Wow, great tips.
I'm already aware of how to revise, the thing is I don't, and when I do, I revise really late.
One mistake of mine, was I made a pact to start revising for the Science Exams in April (From Easter Halfterm, two months before the exam). I did so, for a week, and I got bored, as it was so long, so I stopped. Then I had Science GCSE Mocks, three weeks before the real exam to get us into the "spirit" of the real thing. I revise three days before for these exams. Came out with two C's (Physics and Chemistry) and a D in Biology. Getting a C in Chemistry was more of an achievement, as I suck at it.
My second regret was not sticking to my revision time table, during the one week May Half term, I would of been able to revise a ton, in that ten days. However, in all fairness, my family members didn't help. I had to scream at them to keep quiet.
Overall, I started revising for the real Biology exam five days before, on the Sunday, I have a good memory, so I memorized the whole book, in four days. I came out of that Biology exam confident (not too cocky, I haven't gotten my results yet
).
Then the remaining weekend, I split my hours revising for both Chemistry and Physics. I revise hardest for Physics as I was more confident. Then to find out that was the hardest and worst Physics paper ever.
The topics were very unbalanced (no Big Bang, Red Shift, etc.) So I ended up probably failing.
As for Chemistry, I revised emulsifiers, Fractional Distillation and the Earth.
Emulsifiers didn't really bother making it into the exam, as did Fractional Distillation.
Overall, the paper was easier than Physics, and that's saying something. I think I got a very low C if I am lucky.
Sorry, for rambling on, telling you my life story.
Thanks for the revision tips. I've been inspired to make the days count, rather than count the days.
Well done on your results, btw.