This was such a clean, no bullshit, video with A-1 tips. Thank you so much for this!

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

thank you!! good luck with your studies!

congratulations on your results you did amazing!! your videos gave me motivation to get through gcses and now i’m starting college soon soo nervous!

@yanr4n

10 ай бұрын

thank you and well done for making it through your gcses!! hoping that college brings you some great experiences too 🤍

This video is so so helpful since it’s very unique!! Thank you 💓

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

thank you!! best of luck for your studies 🤍

Thank you so much! The tips seem really good!

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

hope the studying goes well!!

Amazing vid v helpful!!

Amazing tips but only seeing this 3 weeks before maths 😭😭😭

@yanr4n

2 ай бұрын

HAHA there's still time for a final grind 🙌 good luck!!

@user-jd2qe1pp8d

Ай бұрын

seeing this 1 week before unit 3s 🙏🏾

@yanr4n

Ай бұрын

@@user-jd2qe1pp8d woooo good luck to you too!

@jxlly1404

19 күн бұрын

ON THE DAY OF MY FS1 LOL*

@yanr4n

19 күн бұрын

@@jxlly1404 NOT TOO LATE FOR SOME GOOD LUCK ‼️ GOOD LUCK GO SMASH IT

ahh i just started grade 8 now and starting of with mock exams for A level exams,thank you for these tips!

@yanr4n

6 ай бұрын

exciting!! good luck for your mocks!!

This is such a wonderful and concise video, the tips are genuinely so helpful they're covering all sorts of grounds! I'm starting A-levels soon may I ask if you have any tips? Or can I make a video suggestion for people starting A-Levels and how the A-level timeline proceeds to university admissions? Either way thanks a lot for going the extra step and making these videos!

@yanr4n

9 күн бұрын

it's in the making 😉

Hiiii! I want to start early in the summer, do you have any tips for that, websites, good KZreadrs please?😊

Hi thank uuu for these tips!! I have exams soon… do you have any extra tips on how to make the most out of past papers?

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

my only other lil tip would be that you should probably try to do past papers as early in the day as possible because they require a lot of brainpower. if you do a past paper at 10pm you probably won't perform as well as you would at 4pm and then you might feel discouraged. i found especially that the later i studied the more prone i was to silly mistakes haha

congrats on your grades! i barely see any girls doing the a-levels im doing so this is really useful and inspiring :)) the coursework tip rly hit hard lol

@OilRig-1

8 ай бұрын

same! i wanna take Maths and further, bio and chem. when i was at the opening evening tho the examples of people doing further were all boys, and often times more boys do science than girls (in my old school atleast)

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

thank you! it's such a shame that there aren't that many girls that do the physics+maths/engineering combo - i've defo found it to be the same at uni unfortunately :(

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

we can represent the women in STEM by all getting A*s :p

@lenaxox4167

8 ай бұрын

@@yanr4nmy best friend is doing physics and maths and wants to study engineering at Oxford :))

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

@@lenaxox4167 ah i love that best of luck to them!!!

omg im ao proud of you

@yanr4n

10 ай бұрын

thank you love! 💓

tysm for the tips you gave as i has my first day of y13 today! i wanted to ask i saw a couple of yt vids of yours when you would wake up at 4am - would you recommend for getting in extra revision and how was your sleep schedule? and also did you use anki and how did you utilise it ?

@Y12126

10 ай бұрын

had*

@yanr4n

10 ай бұрын

how was your first day?? i did use anki for definitions for physics and further maths, although my set up wasn't very advanced. the only distinguishing feature for me was that i could access my flashcards from the school computers online. i've seen videos online of people doing some mad things with it though! also, i aimed to go to sleep at 8:30 to wake up at 4 (with a 20min nap during my school lunchtime if need be). i think that waking up at 4am is such an underrated way of studying because it's much easier to get in the zone as there aren't any distractions. it's just conquering that initial feeling of death when you wake up that's tricky. once you get used to it though your brain will know that e.g. 4-7am is the time for intense focus and i found that i went through work sooo quickly during those hours that it massively outweighed the cost of being tired. i'd say if you want to try waking up early then i would see it through for 10 days or so because you're going to really be miserable for the first half a week, which isn't really a good reflection of how you'll be when your body clock adjusts :p

