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What AS levels are you studying?

For AS, I'd do about 1-1 and a half hours a night.
For A2, it's 1-2 hours a night.
Reply 2
Completely depends on how you work. Some people prefer to start right at the beginning of the course and do a bit each night; others can work under time pressure and work a couple of hours each day in the run up to exams. I did 4 AS Levels (excluding Critical Thinking/General Studies), and it wasn't too bad. I found Chemistry the hardest (which I dropped), but I think if I had just bothered to sit down and learn some stuff, I might have done OK in it.

I would advise you to go over things you don't understand early on, to make sure that you do understand it when you actually come to revising.
Reply 3
Our teachers say for A2 we should be doing the same amount of time at home as we have lesson wise at school, so 6 periods of 50 mins a week for each of the 3 subjects. Depends whether you prefer your weekends free or not...
Tbh if you want to do well at AS you need to study at least 23 hours a day. The other hour for eating, washing. Sleep in an unaffordable luxury.
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I do 5 AS Levels and I usually find myself studying 3-4 hours a night *cries*
Then again, I waste a LOT of time too, and I find my subjects pretty hard....
Reply 7
redballoons
I do 5 AS Levels and I usually find myself studying 3-4 hours a night *cries*
Then again, I waste a LOT of time too, and I find my subjects pretty hard....


Yeh i was like that last year too. A lot of it was spent staring into space/making pointless notes etc that didnt get me very far!
Reply 8
None, just pay attention in class so that you learn it first time round.If needed skim over notes, then just revise a few weeks before the exams. At least thats what I found doing 5 AS/4 A2s. Do any work you're set but anything above that seems pointless to me, even then a lot of set work is a waste of time. I mean we were set making notes from the text book as homework for economics. Utterly pointless when that's not how I learn.
Reply 9
none - you get enough time in college even if you spend most free periods doing sport or something (all you need to do i start revising a month before the exam- very lightly and then 2 weeks before do like an 1 1/2 hour a day per exam).
The Solitary Reaper
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Correct answer.
I use my friends timetable, although she does take 5 subjects:

Revise from 6 till 8 in the evening, meaning you can relax when you get home, and after you've done your bit

Then, 5 till 6/7 in the morning

4 hours a day. Tbh though, I usually just do 2 and put in an hour at school, making 3 a day (I only take 4 subjects)

But, be flexible, if you need more time, do it, if you need less on a certain topic, do less.
Reply 12
you do history and that requires alot of revision. i think you should revise about an hour a day, spending 20 minutes on what you went through in class for each subject. if you need to do anything additional then thats up to you, but dont tire yourself....Xx
allieRAWR!
Then, 5 till 6/7 in the morning.


Not sure that is a good idea... :s-smilie:
Reply 14
I got told by all my AS Level teachers to do 1 hour per subject. However, we only had 4 hours of maths per week and had to do 6 hours. (we were meant to have 5 hours of class time, but couldn't)
Reply 15
I spend like 10-20mins a day on average (unevenly distributed - an hour when I get some homework then nothing else for the week) a day. Then before the exams it may go up to a few hours a day. Really depends how easy you find your subjects and what grades you want to achieve etc.
jess_17_07
Not sure that is a good idea... :s-smilie:


Personally, it suits me, and I am aiming for not just high grades, but high UMS points. But I can undertstand how other people may not suit this.

The hours you put it should reflect your aims, when you do them is irrelevant.
I suppose, but it's been proved that night studying is not as effective as day studying.

However, if i works for you then that's fine, and good luck with any exams in the near future :smile: - I could never do it!
Reply 18
i do advanced highers but i dont really do any revision just homework until a month or so before exams then i work like crazy!this probarly isnt the best thing to do though is you get stressed easy
Well a good idea is every weekend just for an hour go over all the work you have done in the past week :smile: and then when your coming up to the exams i would say about 5 hours of revision should be done for each subject..exam question practice and all that sort of thing if you think you've finished revising