I got my AS results a couple of days ago, and I was surprised to get 4As.
AS UMS AQA Psychology B - 100% OCR Biology - 96.7% OCR Physics A - 91% OCR Chemistry A - 86.3%
I'm dropping psychology, and continuing with A2 bio, chem and physics.
Anywayyy, the reason I'm writing a revision blog is to (hopefully) keep myself motivated throughout the year. Maybe it will help you too, or give you some ideas for your own revision.
Ew, I knew I should have cleaned my whiteboard until it was white... Nevertheless, I've got a way to keep track of everything now.
Last year, biology was a bit of a mess. The teaching was slow at the beginning of the year, and a huge rush at the end when they realised it was May and we still had >20% left to teach. Luckily, I am good at self-teaching!
I'm slightly obsessed with organising my work, but this usually diminishes by the middle of the academic year. Maybe year 13 will be the one exception to the rule.
Aside from the essentials, I've got 3 arch lever files (with dividers), 3 expanding files, exercise books, 1 large note pad, 3 smaller homework notebooks, thin A1 poster paper, lined flash cards, sticky notes, tabs, coloured ballpoint pens and highlighters.
For Notes
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For Revision
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And that's 1/3 of my bank balance, gone! 😉 Worth it.
We are on the same boat! I am doing A2 this year too. I love your organization skills. I am sort of doing similar stuffs. My routine is: Learn sth, make notes from textbook, make notecards, do textbook questions, copy notes from physics and maths tutor, do more questions ... etc. Also always trying to keep myself ahead and read the materials over and over again. I find using a whiteboard massively useful. I think it's nearly time for me to start preparing for coursework and interview now! Lets keep it up together!
I got my AS results a couple of days ago, and I was pleasantly surprised to get 4As.
AS UMS AQA Psychology B - 100% OCR Biology - 96.7% OCR Physics A - 91% OCR Chemistry A - 86.3%
I'm dropping psychology, and continuing with A2 bio, chem and physics.
Anyway, the reason I'm writing a revision blog is to (hopefully) keep myself motivated throughout the year. Maybe it will help you too, or give you some ideas for your own revision.
Good luck to all!
Very impressive results! Where are you applying for university (and what course)?
Very impressive results! Where are you applying for university (and what course)?
Thank you!
Here's the list so far: Neuroscience (MSci) Uni of Nottingham (MSc) UCL (BSc) Uni of Bristol Biomedical Science (Neuroscience) (BSc) Cardiff uni ? I haven't decided on a 5th choice yet, but I'm considering KCL.
Edit: UCL is my first choice, with KCL and Bristol following that.