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๐ŸŒธ ULTIMATE ACADEMIC COMEBACK: STUDY LIKE A PRO ๐ŸŒธ

 

 

๐ŸŒธ ULTIMATE ACADEMIC COMEBACK: STUDY LIKE A PRO ๐ŸŒธ

With school resuming, I thought to give the advice no one told me when starting senior secondary school. These are the top tips that helped me and my friends survive. (It contains both waec and igcse curriculum)



๐Ÿ’– Core Advice

  • Discipline is key
  • Always do homework. Homework sometimes comes out in exams.
  • Time is important. No free periods!!!
  • Always know the question-setter (which teacher is setting the questions to know how to ask the right questions, and get a good area of concentration.
  • Prep 50 after every subject (Civic, DP, ICT)
  • Back reading( start reading from the beginning slowly weeks before the exam, no matter how slow you are, you would have covered a lot of space, which would favour you, and you read what suits you. Your future self would thank you. This helps a lot when two subjects are out and you know one subject would have to suffer for the other, since you started reading earlier, you would be safe. A good example is math and economics. You know you would spend the whole weekend studying for math, but since you already started reading earlier for the exam, it's okay, and even if it were only economics, you would just revise or have little to read since you started earlier.
  • Do your homework in school (saves and gives you more time, postponing work would just make things pile up and make you disorganised, which is bad for a student, as you can feel tense and under pressure.
  • Physics& Math tutor (a sight I strongly recommend for flashcards and topical questions)
  • Multitasking (try to use your time wisely. If you have already copied a note and you are listening to a teacher teach about a topic you know please you can copy another note)
  • Get free 20 marks in CBT(please use the internet for CBT questions, it's usually from my Myschoolng.com, make sure you get everything, these are free marks)
  • Do all tasks (and make sure you get everything)
  • Perfect score count
  • Try to always know your CA2 score, and make sure it is 20
  • If you have a problem with a topic, find the best performing learner in that topic and tell him/her to teach you

๐Ÿ“– How to Read & Revise a Topic

  1. First read with an IGCSE Textbook
  2. Use Hidden Facts → answer the questions
  3. Use Prep 50 → answer the questions
  4. Do as many IGCSE topical questions from it (Cambridge papers, Physics & Math Tutor, Save My Exams)
  5. Look at past questions, check which questions come out, and do it using ChatGPT to confirm
  6. Tell ChatGPT to teach you the topics, ask you questions, even make the hardest possible questions and answers
  7. Write down your mistakes or questions you struggle with and key points (read before exams)
  8. Ask your teachers to teach you
  9. Find the approved syllabus for WAEC and IGCSE, and ask CHATGPT to break it down for you
  10. Then blurt all you know about it and do spaced reading  

✍ How to Answer Questions

  • Read the question
  • Underline the keywords
  • Answer the questions (write down everything you know about that topic) in pencil,      then edit later.
  • When correcting, ask yourself: why you failed it and what to do not to fail it again
  • Complete tasks in less time than allowed to finish topics faster
  • After finishing reading, write down everything you read, look for things you missed, and do it repeatedly
  • Write down all topics to cover in every subject and finish before time (before midterm break, etc.)
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  • EXAMS (pray)
  • Once you get your script, write everything you crammed down while it's still there
  • Then scan the questions and immediately answer the MCQ questions you know
  • Make a draft of how you will answer the theory on your question paper, and write everything you know on that topic. Look at the marks awarded before answering.
  • Then you can go back to the beginning and read the question
  • Underline the keywords
  • Answer carefully

๐Ÿงฎ Maths

  • Try as much as possible to listen in class
  • [You can write notes from the other class to listen more]
  • Go home and solve math (hidden facts every morning)
  • Morning > bulky, passive, passion
  • Learn how to translate English into Math
  • Finish all questions there (use the answer questions method)
  • Write everything down from the teacher during the revision class & cover everything in those topics
  • Read wide and not deep first, then switch
  • Use the backyard method → creating a second method of manoeuvring, answer if the former method confuses you
  • Techniques in solving math questions save time → must develop them
  • Know all the calculator tricks
  • Immediately in exams, write down things you crammed (formulas, theories, points)

