GCSE's this year...

[georgiamay]

This year is my last year of (compulsory) school, which means that i have to do all of my final GCSE exams. I've done bits of them here and there, like i've already done 16% of all 3 sciences, and i've done 50% of my maths (but i'm planning on re sitting one of my maths when i get the results back if i get what i think i did), and first draft coursework for english and all 3 sciences.

I'm worried that I'm not going to do as well as I could, because every year i say to myself, "this year is going to be different, i'm going to try hard for the whole year" but it never sticks. Towards the end of the year when i have all my exams, i tend to get lazy and destracted easily in lessons.

I know that I could do well in these exams if I tried, because in the exams that have been in december (which isn't many) i've done really well, because i tried, and i revised a lot. The ones at the end of the school year are never as good. That's what i'm worried about though, this year is the most important year.

I've never had a particularly bad result in exams... in my mocks at the end of last year that i didn't revise for, I got 3 B's. 2 A*'s and the rest were A's, but my teachers weren't happy with the ones that were A's and B's, cause they think i should be getting A*'s.

So, i'm kind of panicking now. I want to study medicine at University, so i need good grades in every subject, and i need good science A level results, but what if this bad habit ruins that for me? I enjoy science, and i like revising, but, (being the geek i am) when i try and revise, and i come across something i don't know, i'll look it up on the internet, and then i'll get sidetracked by things about science that i really don't need to know.

Sorry, this is really long, but I need some advice, cause i need to do well, I know i can if i try, but i don't seem to be able to try.
Help?

[Triceratops]

There is absolutely no need to worry over GCSE's. I don't get why people become so worked up over them.

Mind you, I don't take school particularly seriously, which is probably a bad thing on my part, but whatever. Some teachers thought I could do better, some teachers thought I'd do a lot worse. I didn't give a flying fuck. Then again, I hate teachers anyways.

I was lazy, I got distracted by other people, and I barely revised - but I came out with 4 A's, 6 B's and 5 C's. I'm not gonna lie, I could of done so much better than that if I actually put my mind to it and pushed myself just slightly, but I honestly have WAY more important things to worry about in my life (a handful of people on VT are probably extremely aware of that, but that's not for here) than a few GCSE grades. A Levels are what you should be more focused on, lol.

Bottom line is, if you're naturally quite clever (like me - not trying to be big-headed here, but yeah) then you'll naturally do well. By the looks of it, you're willing to work and put the effort into your GCSE's so you'll be absolutely fine. Why do you care so much about what your teachers think? They aren't your friends, you don't socialize with them (no offense, but that's just plain weird if you do), or anything like that, so screw them. Just don't over-work yourself, that is the WORST thing, and you'll probably get yourself in such a panic and completely freak out, resulting in you not getting the grades you wanted in the first place. I've seen that happen too many times.

Eeesh that was long.