Revise Wise V's Less Stress more Success

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So which is better Revise Wise V's Less Stress more Success.

That_Guy

IMO they're both as good as each other. I used both for a few subjects and they seemed quite identical to me.

They really do help a lot but if you want to save money then go for the cheaper option.

manutd4life

i found reviswise very helpful.didnt look at my business book at all and just studied the revisewise book and went form and e in hl to a b3 in hl

celtic723

Revise Wise by a country mile.

english4490

I bought a lot of revision books and to be honest i think Rapid Revision Economics was the best revision book!:rolleyes:

GA361

english4490 wrote: »

I bought a lot of revision books and to be honest i think Rapid Revision Economics was the best revision book!:rolleyes:

I must agree,Rapid Revision is prob the best of the three.I only had two revision books-Rapid revision for chem and revise wise for hist.Didn't use revise wise much,just for the case studies.It was helpful to revise the case studies though

phic

shortcuts to success for english and history are really good too!

english4490

phic wrote: »

shortcuts to success for english and history are really good too!

i could not find that history book anywhere!!! i could only get it online so i didn bother in the end as i already had revisewise and shortcuts in history!:D

ya-ba-da-ba-doo

less stress more success books are crap!!

one of my teachers used to call them more stress less success!

write your own notes its alot better than any 'magic' revision book.

IWishh

Neither.

Shortcuts to Success,
Esp. for geog.

unknown13

Had both one of each for two subjects for the JC. Revise Wise was a better and simpler but Less Stress More Success was terrible and had lots of writing on each chapter.

Has anyone used; Shortcuts to Success Business

PlayGirl

just wondering which of these are meant to be better?
i plan to get a few, and really dont want to wait to get them all a week before the mocks seeing as they're not exactly cheap..

these are the subjects i do (all higher level), so if anyone has any input on which i should get/avoid t'would be greatly appreciated

• english
• agricultural science
• biology
• geography
• home ec
• business

english4490

In my experience the less stress books are the weakest of all the revision books! but for english i would recommend you get a book, English Keynotes, its published every year for that exam year and has the poets that are on covered and a few of the more common texts and the Shakespearian play that is being examined! I got an A1 in english, and this is about the only revision book i even glanced at for english!

Col Man

It doesn't make that much sense to leave this as a general debate, it really is subject dependent. The less stress book for biology is simply awful, do not get it. There's a folens book, essential exam revision, for biology higher level, by Sarah Dilleen. This book was actually very helpful, with the only downside being that there are a few mistakes in the book.

Just as an example of why it's subject-dependent, the physics book, less stress, was actually a very good revision book.

For English, I've also heard Key Notes is a good book.

GallowsGhost

Col Man wrote: »

It doesn't make that much sense to leave this as a general debate, it really is subject dependent.

Exactly.
I find that the best revision books are the ones written by the same person who wrote the main textbook for the subject e.g. Declan Kennedy wrote both Chemistry live and the Rapid revision book and Michael O'Callaghan wrote Biology and the Revise wise book.
So just take note of the authors and look for that revision book.

paperglue

the rapid revision ag science book is great!! everything you need. the revise wise biology is also excellent. rapid revision chemistry-great.:)

answer me

they are alright books so use whatever ones you want

Mary007

I've found 'Revise Wise' to have completely inaccurate facts in it for eg. History, I'd def stay away from them!

chaotic dream

Not sure on all subjects but "less stress more success" left out quite a bit of important stuff in Irish

freyners

Watever you do, dont get less stress for english, its crap.
i found rapid revision the best for maths and revise wise the best for everything else

(which was irish, history, biology and french)didnt get one for acc but rapid revision is supposed to be good
for english, make your own notes, i bought 2 revision books for that and none helped, still got an A2 too:D

jumpguy

There generally seems to be sinister enough mistakes in these revision books. I noticed a few in the JC versions, especially History and Business. Mistakes are there in both Less Stress More Success and Revise Wise but I've found moreso in Revise Wise.

Homicidal_jesus

revise wise rocks for chemistry a definite must buy!!

