleang4029]

gurl ur video is one of those studying videos i would never skip cuz all of it is essence ❤️❤️

[@SarahChu]

aww that is SOO sweet

[@yourlocalrubbishbin1306]

THANK YOU - *YOU'RE A LITERAL LIFE SAVER*

[@zarahasan6819]

Thank you so much , each and every tip is really helpful . Could you please make a video on giving tips for math (edexcel)

[@andre-naline]

ahh thank you so much!! i'lll definitely follow these tips they're so helpful

[@tjjohnson7187]

TIP FOR POMODORA TECHNIQUE: KZbin has tons for different time lengths, I normally use 45/15 ones or 50/10 ones. Like I was so sceptical but it helps

[@Sally_Kitty_Yoon]

thank you for sharing your ideas , those are really useful

[@jeannefernandes2107]

I literally saw this video yesterday and it’s a lifesaver…thank you so much

[@LeahJayne]

So excited to watch this, I already know this will be so helpful! ❤️

[@SarahChu]

ayee thanks leah!! :)

[@Elizabeth-rs5pk]

i can’t believe this video doesn’t have hundreds of thousands of views

[@SarahChu]

aww you’re so sweet 🥺🥺

[@hellohi-c2j]

YOU'RE AN UNDERRATED QUEEN, LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@SarahChu]

Aww you're too kind :')

[@hellohi-c2j]

@@SarahChu No, you areeeeeee. If I pass my GCSEs, it will be because of youuuuu

[@SarahChu]

@@hellohi-c2j That means so SO much ILY

[@brd-_-ynk5514]

much needed advice

[@thelazyartist421]

I'm doing my IGCSE Cambridge O level this year do getting advice from someone who has already pass their o level is really helpful. Oh and by the way I'm from srilanka

[@woobntoobr]

i remember for our physics mock our techer took a past paper and just gave it to us as the mock, luckily for revision i had done that paper :D

[@achayikuol4684]

Am so happy that I found this channel thank you for the great tips❤️.

[@SarahChu]

Aww! So happy that you're here and you found it useful! :)

[@MasudALAM-jn9su]

CONGRAT BESTIE

[@LapissHamster]

USEFUL AND MOTIVATING :D LET'S HOPE THIS MOTIVATION ISN'T SHORT-LIVED. I've been really sick and my exams start in less than a month so I'm gonna start grinding hard fr this time (fingers crossed).

[@intelblox7354]

hey how did u do?

[@Maha-r6j2k]

I will use this video only for the rest of the year tysm

[@musicwire7315]

this is so good

[@tpr1808]

Thank you very much. I am really saved by the tips

[@rorethegreat6234]

Salute sister!! You're a genius!!

[@oliviadeku4908]

rlly helpful thanks

[@maahishah773]

Thank you so much for this video! I'll be giving my 10th board exams now and these tips seem really helpful❤❤

[@intelblox7354]

im giving mine in 2 months :(

[@chemoiwaj4041]

Exactly what I needed!!!!💯💯

[@SarahChu]

:))

[@richardtomlinson4247]

This video was so helpful thank u so much. Only a few more weeks but better late than never

[@excoticblack967]

Wowwwwww , this is super helpful I really needed to watch this!!! Can you please make a study vlog videos and how will u study if u have exam physics for example plsss

[@Snails_eating_my_brain]

so i have my end of year exams (my teacher calls them mock mocks) and ive been struggling a lot with studying and stuff because of my short attention span and this helped A LOOOOT

[@pearsonandhkdse]

great work, thanks

[@misssoriano8717]

Hii :) I love ur page and it seems really helpful! And soo organised and pretty! And congrats on ur results!! :) Im beginning yr 11 this yr and im so scared and im struggling cos my mock grades were so bad!! Do u have any revision techniques or tips that u have that could possible help me? Thank u sm!! And if anyone else has any tips/ techniques it would be much appreciated!! Thank u sm and i love ur vid!

