Revision Technique: From A-Levels to University

At the start of GCSE’s I really didn’t know what was the best way for me to revise. At school we had lots of study skills workshops that taught me how to organise my time on each subject, but when it actually came to revising I still didn’t know what to do. Should I just read through my notes or make secondary notes and read through them? I began by making secondary notes by hand on small sheets of brightly coloured card. I used all sorts of coloured pens as well for highlighting different things, but by the end of it I couldn’t even revise from my notes they were too confusing. Not only that but it took forever to hand write everything up.

By the time A-Levels came around I knew that I needed to type up my notes on the computer. Then once you’ve printed them off you can read through them easily and highlight the important things as you go. It took me awhile to make sure this was the best way for me to revise, but its quick and easy and you can easily change the font of the text, italicize words, make headlines bold and use loads of bullet points!

This way of revising was a success; and I base this on the results I achieved at A-Level. So when the Summer Exam period started in the first year of UNI I was prepared, and instantly started typing up my notes. The exams went well, so I did the exact same revision for my 2013 January exams just gone.