Urgent A Level help needed!!! A* students

Past papers!!!!!!! I don't do chem but I do bio and maths, and past papers are your best friend. I don't just mean doing them though, here's how to use them for each subject:

Biology:
Look through all of the mark schemes and pick out patterns between similar questions. For example, there's a very high chance you'll get a question on some aspect of protein synthesis, but in different contexts. There might be a question asking about how a faulty enzyme is made, a question on how mutations lead to different protein structures, or even just "describe protein synthesis", and the chances are that the mark scheme for these three questions wants you to write very similar points. Make a note of these key points, memorise them, and apply them to the context of any question that requires it. That way, without memorising much, you'll be able to get top marks on a range of questions. Generally your teacher should give you these key points, but make sure what your teacher teaches you aligns with the mark scheme for your exam board. My memorisation is generally pretty good so I don't need to spend ages revising, however, if you struggle with memorising the key processes then I suggest you make flashcards and review them often. Again, make these flashcards on common themes that come up in exam questions, and use the mark scheme's points for the answers.

Maths:
I highly recommend you do as much past paper practice as you can, so that you can find the areas where you're most likely to go wrong, so you can solidify those topics through targeted revision. Honestly I find that once you fully understand the topics, maths really isn't too difficult - after every lesson, just make sure you FULLY understand what's been taught, and revise it until you get it. With the more difficult questions, try and decipher what the question is asking of you before you answer it. For example, if you get a geometry question that looks really tricky, try and find sections where you can find the area (this tends to be triangles, circles, etc.) and go from there. Always try something, a lot of the method marks are fairly easy to get even if you don't get an answer.

For biology, diagrams REALLY help when note taking, and in maths, diagrams help when you're given a mechanics/geometry/coordinates question and you're stuck. Diagrams are generally very useful.

Any more questions lmk 🙂