[ERA III] a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old student

Save your energy and don't start revising until April. I got all 9s and 8s and I can guarantee you that short-term memory is the most important and after your GCSEs you will regret spending so much time revising on them and thinking about them. I only did night before revision and remembered more. Dont burn yourself out

Fri 12/01/24:
I've been putting off revision ever since it dawned upon me that now was the real time to do so. Since the beginning of year 11 I've been doing it bit by bit, but not in the way most people think when the phrase "bit by bit" is usually heard. When I say bit by bit, I mean like 2 minutes of freesciencelessons and then straight to YouTube for a couple of hours, and every year I say: "No! This will be a new year!! I will revise properly this time!". Yet every year I end up disappointing myself.

Well. Perhaps you wanted to hear something a bit more uplifting, something a bit less predictable and something a bit more profound. Maybe I finally found the cure to procrastination, maybe I've finally found the ability to unlock 100000% of my brain power as the myth goes. Unfortunately, this is not the case. I have simply come here to let myself and anybody else reading that this is the year 2024, meaning: a new year. (Yes, here we go again). And this is the year where I will tell myself that "I will revise properly this time!". As I do every year. So I guess we'll only have wait and see. Maybe this time things may be different. Maybe not.

- theuttersasquatch

You are actually going around the site giving the worst advice.Please stop.

I literally said for them to revise from Easter onwards and you said the same thing?? I'm sharing my own RECENT experience as I didn't pass my exams 10 years ago like you probably did..

It was the I only did night before revision and got 8's and 9's bit that I objected to.

Save your energy and don't start revising until April. I got all 9s and 8s and I can guarantee you that short-term memory is the most important and after your GCSEs you will regret spending so much time revising on them and thinking about them. I only did night before revision and remembered more. Dont burn yourself out

I think the key to this is short term pain long term gain.If you want to do the A levels you want rather than the left over subjects you don't then I suggest you start getting serious about school work.I would suggest you start revising at Feb half term and from Easter onwards just keep at it.Work out what works best for you,note making,flash cards or past papers and just think come the end of June I will be finished and those results will be there forever.

dont worry guys just read the textbooks and you should be able tpo get all 8s and 9s like me and i also got 2 A*s at a level and got into ucl. happy revision!

lol there is no way people are giving such bad advice on this thread

hihi!! i'm in the exact same situation, but here are my two cents, if you're willing to hear some advice! i get that studying is honestly the worst thing ever, and with mocks and past papers, the pressure gets waaay too intense. i know my points are gonna def sound cliche too, but having a plan is the biggest step besides actually getting into studying lolol. personally, i don't have an hourly schedule in my head because it feels too restrictive, but something general like "three to four topics of maths + one science section + a topic of any option subject of your choosing" [based on my own weaknesses] has been helping me out loads! it's the freedom of choosing a topic but still getting it done that helps. be sure to refer to the specs from your exam board too, not just for the sake of making sure you don't miss anything, but the satisfaction of crossing it out aswell. sometimes, the videogame approach of 'complete every side quest' is actually pretty fulfilling, even if it's a bit silly. as someone who wants to get from 6's to 8's, it's a pretty big leap! buuuut, besides all that serious stuff, breaks and the occasional hour or two of enjoyment is also fulfilling. take regular pauses, listen to a song, make a food you like!! it's stressful for everyone, us as no exception, but we got this!!! just 4-5 months and we'll be fully free. it's not a lot of time, but hopefully some positive thinking regarding it will help out here ^w^