Please help

Are you in year 12 or year 13?

I'm in year 12

Hi, I'm an A-level student. I started late and all my work has just been piling up. I'm severely behind and I still don't understand some of the topics. I already failed the first semester, I can't fail another one.
If any of you have any study tips I would really appreciate it.
My subjects are, Pure Math, Math and Statistics, Biology, Chemistry and English Language

Unless you’re sitting AS Levels you still have lots of time to catch up (e.g. the summer holidays). Take a look at the specification for all of your subjects and colour code them, such as green for something you know very well and then red for something you don’t understand at all. Then work on the red highlighted things first, you can read notes, do practice questions, watch videos and then blurt what you just did and see what you can remember & don’t remember. I recommend blurting because it’s the best form of active recall and although it’s harder in the long term it takes less time than just rewriting notes. Blocking out times for relaxation and times for doing your subjects is also helpful so you have a visual indication of what to do and when. If you truly don’t understand something you can ask online, friends or teachers and see if that is helpful. Also- why are you sitting so many subjects? I don’t blame you for feeling overwhelmed- the norm is typically three. You got this!

Hi @HOPEKOTZE ,
I have some tips that might help you for biology that worked for me:
With the help of the spec points I found it really helpful to go through each chapter and make a summary for each topic. I used the Cornell note method to summarise each chapter. In the summaries I also tried to encapsulate what the examiners will want to see from our answers. I identified this by reading through examiners reports. By the time it was my final exams in A2 it was so helpful to have these summary sheets for me to look back at when I needed a refresh. I would also practice "essay-style" answers: in previous past papers you may find big mark questions where you're required to write detailed paragraphs to gain all those marks. These questions often ask a particular process or mechanism. By jotting down specific keywords you can easily get the marks you need. Important definitions are always noted in the spec points. I would write down all the processes and mechanisms I needed to memorise on a flashcard and memorise it that way.
Hope this helps,
Danish
BCU Student Rep