@Y12126

10 ай бұрын

tysm for replying and my first day of school was okay ig. i have exams coming up for my predicted grades and stuff. apart from everything you said in the vid(although all the tips were so good), were there any other things you did to excel in your a levels? and like how was your daily revision schedule?@@yanr4n

@yanr4n

10 ай бұрын

@@Y12126 hopefully year 13 will get better for you - it's a scary year, but at the same time you'll develop so much as a person through it and what comes after is even better :) my revision schedule was predetermined because i did activities after school. normally i did independent study 4-8am, then a mix of school and study between 9-4 then i had some kind of activity like sport or music after school which filled up my day nicely. during weekends i did the same (obviously with independent study instead of school) and most weeks i went out on a saturday night then woke up later on a sunday morning to give me a break in routine. i found it best to study in 2hour blocks then take a 10minute break so that my brain could get really in the zone. honestly i think that if you're aiming for top grades, the only way that you can guarantee yourself the best results is to literally go through all of your lesson powerpoints and make sure that you know everything on there (i liked to go through the ppt again, the use a whiteboard to list every concept learnt in the lesson, then go back through and fill in any gaps in my knowledge). even though it's time consuming it's the only way to outplay the 'luck' involved in what topics come up in the final exam. if that's too time consuming, i think it's better to be very confident on 60% of the topics, rather than cover 100% of the topics, but not really know any of them very well. also this sounds silly but i found that 'romanticising' my day made it so much easier to get through all of the boring revision and daily tasks. things like having a nice playlist for my morning walks, making matcha, lighting candles in the evening, wearing nice clothes all helped me to get through it. realistically, studying isn't much fun (i love maths but most of the time the stuff i was doing bored me to death) so adopting the attitude of 'this isn't going to be fun, but i'll do what i can to make it bearable' is probably the best way forward lol

Hi yanran. good video. congrats on your results. you done really well. thanks for the tips. are you to collage 6th form or uni.? love you Xxx

would you have any tips for subjects that require a lot of memorisation of terms + essays like biology? x

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

i hated biology lol but for memorisation i would probably recommend - when you're going through content (e.g. definitions or bullet points from essays), try to write them down pen on paper rather than reading through them/saying them out loud/typing them up - try to spread out content points over time (anki is a really good tool for this as it tells you which definitions to do when). you might do 30 definitions today, then revisit them again in 2 weeks, then 2 months. that way you're committing stuff to long term memory. cramming can be really hard for subjects with a lot of content so you need at least a good portion of content held in your longer term memory, especially the slightly easier stuff - try to chunk up your content and switch up what you're doing frequently. don't revise definitions for 2 hours straight, instead do them for 30mins for 4 nights over a weekly period. this stops you from going into standby mode and makes sure that you're actively trying to study the whole time - definitely prioritse! i know that grade boundaries for bio tend to be lower than subjects like maths, which indicates that you should know less. there might be a point where you have to accept that there's subtopics that you simply can't grasp and that's ok - exams are made to allow for this - for the essays, there's definitely some good to be said about literally just regurgitating them. even better if you can shorten them down into bullet points and make logical connections between the points - that way in an exam hopefully one point is enough to prompt your brain to remember the rest. not sure there are any shortcuts for remembering the bullet points though - you'll probably have to just remember them like you would a set of definitions - my fav technique for memorisation is definitely blurting!! there's so many videos on it as it's become really popular but it something that definitely worked for me :)

Hello I wanted to ask how you revised for computer science for your GCSEs as I am currently in year 10

The actual 🐐

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

bahahah thank you

im so scared for my gcse results can i still get a place in college or sixth form if i didnt get the grades i needed or if only got accepted to like 2 colleges also ty for this video; it is rly helpful!