[@SarahChu]

Hi! Glad you enjoyed, I think if you're starting Y11 soon, prioritize the subjects that you need for uni and the subjects that you are struggling with most. If you haven't already, go through your specification and tick off the bullet points you are confident in and star the ones you aren't so familiar with. Also, make a list of all the topics that you find challenging for each subject and go through past papers and write down the chapters that come up often- use that as a starting point, don't start from chapter 1. From then on, do as many past papers as possible up until your exams. In terms of study tips, try to study "actively" (e.g. doing past papers, turning your specification into questions and answering them, flash cards, teaching a concept to a friend etc.) as opposed to passive methods (e.g. highlighting, reading your textbook etc.) Hope that helped :)

[@Rssagamer]

Congratulations on result 👍😊

[@itz_ary]

Thanks babe. Writing early next year if my dad allows it! I want to go to a sixth form with a dormitory so i can adjust before actually going to Uni

[@chow4253]

I hope this works. I really want to get a 7 in maths and 7 in science and 5 in English.

[@SarahChu]

I'm sure you will, keep working hard and you WILL get there!

[@mollyholmes6785]

I loved this video so much 💗💗

[@SarahChu]

thank you molly!

[@bruisedviolets]

this video is so helpful tysm

[@SarahChu]

Glad you found it useful

[@tattooingoverscars3507]

13 mins of high-yield advice 🥰

[@DeensBeans]

I've got 2 weeks left in my igcse and I havent even started to study and I'm really stressed out. So noe I'm watching this so I can atleast pass with a acceptable grade to Asian parents 👍🏼🙂*cries in pain ams silence*

[@asterdeksiyos4791]

Sameeeee.😭🥲

[@roadkill_gto1693]

i have exactly a month before mine start and tmrw my 3rd mocks begin, it is all honestly a mess but im pulling through somehow just get down to studying, it wont do any good to stress about lost time bcus it wont come back make most of the time u still have and i can totally relate to the asian parents part bcus i went from an A* and being one of the top students in class to barely getting half marks in mocks and tests ;-;

[@ryanpierre263]

Same 💀

[@imene7322]

Hoping this is me next year🤞🏽😭

[@SarahChu]

it will be!! just do your best!

[@tristanpaul7197]

Bro she’s just smart asf

[@SarahChu]

bAGAHAHA i wish!! i had to work so hard for my exams too :(((

[@hyvd10]

the goat

[@oliwia4142]

I'm currently trying to find my specifications but im really struggling. Could someone tell me where to find the specifications? This video is so useful as a student going into year 10. Thank you!

[@SarahChu]

hey! just google your exam board (edexcel/aqa/ocr etc.) and specification with the subject name and it should come up

[@thewaffle2570]

Hey Sarah, thank u so much for this video, literally a lifesaver. Btw, any tips for making notes? I'm having my chem exam soon and I'm still not done with the notes. Tbh, they take up a lot of time and I don't even find them effective. Any ways to tackle this problem? :(

[@SarahChu]

Hey! If you don't have much time my advice would be to do past papers straight away!

[@thewaffle2570]

@@SarahChu that's right, but how do I memorise the content?

[@SarahChu]

@@thewaffle2570 ​Well personally when I was doing GCSE I made notes for all my subjects and always had a pen and paper to write stuff down I kept forgetting. In hindsight, it wasn't a very effective use of my time (I make flashcards now), but if there are certain things you need to memorise like the results of experiments in chemistry, I would just make tables and try and fill them out without looking at the answers. If you find it really difficult, then try doing once a day until it sticks in your long term memory!

[@thewaffle2570]

@@SarahChu that sounds really good Sarah! Ur such a sweetheart 💗

[@SarahChu]

@@thewaffle2570 aww

[@Mr.Facts_Zone]

Hii,I really liked your video and I really appreciate your hardwork. Can you please make a video on time table like how to study and for how much time...

[@deborahiyasu7127]

thank you sm for this video! do you also have any advice for year 10 end of year exams?

[@dianazhu8103]

Hiii this video is just amazing! also i want to ask which are the 10 subject you did ? I already find it tough with only 8 subjs 😭

[@abrarzahin722]

Hey, Sarah, congrates on your amazing results. One question tho, by past papers you mean like past igcse paper or topical past paper questions?and thanks for the tips

[@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz937]

i think she meant past igcse papers not topical

[@aly1653]

wow 10 A*s what a flex 😍

[@SarahChu]

says you AHAH

[@cacbmrghanjera6015]

the best.take care

[@HamzaMohmood]

I got all 9s except on math🙂

[@dania3573]

I haven't started studying at all and my exams are in 84 days. I'm so cooked 😭. Great video though!

