I’ve been waiting for the first episode of this series!
@wasd4542
3 жыл бұрын
Informative as usual Ray. I wish I started revising at the start of year 12 but I still have time I guess! Anki has been a game changer and I have no clue where I would be without it
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome and I completely agree! Anki is wonderful - I attribute pretty much every mark I ever received to it
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
@Pacho It still is effective! It incorporates active recall and has a great collection of premade decks to learn from. But, I heard that it doesn't really use a spaced repetition algorithm for long-term retention. I haven't used Quizlet or looked into it much so this video may be more useful for you: kzitem.info/news/bejne/uItoqH-Ghn2immk I may make a comparison video on it with the help of some friends who I know used Quizlet for their exams
@leviackerman5870
2 жыл бұрын
It's Christmas and I've got 5 months to start now. Luckily I've been doing maths for ages so I'm okay with thay
@astudentstudying6199
3 жыл бұрын
Cant wait to see u grow man, ur content has such a good vibe to it 🙌
@mamunakoser6343
3 жыл бұрын
Informative, useful amazing video as usual. So glad I discovered this channel in year 12, thank you so much for making these videos Ray!
@ceemoir9939
3 жыл бұрын
congrats on 2k, Ray!
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@j5studies344
3 жыл бұрын
You make rlly gd content, keep up the gd work! Hopefully everyone watching can get to cambridge like u!
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I hope so too!
@bobbie2112
3 жыл бұрын
yay, I was waiting for this 😌
@sahatchowdhury354
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much man
@annag8632
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for carrying on to make these useful videos - you help not just me but so many people. You are amazing!
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you found it helpful and thank you so much! Your comment really made my day in the run-up to final exams :)
@jahdz4244
3 жыл бұрын
Will you ever do a vid on how you revise in uni? Like how do you incorporate active recalling at uni when there’s a lot more content and modules to cover?
@lasseel3724
Жыл бұрын
So thankful, yt recommended this to me, I'm gon start uni soon and I've never really been the smart student.
@gopalgeorge3632
3 жыл бұрын
Physics is the hardest science followed by chemistry followed by biology? Agree or disagree
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
I think it really depends. I found physics easier than chemistry which was easier than biology. Some people tend to find subjects with more content easier and some find subjects with less content easier. I find myself falling into the latter group because I enjoy only needing to know a few key principles and being able to derive many results from that. And the fewer the key principles (like in maths compared to biology), the better. It just means there's less to learn (except sometimes, when you're deriving something, there's a "fancy trick" they like to use which you never really see used so you kinda have to remember that). I think it's just a matter of personal preference
@sonofzeus7923
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much bro really appreciate it - also are you excited for the new season of attack on titan?
@RAmjad
2 жыл бұрын
Hell yea! I'm super psyched and am trying to avoid spoilers from the manga for as long as possible lol
@sonofzeus7923
2 жыл бұрын
@@RAmjad oh yeah me too man!, I can’t wait to see how it turns out.
@drowninginyuqisdeepvoice8697
2 жыл бұрын
21 days until my first A level exam 💀 I need ABB so pray for me.
@af021.
Жыл бұрын
How did the exam go?
@drowninginyuqisdeepvoice8697
Жыл бұрын
@@af021. Decent! I got AAB + A* in my EPQ. I'm still procrastinating just at uni lmaoooo
@fajar3783
Жыл бұрын
When did u start revising n how’d u memorise?
@fft-vw8ee
2 жыл бұрын
hey, i’m currently in the middle of year 10 and i’m revising effectively for biology, by watching free scince lessons and understanding the topic and writing notes about it. is that effective becuase i really don’t want to just rember it for a period of time and then forget it in my exams.
@ritsu8742
Жыл бұрын
I’m also in year 10,but I just don’t know how to revise 😢
@abdullahpatel5517
2 жыл бұрын
I wish u did biology
@cocoalee-rose2534
2 жыл бұрын
I don't get how to do spqced repetition without flashcards cause for most of my GCSE subjects I find them useless. Like I usually do some reading or watch a video while making notes and then do exam practice but idk how effective that is icl
@alinalilka8430
3 жыл бұрын
Bro i will respond to this comment in a year and promise u will remember me........ 😊
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Of course! 🚀
@Idk91919-r
Жыл бұрын
neither remembered 💀💀
@ZaraBoateng-xu4od
10 ай бұрын
@@Idk91919-r😂😂
@mrfreerunners1
Жыл бұрын
when you say revise, what do you mean
@5okari
3 жыл бұрын
I have been trying to revise for Physics. However, I feel like I'm not understanding and memorizing the content fully. Part of me feels it's bc I haven't made enough flashcards. And other part of me is feels like I should just do past questions, but I don't think I have enough knowledge to answer past paper questions. And the textbook is kind of overwhelming. So idk what to do. So my question is basically, what is the best way to learn the content effectively, without wasting time on making notes and flashcards?
