AAAA at as level

Thank you for the advice! I'll message you if I need help when I'm further into the course Which other subjects did you do at AS?

lmao you tell yourself whatever it takes to get you to sleep.

Truth is I am a better candidate than you.

And my 14 a stars at GCSE embodies that.

You have a terrible work ethic.

So what my UMS is low, you'll still be rejected pre-interview

Lol and what subjects did you take - micky mouse essay subjects?

I wouldn't say your UMS is really the standard for Cambridge, I would advise you to apply to Oxford though if what you say is true about your GCSEs. For me I didn't even know that I wanted to go to University at the beginning of Y11 so took a while to turn around. Applying to Cambridge, LSE and UCL for Econ now tho, what you app for?

Hey, I'm doing my four AS in the same subjects you did, how did you revise? from the textbook? when did you start doing past papers and did you do all of them? is it a good idea to make notes or is it better to just use notes from class and the textbook? thanks

Definitely depends on the quality of your notes. Biology taught us to pad out the revision guide, Chemistry was workbooks, Maths was textbook and Physics was an awful set of notes the teachers gave us so I rewrote my own. Its more down to a personal preference, I like to summarize between my notes, the textbook, revision guide and the specification then I know I'm learning the right stuff. Be prepared to have a good few pages of stuff you will never be tested on if you revise your class notes. We were set past paper questions as homework at my place and then did past papers as class mocks. It was more of a matter of looking through my files about a month before the exam and doing papers that I'd not seen already. It's possible to do well, with a lot of hard work. Don't worry about revising yet, just make sure you learn and understand everything you've been taught now because it makes summer a lot less stressful. And good luck!

Yes, but do you actually know your topic material? There's a difference between recognising/reciting to knowing and explaining.

These 5-8 hour revision sessions are simply short term memory fillers. It is essentially cramming, which is just a recital action and doesn't mean you know your material.

You'd be a more efficient learner if you could study little and often to process new information and keep it in your long term memory (which stores a lot more information) so that come exam time you can access it without the stress. It also boosts your memory and is better for your brain than a huge cram session.

The little and often technique is how successful people learn languages, mechanical skills and mathematics through spaced repetition and reviewing sessions.

It's not my intention to be patronising but I do think people don't really know how to learn things, and this often leads to exam stress and pressure.

Just read through the pages in this thread since I last posted. It seems like on TSR if you don't get straight As people will take a dig at you. And then if you do get straight As they'll take a dig at you if you spent a long time studying.

You are probably right.

Unis I want to apply to: Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick, Kings.

Unis I will probably apply to: Replace Oxford with Cam.

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You are probably right.

Unis I want to apply to: Cambridge, LSE, UCL, Warwick, Kings.

Unis I will probably apply to: Replace Oxford with Cam.

Inbox?

What's common sense? I didn't advise it, I just said that's what I did (in reality it was less but even I know that's not a good thing to tell everyone)

A week is plenty. That's like one module a day to cover properly, and modules are tiny

I can't even revise without getting distracted . . . Ugh . . .

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Turn your phone off as well as your laptop and I am sure you would be less distracted

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I do. I just have extremely sensitive hearing and concentration problems . . . I can't focus for long periods and I do all essay subjects . . .

Try listening to classical music but it might become a distraction in itself

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I'm finding tracks of white noise to be quite helpful. Thanks, though.

I can't even revise without getting distracted . . . Ugh . . .

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