[@sameehausma]

omg same

[@najibah544]

how'd it goo

[@genius_elffo]

Hello! I'm from Hong Kong as well, just thought I'd support a Hong Konger on my way to my GCSEs :')

[@buthmidehansa]

what kind of subjects you choose for your GCSE

[@Rainfumes]

Ur vids are really helpful! So can you film a vid for biology 0610?

[@hananchinoy]

hey!! i’m taking m/j this year. how many past papers do u think i should do a day? i find myself being able to do 3-4 a day. also, right now, do i focus on the subjects i find hard (their exams are later in may) or the subjects whose exams are nearest?

[@noorvenom5212]

I really recommend trying to finish as much as possible as you can (past papers)and do focus on the hard subjects but don’t neglect the others at least do one exam of every subject everyday

[@zareenanwar4226]

Congratulations

[@fatimahassan96g]

damn should watched this yesterday legit gave my chem paper 4 today and moles came and i didnt practice it properly so lost 3 marks in that also got same qs from 2020 ocotber november for 6 mark which shocked me lol

[@s3ma.10]

Hi Im going into year 10 and I want to print out specifications in these holidays and past papers in year 10, I wanted to ask if printing out every single past paper is worth it for mocks as it can be time consuming but i feel like there is no other way other than printing out haha! So what would you reccomend? Also Any tips for these summer holidays?

[@Rssagamer]

My chemistry teacher always tells us to study and goal for A* this year his son got the results 10 A*s damn now I should focus too

[@kavishasanadhi7398]

Can you make a video of how you are using anki for biology and other subjects pls

[@zee6411]

Me watching this the night before my English poetry and prose exam after not revising whatsoever: haha nice

[@sisyphus645]

I used to think GCSE was difficult. Then I took Further Mathematics

[@SarahChu]

yeah lolll, once you do enough practice it's not too bad because the questions are quite similar haha

[@two697]

Further maths is the best a level

[@sisyphus645]

@@two697 Hell yeah!

[@nikiniewerth8148]

Haha agreed!

[@1nfinity77]

If u did additional mathematics in IGCSE I don't think it's THAT difficult

[@danianoman2041]

thank you sm for the tips! I'm variant may/june and have my exams starting from his month. do u recommend doing other variants? like feb/mar. and what what u suggest doing for phy im scurrentky struggling

[@aeflix]

Samee

[@peterhilton7353]

I was really scared if taking my GCSE so I got recommendations from a friend at college about veliscyberclinic tho, which is how I got my GCSE done

[@KawtharAli-k2h]

What's a specification and how do I get it?

[@kamalwaleed2246]

you were using pastpapers during beging of the year or not ?? when u began to use the pastpapers ? ipad or notebook better for notetaking and studying ?? solving pastpapers on the ipad or printing it and solve it ?

[@Oliver-wm8nb]

Did you do foundation or higher? And congrats with all 9*s this made me encouraged to try and get all a’s. And one more question what did you do for gcse and what exam board? Thanks for answering the question and like I said before congrats 🥳.

[@rosedefknows]

probably higher because the grades for foundation are capped at a grade 5

[@MemeTeam6900]

Thank uuuuu

[@b-snowblack1892]

U need double thumbs up

[@SarahChu]

aww 🥺🥺

[@saidfaraj4121]

Hey Sarah can you please link the topics that come the most in the subjects you did thank you

[@SarahChu]

hey!! it’s different for every exam board! from what i rmb for cie igcse bio 0610 paper 4 chp 6,7,9,14,16 always came up! for cie igcse chem paper 6 half the paper is acids and bases

[@kronoxodus319]

How did you make the list at 0:51, if two questions of the same topic came up in the same paper, would you write it twice?

[@RiinaAsiya]

Can you please post those beautiful notes so everyone can view

[@newworldhello]

You should open a tuition center.

[@tiannottiana5502]

this video is really helpful, thank you

[@SarahChu]

Glad you found it useful! Let me know if you have any video requests :)

[@jzbrg]

Idk if this is in the video or not, but there are so many quizlets that other people have made! And im pretty sure you can sign up for free but there can be many ads

[@dominiquecronje3196]

Hello is just want to say thanks to you all of my grade are mich better and tanks you for the motivation tanks for everything i hope you kan make more video 🌵🤍

[@birdie7344]

hey dude, that's the same mistake i made, i have my exams in May and our school never really paid attention to specifications, but after watching ur video, i looked through my specification and realized how easy it is when everything that u need to know is mentioned in there. now i have my exams in may for 2 subjects only, should i read the textbooks and do past papers? or should i focus on only the topics that are mentioned in the specification? I mean books often contain a lot of information that u don't need to know for the exam, so would u advise me to look through the spec, learn only those topics, and do past papers to try and get a 9?