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Hi. I don't think, in most cases, that making flashcards are a waste of time. They would be if you don't then use or you make flashcards on trivial details (like what is the relative charge on an electron). If you want to strike a balance between answering questions but also learning enough content then I explain a strategy in this video: kzitem.info/news/bejne/u46mk5mBnJqIe5g In short, attempt a question, if you can't do it because you don't know the content, rather than looking at the mark scheme, re-learn that part of the content then make a few flashcards on it which you can then go over later and then re-attempt the question. That way, you can use questions to check your understanding but also learn the content for now and remember it for the future through flashcards. It will feel quite slow and difficult as you won't know the answer many of the times and will have to re-learn that bit of the content to answer that question but that's part of the learning process. I hope that makes some sense! Also, in my opinion, the physics textbooks you find for A-level are garbage. Unfortunately, most GCSE and A-level students don't know what good textbooks are like (as the only time people put effort into writing them is for university textbooks) so it's easy to settle for something mediocre which isn't helpful and use something that causes more confusion than it solves. If the resource is not working, it often isn't your fault (provided you're putting some effort into understanding it), it's that the material that's the problem. I would recommend using a few of the resources I linked in the description on my "How I Got an A* in A-level Physics" video and hopefully they should help.
@5okari
3 жыл бұрын
@@RAmjad thank you so much!!!! I will use the method you advised and watch you the video you linked.
@chakgameskills5785
8 ай бұрын
Hello do you mean 250 hours per subject if you doing 3 A level subjects
@jjr3340
3 жыл бұрын
Hello!
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Hey! How can I help?
@zakariyakhan9439
2 жыл бұрын
250 hours for each a level course??
@gopalgeorge3632
3 жыл бұрын
Hey is it a good idea to do past papers by looking at the question paper on the computer and answering questions on lined paper , or is that a bad idea and it's definitely worth printing out papers?
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Sure, why not. But if you find yourself getting distracted too easily by switching tabs to watch videos or get distracted by Instagram or something then it may be worth doing it on paper - at least that way, you can turn off all your devices without worrying. Also, it does make it easier when there are diagrams to annotate and stuff. I personally printed off all my past papers and for many of the old specification one, I printed it off as 2 pages / A4 side doubled sided which halved the number of pages I had to print
@hitzufernando5341
3 жыл бұрын
👍
@blaze2the166
3 жыл бұрын
Did u do all the past papers? For example for chemistry did you do unit 1,2,3 and 4 papers(old spec)or did you just focus more on the last 2 unit papers as they were about A2
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Yup, for chemistry and physics I did. I did manage to do many of the AS unit papers during my AS year but I also did many others during my A2 to revise AS content because the final exams as part of the new specification test both AS + A2 content. I mostly did each paper once but repeated any which I did bad on (usually less than 60 - 70% I think?) I hope that helps!
@blaze2the166
3 жыл бұрын
Yh thanks
@BossBoss-wx6mx
3 жыл бұрын
How are you supposed to do spaced repetition when there's so much to learn
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
Ah super sorry for the late reply but I don't think I follow the question, I think that spaced repetition is the solution in the sense because you only have to go over things when you're "just about" to forget it which means even if you have a lot of content to cover, you go over increasingly infrequently. It's especially easy with programs like Anki where you have spaced repetition built in
@BossBoss-wx6mx
3 жыл бұрын
@@RAmjad no problem 👍 I think the question I was trying to ask before is how would you use space repetition, like what sort of revision methods would you use when doing spaced repetition? Would you read over your notes, use flash cards or do some topic based questions?
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
@@BossBoss-wx6mx Ah, so the main was was using flashcards but you can also use it for topic-based questions like with a retrospective revision timetable that Ali Abdaal has a video on here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/w22llm2XcKZlhXY
@thomasadams5078
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, to clarify, the 250 hours for an A* is for one subject, right? So if I had four A-levels, then I'd need to spend around 1000 hours over the course of the two year? Thanks
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
I did say hypothetically and using active recall and spaced repetition 😅 But it is around the ballpark range I would say but it does depend on where you are now, how much overlap there is better your current subjects and various other factors. For instance, if you did maths and further maths then the combined hours across the two would be less than say physics and chemistry. Ultimately, if you start earlier then you don't have to study more, you just spread some X number of hours to achieve an A* over a long time period.
@thomasadams5078
3 жыл бұрын
@@RAmjad Thanks very much! I feel like spreading the revision over a long period of time allows you to learn and understand the subject more, rather than just trying to get the grades you need. (which is very useful for at oxbridge application in my opinion😁)
@RAmjad
3 жыл бұрын
@@thomasadams5078 Yup, especially solving difficult problems over the long term. A friend of mine applying for Natural Sciences did a couple questions on Isaac Physics a day for over 130 days in a row leading up to his Cambridge interview and he said he found the interview and admissions test much easier than if he didn't. You can't suddenly become a good problem-solver overnight cramming before an interview (I know and have seen many people try to do this - on the day of my interview). It does take weeks and months. So I would recommend trying to do difficult questions consistently over a long period. Not ones which are too hard, just ones which are slightly outside your comfort zone because as you get better at them then the size of your comfort zone increases gradually until it's like 5x the size it was a few months ago. I hope that helps!
@thomasadams5078
3 жыл бұрын
@@RAmjad I totally agree - Olympiads are meant to be really good as well
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