Note down the best ways you revise! (Help each other out)

Hiya! I can see you're studying Chem, Bio and Maths at A level.

Personally when it came to school exams, I liked to make sure I fully understood the material first which I think is most important. Read the textbook and your notes (also if the textbook has practice questions, you can do some on topics you want to check you understand/remember) and use the internet if necessary to ensure you actually understand what's going on (you could also talk to friends and teachers to help explain things etc.). Then I spent a bit of time trying to memorize the most important facts (sometimes just look at it, look away, see if you can recall it; if not, repeat ); it's mundane but exams are often a memory game. Don't overdo this though, sometimes it's better to just go on to practice questions/past papers once you've got a good enough feel of the material (and you don't have to memorize/know every little thing lol, as long as you have a good general understanding of the topics and important facts).

The most useful way to focusedly study thereafter in my opinion is by practicing past papers; I know everyone says it lol but especially in school it really is the best way to practice for the actual exams (especially for maths A level, at least when I did it!). You don't have to do them all, but good to do a few papers at least leading up to the most recent one (so last year's), as the more recent exams will probably more accurately reflect what the actual exam will be like in terms of content and difficulty. When I did a paper, if there was a question I was stuck on I'd look at the relevant theory in the book again, then if I was still stuck I'd peek at the start of the mark scheme answer for a clue and continue. If you're really stuck just go onto the next question. Once you do the paper (also good to practice under a time limit, at least near the real exam) mark it and carefully look at the mark scheme; make sure you properly understand what you got wrong. Hopefully the more papers you do the easier it'll get!

Also Bella.tigerlily's advice of trying to explain it to someone else is really good; sounds crazy but sometimes I'd just talk to myself explaining a topic as if I was a teacher, you can talk to a teddy bear or something (you can do this in your head or speak aloud lol).

Onto your specific points, to save time, work smart! Prioritise what you need to study, it can be tempting to start with easy topics/stuff you already know (and if you need a bit of a confidence boost/kickstart, it's alright to do a few questions on something you're good with lol) but focus on your weaker areas. Spend just as much time as you need to get an understanding of the material before practicing questions, using past papers as a learning tool to see what you're still weak on/need to look at a bit further. Also goes without saying but try to study when you've had enough sleep, eaten well etc., and if you're flagging/losing focus, no point pushing through too much which is inefficient; take a break, get some fresh air, maybe chat to some people, have a cup of coffee, then return when you're feeling refreshed. If you're really tired, take a nap and have a snack. Also (unless you're cramming and have no choice lol, we've all been there), try to not do too much in a day and spread out your studying; you'll be more efficient and makes life easier.

Websites depend a lot on the subject (for example I remember using Antonine Education for A level physics at school at the recommendation of one of my teachers, near exams we'd sometimes go up to the computer labs to study and when we weren't dicking about I'd often read that site), but just Googling a topic and checking out a few links can help; find stuff that explains it in a way intuitive to you. Sorry if this is a bit generic, but yeah, being able to Google (or use a search engine of your choice ) is an invaluable skill!

In terms of organization, just try to revise ahead of time and have a rough schedule of what you're going to study when. Also, if you allot say an hour to study a subject, try not to procrastinate that hour away. I found it more useful to set myself an amount of work to do vs. time to work, then there's more motivation to do it as get the work done quicker = more free time (whereas you can procrastinate the alloted time away all too easily). You can sit down to study and say "I'm going to study topic x, y and z doing the textbook Qs, and these practice Qs on them", or "I'm doing to do past paper x, y and z" and try to get that done. Especially if you're a bit of a slacker (like me back in school ) try to set short term rewards which can motivate you to get some studying and work done, let yourself have fun afterwards! Also, if you find it helpful, you could schedule group study sessions with your friends where you could each create revision notes on different topics/teach each other/do past papers and go through the answers together/mark each other's lol; be creative and try spread the work out if you do this, try not to slack off too much I've always found independent study more useful and efficient and would rather socialise after.

Oh, and finally, go to class and do your homework; you might sometimes think "what's the point?" at the time but it'll genuinely mean you have less studying to do later on. Always nicer to revise, just refreshing your memory/getting in a bit more practice, than have to learn something for the first time right before the exam lol. Don't leave your revision last minute (which is what I'd usually end up doing lol) which is stressful, risky and you might not do as well as you could've (also the knowledge is less likely to stay in your long term memory, which might not matter but it could be useful down the line!).

Hopefully some of that's helpful, good luck!

You’re honestly amazing. You wrote so much!!! Thank you so much! <3 I’ll give a them a go I guess. I’m just stressing too much right now because its less than6 months until the exams eeeeee

You’re honestly amazing. You wrote so much!!! Thank you so much! <3 I’ll give a them a go I guess. I’m just stressing too much right now because its less than6 months until the exams eeeeee