Jack Ferguson

which revision book is best for History, Geography and French out of-
Revise wise,
Less stress more success,
Shortcuts to success or
Rapid revision

unknown13

Jack Ferguson wrote: »

which revision book is best for History, Geography and French out of-
Revise wise,
Less stress more success,
Shortcuts to success or
Rapid revision

Revise wise for Geography out of those but exam skills is the best revision book for Geography.

irish_man

Neither
They are both equally useless

irish_man

unknown13 wrote: »

Revise wise for Geography out of those but Key skills is the best revision book for Geography.

exam skills geography is an excellent revision book

unknown13

irish_man wrote: »

exam skills geography is an excellent revision book

Thanks I keep getting confused about it. I keep calling it key skills for some strange reason.

zam

Revise Wise for Bio is your only man. Can't learn anything from that massive, complicated, badly structured, confusing, long-winded textbook! Got the Revise Wise in early 5th year and haven't looked at that textbook since

Jack Ferguson

whats good for his and french

Conor108

The Essentials Unfolded is excellent for Biology

Victoria.

Mary007 wrote: »

I've found 'Revise Wise' to have completely inaccurate facts in it for eg. History, I'd def stay away from them!

That scares me because I'm stuck for time and in the last while I've only used revise wise for this subject

Making It Bad

Here's my picks:

Physics - exam edge

Chemistry - rapid revision + exam edge

Accounting - revise wise

English - Keynotes

Maths - rapid revision

All pretty good from my experience, especially the exam edge one for physics, that's getting me my A1!

Indigo Sunrise

I have Exam Edge for Physics although I think it's too late for me to get an A1 now

For Biology, I have "Essential Exam Revision" by Sarah Dilleen/Folens. Someone already mentioned it I think. It does have a few little mistakes but overall I find very helpful. Haven't used my textbook in ages.

Robynne

Hey there! Im wondering if ye could give me advise as to what revision books I should use for my leaving 2013... Im doing:
English(h)
Irish(O)
Maths(O)
French(O)
Home Economics(H)
Geography(H)
Art(H)
LCVP(common level)
Music(H)
What should I get that would really be best and I can use instead of the reaaams of writing in the textbooks!!!
thank you!

FreeFallin94

For Art History I'd advise everyone to get the Less Stress More Success revision book. I'm pretty sure it's actually the only revision book for the subject, but it is honestly excellent. I got it before the Mocks and I swear to God, it was a lifesaver. I viewed my Art History paper and I got a B1 (I only started studying for the exam before the Mocks, if I'd gotten the book earlier and made more of an effort I might've done better :P), and I can easily say that without LSMS, I wouldn't have gotten that grade at all. My Art teacher was really bad for the history part of the course, so I really needed all the help that I could get.

For Geography, Exam Skills is all you need! It is so amazing :L I also had LSMS for it too and did get a few things from it, but it's definitely not necessary.


For English, I would most definitely say Key Notes! Brilliant little book!

aarond280

Which is the best revision book for business (H) does anyone know ??

Sunny!!

aarond280 wrote: »

Which is the best revision book for business (H) does anyone know ??

revise wise is crap dont go near it!!

i think less stress is really good, but i prefer my book:)

aarond280

Sunny!! wrote: »

revise wise is crap dont go near it!!

i think less stress is really good, but i prefer my book:)

Which book have you.

Sunny!!

aarond280 wrote: »

Which book have you.

I have 21st century business by William murphy

aarond280

Sunny!! wrote: »

I have 21st century business by William murphy

I think thats the one i have too ha

FueledByAisling

english4490 wrote: »

In my experience the less stress books are the weakest of all the revision books! but for english i would recommend you get a book, English Keynotes, its published every year for that exam year and has the poets that are on covered and a few of the more common texts and the Shakespearian play that is being examined! I got an A1 in english, and this is about the only revision book i even glanced at for english!

I can't do english, the LC paper feels like a foreign language to me! But I bought this book in the first year of fifth and it's all I look at and I get the highest grades in the class!

pmrc

Good read