Year 13 QnA | Things I'd do differently

[@reecehaddock8274]

Find it so convenient I'm always a year behind this guy, advice is always top tier

[@KeerthanaManchala]

I'm rewatching this when I'm feeling down in year 13 (Also thank you for answering my questions :) )

[@NoumanSami]

Npp!!

[@slaveofallah185]

⁠@@NoumanSami Hi basically im in y12 and go to Brampton Manor I live quite far from it an 1h and 20-30m by public transport do you think its worth it

[@muhammadsalim112]

Thank you for the advice at 9:37 🥰, I’ll revise 1 week before my resits as improvement

[@NoumanSami]

Good

[@ElenEdwards-u2w]

Hi, about to watch this video now. Before I do, I just wanted to say you been brilliant in helping me on my medicine journey. Just done the UCAT and got 3030 B2- watching your videos really helped! Thank you :)

[@iamkhan1012]

Hi, can i please know what were you averaging on your mocks and did you use medify or medentry and how did it compare! Thanks

[@NoumanSami]

WOAHHH THAT'S INSANE!! I hope the rest of your application goes just as smoothly

[@ElenEdwards-u2w]

@@NoumanSami Thank you!! I was so so happy with my score. Going into year 13 as a Welsh student from a state school that isn't too great, I know I will defo be watching your videos to help me through it. Keep up the great work :)

[@ElenEdwards-u2w]

@@iamkhan1012 I used medify. I averaged 2800-2900 on medify but this was only towards the last two weeks. I started off with scores like 2400-2500. I used the UCAT website and found Mock D most representative of the exam. I felt that the exam was easier than medify but take this with a pinch of salt because everyone has a different UCAT experience. Good luck if you haven't done it yet. You will smash it. Most importantly-believe in yourself!!

[@Rawdah_Alaan]

I'm only going into year 12, but thanks for the advice!! I'll probs rewatch this when it becomes more relevant to me lol. I'm kinda scared for the journey but your advice makes it feel more manageable. And good luck for uni, so proud and honestly you're very inspiring; I hope everything goes well for you forever insha'Allah :D

[@bigmiles2398]

same

[@Plezan]

same

[@NoumanSami]

Good luck!!! And I appreciate it, inshallah the future is good for both of us

[@bigmiles2398]

@@NoumanSami thanks

[@Rawdah_Alaan]

@@NoumanSami Aw thanks, keep grinding 💪(i think you will make a great doctor one day :)

[@aminuh]

Salam Nouman, congrats on EVERYTHING as I don’t think I mentioned it in your other video, and thank you so much for this video! I don’t always comment but find all your videos useful and this one especially as I was so anxious about year 13 this year. I didn’t revise much during the summer and I got a C in chem and B in AS bio, which I’m quite proud but know I can do better, but as I’ve not revised I’m a bit worried for Alevels.. :,) But INSHA’ALLAH I smash the year and you aswell. It’s like a routine that I’ve watched your video as I watched your year 12 video last year and took notes. Thanks again I’m finding it mad tho that I’m in the place u were once in :)) and hope u can make the most of the rest of ur break

[@NoumanSami]

Walaikum salam, and thanks so much for your comment! I really appreciate it and it makes me grateful that my videos are useful. I hope you have a great future ahead and continue to work hard and put effort into everything that you do. Inshallah you WILL smash this year.

[@Alooqueen]

Jazakallah for this 🫶🫶 going into yr13, this was very helpful! I've been stressing a lot so this came at the perfect time 😭🙏

[@Beesechurgersports]

Going into year 13 with an A* already in a level maths - giving me the motivation to revise for my a levels for this year (fm, phys, chem) gonna try to be as consistent as possible and imma try to get my personal statement done before October

[@NoumanSami]

Ayy you've set yourself in a good position

[@Beesechurgersports]

@@NoumanSami thanks bro hope you enjoy UCL and congrats on your a level results

[@Revenx2]

@@Beesechurgersports and heres me with predicted E for maths

[@AOB2025]

the way you patted the screen at 14:41 LMAO

[@studyel2006]

Really informative video as always 🙌🙂 i appreciate the advice

[@NoumanSami]

I appreciate your comment, as always!!

[@user-y1206]

Thank you so much Nouman for the video! the most awaited QnA from all of us year 13s, I am so glad you covered everything but I had a question in regards with how you managed to balance both y12 and y13 content, like would you allocate this many days in a week or just the weekends or so on to review y12 content, whilst staying on-top of y13, as it's not been long into y13 and I already feel the pace picking up really fast, and don't want to fall behind with both the old and new content, do you have any advice?

