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what works best for me is just repeating everything. in my a&p class my professor would give us like 10 page study guides for the tests and I would rewrite the entire study guides until I would memorize them.
“teaching” other people would also help me better understand the material even if I didn’t know it well at the time
Spam Yearly past papers for o levels.
Dont stop solving. One year has 7 papers. So 3 years has 21. You can get away with not a lot of yearliea since olevels is easy, but id recommend aiming for A and A stars. Very very doable in the time you have left for a normal person, and a huge confidence boost. You can achieve it without having to no life it. After you finish each paper, only then check the mark scheme and iron out your mistakes. O levels is all about time management, topicals are not recommended since o levels is easy.
Spam Topicals when you get to A levels. Do not start with yearlies, your confidence will get wrecked. A levels is hard and is by design ruthless to you. The examiner is not lenient as before and is going to use every trick in the book to get you to lose marks. Like its actual mental warfare.
For maths solve them atleast 3 times over. 20 questions per day. 50-60 in last month. It is the hardest so it doesnt get worse than this. DO NOT TAKE MATHS IF YOUR NOT AIMING FOR A HIGH GRADE. ONLY A GOOD GRADE WILL OFFER YOU BENEFITS, A BAD ONE WILL BE DISADVANTAGEOUS. MATHS IS VERY HARD. CHOOSE WISELY. For sciences 15 per day. I dont have advice for other subjects though. Yearlies to my experience do not offer much value in A levels due to difficulty. Having a good grip is more important than time management.
Remember. Discipline is key, not motivation, fear of exams is enough to motivate anyone. Start slow and youll reach a level youll be proud of. Its not hard, only the first step is. Youll start to enjoy it. Trust me.
These grades are gonna get you into University. A good university absolutely carries your life. Way more than you think. Its not just the degree. Lock in.
ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. AN A LEVEL SUBJECT WORKLOAD IS MULTIPLE TIME THAN 1 O LEVEL SUBJECTS (LIKE 5 TO 6 TIMES). KEEP THAT IN MIND IF YOUR PLANNING TO TAKE 4 INSTEAD OF 2 OR 3.
Also my advice may or may not be relevant depending on exam boards, so this is the asterisk
I don't think you need to solve 50 years worth of past papers like some people would have you believe, most subjects you'd be good with solving all the variants from the past 4 years, or even less.
maybe solve more for math/physics if you find that you're struggling but if you're getting 85%+ in all the past papers you solve, there's no reason to keep solving more really.
what I did was keep the syllabus open along with whatever source material you're studying from and make sure you cover everything mentioned in the syllabus (highlight in the syllabus as you study)
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