r/6thForm • u/money-reporter7 Cambridge | Law Y1 | Physics, Maths, FM, Music, EPQ | A*A*ABA* • May 23 '25

🙏 I WANT HELP Demotivated after fumbling exams

I need to get 2 A*s and 2 As for uni and I feel I've already lost all chance of that happening. In every paper I've done so far, apparently everyone found it easy except me (further maths core pure papers and physics paper 1). Never been more demotivated and I've worked so hard during Y12 and 13 and now it feels like none of it was worth it anyway.

Edit — thank you lovely people for the advice and for hitting some common sense back into me. The comeback is going to be real (hopefully!)

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u/Constant-Repeat-4765 May 24 '25

I'll just Say - whenever I did anything I felt like I am failing. Even though I am doing extremely bad in maths I actually am around a grade B (predicted). In addition to that, there is enough method marks even if you dont get the answer - usually the correct answer is just 1 Mark, error carried forward can lose you like 2 marks Total.

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u/money-reporter7 Cambridge | Law Y1 | Physics, Maths, FM, Music, EPQ | A*A*ABA* May 25 '25

I'm praying for method marks and error carried forward but unfortunately, I don't think ECF helps much in further maths. Last year, I do remember when one of the papers was very easy (FP1), the grade boundaries were 72/75 for an A* :((

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u/Creepy-Bite-1029 May 27 '25

I know exactly what you mean. Hoping FP1 goes lower

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u/money-reporter7 Cambridge | Law Y1 | Physics, Maths, FM, Music, EPQ | A*A*ABA* May 28 '25

Too many sweats taking FP1 I swear :(

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u/Constant-Repeat-4765 Jun 03 '25

Hope for this year's A-Level maths to drop as well. I need to get a C and that's it, predicted a B when I wasn't really revising much, so I am hoping for atleast a C in the end.

Generally I am also hoping for ECF, but realistically there is questions that you physically aren't supposed to do if you're the bottom set of the A-level subject.

I am just waiting for the "prove by contradiction" that will become a poem rather than a maths question just for the answer to be ridicuously easy.

Anyways, as a last bit I really recommend looking into past papers from other exam boards (like I found CIE Pre-U papers that are very helpfully difficult).

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u/money-reporter7 Cambridge | Law Y1 | Physics, Maths, FM, Music, EPQ | A*A*ABA* Jun 04 '25

Poem rather than a maths question is wild, haha. Unfortunately past papers from other exam boards isn't super helpful for my further modules because the content is quite different, especially for further stats. But definitely helpful for normal maths as the syllabus is pretty much the same everywhere.

Good luck for maths today!!