[@NoumanSami]

Make reviewing y13 content ur priority, but I'd say that as of right now, make sure that at least once a week you go over a topic from y12 in every one of your subjects, as the year progresses you should start doing more and more and focusing on doing exam questions on those topics because by now you should know them pretty well - if there's a y12 topic you know you've forgotten, prioritise going over that as soon as you can.

[@schoolofmemes]

Bring on Year 13 💪

[@artboutique19]

im a bit late but thank you for this helpful video as always! Inshallah this’ll help me as i go into year 13 (im so scared 😱) :)

[@NoumanSami]

Inshallah :))

[@zara-fe5sk]

this video came at just the right time, i loved it!!!! i’m currently going into yr 13 this september, i was wondering if you have any advice on how to stop procrastinating? i fear procrastination is going to be my worst enemy this year😓 also congrats for getting into UCL!

[@NoumanSami]

Thanks so much!! Tbh, procrastination is inevitable, I think for me what I've done to help is try and use an app on my phone (forest) to dedicate specific hours when I'd work and so I'd know when to mess around and when to actually focus, it makes the time you spend having fun, a lot more fun, and the time you spend working much more efficient

[@lifewithdaisy7]

Really random, but I love your bio haha 😂 so real

[@zara-fe5sk]

@@lifewithdaisy7 omg tysm🤞🤞 so far not so great tho😄

[@AOB2025]

you literally saved me during my GCSEs but A-Levels looking deathly rn ; i need AAB for my US Colleges (Politics, RS and Econ) so would you recommend that I focus on making all my revision notes / flashcards before I start reviewing or doing exam practice (also how many days would you dedicate to either Y12 or Y13 content)

[@Zain4hmed]

Good video mashallah for the younger generation going into yr13. Could you do a video on preparing for uni?

[@NoumanSami]

I mean what's there to prepare for

[@EyadRizk]

In all honesty, do you think one of the reasons you managed to do really well is because of your natural intelligence? Even though I got all 9s at GCSE I feel like I won’t de well in a levels or ucat primarily because I think my intelligence levels are disgusting… I had to work so hard for countless hours to compensate for this during gcses but do you think a levels require both high intelligence + hard work?

[@NoumanSami]

This is a really fair point, the thing is I feel that I don't have that much natural intelligence, I've just been someone who puts a lot of hard work into everything. I believe that if you want something and you put the hard work for it, it's possible, but it might just be harder for some people than others. I personally don't really have that natural intelligence, but I can keep myself consistent and hardworking to achieve my goals, that's how I look at it I guess. I know that if my hard work goes down even slightly, that my performance in exams etc. starts dropping. I've never been one of those kids who just happen to do well without revising.

[@horseshoe123-n6g]

Nouman did you have chemistry and biology lectures once every week/two weeks during a levels and what did you do in them? was it like different talks that you had to sit and listen to mostly or was it more interactive? also did a lot of people in your year who chose further maths decide to drop it after a few months of seeing the workload or did most keep it?

[@NoumanSami]

yeah we had lectures once every two weeks, they were completely useless icl, most of the time they'd just recap stuff we covered in lesson, so it was just socialising time for me :D I know a lot of people who dropped fm and also a lot of ppl who kept it for y12 then dropped it in year 13, but most people kept it even when the workload was bad

[@horseshoe123-n6g]

@@NoumanSami did the ones who dropped fm join normal maths classes so did the size of your normal maths classes increase as more and more people dropped fm?

[@UwaysGhazi]

When is the medical application vid dropping? Been waiting so long. It better be at least 30 minutes

[@NoumanSami]

Ima be uploading them in parts

[@IbnAzizAlDin]

I read “the Oath: memoirs of a Chechen Surgeon” by Khassan Baiev. He was a Chechen surgeon during the Chechen wars and he describes his life in the book. It’s one of the best things I’ve read and I would definitely recommend, but do you think it could be mentioned on a personal statement as it’s not about the NHS or British medicine but Russia/Chechnya.

[@NoumanSami]

You can mention anything in your personal statement, if you wish to, the important thing is how well you link it to the overall themes you're trying to portray (so how will it make you become a good doctor for example?)

