Easter is coming up and with it that make or break A Level revision period. The hours you put in now will make the difference between scraping an E and hitting B or above. So be radical: - Learn to cope with poverty as you ditch the Saturday job or at least cut your hours (going without for a few weeks now should mean better grades and therefore a better job / wage long term)
- Make an easy onscreen revision table that you can modify when you don’t meet every target (because, believe me, you will slip up) - but don’t spend ages making it pretty…
- Aim to do an hour’s revision each school/college day – yes, on top of the usual H/W
- On non-school days, divide the time into morning / afternoon / evening sessions and aim to allocate two out of three to revising
- If you have got gaps in your class notes, ask a friend or your teacher for backup info before the Easter break
- Vary the styles in which you learn: writing notes, creating mind maps, testing yourself or using on-line revision helps like Crossref-it.info are all useful ways of embedding vital information into your memory
- Pace yourself – make your breaks from work enjoyable so that your mind doesn’t get dulled
- Sort out your diet now – regular intake of Omega 3 fatty acids found in oily fish will improve your memory (whereas just eating fish fingers on exam day will have a limited effect…)
- Keep in mind why you chose your subjects in the first place - as a balance to what lies ahead, focus on how much progress you have already made since you started
- Believe you can climb the mountain of revision – as entrepreneur Henry Ford put it:
‘Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re probably right.’
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