Can I balance two startups with a year full of exams?

[reree17]

I live in UK and I am in Year 11 which is a crucial year and full of exams. Obviously my education matters a lot to me since I want to get into med school and I get good grades (did very well in GCSE modules of year 10). Since starting school this September I have slacked and in my mock exams did not perform very well since I didn't put in much effort. I spent most of my time researching business instead of revising.

My plan was to do 3 hours and 30 minutes of studying everyday with 2 hours of business on weekdays and on weekends 5 hours of studying then the rest is business. I really really want to start up these businesses as soon as possible but I fear that they will get in the way of working hard this year.

Ideally I should be studying practically all of the time and my plan was to spend even my spare time doing practice questions out of textbooks for difficult subjects or topics. With owning two startups I feel this plan will fail.

The majority of the exams will be in the summer months (May - July). What do you think? Seeing as this year is incredibly important due to my GCSE's should I dedicate the majority of my time to my studying and not pursue with the business?

[CoreyFreeman]

Sticking to time restraints (3 hours of business, 3 hours of studying for example) will pretty much be mandatory during this period. But also remember you need to schedule a rest period. You need regular sleep (11-8 every night or 1-9 everynight. Doesn't matter as long as you get 7-8hours regularly) and time to let off steam.

[JWinvestments]

Do what you like, just reserve the period surrounding your exams entirely to them. That's what I did, and came out with 7A*, 2A, B.

[SophieM]

Yes it is totally manageable, GCSEs are pretty easy, and while it seems like you need to be revising 24/7, actually you could get straight A*s by revising the fortnight before.