How I Got an A* in Chemistry A-level (Cambridge Student)

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    === Timestamps ===
    00:00 - Introduction
    00:31 - Summary of the Workflow
    03:04 - TH-cam
    05:09 - Chemrevise
    05:54 - Chemguide
    06:55 - CGP Revision Guide
    07:30 - Textbook
    08:15 - Physics and Maths Tutor
    09:01 - Use the Keywords
    10:01 - Be Specific in Your Answers
    10:56 - Learn the Organic Pathways
    12:03 - Understand Calculations
    12:46 - Don't Worry Too Much About Practicals
    13:56 - Conclusion

ความคิดเห็น • 108

  • @s.a7711
    @s.a7711 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I agree the textbooks are pure waffle

  • @SaadPatel-kd1qo
    @SaadPatel-kd1qo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Chemrevise is life saving...
    I ditched my textbook and got an A* with chemrevise and physics and maths tutor questions pack

    • @ic4149
      @ic4149 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Did you use the chemrevise revision guide or the the chem revise textbook?

    • @SaadPatel-kd1qo
      @SaadPatel-kd1qo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ic4149 The revision seems more beneficial.
      It's upto you, whatever you find beneficial

    • @hooniexox8910
      @hooniexox8910 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s all you did?

    • @A_-.328
      @A_-.328 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@SaadPatel-kd1qodid you make flashcards or just read and answer questions?

  • @suyay9632
    @suyay9632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    i really liked this video as alwyas, also the background song in this video was so calming and wasnt loud :)

  • @touming9257
    @touming9257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Love seeing your come up 🔥 the increase in quality of your videos has been amazing, and the consistency 🔥🔥

  • @RAmjad
    @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    For my long-term followers, you will have noticed that I've been remaking some earlier videos. I'm remaking my A* videos and will be releasing them over the course of this week.
    I then plan to move on to making content that I find more interesting. If you have any ideas for what you'd like to see (not related to A-levels) then I'd really appreciate it ❤️

    • @RahimaO
      @RahimaO 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe some cool concepts you learnt in uni

    • @tahiro9589
      @tahiro9589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      more Cambridge vlogs pls

    • @trident9188
      @trident9188 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ray you are a king, we will support you no matter what

    • @Krish_krish
      @Krish_krish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe some explanation videos on cool stuff you've learnt, Parth G or Zach Star style.

    • @touming9257
      @touming9257 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What things do you find interesting? That could be a good video itself, getting to know you

  • @zayanzahid2611
    @zayanzahid2611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Started watching you Ray before 500 subs, now you have 6.7k! Wow how times flies, thank you for all of your help and I can't wait for more amazing content from you!

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Awesome, thank you so much for staying around for so long!

  • @saifnielsen8210
    @saifnielsen8210 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you so much Ray
    This was really helpful 😀😁

  • @abdullahkashif465
    @abdullahkashif465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much I needed this badly

  • @brahlol23
    @brahlol23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    thank you so much for this!

  • @emrangharbal9936
    @emrangharbal9936 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Nice video !!
    also during the final 3 weeks of AS level, life before first exam begins how many hours were you putting in and like what was your general study routine during this time

  • @Chan-me5wg
    @Chan-me5wg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Underrated channel

  • @MrMKM-mk9zq
    @MrMKM-mk9zq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Writing my AS in few weeks. Thank you so much for your help!

    • @gloshiv2381
      @gloshiv2381 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pranjal same here haha! Let’s use these last weeks efficiently and get amazing grades✨🙏

    • @gloshiv2381
      @gloshiv2381 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pranjal I really get you, last week I also felt like I was going to absolutely dump these exams. But then I remembered a) I can’t waste my moms money that she paid to write the exams b) I can’t not get decent marks to enter my dream university. That’s what Is motivating me. Don’t worry, breathe. Forget about your horrible chem teacher and just move foward because lingering on that won’t help. Start with a study plan, start with a past paper to see your weaknesses and then study from that. WE STILL HAVE TIME. I’m also crippling here with anxiety, it’s rough out here haha. I hope this helped and I’m so sorry for your circumstances.

    • @gloshiv2381
      @gloshiv2381 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pranjal good luck with studying these exams, if you want (you can say no,I’ll totally understand) I can contact you and we can be study buddies or accountability buddies. Since we are in such similar circumstances...
      if not, I have a tip! Watching study with me’s on YT really help to not get distracted.

