Best 'Cramming' success story you know..

I heard about a girl in the year above who got an A* in Biology with five days revision.

Started properly revising the day before for AS level History and English Literature. Got As.

I did the same for Biology but got a B, so now I'm having to resit a unit

Not cramming quite as badly this year.

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What is the best result you've heard someone achieve in their A-Level results with a month or under revision.

Personally, mine is my brother. He started his Maths revision 16 days before the exam and got an A* in the A-Level.

once it was ten minutes before a GCSE exam so i picked up a maths book and quickly skimmed through it.
A*, near perfect score, missed out on a perfect score because i was late on revising. i still kick myself over that day

By revising, do you mean just going over what he has already studied and is comfortable with or actually learning from scratch?

You revised the day before for AS Biology and got a B?

I had a week to revise 8 big topics/political theories for my A-level politics exam. I left it late because I was also revising for my English Literature A-level and AS-level retake, so I was re-reading all the texts which was so time consuming! And I was so engrossed in Game of Thrones. I did not sleep more than 2 hours a day during that week, the night before the exam I did not sleep at all. The exam questions were like a gift from God, all the answers to the questions were fresh in my mind. I wrote down all my Mnemonics and flipped through my notes in my mind that I had memorised and supplemented my essays. Walked out with an A overall.

I would never, ever do it again though. I don't like cramming, I remember nothing afterwards. I never cram now at university.

EDIT: By revise I mean learn the content since I did not attend more than 4 lessons nearing the end of my A-levels.

Somehow, yes I seem to cope better under pressure, because when it gets to the day before, you know it's your last chance to revise

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You did all your revision the week before???

I gave up with literature AS and took a punt at chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby coming up. So I revised it the day before. And guess what!

You did well?

Yes, I had so many exams that had many topics that needed to be covered in detail. I neglected Politics, but I worked my arse off for that A within that week. Every revision technique you can imagine, I tried all lol.