Summer revision advice

Heyy ! I do bio, chem, and psych a level. (year 12 AQA)

I didn't do as well as I would've hoped to do in my mocks for biology and chemistry so over the summer i want to revise for the resits in September. I don't have any clear concise notes on the two subjects and don't know whether its worth making them from scratch. I have the whole summer so I'm not too concerned about how long it would take, just whether it would be useful. I'm currently more drawn to the idea of just doing past papers and making flashcards on certain questions which i get wrong or repeats. Would just doing the past papers be enough? Or should i have some form of notes along side the questions. Another thought was, instead of making my own notes, i could use premade notes/ flashcards from Anki or quizlet to just save more time. Or i could use notes from online websites and annotate them- adding in extra details from my lessons? (Currently im planning to use Chemrevise for chemistry and save my exams notes for biology).

I'm not sure which of these would be most efficient and what other possible revision methods i could try out. Thank you for any advice !

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Anonymous #1

For your note situation, as an A-level student myself I know they take forever to make. So I think that for the topic that you find very difficult you should make notes on those just so you can refer back to them next year when mock’s come. Otherwise past papers are great for general revision :wink:

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I recommend flashcards for active recall so then you remember 12 content before going into year 13. I do bio and psych as well and flashcards are my main source of revision