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how to go from a D to an A - Chemistry

Im year 13, i have around 3 months to the exams what can i do to boost my grade as much as possible, how many hours a day of study would be sensible. i use chemrevise and allery chemistry for revision but the content wont stick (especially organic) idk what to do any advice is appreciated

Reply 1

Where do you think you are losing the marks?
Lack of knowledge?
Maths?
Exam technique?

Reply 2

Original post by Rose_Blyton
Where do you think you are losing the marks?
Lack of knowledge?
Maths?
Exam technique?

i think it’s a mix of exam techniques and lack of knowledge i’ve been doing a lot of past paper questions but when i sat my mock today even the questions i knew how to do i struggled on

Reply 3

I completely get that! Here's what I am currently doning:

Buy premade anki flashcards(I bought stemup) and pick one topic at a time and watch yt on it, then learn the flashcards on that topic - make sure to keep up to date with your anki reviews daily!

Once it's been a couple days, spam ppqs - all the ones you can find

Mark and note down what you got wrong

Turn your wrong questions and exam tips and techniques that you learnt from that question into more ankis and review them also

Let me know if you have any questions!!!!

Reply 4

Original post by Rose_Blyton
I completely get that! Here's what I am currently doning:

Buy premade anki flashcards(I bought stemup) and pick one topic at a time and watch yt on it, then learn the flashcards on that topic - make sure to keep up to date with your anki reviews daily!

Once it's been a couple days, spam ppqs - all the ones you can find

Mark and note down what you got wrong

Turn your wrong questions and exam tips and techniques that you learnt from that question into more ankis and review them also

Let me know if you have any questions!!!!


ok thank you so much im going to try this method and ill let you know how i do! would this way of revising also apply to biology? im doing better in bio than in chem but the exam qs are what throw me off a bit

Reply 5

Yes this applies to both subjects, just make sure for Bio you practice the diff question types also.

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