You're not cooked but the loop needs fixing! Making the same mistakes over and over after marking papers almost always comes down to one thing: you're identifying the mistakes but not closing the feedback loop properly afterwards. Here's what's missing: After every paper, don't just find the mistakes and move on. For every single question you got wrong, write down exactly what the mark scheme wanted. Not just "got it wrong" — the specific word, phrase or step the examiner was looking for. Then make a flashcard from every single error. Front: the concept or question type. Back: exactly what the mark scheme wanted. Use Anki or Remnote. That's the step that stops the same mistakes recurring. The flashcard means you're actively retrieving the correct answer every morning instead of just recognising it when you see it. For sciences specifically — the mark scheme language is incredibly precise. Chemistry especially wants specific phrases like "more frequent successful collisions between particles with energy greater than or equal to the activation energy" not just "particles collide more." Study the exact wording of full mark answers on every question you're dropping marks on. Once you've seen the pattern it stops feeling arbitrary. Also, do a paper the evening before. Mark it fresh the next morning with clear eyes. You'll process the feedback more thoroughly than if you mark it straight after a tiring session. And required practicals — if you haven't been drilling these as specific question types, start now. They come up more than most students expect and are easy marks once you know the pattern. Two weeks is enough time to make this work. The system just needs one more step in the loop :) Hope this helps!

@Prot Ocolist timebox your day! What I mean by this is have a set time daily to do the papers/revision and keep it consistent. Consistency is key. Make a revision plan day by day to make sure you finish all the relevant papers, and keep to that plan as much as you can. In exam season keep this going! Don’t overload yourself with no school - max 4 hours a day. Get 8/9 hours of sleep, do papers, feedback, repeat. And do the flashcards you have daily too it helps a ton to speed up progress. To keep revising? Don’t lose motivation keep the consistency. Results aren’t linear and don’t be affected if you flop a paper or take more time on your flashcards or feedback work. It’s part of the process and you’ll see the results in the end :) Trust the process it will do you well! VOLUME Hope this helps!

Close to all 9s is a great position to be in and you clearly have the ability. But this is exactly the moment where you need to lock in and make sure those grades are secured, not assumed First thing —> cut the TV out until after your exams. Or at least make it a reward. Finish your work for the day, then watch. Not the other way around. Exams are close. A few weeks of discipline now is worth it. For the speaking exam specifically — here's what actually works: Write out model answers to every question type that could come up. Your family, your school, your area, your hobbies, your future plans, your opinions on social issues. Every topic you know is coming up. Also do the past papers for speaking to improve your improv for unscripted questions. Write a model answer for each one, learn it, then rinse it over and over until it's automatic. Volume is everything for speaking. The more you say the answers out loud, the more natural they sound. Practice them in the mirror, record yourself, say them on a walk. You want to get to the point where the answer is coming out of your mouth before you've even finished processing the question. Also —> vocab flashcards every morning. Even 10-15 minutes. The 2500 word Spanish vocab list is in the Flashcard Decks post in Templates & Resources. RemNote or Anki, both free. Daily consistency is what makes vocab stick. On the plan —> sit down tonight and map out every day between now and your exams. Which subjects each day, which papers, which topics. Without a plan the days drift. With a plan you know exactly what to do every morning when you wake up. The Time & Planning classroom has some notes on that! You've got this. Just lock in for the final stretch :) Hope this helps!

@Prot Ocolist The point part of PEEL trips people up because they try to write it in the moment instead of preparing it in advance. You can also try improvise it but you want to be able to use the info in the question and relevant quotes to piece together the point to make it easier. Here's the thing — your point should almost always come from the quote, not the other way around. You pick quotes based on the question! Here's the fix: Go back to your 10 quotes per text. For each one, write out the point you'd make about it before you even see a question. What is the writer doing here? What does it tell us about the character, theme or context? Write it in one clean sentence. That sentence is your point. You've now pre-built it. When the exam question comes — you pick the 2-3 quotes that fit, slot in the pre-built point, embed the quote, then analyse the language. The point stops being something you have to invent under pressure because you already know what each quote is saying. Then the most important thing —> volume. Write sessions where you just practice writing the point and evidence part only. Not full essays every time. Just P and E, over and over, until the structure becomes automatic. Then build up to full essays under timed conditions. Mark them against the mark scheme. Study what full mark responses say. The pattern repeats once you've seen enough of them. One essay a week submitted to your teacher if you can, the feedback you get is worth more than any revision guide. Keep going. The structure clicks faster than you think once you're doing the reps! Hope this helps. -Ismail

@Prot Ocolist Happy to help!

@Prot Ocolist happy to help!

@Mohamed Taha Hey Taha! Is that the full message? If it is, is it the timing or the quantity?

@Mohamed Taha Here is what I would do! Step 1 — Map your inventory tonight Before you touch a single topic, sit down and list every past paper available for every subject. Assign specific papers to specific days between now and your exams. That's your macro plan. Without it you'll drift, front-load the wrong subjects, and run out of papers at the wrong time. Because your finals are generalised across all subjects — not just Maths and Physics — you need to be doing this for every single subject, not just your majors. The plan has to cover everything. Step 2 — Prioritise by weakness, not comfort Most students start with what they're already decent at. Don't. Start every session with the subject or topic you've been avoiding. Your cognitive energy is highest at the start. The subjects you keep deferring don't get easier the longer you leave them. Step 3 — Run the loop after every paper This is the engine. Do it every single time: Paper timed, no notes → mark it immediately → write every weak topic on the front cover in red → go to PMT (physicsandmathstutor.com)(or any bank you have with topic by topic exam packs for your exam board) for Maths and Physics topic question packs and drill those specific topics → log every mistake with exactly what the mark scheme wanted → make a flashcard from every single error The paper is just the diagnostic. The feedback is where the learning happens. Most students do the paper, feel bad, move on. That's why scores don't move. Step 4 — Flashcards every morning 15-20 minutes before anything else. RemNote or Anki —> both free. The algorithm handles when you review each card. For Maths and Physics specifically: every formula, every definition, every required practical method, every key process goes on a card. One fact per card. Short. Do a sustainable amount daily —> the algorithm only works with consistency. Step 5 — Cornell notes only for genuinely blank topics

@Mohamed Taha well done man!