y12 advice

To those who got A-star, A-star, A-star. What would you recommend to me, someone who is aspiring to get those grades. I study maths, computer science and business studies and I want to have some sort of road-map to follow in-order to achieve those grades.

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hazza939

Original post by Quavee

i did law english language and criminology so i cant really give any subject specific advice but bc no one else answered ill try and be somewhat helpful haha. id say definitely start your revision early and just chip away at it, i just did the occasional past paper for english in first year and the start of second year and i ended up not even needing to cram anything last minute so i coupd focus on my other subjects and sort of just taking care of myself in general. when you start super early you end up not really registering it as revision it just sort of feels like extra homework youve decided to set yourself (not in a boring way tho for me at least bc i LOVED my subjects). i got to like rhe week before the exam and was like ok lets start getting serious but genuinely couldnt think of anything i needed to revise really heavily so i just sort of didnt and bc i did all that revision beforehand without even realising it was revision. past papers were a huge thing for me, they get you so comfortable with the exam timings and the sorts of questions they do and it takes out so much of the stress when the exams do come around so thats an added bonus. if you revise really hard for mocks and really really take in the feedback and then do a past paper with all that feedback in mind i promise you it genuinely shaves off entire chunks of stuff youd be revising last minute otherwise. the more actively and consistently you engage with the content without it being “cram” sort of revision, the more effortlessly it sticks in your noggin when the real exams roll around. if there is anything that worries you at that time you can focus all your energy on those and it just takes such a weight off your shoulders. as for specific revision techniques for more stem-aligned subjects id recommend looking for similar threads people have posted on here, there might be some responses that will really help you.