u/MontyOW

I got 328/335 in A level economics last summer, scoring 99% in paper 1, 100% in paper 2 and 94% in paper 3. My results are in the attached image (marks are scaled) and thought I would share my revision techniques here to see if it can help anyone.

I started by making flashcards from the spec using physicsandmathstutor.com then memorised on quizlet write mode but I found this so boring and procrastinated so much I gave up halfway through. I still did all the section A short answers from every past paper and memorised short answer definitions and formulae and used a whiteboard for diagrams since those you have to memorise no way around that.

For the essays I started using ChatGPT, went through every past paper every 5, 8, 10, 12, 15 and 25 marker, for 5 and 8 I would write the answer for all others I would just write plans then feed into gpt with mark scheme and level descriptors and told gpt to rip it apart find any reason to mark me down be pedantic. I would then see the gaps it highlights and work through with gpt going through each point like 'oh so I should have written like this...' essentially just using it as a private tutor. I would also take any points I wasn't sure on and talk it through explore all angles to make sure I properly understood it rather than just having it memorised for recall and this helped me work on my chains of reasoning making sure everything has a place in the essay no wasted lines everything builds from the previous and flows well.

My other weak point was evaluations, watched some econplusdal youtube videos on evaluation then worked on them with gpt same way getting it to rip them apart. Once I started scoring 18-20/25 on my 25 markers with gpt ripping apart my essays that was when I knew I was really getting full marks since the reasons gpt was deducting for began to sound quite silly.

I only tried AI revision for economics since I wasn't sure how it would go but now in first year uni I used AI to revise for all my modules, 2 days per module from scratch not having attended any lectures and I am on a first. I have moved off GPT since I haven't rated their models recently and you reach chat length limits quite easily doing AI revision which means you lose all your context when you start a new chat so I moved onto c137.ai to get around this.

Would highly recommend trying AI for revision or learning since its way less boring then straight memorising and you actually understand topics rather then just being able to recall them but you must use it like a personal tutor, you cannot just get it to do the work for you you need to be asking questions properly understanding writing in your own words.