Hi, does anyone has "CGP Physics A levels TEXTBOOK" PDF? pls I really need it🙂🙃🙏🙏

I'm an aspiring med student with subjects maths, physics, chemistry and biology in year 12 along with English literature and language... Your video really motivated me really.... Thanks a lot,sis! I've officially subscribed... Love from India! Hope to meet you one day! Being nerd is a hobby,huh!

@yanr4n

10 күн бұрын

jack of all trades with the stem and english studies wow!! thank you so much i'm sending love to you from england

HELLOOOO I did IB ages ago and HATED it but wanted to drop by and say helloooooooo these tips are stupid good hope ur having the best day!

@yanr4n

10 ай бұрын

noo i've heard so many good things about IB!! what was up with it?? thank you for coming back to watch you legend❤‍🔥

@kavitharn3532

10 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n well my school wasn’t too good at instructing IB My new school more like and I socially didn’t do well it was just a bad time I wasn’t willing to help myself IM IN UNI NOW AND NOT IN THE SAME CONDITION BUT YEAR 12and 13 was not a good time

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

@@kavitharn3532 that sounds awful i'm glad you're at uni now and hopefully living ur best life!!! 🥂

@kavitharn3532

9 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n uni is better haha :,)

Hi, does anyone has "CGP Chemistry A levels WORKBOOK" PDF? pls I really need it🙂🙃🙏🙏

I believe that somewhere in this video or comments, you mentioned that you did questions from the textbook. What textbook did you use to do questions for Physics, and what resources other than PMT, did you use for Computer Science questions.

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

I used the standard Physics AQA Textbook (the huge one). My teachers also had past paper questions from ExamPro, but I'm not sure what the access rights are for that site. For Computer Science, I would really recommend Craig'n'Dave's 'Smart Revise'. It does have a small cost, but personally I think it's worth it! Also, there's the OCR A-Level Computer Science textbook with questions and I had a workbook which I've forgotten the name of, but I'll check on Friday when I go home!! Craig'n'Dave KZread covers all the topics and is free too :p

@Synersty

8 ай бұрын

@yanr4n thank you!

I’m taking Math, Business, IT and critical thinking for A-Levels, I’m considering adding FM but just for AS, would you say it’s a waste of time to do that? I want to do actuarial science in uni btw and it’s heavily math oriented

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

I don't know what the workload is like for the subjects other than maths, but it sounds like you're already doing a lot so I wouldn't over-complicate things if you don't need FM for your degree. That being said, you might want to try it for a couple of weeks in case you end up liking it more than one of your other subjects. Even though it would be something to write about in an application to Uni/CV I'm not sure the time it would require would outweigh the benefits of having the qualification. FM is quite abstract, so other than the further statistics module it probably wouldn't correlate hugely to actuarial sciences. I'm not an actuarial scientist though so my advice is based off vibes only 😖

Well done on your results! Your videos are so amazing, thank you for the amazing content 🫶🏻💖 (Also this is going to be helpful with my advanced highers too the advice is very helpful

@yanr4n

10 ай бұрын

thank you and best of luck for your advanced highers! 🤍🍀

@erindaly7751

10 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n thank you! 🥰🫶🏻

hi, just wanted to know if you were a part of any eca’s ( extra-curricular activities) if yes then how did you manage it

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

alongside a-levels i did a couple of things (up till a few months before my exams): part time work, taekwondo, piano, organ, and mandarin lessons. biggest thing for me was to have a regimented schedule - i had one of the above activities every night from around 18.30-20.30. i tried to keep school work from 04.30-17.30 (obviously i ate and got ready and stuff during that time), so it was slightly easier to balance because my activities had a set time i knew that i had to complete my work before dinner. obviously it's not always possible to arrange clubs in this way but the closest you can get to that arrangement is prob best. unless you really enjoy an eca, i don't think that doing more than one (or two) will have any major effect if you're thinking about post-18 education. in terms of academic weaponship, probably better to focus your time on revision if you're left with deciding between the two.

could you make a subject specific ones? like for cs and math/fm?