[@SarahChu]

Yeah I totally get what you mean. Most textbooks include content that won't be on the actual exam! Make sure you go through the spec thoroughly and do as many past papers as possible! Good luck :)

[@birdie7344]

@@SarahChu right, and is it okay if i dont focus much on the textbook by reading it?

[@SarahChu]

@@birdie7344 I'd suggest not reading the textbook unless there are specific concepts you don't understand as it is a passive method of learning!

[@birdie7344]

@@SarahChu aha, i get it now! thank u so much, i was stressed and u helped me

[@SarahChu]

@@birdie7344 ​no worries :)) glad i was able to help, good luck with your exams!!

[@hibamoussali8572]

hi can you do about most common question that came in the past past paper for chemistry p4

[@yumnamalik7256]

Hey I have seeing your videos and I really like how you explain everything but I have an issue which is I can’t make flash cards no matter how much I try it just can’t make it and I have my GCSEs coming up so can you plz do a video on that too if you can do it plz

[@ella._.fh_]

I really need to start looking at past papers but I'm not sure which years should I use for practise, could you please recommend which should I study with? :"D

[@ASU_ASU_ASU]

Idk why even tho im doing good in school (my predicted grades are mainly 7-8) but i imagine myself the night before sitting any exams just looking up "how to get all 9's gcse subjects"

[@SarahChu]

Probably because you strive for excellence and have a growth mindset! Good on you :)

[@nelastryj1004]

Love this but how do you spread out your revsion time in between all of your subjects? Also did you take art? I DID AND IM STRESSINGGGGGGG AND OMG CONGRATSS LIKE I WISH WOW !!!!!!!!

[@m1jwadonntd465]

I’m in year 9 now going into year 10 but I have a rough idea of what to do but I’m still confused in how to use past papers properly and how to get them

[@Anaxide]

I'm in year 10 and my ppe exams start soon, don't stress to much just figure out a routine, get into good sleeping habits and such. And if you end up not doing to good you can learn from that for the real things

[@fatimaadnan660]

can u upload the questions u found the hardest and got wrong

[@tamermohamed9474]

Well, I am in a really stressful and severe situation where my gcse exams are a month away and there are some chapters that I'm not very good at till this time and I'm afraid of getting bad grades.

[@kronoxodus319]

did you use the same technique for paper 5 in the 3 sciences? did you make a list of all the questions that frequently came up?

[@SarahChu]

yep! we did p6 instead because of covid tho ahah

[@hesangaomg3845]

Hi thank you for The tips also when you mean studying like how do you study do just read your notes or you like watch videos ? Thank you

[@intelblox7354]

Yo would you happen to know the most asked topics for physics (0625)

[@sotikingobenney68]

God bless you

[@jh-qc2ug]

Can you please share the units which you have recorded that are repititive / occur often. 🙏

[@kvbnll]

my cie is next year and i have nooo idea how to start😭

[@Eva-o7o7t]

What app did you use for the past papers on your ipad xx

[@Xyz-b8f1w]

I have 7 subjects i wanna get 7a*s but its really hard😢.my mom said 5 a*s are okay.and each subject for registration they take 160dollars in our country .so its a lot of money .and if the results aint great its so sad and a waste

[@thewaffle2570]

Btw Sarah, how did u manage to get an A* in English? Any tips?

[@SarahChu]

Hey, I'm posting a video on that this Sunday! Make sure to keep a look out for it :)

[@SarahChu]

Hi! I just posted a video on how to get a 9 in GCSE English, hope you find it useful :)

[@JavariaHaider-o8g]

Can u pls tell me the difference between A levels and IB ? I keep hearing about IB but I don’t know much about it. And like, aren’t these two equivalent? And which one will be better?

[@gamboi80]

Sarah, where did you go to school in HK?? I just want to know because sometimes sschools have different reqs and I'm also in HK :D (this rly helped btw)

[@ghostofday5025]

Could I ask what subjects did you choose?