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[doinastudies]

Not-so-new studyblr, 

Hello! My name is Doina (like “toy” but with a “d”). Although I have this blog for two years now or something, I decided to make an intro post in order to meet new people in this community.

Brief info about me,

➞ I’m 22 years old. 

➞ I live in Bucharest, Romania

➞ I’m a Law School freshman 

➞ Romanian (native), English (fluent), Hungarian (beginner)

➞ Bibliophile (currently reading “Siddhartha”, Hermann Hesse)

➞ Quite religious (I’m Christian)

➞ Volunteer 

➞ Kpop (on&off actually in the past two years)

➞ Cat lover (grew up alongside my cat of 14 years) 

➞ Stationery addict

Blogs I appreciate, 

@dr-a-level, @emmastudies, @areistotle, @studyquill, @aresstudies, @stvdybuddies, @studylizziee, @deskdays, @athenastudying, @antropostudy, @girlwithastethoscope, @acaedmic and a couple more. 

[gloomstudy]

✨✨ hi! I love your blog - & your covers are gorgeous as well, I've just been listening to them! I'd love to hear you do 6/10 by dodie clark if that's alright :) xx

hello! thank you so much!! ahhh omg yes, i love 6/10. it’s such a nice song :’)

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[help-im-a-medstudent]

Hi! I was wondering if you have any top tips for someone who wants to apply to study medicine at uni? Especially the personal statement because I just don't know where to start... Thanks :)) xx

Hello! Tips for someone who wants to apply to study medicine is a big topic, and I could go on and on and on! 

As you are obviously going to be applying quite soon, I assume you’ve started/done work experience and volunteering, but i’d definitely say keep this up through A2 year, it’ll help you organise your time which is great for when you’re a student at uni and you have less structure to your days (even with medicine, it isn’t always 9-5 every day, especially at the start)

Even if you haven’t gone to an open day, take the opportunity at interviews to look round the university and ask questions (most universities will have current students there on interview days, and tours etc so it’s good to look at the campus and get an idea of whether you are suited to the course! Most students will be honest about the pros and cons of their university, they understand that not everyone learns in the same way and being happy with the course is so important when you’re going to be there for 5/6 years)

Focusing on the personal statement, I have written this post, I hope it helps! (Also, this was a great question because it meant I looked at my personal statement for the first time in over three years and I had a little chuckle at it!) 

If you’ve got any other questions about applications just send me an ask or message me directly and I’ll do my best to answer :) 

good luck with everything! 

[drawingcambridge]

Do you have any tips for a level bio/chem on AQA? You got such high grades and I aspire to achieve the same! X

yikes this is such an old question IM SORRY FOR TAKING SO LONG but here we go:

For a levels, I found the most important thing to be just doing past papers over and over until you get the right style + know what the examiners are looking for!

For bio, diagrams are a god send! Drawing out metabolic pathways always makes them stick in my mind better, then repeat and keep drawing them until you’ve got them nailed and can recite them from memory, then can quickly draw a sketch in the margin of the exam paper to help you know whats going on. 

Bio is all about memorising things, vocab, labelling parts of the cell and knowing what each bit does, pathways and processes, so I would make lots and lots of flashcards with the process on one side (eg Metaphase) then all the info on the back, then read the title and try to remember as many points as I can. If I could do all the points, put it in one pile, then all the ones I didnt know in another and keep going over them until you know it all (or as much as possible!)

Definitely don’t slack on the maths practice either, I remember we had some pretty tricky maths bits in our AQA paper. Practice reading off graphs, unit conversions, stuff like that.

Don’t be scared of the essays, they’re an ace way to show off all the knowledge. Don’t spend too much time worrying about which to pick, just go for the broadest topic and write your little heart out on as much as you know about it in as much detail as possible.

Chem, same again, write out each mechanism until you know it off the top of your head. Chem is also quite mathsy so make sure you nail the units and stuff, comes in really handy when it comes down to the MCQ as you want to be as precise and fast as possible as theres quite a few to do in a short space of time. I hated learning the practical bits (still do at uni LOL) but u just gotta learn em unfortunately. 

There you go, Callie’s Guide To A Levels, work hard, believe in yourself, you can do it! ✨

[help-im-a-medstudent]

🍁🏅 for the ask meme! X

Thank you for the ask :) (I have seen your other one, but I’m working today so it might be tomorrow when I answer!)

🍁 - what season is your favourite? When are you most productive? In theory summer is my favourite because I like it to be warm and sunny and all the flowers are out, however UK summers always turn into a disappointment :/ I’m not sure whether this means time of year or time of day for productivity, but it’s even all year round, but I’m definitely more productive in the evenings than mornings!

🏅 - how competitive are you?Very!! In everything from university to the little challenges we get at work to increase our sales to boardgames (Ive still not got over being beaten by an 8 year old at Scrabble when I was about 16, and I was genuinely trying to win!)

[penandanotebook]

Hi! I was wondering - how are you revising for Chemistry, as it's a new spec and there's no past papers? Are you doing papers from the previous spec? Thanks and good luck with everything xx

Hello! Yes, I am doing papers from the previous specification. It’s not perfect as they don’t have all the topics but they’re better than nothing. Closer to the exam, I’ll probably work through the specimen papers for the current spec but the specimen papers aren’t usually accurate on the difficulty.

I’m also planning on making flash cards to memorise the definitions and I’ll probably make some mind maps as I’m a fan of those. Good luck with your exams too! xx

[penandanotebook]

studylizziee reblogged your photo and added:

Aw don’t get down on yourself! Just take a break and chill out for a bit, or study a different subject. You can come back and tackle it later when you’re in the right frame of mind! Xx

Aww thank you <3 I feel a lot better now so I’ll probably have another go at those questions tonight. x

[penandanotebook]

studylizziee reblogged your post and added:

oooh I really love the idea of this series! It...

Thanks :) I thought that since it’s my half term I have more time to write advice posts so I should share some tips that I learnt over the past year. Any other students who have been through the process are welcome to send me tips to add in (I’ll credit you), or just comment on it after.