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

yeah sure!! give me a while to film it lol but i'll get drafting some ideas now

Excellent advice - thank you. By syllabus, in your 5th tip, do you mean specification?

@yanr4n

2 ай бұрын

YES sorry crazy lack of rigour from me

congrats! i have a question on your to do lists, would you just write to do lists on what u need to get done or do you time block (eg 6pm-9pm further maths topic 3 revision etc) thank u in advance!

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

definitely time block! i would normally block out everything in my day tbh even like eating and showering and stuff but that's because i'm slightly obsessive. i'd say on the days you want to be mega productive time block it all out so that you know that you're making the most of your day (my tip would be to be slightly generous when doing that though because often you'll fall behind just because you have to do things you forgot about. if i was doing a past paper that was 2hrs long i would time block out 2hr15min.). if you're not so bothered about going 100% but still want to get stuff done, a specific to-do list with no time blocking is far better than nothing :D

@dmdkeidkd

8 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n i’ll definitely try that out! i already time blocked my classes and i’ll start time blocking my tasks soon! Also, based off what you said how would u estimate how long it would take u to finish a topic and put it on your calendar? And would u create ur calendar for the following day on a daily basis the night before or weekly/monthly etc?

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

I would outline big things weekly (on the Sunday before) e.g. if I knew i had a big test then i could already plot out the entire previous evening for specific revision. otherwise i did my specific plan the moment i woke up. also i know i'm being dumb but wdym put a topic on my calendar? like finish a topic at school and start revising it?

@dmdkeidkd

8 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n no no its okay i think my wording was dumb ahahah. Like for example say on october 20th u wanted to revise binomial expansion, since you said u usually time block, how would u estimate how long it would take for u to finish that topic? my wording is dumb because im doing my a levels alone not with a school so my situation is a bit different & i dont study at school then go home and revise whatever we did at school i do it all alone and some subjects are with a tutor,so i literally have to timeblock EVERYTHINGG😬

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

@@dmdkeidkd If I wasn't sure how long something was going to take me I would schedule in only an hour, then when I finished I would try and guess how much longer I had to schedule in for the next day, or I'd do another hour. That's not really based off anything other than it makes rounded times in my timetable haha. Also props to you for doing A-Levels alone - your time management must be great!!

Hey do you have any tips on how to manage time How many subjects you used to do in a day And for computer science how many hours to spend on each paper

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

My favourite way to manage time was timetabling in my planner then setting alarms to keep me on track. Honestly I think I'm somebody who enjoys routine so strictly setting out my day helped me a lot. May not work for everyone though. I liked to do all of my subjects every day to keep my brain on them (and to stop myself getting bored of one subject). Most of my time was occupied by Physics and Compsci because I found that they required a lot of revision. My A-Level Compsci papers were 2.5hrs long each, so I did 2.5hrs for the paper plus 45mins for marking :)

Hi I’m taking maths, physics, computer science and an epq for my alevels and was wondering if you have any advice for computer science particularly with the course work, thanks?

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

i'm planning on making some subject-specific videos in the next couple of weeks (haven't given it much thought yet lol), but for coursework specifically here's a few for now :) 1. you get marks for adaptation/ fixing errors so if your code goes wrong then make sure to put that in your document!! not trivial syntax stuff like forgetting a colon, but logical errors etc. even better if you can explain exactly what lead to the error to prove your understanding 2. assign some stakeholders (people who represent your target audience) and reference them throughout the program. interview them at the start on similar programs to gauge what program features should be prioritised. use them as feedback throughout your development process and have them as a first line of final testing. this is a really nice theme to use throughout your program and also a great way to show your adaptability 3. explain what your code is aiming to do during development. for each logical point in your code, you should be explaining in your coursework what it's doing (or should be doing if there's an error). you can either comment each line in the actual program or label it on the document 4. don't skip out on the final evaluation of your code. really scrutinise it - look at it's usability, maintainability etc in detail (i'm talking paragraphs on each design feature unfortunately). it's easy to skim over this part as it's the last bit but it's the "easiest" so don't be tempted to be lazy near the finish line 5. don't worry about your actual code. there are only a few things you should seek to include. for example using functions, iteration, different data structures, ordering or searching algorithms and other programming techniques taught in the course are a good checklist of techniques, because clearly you're supposed to know them. otherwise, keep it simple. i just did a simulator to model projectile motion in different environments (rather than a mega complex game) and i came out with an A* in the coursework section individually. might as well save your time if you can :p

