I got all 9s in my GCSEs (w/ full marks on some papers!!) - ask me anything

How did you do so well in Science, English (both), maths and Computer Science? How did you get full marks in a language too? That's insane!! Sorry for the bombardment of questions

So for science I made notes following the mark scheme very closely throughout the whole year, every time we had an end of topic test. During study leave, I did all the past papers and did all the topic papers from PMT, editing my notes so that explanations would hit the mark scheme properly.
English language was lots and lots of practice questions too. I made sure my texts were annotated with stuff that's required in the mark scheme - for example, people always miss structure, so I added lots of stuff about structure (e.g. juxtaposition). I also went through all the mark schemes to find more annotations to add. The 2 days before my exam, I wrote an essay on almost every single text, and if I didn't, I planned an essay on it.
For English literature I would make mindmaps of quotes and what I could say about them for certain themes. Then I wrote a bunch of essays. I would recommend finding an examiner online to mark an essay (for both language and lit) to get a sense of where you're at and what needs to be improved. Yes you can ask teachers at school, but in my case, my English teacher was never bothered to give marks, and school English teachers have a reputation for inflating marks.
For maths, make sure you understand all the topics by going over notes or watching videos, then doing questions on them. Pixi maths aiming for 9 is a great booklet you can find online. Then the only way is to do all the past papers. There are plenty. Collect the questions you don't get correct, and redo them.
For computer science, I'm already okay with coding, so it was mostly me trying to memorise the content. I used the cgp revision guide (take it with a grain of salt though, always check the specification) and would do the end of topic questions to check if I've remembered. I also used their flash cards and made flash cards for myself. Did lots of mindmapping just going off of the specification, and would correct or add detail using notes from csnewbs or from class in a different colour pen.
For Spanish, the grammar comes pretty naturally to me, but I still made a sheet with all the grammar on it. I also made a sheet full of higher phrases which is most helpful for writing, but is also good for speaking. By higher phrases, I mean idioms for example, or complex structures. Obviously it's good to learn the grammar. And then I did all the past papers.
It's a little condensed cause I'm on the bus right now, but let me know if there's anything else you want to know

I aspire to be as smart as you 😭 - all 9s is crazy, especially in music. how did you revise efficiently for it, if I may ask?

Dude I wish I was smart 😭😭. Hard work can reach smart levels if you try hard enough. I was doing 8.30-11 hours of revision almost every day during study leave (esp. because I procrastinated revision until the final week of Easter)
For music, i'd been constantly listening to the set works so I could basically repeat the extracts in my head. I had annotations on my works, and I tried some past papers. I then made a list of all the words you can use to describe e.g. melody using the mark schemes, because they're picky about vocab. I then made mindmaps of each piece and the related words. I also made recordings of the pieces with me saying the annotations asking with it. For the 12 marker, I just either planned my answer or read the mark scheme because I ended up running out of time.

Dude I wish I was smart 😭😭. Hard work can reach smart levels if you try hard enough. I was doing 8.30-11 hours of revision almost every day during study leave (esp. because I procrastinated revision until the final week of Easter)
For music, i'd been constantly listening to the set works so I could basically repeat the extracts in my head. I had annotations on my works, and I tried some past papers. I then made a list of all the words you can use to describe e.g. melody using the mark schemes, because they're picky about vocab. I then made mindmaps of each piece and the related words. I also made recordings of the pieces with me saying the annotations asking with it. For the 12 marker, I just either planned my answer or read the mark scheme because I ended up running out of time.

Also, you must make sure you're getting close to 100% in course work otherwise it's practically impossible to get marks in the exam high enough for a 9

What texts did you do for english lit and how did you revise?

lmaoo I'm probably not even getting over 80% in coursework 😭 and, for music theory, i'm screwed lol

Ok I don't know how much music composition you've done but I would recommend you stay basic and compose like a piano piece maybe with one instrument you know well accompanying. Lots of people try to do some music tech and mix a song but it always sounds bad, is hard to show true musical understanding, and considering a good deal of the examiners are classically trained musicians, will not hold up well when marked. Do NOT compose a string quartet or something unless you're genuinely gifted at composing. There's always someone who aims to high and ends up with a really bad piece.

I did Macbeth, pride and prejudice, and an inspectors calls.
For all the texts, I went through them and created a list of any quotes moderately relevant to any theme. I labelled sections with the chapter or scene etc. I printed these out and then did really basic analysis of them. Honestly, analysis of words is really over-focussed on, like those videos on YouTube of "have these top 5 Macbeth quotes!" are kind of useless, because if you have all these quotes and understand the themes they are relevant to and you reference them naturally in your essay, it's clear you understand. Shakespeare is easiest to make up some analysis about - it's always rhythm or contrasts. An inspector calls you need to focus on stagecraft more, like stage directions and dramatic irony. Pride and prejudice you must talk about context. I went kind of deep about the context of women needing money and how it relates to pride and everything, but as long as you have something that's kind of unique, it works. I'd argue that nothing in English is wrong.
I brainstormed many many essays and wrote many many essays for different characters and themes. For a lot of them, you can easily convert one theme into another. E.g. an essay on pride can easily be transformed into an essay on just Mr Darcy.
Use buzz words and create cool sounding phrases. Like "Macbeth's ultimate enemy is his hamartia" or "Lady Macbeth is confined in a mental prison" because examiners will think you sound like you know what you're on about - I know this because I found examiners online and asked them to give me feedback on a few essays.
Make sure you understand the mark scheme well and that you don't do ANYTHING unnecessary because time is very precious in English.
For English lit poetry, I essentially made an essay plan for each poem. This meant 4 main points with respective quotes and themes I want to focus on, with analysis. Structure is really important because lots of people neglect this, and contrasts is your best friend. I made sure to memorise all these quotes. For the unseen poetry, just practice the past papers and read the mark schemes. If you can't find anything, there is definitely a contrast somewhere.

What are you taking for Alevels?

Thanks so much this is actually really helpful. I don't do any of the same texts as you though 😭.
Also, when you say 'structure' for poetry do you mean the structure of the poem or that you need to structure your response in a certain way? And what do you mean by contasts? Thanks again for the help btw

alright, thank you!

Maths edexcel (lost 2 marks)
English lit eduqas
English lang edexcel IGCSE
Triple science edexcel (lost 4 marks in chem)
Computer science OCR
Latin OCR
Spanish aqa (full marks)
Music edexcel

I saw on another post that you're only year 10 so don't stress about revising! Just make sure you pay attention in class and have notes because I 100% wish I didn't mess around in my classes in year 10 and kept my notes detailed and ordered