    • @gloshiv2381
      @gloshiv2381 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pranjal haha don’t worry I’ve also been shameless this week... I can give you my ig for now and we can communicate there so we don’t cloud the comments lol

    • @gloshiv2381
      @gloshiv2381 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Pranjal or any social media that’s cool with you

  • @codex2765
    @codex2765 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    yk , I have watched this guy opening his A level results to him finishing year 2 in uni

  • @Hey-wj2gl
    @Hey-wj2gl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another quality video

  • @hp-fc1yd
    @hp-fc1yd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    hi ray, i had a quick question regarding the resources you uploaded for chem math and phy, and i was wondering whether the same flash cards would work for cie as and a levels cuz i wasn’t really sure
    also, tysm for uploading them so selflessly and for the immense help you’ve given us thank you ❤️

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No worries and I honestly have no idea unfortunately. I would recommend looking and comparing the OCR Specification to the CIE one. I imagine there's at least 80-90% of an overlap bur they may want different keywords used which you can pick up on by doing practice questions and past papers

    • @hp-fc1yd
      @hp-fc1yd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RAmjad great, thanks so much man

  • @fayeissavage7602
    @fayeissavage7602 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    hey ray!
    i’ve been using your techniques and they are so effective.
    But i’ve been having trouble with memory even though I am using anki - i end up still forgetting so much content.
    For example this week i’ve revised 3 chemistry topics , and i only did electrochemistry a week ago but i still keep forgetting it all despite understanding it very well last week - and able to get all the flash cards right and do past paper questions correctly .
    Do you have any advice for what to do ?

  • @sk_a4948
    @sk_a4948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hey Ray I’m doing the exact same A levels as you and I want to do physics at Cambridge too, and I want to know if you did a STEP exam In order todo physics

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ah fortunately you don't have to do STEP to apply for physics. I would recommend looking at the undergraduate courses page of the Cambridge website to get a sense of what's required for different courses

  • @tenjingqodh
    @tenjingqodh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Doing a level physics without math. A video going over (not teaching) all of most of the math that you’d need to know in physics would be nice

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That sounds like a pretty good idea although I think either Physics Online or Science Shorts has already done that on YouTbue. Also, you can find all the maths required towards the end of the A-level specification (I believe the main part is exponentials / logarithms?)

  • @Nuraz1x
    @Nuraz1x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks

  • @abdullahpatel5517
    @abdullahpatel5517 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi ray, just wondering if your "physical chemistry" decks are seperated into tags as this would be kind of helpful?

  • @cipher1190
    @cipher1190 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey man does AS help decrease the burden of A lvls?

  • @Chan-me5wg
    @Chan-me5wg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Allergy Chemistry is awesome btw

  • @PIXELGamerzXvlogs
    @PIXELGamerzXvlogs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why did u make your class notes into flashcards then put them into anki? Wouldn't it be faster and easier to make them on anki in the first place?

  • @Mascabar
    @Mascabar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For my A-levels, do I need to revise every subject every day to get A*s?

  • @rayna3244
    @rayna3244 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Ray, I’m wondering if you would make the ‘Advice and Extra Content’ document available to your subscribers? It clearly has a lot of extremely useful and easily forgettable info🙂

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey so I think I’ll try to. I will need to caveat the information a lot but I’m increasingly been thinking that it will be valuable. I’ll try to over the next week but do chase me up on this by commenting or sending me an email and I will share the link when it’s ready :)

    • @remziremzi1529
      @remziremzi1529 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RAmjad That would be amazing.

  • @kehinde9428
    @kehinde9428 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, how long would you revise each dau. Could you make a videonon how long you would rebise and when to take breaks?

  • @godfred8618
    @godfred8618 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How long did you take to make notes after lesson

  • @atm__03
    @atm__03 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gawd damn mayn ur so smart

  • @MTRSLNCE
    @MTRSLNCE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey, what is your dream job?

  • @tibi8592
    @tibi8592 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Ray could you please link below the document for alwvel chemistry that was full of misconceptions and things you got wrong on in the comments as I think it would fine it useful.

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi, you can find this as part of all the A-level resources that I shared on GitHub. The names of the files should be "Advice and Extra Content" in the folders for each subject: github.com/theramjad/a-level-resources

  • @Hari-qo7gl
    @Hari-qo7gl วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey, is there any chance you could share your anki flashcards? Thank you so much, really appreciate the effort.

  • @aling3235
    @aling3235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Knew how he got that A from just one look at him.

  • @user-yr2bo1iq5j
    @user-yr2bo1iq5j 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What revision guides and textbooks are worth the money?