@Okay250

8 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n thank you so much our teacher hasn’t gone into detail about the write up so this is very helpful :)

Ok so basically , I have regretted alot on not studying enough ! But i don't have any time left . So do you find doing loads of past papers in one day or two days is a good way to go?

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

haha we've all been there. I'd say that there's a nice medium to be found between studying hard, but not so hard that you're wasting your time by being too tired. Maybe alternate between doing a past paper and doing a past paper length more chill study slot (i.e. do a past paper then 2 hours of blurting) with some breaks between? If you do too many your brain will tire and then you'll score worse, which might make you feel even nore stress 😖😖

@slayelizabeth5411

8 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n Do you think doing one variant of pastpapers from one series would be good to summarise it all ?

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

wait i might be too late in replying, but yes as long as you're doing past papers it shouldn't make much difference which ones. the more recent ones are more representative of the ever-growing difficulty of papers is all i would say

Do u have more specific tips for physics I’m in year 13 and find physics quite hard

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

physics is a really tough subject!! i'll make some subject specific advice videos as soon as i'm done with my nsaa, but for now i would say 1. make sure that you are aware of all of the formulas that aren't on the formula sheet, which formulas you need to be able to derive and what each formula means. you can at least be confident that you've bagged some marks if you can use all of the formulas as then the only skill you need is using your calculator 2. if you're finding a concept hard definitely ask a teacher/look on youtube for an explanation on why that concept is true. when i was revising i frequently couldn't hack the textbook at all, but having it explained to me a different way online made it seem so obvious that i instantly remembered it. a lot of physics can actually be remembered if you just know how to think about it logically (electricity and kinematics are great examples of this) 3. Do all the past paper questions you can find as in Physics, exam boards seem to be happy to reuse past questions and change them only slightly. For each topic there will be 'standard' questions that you see crop up all the time, which again is nice as it adds a bit of familiarity in a subject that seems to cover way too much content

Hey I do further maths and physics too and my exams are in about a month. I’m really worried about not getting my A*s in those two subjects because of the really difficult one or two questions that tend to surprise people every year. Do you have any advice apart from past paper questions to get my problem solving skills up to scratch so that I can get those top marks?

@yanr4n

2 ай бұрын

The best place I would think to get some trickier questions for those would be entrance exam papers. You could try NSAA, ENGAA, PAT, MAT, STEP etc. Those papers tend to be a test of problem solving skills/ manipulating your knowledge in a way you haven't seen before (particularly the non-multiple choice ones are similar to 5-7 mark questions). Even though right before the exams I thought I knew all the content, in both my FM and Physics exams there were the most horrendous questions and I had absolutely no clue what to do, so I spent some time making sure I hadn't lost any silly marks through the paper then just worked out as many equations as I could on the right topic/waffled about the semi right thing as a desperate attempt for some partial marks lol

@0vrranbbwo7337

2 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n Thanks so much!

Thanks for your tips and congrats on your grades! At what point in the year did you start doing past papers? Was it alongside learning the course material or prior to that? Thanks!

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I tended to do the textbook questions while learning each chapter, then on PMT I would use the 'past paper questions by topic' to revise at the end of the chapter. At my school we had tests at the end of each chapter anyway, so there was motivation to do that haha. When I had completed all the topics for one full AS/A-Level paper, then I started doing the past papers. I probably did one of each paper I could do per week until 2/3 months before my A-levels, when I started to crank them out as much as possible :)

@thevanishingpoint4930

8 ай бұрын

​@@yanr4n That's really helpful, thanks :) And props for running this channel while studying full-time. That takes a lot of dedication!

