You may only need to take three A level subjects, but they certainly aren’t easy. You need to spend
twenty-four hours a week studying after school, and procrastinating while sitting at your desk doesn't count!
twenty-four hours a week studying after school, and procrastinating while sitting at your desk doesn't count!
Identify your weak spots
Take out the syllabus and mark the topics you know. Then, do a few A level exam past papers; figure out where you stand, and how much you’d score. What do you have to spend time on, and what is a low hanging fruit?
How many hours should you spend every day?
An A levels student is the equivalent of a Year Twelve student in the UK. Go on any platform, and they’ll recommend twenty-four hours a week. The majority of this is concentrated on the weekend, assuming you still have college classes going.
What do they really mean by twenty-four hours a week?
This doesn’t seem like much, especially not to most parents. But it means approximately two hours a day on weekdays and seven hours on the weekend. This calculation assumes that you’re going to college every day. No, the academy doesn’t count.
Why does the academy not count?
In an academy, you're still getting information based on a group average; it isn't tailored to your needs. You still need to take the information and strategies given to you and bring them to a form that you can study.
Don’t fall behind on the MCQ’s
MCQ’s are an easy way to score. Do a paper every other day, and time yourself. MCQ's oftentimes repeated, and if you end up securing a higher mark in Paper 1, it could, potentially, offset a lower score in the theory exam.
Find what works for you!
Regardless of your subject, what you retain depends on you optimizing your strategies.
If finishing A levels past papers on your laptop helps you hold more information than book notes, keep at them. Make notes where you want them, but try to keep them in one area.
You don’t have to do it immediately!
You can’t go from nothing to working for seven, or even two, hours a day. But as long as you keep trying and make progress every day that counts for something.
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