- Is it too late to start revising?
Short answer is no.
It is never, ever too late.
Whether there's a week left before your exam,
whether there's a day left before your exam,
it is never too late to start revising.
That was the short answer.
If you want the longer answer, keep watching.
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So, if you haven't started revising yet,
here are the key things you should be doing.
Firstly, don't freak out.
Now, I know that me telling you not to freak out
is like the least useful thing in the world
to stop you freaking out,
but we don't have time, OK?
It's fantastic that you're now starting to revise,
but we don't have a lot of time left before the exam.
So, we need to make sure what time we have
really, really counts.
So, do not spend that time freaking out
or worrying about how little revision you've done.
You need to focus on the important things.
So, we're talking about key skills here.
So, for math, going back to basics,
making sure your algebra's in place,
your functions, your fractions,
making sure you can do stuff on your calculator properly,
making sure you know your recall things, your units,
your equations for physics,
making sure you know your words in French, the basics,
the stuff that is going to come up
over, and over, and over again
in lots of different exam questions.
You need to take as many shortcuts as you can.
So, instead of writing out your own flashcards,
go and get the ones I've got for you on my website,
or go into Quizlet
and have a look at other people's flashcards.
There are loads and loads up there.
Ideally, you've been making all of your own notes,
but if you can't make all your own notes
and you don't have a lot of time left,
again, I've done all the videos for you.
All your revision guides, textbooks,
these have lots of notes in them.
If you have time, go over the specification.
A specification is like a really long checklist
of stuff that you need to know.
I've done ones for math and science,
which you can download from my website,
and go over them,
make sure there's not any big gaps anywhere.
Since we don't have a lot of time left,
there is no point in you revising stuff
that you already know.
Even though that makes you feel good
because it reaffirms that you know stuff,
you need to be revising stuff that you don't know,
and this is hard because it doesn't feel as good.
You're not going to be as confident at it,
but you need to spend your time prioritizing
which bits you do and which bits you don't know,
and focus on working on stuff that you don't know,
stuff that you're not very comfortable with,
stuff you can't do very well in an exam,
as opposed to spending time on the stuff
that you do know really well,
and then, if we have any time left,
you need to be doing as much practice as you can.
So, with your flashcards, quizzing yourself on stuff.
With some of the stuff in the revision guide,
can you cover it up and then repeat it back?
With some of the videos,
can you tell me what's going to happen next
before I work out the answer for you?
If you do have time, get your hands on as many past papers,
or predictive papers, or QuickFile questions.
Any of that will be absolutely fantastic stuff
for you to do.
Like I said before, there's loads of stuff
to help you over on my website,
but if we have left it just a tiny-bit late start revising,
whether your exam is next week,
whether your exam is tomorrow, do not freak out.
All is not lost.
There is still lots and lots of things for you to do.
You just have to approach this calmly.
You just have to approach this sensibly,
and you have to prioritize your working time.
So, good luck, guys.
Fingers crossed for you.
I know that you're really, really stressed at the moment.
So, but whatever you do, please, please, please,
don't think that it's a good idea
to stay up all night revising.
You do need to get a good night's sleep.
You have to prioritize yourself,
as well as studying for the exams.
So, good luck, guys.
If you've got any questions, let me know,
and I'll do my very best to answer them for you.
Ouch.
I love you, too, Prim.
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