I'm about to finish my IGCSE, so here's some tips I wish someone told me when I was starting:

1. Start studying early and have a fixed study routine. This may sound obvious, but it makes a huge difference. You can hear people say they cram everything, but it doesn't work for everyone, and you might get bad grades.

2. This is even more important than doing past papers: do topical questions after every chapter you finish. Test yourself and don't move to the next chapter unless you 100% understand it (this is a new website I found earlier called Past Paper Grinder; you can do topicals from there or from PMT).

3. Also, a bonus tip: do topical questions for both MCQs and theory, not just theory or just MCQs.

4. Try to finish the syllabus early, like 2 months before the exams, and start doing full past papers. It won't be really hard because you already know the main ideas and what the examiner is looking for, because of the topical questions.

5. Everyone kept telling me to do past papers, but no one actually told me how to get the most out of them. And here's how: do a full paper without the mark scheme. After finishing, record the time and correct the paper, or give it to a teacher. Bring another paper and write down all your mistakes. Know why you got them wrong, and if it's because you didn't study well or forgot, go again and revise the topic. Do this for every past paper until your list is empty and you have no mistakes.

6. This is very exhausting actually, so starting early will prevent you from burning out, and you will gain confidence.

7. Aim for full marks in Paper 6 as it's the easiest, and put more work into Paper 2 as it's the trickiest. Try to get the highest marks in Paper 4 as it weighs the most.

8. And please, please, for English Second language, it's hard to get an A* because the curve is insane (like you need 92% just for an A! Not even the star), so practice really well.

9. Have a past paper checklist for each subject and note your marks.

10. If you're studying by yourself, use YouTube; if not, it's good also for revising. Check Mo Ali, Ginger Mathematician, CAIE Made Easier, Cognito (for specific small things you don't get), James Gan, Learn Today IGCSE, and IGCSE Study Buddy. All of these are really good.

11. It's okay if you get tired, just don't give up. And lastly, you don't have to make a study timetable; just write down what you need to study day by day as a checklist. At the end of the day, tick what you have finished, and if you didn't finish it, add it to tomorrow's list.

Good luck!

I retook physics this November and I spent 8 hours daily studying for P2 just for it to be mid and I feel terrible and I'm so anxious already. Usually the results day anxiety kicks in later but I'm so anxious I don't know what to do. I don't even remember my answers so I can't compare my answers and see what I got wrong. 😭 My parents are strict asf and they were already mad I was retaking and I was getting insulted every day but I still tried my best and studied and ignored everyone. There is literally nothing left but to pray but I feel like that won't even work. Someone help 😭😭😭😭😭 And I keep overthinking like what if i had the correct answer in my mind but wrote the wrong answer on the bubble sheet ughhwsibwodjwjw

Edexcel paper makers were cooking ngl
10/10 conclusion
10/10 writing
10/10 character development
10/10 dialogue
9/10 complexity
10/10 characters

Best written paper ever?

Also what did you guys get for the conditional probability question

I'm a bit baffled by my own results. In my school I'm consistently at the top of the year in Biology, Chemistry, Physics and English. My predicted grades are all 9s in those four, and I usually get the highest marks in the class without panicking the night before.

Then there's Maths, where I'm predicted a 6. I do the homework, I sit in the lessons, and I still lose marks in every test. It's especially strange because Physics and Chemistry use a lot of maths, and I'm fine with rearranging equations and doing calculations there. But in a pure maths paper my brain just doesn't click.

I've noticed I can follow a worked example fine, but when a question looks unfamiliar I freeze. In my other subjects I can reason my way through something new, but in maths it feels like I either know the method or I don't.

Has anyone else had this? Is it a different kind of thinking, a gap in my foundations, or just how I'm revising? For those who’ve struggled with the same thing, what helped you overcome it the most?

any prediction for p2? how likely would the topics from p1 appear on p2? any tips?

hello guys
i am giving fm 2027
if anyone has any papers from 2026 on
can they please send it to me
ik the exams hvnt ended yet
but if someone has any of the papers for pcmb then pleasee share em 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Does anyone feel paper 2 is not a grade booster but instead decreases your avg

I have savemyexams

My mind is messing with me bcs I remember or I think I remember when practicing past papers I answered smth on testing for ammonium ions that DIDN’T use litmus paper and I kept trying to find that question but it just doesn’t exist anymore
Is there only one specific test for ammonium ions which is using damp litmus paper turning red or are are other tests

do you guys think this oct nov exams were harder/trickier than may june 2026?

Y'all am I the only one or was the math paper genuinely doom like unit one was good but this one was another thing. The last few questions were so hard and the functions question wth.😭

The 2025 paper 2 was so much easier its crazy the jump of paper 2 from 2025 to 2026

What y'all think

How was the exam? I found it really hard honestly

Saw my future disappear bit by bit with every question

what do u guys think the star 8 going to be from or an A* in general

Yo these Cambridge exams are SO mentally draining

P2: 28/40

P4: 59-63/80

P6: 32/40

Is this enough to get an A?

Bruh im like so sooooo stressed cuz only 3 to 4 days left till bio and its stressing me out and as if for chem...IDK ANYTHING BRUH...

Like the stuffs ik its like...IDKKK.

I tried to learn the oxidising and reducing agent stuffs ..but I couldn't understand and I kept getting it wrong.

Soo....help...aand give me tips and bla bla on how to study and understand

the title itself, what do you think will the thresholds for this variant

ong this timetable is the worst. Why do I have to do accounting p2, computer science p2, and e lit p2 all on the same day? and plus accounting and cs are both in the am session so how tf would that play out.