30th Mar: Do you leave revision to the last minute?

I've been revising since September, like been doing notes everyday and going over them. I'm predicted 3 A*s you?

Always intend to revise, I've learnt to make revision fun. However other life stressors seem to get in my way, (family emergencies/ dramas at home). Hopefully it will sort

Predicted 4 A s, what subjects do you do then

History, law, politics you?

Hey, I was just reading through some of the replies here. I'm curious to see how you've managed to make revision feel a little more fun as I'm really starting to get tired of it. My techniques seem to be anything but fun so I'm looking for a different spin to keep on powering through.

Hope you don't mind me asking

Ahh no problem! It's all individual in terms of making revision as fun as you can. The fact you want to try new things is awesome, and to me I think once one technique gets stale its best to try new things. Some may work better than others but being adventurous and experimentation is key and you may find something awesome to keep you interested in the long run. Here's some suggestions:

If sitting there for hours at a time is boring to you (is for me), The Pomodoro technique which is 25 minute bursts with breaks in between is awesome. The productivity also increases using this. This can make use of any spare time you're willing to give and it will shock you how much you have done in 25 minutes as opposed to hours of being bored.
Also, as childish as it seems, make everything colourful! at the start of every term I get a pack of coloured pens, its really useful and can be fun if you make huge mind maps or funky flash cards.
Make sure you have snacks around, sometimes this is a good trick to increase 'enjoyment' level whilst working and are in 'your space' comfy.
Good luck!

If I get stuck I stop revision and end up procrastinating for the rest of the day.

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I wouldn't say the last minute. But honestly it's much better for me, I find, to do the heavy revision during the last few weeks, or else I just forget stuff. Most of my exams are in June now, and what's the point of trying to drill things into my head in heavy duty fashion now when I know they won't stay there for two months? So I'm just going over things less deeply and trying to keep a vague idea of everything, rather than full-on studying. At GCSE I left revision for a couple of exams to the last few days, at A Level a couple I revised <2 weeks for, but I've never revised for a proper exam just the night before or anything (except Welsh I guess, which was just looking over the book once lol).

when did u srsly prep for STEP ?