Don't listen to what anyone says, do what you think you should doing. My predicted grades are A*A*A*A + A* EPQ even though I just moved to the UK before starting Year 12 so I still strugle with me English. E.g. people say take notes (I never have done)
Find out how you learn best in terms of understanding and retaining info; do lots of practice questions; always reflect on what you do; keep on coming back to things so you don't forget; don't procrastinate; don't halfheartedly do revision; stay organised; prepare properly for exams; know exactly what you need to know; don't overwork yourself; give yourself some time away from studying.....
loads more stuff, just think about it, make sure you're doing stuff for the right reasons.
My friends (the one's not from UK) and me believe that in the UK education (at least at this level) is about memory more than understanding. As I said I didn't speak english I just memorised the stuff and got A*. Every day I look what we did in the lesson and I practise answering questions, then every weekend I read through the stuff again(improve memory) and then each half term I go through all of the stuff of that term again (again for memory). making sure I knew all the key words, and know how to answer questions
Working smarter still requires the brain to use more energy to better understand concepts and hence,the brain needs to work harder.I see what you are talking about though.
It's simple, you need 3 virgin pigs to sacrifice to the God of A-levels. Turns out 2 of my pigs were shagging so I only got 3 A*s, people tried to tell me it's because I only did 3 subjects but obviously It was the God of A-levels punishing me for not keeping an eye on my naughty pigs. Don't make the same mistake I did, keep your pigs separated before the sacrifice and you'll be fine.
so maths is more or less understanding and getting used to the style of questions. if u do lots of pastpapers and revise on your mistakes in pastpapers, u will be able to get A*.
Econ is about some memory and understanding as a whole. you need hard revjsion and learn adv and disad for this and that. after that you have to practice your essay writing skills for econ and improve your time management skills.just write a 10 mark or 20 mark essay on each topic. sorry i dunno about biology/geography hope this helps