Hi there Im going to be doing maths biology chemistry,do you have any tips on how to perfect math early on especially since I'm joining a basketball academy so won't have time therefore may start in the summer.If so where should I start to get ahead and what videos .Thanks anyway

@yanr4n

9 күн бұрын

congrats on getting into the academy wow!! if you can afford i would defo get the maths textbook early and maybe work though all of the chapters to take your notes ahead of time (luckily with maths there isn't loads of content that needs to be written down) so that when it comes to learning it in class you can focus on just doing as many exercises as you can

For physics practical 12 AQA is it a research question or do I just perform the information from the instructions

@yanr4n

7 ай бұрын

Do you mean the inverse square law practical? We were told that we had to conduct the experiment at my school, although I don't know whether you might be exempt if your school doesn't have a gamma radiation source?

@Blueberry2005

7 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n yeah the gamma radiation one, would I just perform that like any other practical and be given the instructions and have to perform it (we have access to the machines)

@yanr4n

7 ай бұрын

@BlueBerry-tr7nj I'm not confident but I would say yes

do you still have /are selling any anki flashcards for physics ? its a big ask so no worries if you've already binned them😅

@yanr4n

7 ай бұрын

I just checked and I do have all of the definition flashcards still! I don't know how to share them but if you tell me what to do I can send them your way :)

how many hours would u study a day or how would u structure ur day with studying enough, sleeping 8 hrs and exercising because im finding it hard to manage my time to do so.

@yanr4n

2 ай бұрын

I usually studied 3 hours before school, did a run, then did 6 hours of school, a bit more studying and then went to bed early. I think prioritising sleep and exercise then fitting the studying around it is the way to go I definitely wouldn't sacrifice on either of those

How much did you revise in year 12? Love your videos btw 🫶🏼

@yanr4n

2 ай бұрын

hi! I aimed for a minimum of 8hours per day in Year 12 (usually around the range of 8-10 hours)

Did you have the same consitency from L6 to U6? Thanks :D

@yanr4n

4 ай бұрын

Can you clarify what is L6 and U6 🤭🤭

@fixiecats

4 ай бұрын

as in lower 6th form (year 12) and upper 6th form (year 13) :)@@yanr4n

@fixiecats

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@yanr4nL6 is lower sixth form year 12 and U6 is upper sixth year 13 😊😊

What exam board did you do for Computer Science?

@yanr4n

Ай бұрын

OCR :)

Im literally failing my cs alevel.thanks for the advice:)

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

You got it! I'm scripting a video on some Computer Science specific tips on the train right now because I know a lot of people find it tough! 🤍

Heyyy how many hours did u usually study? Also for physics, did u memorize the method for all 12 required practicals? I'm not sure how much I'm supposed to know

@yanr4n

7 ай бұрын

I tried to study for minimum 8hrs a day - in Y13 think I averaged about 14hrs per weekday, but I was determined to get the A*s so you could definitely get them with less hours. Also, yeah I did memorise all of the methods, diagrams, constant data values etc for all of the Physics practicals. In the exam they ended up not examining any of it but I didnt want to be caught out! The spec is open in that they don't explicitly say that they're not going to test you on certain elements of the req pracs :)

@sasa12x

7 ай бұрын

Hey, Thanks for the reply!! that sounds really tiring to me, I'm doing 3 hrs a day rn & 4-5 hrs on weekdays.🥲 Somedays I don't study at all lmao. I'm trying for all a* but after reading this idek if I can even get one

@yanr4n

6 ай бұрын

Anything is possible! Everybody needs days to rest - as long as you're focused during your study periods you can defo bag those A*s :)

I am in year 12 and i wanted to ask that if i work hard by doing topic questions and past papers (understanding and applying) also watching Zeeshan Zamurred, will i be able to get an A or A* in Maths A level?

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

it sounds like you're doing all the right things for those top grades for sure!! sending you good luck!