    • @SH-iw4xr
      @SH-iw4xr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      cgp has them for every board, i do chemistry ocr b which isnt that common and cgp still had a good one for it, other than that you should just use the one they give you at school that is made for your exam board. For practice questions you dont need to buy much just use free resources online like PhysicsMathsTutor and TH-cam videos explaining each concept

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I personally don't think any textbooks are worth the money (given you can find most end-of-chapter questions online) - as for the CGP Revision Guides, they're a nice check to make sure that everything I've learnt through online notes and videos are in my flashcards in some form or the other

  • @saadsajidul9001
    @saadsajidul9001 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, i have a question, should i do like 4 years and go through it again or do 6 years with rivising it partially?

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What do you mean 4 years and 6 years? Full-time students usually do 3 or 4 A-levels in 2 years

  • @Chan-me5wg
    @Chan-me5wg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    May I know if your teachers gave you notes?
    My teachers are giving me notes so I'm not sure if I should spend time in making my own🤔

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nope but if their notes are pretty comprehensive then it’s worth just making flashcards instead from the notes directly. If not then you may just find it useful to add to their notes using other resources then making the cards

  • @ghadaqzia6604
    @ghadaqzia6604 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello. May someone give a summary?

  • @ali.0121
    @ali.0121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Ray. I recently started year 11 and I’ve been enjoying watching your videos for a while now. I wanted to know, what did you get for your GCSEs, and what subjects did you do?

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I ended up getting 7 A*'s in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English Language, History, Religious Studies and 3 A's in French, Astronomy and English Literature

    • @ali.0121
      @ali.0121 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RAmjad Wow, that’s amazing. I just wanted to know as I have target grades of 8s and 9s but I’m not quite working there at the moment. Have less than a year to improve 😂😭

  • @abdullahkashif465
    @abdullahkashif465 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do physics please

  • @tahiro9589
    @tahiro9589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Road to 10k lets go!!!!

  • @abdullahpatel5517
    @abdullahpatel5517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    does anybody have ocr anki flashcards?

  • @abdullahpatel5517
    @abdullahpatel5517 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    hii can i please have the your Anki flashcards

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey, so you can find a link to download them in one of my earliest videos. It should be titled something like, “Sharing My A-level Notes and Flashcards”

  • @baddiexfilms4311
    @baddiexfilms4311 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Could u do maths and fm too 😮

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      For sure! Both should be out later this week and I've added some more advice in them compared to my original versions

  • @lith987
    @lith987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did u use anki for ur flash cards

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup!

    • @lith987
      @lith987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RAmjad was it your only source of memorising content

  • @iqmathsciencelogicalreason2770
    @iqmathsciencelogicalreason2770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @fahadahmed5010
    @fahadahmed5010 ปีที่แล้ว

    What were the other subjects you were appearing for???

  • @roshanxd4499
    @roshanxd4499 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    was chemistry a harder a level for you than physics

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I personally found it harder as there was more to memorise and more exceptions to rules that you couldn't really figure out through logic. So I had to come up with more mnemonics and memorisation tricks to help me through it

  • @PJBoy
    @PJBoy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro u like a little ali abdaal

    • @Joe-ef4pf
      @Joe-ef4pf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Coz he’s Indian with glasses ? 😂

    • @lilleniyo5743
      @lilleniyo5743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are both Pakistani, not Indian

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahaha, I get that a fair bit - not complaining though 😂

  • @mr.t.1237
    @mr.t.1237 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Zelan

  • @boaztemo5783
    @boaztemo5783 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro slow down 😅

  • @rahanlol
    @rahanlol 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Remake time

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yup! I'll just be remaking my A* videos in a higher quality then hopefully I can move on from A-level related videos because it'll be a little boring to do that forever

    • @rahanlol
      @rahanlol 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RAmjad i doing all the same subjects as u so i beg i end up like you did and get into Cambridge, ur videos already help so much and im 2 weeks in

  • @isaachussain7859
    @isaachussain7859 ปีที่แล้ว

    hi ray would you say using freesciencelessons videos are a good way of learning the content for a level chemistry of would you recommend something else

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He was my A-level chemistry teacher (I went to the sixth form he taught at) so I think so!

    • @isaachussain7859
      @isaachussain7859 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@RAmjad wtf that's crazy ur lucky man

    • @RAmjad
      @RAmjad  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@isaachussain7859 Ahah just happened live in the same town and go to the school he taught at. He actually went part-time when I got to Year 13 and then quit because he began to make much more money from TH-cam than what he was paid as a teacher.

  • @krishagarwalla3748
    @krishagarwalla3748 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro Can you come over Instagram, like I have something important to discuss