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If you're having a hard time revising, think how bad your balls will be busted when you're sitting in your exam with your finger up ya **** because you can't answer any questions. It's not hard mate. Sit down, layout what you need to work on and concentrate :confused:
 
sniffy said:
If you're having a hard time revising, think how bad your balls will be busted when you're sitting in your exam with your finger up ya **** because you can't answer any questions. It's not hard mate. Sit down, layout what you need to work on and concentrate :confused:
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I'm in the same situation and this is the best peice of advise on this thread, thanks sniffy :D

I have my first exam in 2 days, I lack motivation to start at all and when I do start I do it wishing i wasn't which makes it not help what so ever.

I am very good at exams in general which I guess bails me out of so many things.
 
Jaffa_Cake said:
thanks sniffy :D
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Pleasure :) Good luck with your exams!

I think I need to lay off the revision for a day or two. I swear I woke up this morning running through different mathematical formulas in my head! :eek:

*backs away from his books*
 
i cant sit down a revise either, but i have done loads of past papers so im not completely in the **** :D

my first exam is french listening on wednesday, followed by RE on thursday

good luck to all of you doing GCSEs
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oh and if i fail im just gonna win the lottery, so ill split the money between whoever needs it :p
 
AcidHell2 said:
get your bedroom very organised and tidy.

Then lie on your bed with some music going, read the books and make notes on key points, do the questions. then ready your keypoint notes again and again. dont revise to long either 1-2hrs top then have at least 1 hr break before starting again.

That's how I always revise.
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IMHO that's awful advice...

revising with music playing and do it for 1-2 hours :o

your best off sitting in a room reading/making notes/answering questions for 30 mins having a 15 min/30min break with a drink maybe a snack then going at it again
 
For my year two law exams, I actually like to have my ipod in.


I generally head to the library, go to the quiet section, put some kind of instrumental post rock music or chilled ambiance on and just read, re-write and answer past papers.

I like to listen to music but it can't have lyrics in, I read somewhere that it does in fact help you revise, but surely that point is very subjective.

One problem I find when doing short bursts of revision is that I can never get settled enough after a break, so personally I usually do 2 hours of work then have a good 30mins-1hr break.
 
I'm taking my A2 exams (well one AS resit, pretty much balancing on the A grade boundary for physics at the moment) throughout June. Upto this point I've only really done proper revision in the days up to an exam - I guess a few days. I keep up with the work throughout the year and that seems enough. For those few days the fear of knowing my exam is very near gives me a huge amount of motivation. I tried to spend a day making notes on a module, then a day going through questions and lots of past papers.

It's worked very well up till now, but since I'm headed on a gap year, I don't want to have to come back and re-sit anything or lose my place at uni for 2008, I'm starting revision now.. just been going through some stuff.

I'll still do the hardcore revision the days before an exam, but the stakes are a fair bit higher with the synoptic modules, and it being hard to resit anything if necessary. I guess it wouldn't work for everyone, but I do a lot better under pressure.

edit: when I'm in hardcore revision mode I don't listen to any music and usually do it somewhere with no distractions, so away from computer. When it gets that far towards the exam date though, distractions are a lot easier to ignore. I listen to music pretty much all the time otherwise, so the occasional break from it probably does my ears well.
 
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whatever you do dont go into college thinking the alevels are gonna be the same kinda walkover

i did no revision at gcse got 7*'s then went to college, tried to do the same and failed

thats by no means saying that you shouldnt revise though, its a very important skill and it comes in handly later in life!

good luck :p
 
kemistry said:
thats by no means saying that you shouldnt revise though, its a very important skill and it comes in handly later in life!
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Great advice, learn how you study best now whilst it's not that important as speaking from experience as someone who breezed through GCSE/A-levels with no revision, university was a whole new ball game, and unfortunately I didn't have any study skills which caused me no end of problems.
 
bringerofdecay said:
so you arent intending to achieve any grades at higher education?
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No, I want to go to Cambridge.

They aren't going to accept me with the minimum 5 C Grades.

I would like to do as well as possible in all of the nationally recognised exams that I do, simply because it enables me to do other things, and makes me look better to other establishments. Although GCSEs may seem trivial when compared with A-Levels, they are still recognised, and are still worth something, even if it is simply to show that you have worked consistently well throuhout you time at school.

Angus Higgins
 
Ripper said:
This isn't me trying to act all cool, but I didn't revise for GCSE's. I was never one who could sit there and revise, things always distracted me. The only exam I revised for was Religious Studies, as I knew I'd sit there feeling like a **** if I didn't since I knew nothing at all about it.

Don't let it bother you, there not worth anything anyway, just make sure you get a C in maths english and science and you'll be fine.
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I was about to type that same message!
 
my first exam is on tuesday which is english literature then nothing till after half-term been revising all weekend and I hope the exam goes well.
 
we get given a text in the exam, I usually do the extract question becuase you dont have to look at the whole book, and I dont like the empathic response becuase I'm not a creative writer :( :p
 
collisster said:
we get given a text in the exam, I usually do the extract question becuase you dont have to look at the whole book, and I dont like the empathic response becuase I'm not a creative writer :( :p
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Yeah. I prefer the essay style questions, although once I had to do the empathetic question and I got an alright mark. I think I will just choose when I see them.

Having to learn quotes is annoying, I would like a copy of the text in the exam, even if it is just for reassurance.

Angus Higgins
 
yeh.. I'm going to newcastle library tommorrow to get some good revision/cramming in. I really want a friend to come with me but no one is available :(
 
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