If anyone was wondering the variety of skills required for the subjects she took require for reference I achieved A*A*A*U in the exact same subjects and exam boards minus epq .computer science was pure torture the textbook is garbage and the programming project is at a standard way beyond a level to the point that my whole class either cheated by getting their code written by someone else or have heavy use of internet in finding sources of code they can use and documents they can copy and reword .I personally gave up and accepted defeat .The only conclusion I can come up with is ocr expect students to cheat otherwise they are highly stupid for what they have made as requirements for the course I can tell you for sure in my opinion computer science is the hardest subject she took

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

so so sorry to hear about your computer science!! i was in a class by myself mostly, so i didn't realise everybody else had such a negative programming experience too. i completely agree with you in that the standard required is far above what would be necessary - i spent my whole summer doing the programming project and the grade boundaries are extraordinarily high. unfortunately it doesn't look like a situation where ocr will amend the spec so i suppose you have to either sacrifice a lot of time or some marks 🙁 many congratulations on your A*s though!! something to be very proud of

@abz7800

9 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n thanks . your so smart and dedicated for achieving an a* in that subject especially doing well in the NEA haha i respect you. I even remember my class teacher told me privately that he doesn’t mind if I have someone else write my code as long as I do the documentation that’s how bad it got

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

@@abz7800 i mean if your teacher gave you the green flag i would have taken it🤣

hiiiii... i just found your channel. You got such a great vibe. Also you're so pretty😍😍 I'm currently in the middle of my igcse exams😅 and i stumbled across this video. Will definitely use all these tips next year❤

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

awh thank you 💖 best of luck for your exams!! you're gonna smash it!!

@tia1294

8 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n tysmmm!!!💗💗

hey - sorry to disturb - do you have any advice for GCSE's ?

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

i honestly took my gcses so long ago i can't remember most of it 😅 i think i have a couple of things - make sure you learn all the equations for the sciences (especially physics) because it's such an easy way to get marks and lots of them don't appear on the formula sheets - for english lit, make mind maps on essay themes for each book/play you do. e.g. i did a christmas carol so i did a mindmap of all the prominent characters (scrooge, tiny tim, the ghosts...) and all the prominent themes (charity, disability...) with quotes for each one. also a good way to see which quotes are the most versatile - for english lang, the only way you can get better is practice. there's hundreds of unofficial exam questions online - if you're getting behind, focus on getting good grades in maths, english, science before your options. honestly nobody cares if you fail/do significantly worse in one of your options unless you're planning on continuing to a-level - may be a good idea to invest in/make some flashcards for each subject to remind yourself during more relaxed revision periods as you're covering a lot of content over a lot of subjects - don't worry about the close exams! they seem like a lot over a short period but the adrenaline will get you through most of the tips in the vid apply to any exams too. best of luck 🤍🤍

@Flyingc0l0urs

9 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n oml tysm for the quick response - year 11 has been so scary recently , idk how on earth ill get through a levels ! - Also congrats on your a levels - they are a really amazing set of grades-espescially with the subjects you took , it must have been hard , im glad your seeing the rewards of your har work :)

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

@@Flyingc0l0urs if it's scary that means that you're growing out of your comfort zone!! i am cheering you on 🎉

oh my god 5 A*'s that's amazing

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

thank you lovely!!

I literally have 5months left before a levels and i still haven’t mastered some topics…i’m so stressed tbh, don’t you have any tips please?

@gontrandhuguesnoah

2 ай бұрын

And also, how many months before exams did you start doing past papers?

@yanr4n

2 ай бұрын

5 months is still quite a while you're gonna be fine!! I know people who started their revision a couple of weeks before and came out with good grades. I started doing past papers the moment I had covered all the content for that paper, so once you're in that position I don't see any reason to wait? If there are quite a few topics you're not there yet with I would always go for general cover (if you try to master them one by one you may not finish in time and then your least strong topic may come up). You could go through the spec for those topics and highlight the points you don't feel strong on, then watch a youtube video lesson on it, take some notes and try some of the topic questions in your textbook. After that I would go and try some exam style questions on the topic and piece them together until you're up to a full paper :)

When do I start doing past papers?

