SmurkinGherkin
05.23.23 | Good luck lil buddy
For exams it's always past papers, past papers and more past papers. Review what you got and what you haven't and focus recapping those bits.
What subjects you doing? |
Pikazilla
05.23.23 | wtf you're british too
what subjects are you taking |
bighubbabuddha
05.23.23 | stay away from cannabis and alcohol |
zakalwe
05.23.23 | Piece of piss nowadays just turn up and you’ll get an A*
Good luck mate |
Pikazilla
05.23.23 | back in my day, A*s weren't a thing for A levels - only GCSEs |
Zac124
05.23.23 | Thanks for the advice SmurkinGherkin. I have done some of that but I definitely need to do A LOT more. I am doing Psychology, Philosophy and Criminology. |
SmurkinGherkin
05.23.23 | Thinking about this more (it's been a while since I've done exams) a method I landed on eventually was condensing
notes over time. I would take my lecture notes/textbook/slides on a topic and write a fairly long form set of revision notes. Underline, highlight, draw boxes, pictures, something visual to mark important details and link connected ideas together. Go away and do questions / another topic and then condense to 1 or 2 sides of A4, then cue cards once you've boiled it all down to the essentials. Then when you come to like the day before the exam hopefully these essentials will trigger the deeper well of memory you built up |
SmurkinGherkin
05.23.23 | And yeah always using past papers as a guide to what is essential.
This was for maths and physics at uni but I think it can be applied pretty generally. I remember a level philosophy essays being pretty formulaic stwp by step process similar to breaking down a physics problem.
If your teachers are running any revision classes on exam technique I'd advise going to them because that's half the battle really |
Zac124
05.23.23 | Thanks! I don't think I have heard of that technique before. |
SmurkinGherkin
05.23.23 | No worries man. Like I said that's the process I eventually figured out for me but everyone's brains and memories work differently. The important thing is to engage with the material and do something new with it. Don't just read / copy out word for word. With cue cards you can make little recall tests for yourself too.
Just taking a 5 or 10 minute walk helps too. No phone or music just focus on your breath and steps. Helps memory, resets you and sometimes things just click when you step away and turn your thinking brain off for a bit.
Good luck, a levels are stressful af dude but you got this
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Zac124
05.23.23 | Again, thanks for the advice. It is going to be very useful. I had my first exam last week and it went pretty well, I think, so the complete and utter dread for the exams has slightly decreased which is good. |