[@shadowguy-km8bk]

irrelevant but what pen sizes do you use on goodnotes? for the big and mini writing?

[@Mous23-z6c]

Is 128gb on iPad enough u think?

[@NoumanSami]

@@Mous23-z6c yh it’s plenty

[@DawudShaukat]

Nouman, do you think I should apply to Cambridge and UCL if I got 2 9s, 6 8s , 2 7s and one 6 in literature (could change to a 7)? Also I wanted to say that your videos are actually useful for me. Barakallahu feekum

[@NoumanSami]

Your gcse grades won't matter when you apply to those unis, just have a double check in the entry requirements for your course but you should be fine

[@setokaiba2819]

9:40 it is calm if ur me

[@muhammadsalim112]

U were revising for a levels in primary school g don’t gas urself

[@setokaiba2819]

@@muhammadsalim112 ur jealous ik dw. On my life I started revising for a levels a month before

[@muhammadsalim112]

@@setokaiba2819I could never be jealous of you king. You’re my inspiration☺️

[@NoumanSami]

@@muhammadsalim112 my inspiration asw

[@podinfo737]

hey Nouman was your biology residential trip to Shrewsbury compulsory and was it a part of your assessed practicals? Also how important are practicals in biology that are being assessed by the teacher?

[@NoumanSami]

No it wasn't compulsory, just a fun way to carry out a few required practicals, we also had the choice to go to the local park and carry out the same practicals there. The practicals are required in order for you to pass the practical endorsement, but it's something that everybody manages to pass, you just have to be on top of writing up every write up and whatever and you'll be fine, it's all pretty lenient tbh. You could slack around for all of the first half of the year and then quickly get it done in the last couple weeks if you wanted to (I know ppl who did this and still passed, but I don't recommend cos it's a bit of a headache)

[@podinfo737]

@@NoumanSami thanks for the reply. By the way how is uni life if you have started and if you haven't what are you looking forward to most? Also, during A Level, did you have close friends in all of your classes or were there some where you were split from them and put into different classes or they just chose different subjects?

[@NoumanSami]

@@podinfo737 haven't started uni, but I've had close friends in every one of my classes, most of my closest friends didn't even have the same lessons as me and I'd only really see them during frees and break/lunch, I still have stayed really close with them

[@omermohammedfaturmohammed]

I want to do civil engineering at Manny uni so far what I included in my personal statement is work experience with Cargill for a week, physics challenge, volunteering at an Arabic school, the Manchester access program, an Essay of 1500 words about thermal conductivity, and two civil engineering TED talks I wanna read structures and why do things don't fall down + writing a short essay about 3D printing houses is that enough?

[@NoumanSami]

i meann that's quite a bit tbh, but its better to do a lot and have options

[@Gen.HamzaAlSaeed]

You might not want to answer this and if so understandable, but how come you like War Doctor when the author is strongly against the government of your country. I’m not from there but even I found it hard to continue. Just thought it was strange that you were promoting the book. Overall it’s good but yeah

[@slaveofallah185]

@Noumansami Hi basically im in y12 and I am going to Brampton Manor I live quite far from it an 1h and 20-30m by public transport do you think its worth it Thanks❤

[@NoumanSami]

Thats a really long commute tbh, I don't know much about Brampton Manor so I can't really tell you if it's worth it, but you should get a feel when you actually go, but I'm just saying that the long commute is gonna take up a lot of your day so it will force you to manage your time really efficiently or you'll fall behind fast.

[@AppleApple-ux1be]

Hi, I had a question. Are reading books for personal statement something well known or is it mainly for medicine students as I’ve never heard of such a thing? Also, would you say exam practice for maths is better than using the books? The questions is the book can be good but it just gets too boring a lot of the time.

[@NoumanSami]

Reading books is something a lot of courses have, tbh I recommend it more if you're going for oxbridge/any uni that will require an interview, but it's definitely not a must. Personally, for maths, I used the textbook to understand how to do the topic, but then I mainly did exam practise to get better with my actual problem solving and knowing when to use which skills. So I recommend exam Qs more tbh

[@AppleApple-ux1be]

@@NoumanSami I was thinking of maybe doing an online course instead or both for something like data science or aerospace engineering. Would it be good?