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

I personally started past papers as soon as I had learnt all the topics. For example I finished all of the Physics chapters for A-Level Paper 1 by October of Year 13, so I started doing past papers then (not very frequently, though). I think if you didn't do one until March before exams you'd be more than fine though (obviously not a great idea if you have mocks haha)

How do you manage to wake up so early😫😫

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

my alarm is so loud that it almost scares me to death every morning

@Avaddddabdabas

8 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n LMFAO RELATABLE

Any tips for coding??

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

When I was coding the number one thing I had to overcome was the fact that the learning curve is very steep (i.e. it takes a lot of time to get a little bit better at it). For me I found coding really frustrating to begin with because I was so used to being able to get homework and projects done quickly in other subjects, then I had to spend hours debugging code when I felt like I should be getting it right much faster. Once I accepted that I was going to need to commit a lot of time to trial and error in order to progress, I found coding much more enjoyable as I was no longer focused on trying to get it done as quickly as possible. Also, if you have time I think that breaking down your solution into chunks and then learning the code chunk by chunk via KZread is a great way to progress because there are SO many great resources online for anything you need to know. Stack overflow works great for time pressured work though too haha

@darkbrotherhood5363

7 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n thx u sm it's clear u were rlly committed to this!!

Which University are you heading to?

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

i am at Warwick!!

@ThomasWhiteX

9 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n hope you enjoy it there! :)

Do you have any other tips for maths and bio? Currently I believe I am a grade a/b for maths, but I really want an A* For biology rn I just do ppq then write them down on a notebook with answers and redo them to basically remember the keywords. Maths I think I need to do more questions I have 6more months left until a level, do u think it will be enough ? I do chem bio maths Chinese

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

I'm making a video on some specific Maths/Further Maths tips coming soon! I would say the best thing to do for Maths is practice practice practice just like you said. There actually isn't that much content for Maths compared to other subjects, and if you're already doing well I assume you have the content under control. The things that are tricky about the A* level questions are that they require you to apply your Maths knowledge in ways that aren't immediately obvious and the best way to get better about spotting these patterns is to run through as many questions as you can! I didn't do Biology A-Level, but some of my friends did very well in it and I think their revision techniques were a mixture of doing lots of past paper questions and using flashcards to keep on top of their content knowledge throughout the year. 6 months is definitely enough btw! You can absolutely do it :)

@user-ny3qd4zo6c

7 ай бұрын

@@yanr4n thanks so much !!!!

Is it possible to go from an A/B to an A* in like literally a month 😅

@yanr4n

Ай бұрын

Absolutely!! If you study 3½ hours a day for that subject that's ~100hrs you can use to advance you. Definitely work on past papers to perfect your exam strategy - keep an eye out for question types and popular topics and work your way through the spec to gloss over any lil gaps in your knowledge. Go smash it 🫡

@pinkmangooooo

Ай бұрын

@yanr4n omg thank you sooo much hopefully theyre nice this year LOL and congrats on ur results btw 2023 was so hard!!! 💞💞💞

@pinkmangooooo

Ай бұрын

@@yanr4n after finishing the maths past papers what do you recommend doing after? x

@yanr4n

Ай бұрын

maths is one of the best subjects in that they test basically the same stuff across all exam boards so i would defo get extra practice from other boards (try aqa, edexcel, ocr, wjec) past papers and any extra 'exam style' resources you can get online. if you're close to exams i think just powering through practice is going to be the most efficient use of your time. i would defo check in with the spec twice weekly too and make sure you still feel good with the content as time goes

what exam board did you take?

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

i took edexcel for maths and further maths, aqa for physics and epq, and ocr for computer science

and u fine as well, damm

Nerd

@yanr4n

8 ай бұрын

LOLLL

Hey yanran, congrats on your results fr if you don’t mind can you give me your email please.

@yanr4n

9 ай бұрын

my youtube email is yanran.freeman@gmail.com :)

Hi, does anyone has "CGP Biology A levels WORKBOOK" PDF? pls I really need it🙂🙃🙏🙏