I got exam results back for the January exam season... above 80% in every module, with an average of 85%! Though I’m not so pleased with my performance on some individual questions, I am trying to be kind to myself. I thought I’d completely flunked all of my exams because I was in an unideal environment and so anxious about them, so to get a solid first class mark on every single one was such a surprise!
I’m well on my way to achieving my goal of a first in every module - let’s hope the summer exams go well!
I’m so so happy I’ve finished this topic because a lot of it is just common sense. However, lessons are a laugh, as always :)
Analysing Der Vorleser in German is really amazing and I have my first essay to write on it this week! I really want to smash it out the park.
Maths is going well - I’ve used all this time I have to take it a bit easy these past two days because I felt like I was neglecting French.
Chemistry work is all done! AND I was in bed for 9:45pm, too :)
Plus - there’s supposed to be a biology test next week and I’m going to miss it for a visit day to Birmingham, which might just mess my schedule up but I’m excited for the visit nonetheless.
Have a great rest-of-week guys!
Story time! I noticed that the really pretty enamel pins you can get are REALLY expensive so I decided to buy some shrinking plastic and make my own! These are my latest designs, and they’re my most ambitious ones yet. I hope I can pull them off!
I love bees!
save the bees🐝
27/08/18 My wonderful French teachers always lend me books - this one is Simone de Beauvoir’s “L’invitée”. It doesn’t feel like studying when you’re totally chilled out 😊
Reading is so important and something I think we should all make time for. It’s a shame our high-powered lives don’t allow us much time for this :(
back at it again with the chem
Long time no see, guys! Now the academic year has properly started for me, I’m getting into the swing of making summaries comprising lecture notes and information from textbooks and further reading. It’s my day off from any lectures, workshops, tutorials or labs so I’m just reading and keeping it low key
Hi all! So middle insomnia kicked in again and I woke up very promptly at 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep :(
As such it was very difficult to concentrate BUT my newest book (Frauen in der DDR - Anna Kaminsky) is very interesting and I’ve arranged to visit the library with @natrevisin next Saturday to crack on with my IRP.
I introduced a friend to Duolingo and she was so happy she could start learning German again! My XP then went from 5000 to 13,220, so that should tell you what I’ve been up to all day haha
Anyway, pictured above are my chemistry notes for the topic we have got round to studying. I actually made these months ago, but they are relevant right now.
Happy weekend!
I would like to get above 70% in all my modules this year! (That’s a first class mark here in the UK.)
What is something you wanna achieve in 2021?
I got an A* in French and an A in everything else... 4 marks off in German and I am beyond annoyed but I am so happy with my results, even though they weren’t the 5A*s I was predicted. Nobody in my year group at school got more than 1 A* so it was tough
Congratulations to all 2019 candidates - we did it!
This is why I love chemistry. It’s messy yet highly predictable, and all molecules are intrinsically related to one another - even if it’s hard to get from one to the other in a single step.
I mentioned nucleophilic acyl substitution on my personal statement, and I’m just reminding myself of it - just in case Cambridge decide to grill me on it. In fact, as much as I HATE my personal statement, I’m going through it all. But my grey mildliner is healing my heart :)
Lauren, 22 - England - chemistry PhD student - studyblr - English, French (fluent), German (B2) - original and reblogged content - nice to meet you!
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