Question About GCSEs

Is it just me or is retaining information about a subject the night before actually helps me initially get me a better grade than learning about it through a handful of lessons?

I've found panicking and revising before the exam the night before to be so much helpful, i havent even stressed about my exams what so ever. Yeah for the first biology and buisness exam I was a bit timid but for the rest such as english and maths and so forth i am not that bothered and panicked as I was for the mocks in year 10.

My year 11 prediction from christmas-

english lit- 8
english lang- 7
maths-3 (came from a U from year 10 mocks)
history- 6
buisness- pass (high pass but idk what its called)
science combined- 3-4
art- 8/9

Reply 1

sandyjones

yeah i feel like studying the day before the exam only works if u acc understand the subject and have no problems w it. for me, i studied maths the day before and pretty sure i got everything correct, but for eng lit.... nah i have to study for it like a week max.

Reply 2

Super Sprinkles

I feel like it can work sometimes if you've just got maybe one topic you're unsure about, but if you had done almost zero revision in the previous month, then there's no way you're going to be able to make sure you know and can apply all the knowledge you need (for example I do biology triple science, there's just too much information for last minute cramming).

Reply 3

agent_duck343

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Original post by lololopoooloo123

Is it just me or is retaining information about a subject the night before actually helps me initially get me a better grade than learning about it through a handful of lessons?
I've found panicking and revising before the exam the night before to be so much helpful, i havent even stressed about my exams what so ever. Yeah for the first biology and buisness exam I was a bit timid but for the rest such as english and maths and so forth i am not that bothered and panicked as I was for the mocks in year 10.
My year 11 prediction from christmas-
english lit- 8
english lang- 7
maths-3 (came from a U from year 10 mocks)
history- 6
buisness- pass (high pass but idk what its called)
science combined- 3-4
art- 8/9

Omg I found the exact same thing has been happening to me. I literally didn't do any revision before (only some in lessons before study leave but even then I was not doing much all lesson) but just the day before and then on the bus in the morning and I have not been stresses for any of my exams so far. Ik people say cramming isn't effective but tbh it seems like the best way for me rn and it's working so oh well

Reply 4

itsadara

Original post by lololopoooloo123

Is it just me or is retaining information about a subject the night before actually helps me initially get me a better grade than learning about it through a handful of lessons?
I've found panicking and revising before the exam the night before to be so much helpful, i havent even stressed about my exams what so ever. Yeah for the first biology and buisness exam I was a bit timid but for the rest such as english and maths and so forth i am not that bothered and panicked as I was for the mocks in year 10.
My year 11 prediction from christmas-
english lit- 8
english lang- 7
maths-3 (came from a U from year 10 mocks)
history- 6
buisness- pass (high pass but idk what its called)
science combined- 3-4
art- 8/9

oh my days this has been me, except i did so badly in classroom lessons. like, i couldn't seem to understand anything at all- and i was so afraid that i would do badly in my gcses (because i go to a grammar school so like 5/6/7s are like devil numbers to everyone) but when gcses started i kid you not i have revised for every single subject the night before and it has been bliss. the only ones i didn't revise the day before for were maths and economics because those subjects are not my friends. neither was chem or physics, or history (or time management for english)- yet ive been able to do so well and i actually know all the stuff going into the exam?? idk whether it's a miracle or something, because i was struggling with school and it was so embarrassing and demotivating yet now i actually think i can get 9s and 8s in most of my subjects. i didnt start revising for the biology or sociology exam on the first friday of gcses until the literal day before and i have no clue why?? i just didn't 💀. i find that revising months before really is useless for me because i cant follow revision schedules well (or any sort of schedule tbh) so when i couldnt finish something it would throw me off and affect my grind because unfinished = failed in my mind (i have adhd as well so it just isn't a good mix at all). so revising the day before actually makes sure that all the stuff stays in my memory short term and i can actually remember it the next day. plus, reciting all my information + explaining it to my teddies works wonders tbh.

i havent been stressed at ALL. and, i was panicking way more about mocks than i am about gcses. like, when i tell you- panic attacks all the time, i was sleeping like 2 hours a day, not eating, because i was so stressed that i would do bad in mocks and lower my grades (i did actually end up doing pretty bad and my grades did go down) but for some reason i just dont feel any stress for these actual gcses. idk why, and it's really strange, but i totally get your point 😭😭