๐Ÿ“š English

  • Make good friends with the teacher
  • Have a structure in your writing, a prototype to which all your writing is based.
  • Look through sample answers from the IGCSE booklet → write down things the examiner liked and use them.
  • Have a stress sheet for common words in the vocabulary section.
  • Past questions help, depending on the teacher
  • Have good and clear handwriting
  • Know all phonetic symbols, literary devices, clauses, phrases, conjunctions & exceptions
  • Always write drafts in a separate book, be punctuation-conscious
  • Write down a prompt of ideas you want to inculcate
  • Always think deep about comprehension questions, not necessarily the literal meaning
  • Listen during revisions

⚗️ Chemistry

  • If you do not learn chemistry from the basics, it will be hard; you cannot skip a process
  • Make sure you learn every detail, including hidden facts, from your chemistry textbook
  • Underline or mark with asterisks the facts you do not know, and ask ChatGPT to explain
  • Use organic chemistry tutors and YouTube videos; make flashcards from slides
  • Research YouTube topical IGCSE questions and solve them, along with other topical questions from earlier sites
  • Read your notes and know important information about the periodic table
  • Use your syllabus and highlighters to colour flame tests or reactions
  • Learn a new element each week
  • Practice a lot, make notes, and ask teachers and friends for help – don’t let ego interfere

๐Ÿซ CCP/DP

  • For every topic, do preparation by reviewing past questions and asking seniors
  • Review your work, write correct answers in a different colour
  • Each week, do a WAEC past question; verify all answers from your teacher
  • Listen in class, write as much as possible
  • Write down all practical steps for CCP and DP, and have them before exams

๐Ÿ’ผ Economics

  • Use topical questions and Prep 50
  • Ask ChatGPT to break down topics if needed
  • Link topics together, especially in essays
  • Interpret graphs, know all laws
  • Make a calculation sheet with formulas
  • Write notes and cover topics in hidden facts quickly
  • Reference previous exams for repetition
  • Always do tasks on time and be on the teacher’s good side
  • Use economic terms, not layman’s terms
  • When writing essays, always have a prompt of what to answer

๐Ÿ› Civic

  • Listen very well in class
  • Do Prep 50 and confirm with the teacher
  • Do the WAEC a year every week
  • Write as much as possible
  • Read from both textbooks, write a minimum of four lines for the essay questions
  • Cram definitions, use space repetition
  • Past questions usually repeat → analyse and write objectives & correct answers
  • know what every command term means.

๐Ÿ’ป ICT / Computer Studies

  • OBJ – WAEC (Prep 50) & theory
  • Read IGCSE textbooks
  • Do an IGCSE year every week
  • Take practical seriously, practice as in class
  • Follow the syllabus, take as many points as possible

๐Ÿงฌ Biology

  • Listen to your teacher, sit in front
  • Take down teacher-emphasised points
  • Think of the hardest possible questions
  • Use past questions & mark schemes
  • Memorise all biological drawings (heart, brain labelled; nephron, kidney, lungs, cells, bacteria)
  • Review seniors' past questions
  • Teach topics to willing students
  • Use keywords, write as many points as possible

⚡ Physics

  • Listen in class, try hands-on questions
  • Meet the teacher after class for help
  • Use all in-class practice before Prep 50
  • Have summarised notes & formulas
  • Use hidden facts as your bible
  • Practice ATPs, past questions
  • Compare objective answers carefully
  • Monitor diagrams & finish all tasks

๐ŸŽต Diction / TD

  • Past questions repeat; read & memorise notes
  • Translate sounds into your own form, practice
  • Ask the teacher, steady practice, especially for OBJ

๐Ÿ“ Mini Advice / Planning

  • Math: twice a week
  • Chemistry: study the periodic table & rate of periodicity, love it, don’t remove your eye from it
  • Always have a plan: To-do list, calendar for term, mark important days, study timetable

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These tips cross over most subjects, in case I did not mention yours. What was your favourite tip? Please let me know in the comments, and share any questions you have or what you want me to write next. Thanks so much for reading.

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