how did you do so well with so little sleep?
Well, unfortunately and frankly, I have no clue. I was running on adrenaline, stress and really strong tea.
I thought I was in the 1% of people who can survive with 4 hours of sleep and I did, but no Paramore, I was not the only exception.
Because I was so so wrong, the consequences came out only a year later, sleeping disorders, seizures, anxiety and many more lovely things.
If I could give only one piece of advice to anyone, please please don’t underestimate the value of sleep.
Random tips:
I sacrificed my summer holidays to get ahead, attended seminars on how to perform well in exams and sacs, bought past student’s notes and tips and studied about half the content, learning off random resources.
Slightly weird tip: looked at stats to find the subjects my school performed the best in, (this may not work for everyone as I tend to find interest in any subject as long as its taught well) and picked up a couple of those.
After each sac, I met up with teachers to ask how to fix and not repeat the mistakes for next time.
I used to write my goals in small cards and read them every once in a while.
(please take this with a tiny grain of salt - In my experience, I actually don’t recommend tutoring unless you are genuinely struggling, and you need a tutor who 1. Doesn’t teach their rigid curriculum 2. Can modify their teaching to address your weaknesses or you are doing a language and you need exposure to a native speaker)