• Question: How did you survive doing 17 GCSEs?! Did you have enough time?

    Asked by jessica200500 to Alex, Marcus on 16 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by ddimitrov03, jchau03, nhshynes1, amythomthom.
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      Alex Lyness answered on 16 Jun 2014:

      Hey jessica200500,

      Yep 17 GCSEs was pretty tough, they were split over two years so I took some a year early. I did the double and the triple science awards back to back. So I could reapply what I had already learnt.

      Time management was/is key and making sure you keep on top of homework/coursework each night. There are no short cuts I’m afraid! 12 years ago I also didn’t have a touch screen phone or wifi to distract me in the evenings, which must make me sound really old!

      P.S. I’ll tell you a secret… I did actually do 18 GCSES. 17 were B and above but I dropped the ball in French and only got a D. Languages just weren’t for me!

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