[@its_ma_eel]

I'm getting 2500 in my ucat right now, I have 2 weeks till my actual exam. What's the best tip you can give to help me get a much higher score. Many thanks

[@hijabiixgirll]

I just started yr13 It’s already stressful I’m dreading it I dont know what I wanna do in uni too as I do btec science was routing for optometry can’t do it with btec unless I go to far unis but don’t wanna do that Now I’m stuck on what to do And I’m stuck on personal statement 😭😭

[@NoumanSami]

Year 13 is a lot. But trust me you'll get through it

[@hijabiixgirll]

@@NoumanSami honestly it is I’m already stressed out and feel like giving up 😭 these teachers in my college dont teach properly aswell just zoom past everything

[@rinii5408]

How did you balance reviewing yr 12 content for alevels?

[@sheol4667]

Do you have any good flashcards we can use especially for AS

[@NoumanSami]

In my desc

[@hafsah6133]

I want to take a gap year and redo the UCAT, should I still apply for uni even tho I’ll probably get rejected (I got 2470 which is average) or should I just focus on academics cuz in 2026 personal statements will be scrapped anyways? (In biochem psych I’m currently on A*AA)

[@NoumanSami]

You might as well apply, because your grades are really good, so you just have to apply strategically to unis that are more likely to give you the place

[@_altrax]

What was the book that you really liked called? I’m having trouble trying to get the name 😭

[@NoumanSami]

WAR DOCTOR!!

[@_altrax]

Ooohhh 😂 thank you bro 🙏

[@4hm3d.7]

hey nouman, since your aspiring doctor what kind of doctor specialty are you thinking of going into?

[@NoumanSami]

not too sure tbh

[@jeep87kvd3]

any tips for starting year 12 guys

[@IlfordRules16]

In Year 11 I hope I get this done with…

[@NoumanSami]

Year 11’s only the start 😪

[@yussUKPK]

​@@NoumanSamibro trust me I just finsihed yr11 it it's a joke compared to AS and A2. Just looking Over AS textbooks is making me faint already 😂

[@IlfordRules16]

@@NoumanSami I see. Afterwards, it’s pure hell

[@NoumanSami]

@@IlfordRules16 tbh guys, I found y12 and y13 a lot more enjoyable than gcse, even though it was definitely much harder, it was also a lot more interesting

[@shocochells]

idk how u make A-levels sound entertaining im almost🤢looking foward to it🤮

[@NoumanSami]

I think it's just a case of mindset and perspective, if you continuously believe that they're interesting and fun, you subconsciously begin to believe it to, idk, but I do know that if I find something interesting I'm much more likely to put hard work into it

[@crankygdd880]

Could you do a advice on Year 12?

[@NoumanSami]

I've done one already

[@Freesmoke7]

Did you do epq

[@NoumanSami]

I did a research project, not exactly EPQ but EP, it wasn't an official qualification but I mentioned it in my personal statement and talked about it in my interviews.

[@dillonjelly3634]

when do u start uni

[@NoumanSami]

23 sep

[@mynameis..551]

Hii , would you consider selling your flashcards ? ALSO GREAT VIDEO !!!

[@NoumanSami]

They’re in the desc in my shop

[@mohammedhamza5560]

Going into year 13 and im not looking forward to it.

[@NoumanSami]

It's quite the experience, lowkey at times you enjoy it

[@mohammedhamza5560]

@@NoumanSami hope so. inshallah

[@Burakozcivit-ld9se]

Hey bro I make thumbnail are you interested

[@mxslimxh]

helloo are you able to make a word document from this video like you did for the yr 12 one? its fine if you arent able to

[@NoumanSami]

Tbh I don't think I will, if you want you can skip ahead to specific times, I've made the chapters on the scroll bar to help with that.

[@Nice.day.y]

Hello

[@NoumanSami]

Hey

[@IlfordRules16]

When will we get the bath tub vlogs?

[@NoumanSami]

WTH

[@3X3-n3j]

Nouman have you let my bro out of the basement yet?

[@NoumanSami]

I haven't checked but by now he's probably passed out icl

[@3X3-n3j]

@@NoumanSami nice one. Make sure he never escapes.

[@bigphillip365]

@@NoumanSamilet me out ffs

[@WillpowerWarriors96]

Hey Nouman- Congrats on UCL:) Do u have a business email??

[@NoumanSami]

Thanks, and yes it’s at the bottom of my desc: [e-mail]

[@WillpowerWarriors96]

Hey Nouman- Congrats on UCL:) Do u have a business email??

[@NoumanSami]

@@WillpowerWarriors96 check desc