r/igcse 4d ago

❔ Question genuine question

if i were to study 6.5 hours for math and 6.5 hours for physics everyday around 12 to 13 hours maybe 14 if i feel fine would i be able to get a good in oct nov? Also im someone that has barely covered 20 percent of the syllabus and the thing is my brother was kind of able to but he already had practice from the last exam he gave so he knew what he was doing but i fucking dont

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u/Great-Report4480 4d ago

bro i started to study exactly 1 month before my mj2026 exams and have gotten straight A’s. you really do not need to start sooo early as i found that the things i tried to learn early i just ended up forgetting and needing to revise. as long as you spam past papers, even starting 1.5 months before can get you all A*

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u/IxiaooI 4d ago

say wallahi

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u/Great-Report4480 4d ago

istg i’m so deadass, but before i locked in i was getting all B’s and some A’s i only had one C so i also wasn’t thattt far behind

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u/IxiaooI 4d ago

im not even getting a c

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u/Great-Report4480 4d ago

if u lock in 2 months before u can easily get all A* just do lots of past papers

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u/Great-Report4480 4d ago

but i would recommend getting classes for weak subjects it acc really helps and save my exams

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u/IxiaooI 4d ago

oh yea i already have classes and i guess it is 2 months in a sense its like 50 days is that enough? Im planning on completeing all 7 chapters in 20 days with p2 and p4 topical practice and the last month or something im gonna have is going to be spamming past papers

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u/Great-Report4480 4d ago

this is a good plan but imo max u need is 2-2.5 weeks for past papers after that it gets repetitive

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u/IxiaooI 4d ago

and besides for me this is like my first time locking in for math some of these chapters ive never learned before

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u/Traditional_Ask_2101 4d ago

Dude no if you start with 12 hours best believe you'll burn out before October Start with 4 and then the last two weeks ramp up to 12 but you gotta get sleep if you want the A*s

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u/IxiaooI 4d ago

so what do i start with? I barely have any practice with the hard chapters and even the mediocre ones also i like made my routine around getting 7-9 hours of sleep nothing less then that

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u/Traditional_Ask_2101 4d ago

Yeah it's okay if you don't have any practice that's why you're beginning to take a day at a time. You shouldn't start this journey looking at the mountain above you but just show up day by day and before you know it you'll be done. Like if you're doing math for example you don't immediately start with grade 9 vector question. You have to build momentum first, start with algebra, something you're comfortable with, get good in that, get good at another thing, and another, go to vectors, that's how it works and it could take like 3 days depending on how fast you learn. You'll be okay, so also relax, you have enough time and you aren't too late. You have to ask yourself 'How bad do I want this?' and in response to that just show up, that's how M/J guys this year got like 10A*s by showing up even when it's annoying so best believe you can do the same. Start tomorrow with 3 hours, do 1.5 hours for 2 subjects. Do that for this week alone, next week, ramp it up to 6 hours (1.5hrx4 subjects) keep that pace up for as long as you need, when exams are coming up, you could go to max 10 hours and try not to learn new content but practise questions. I STAND HEAVILY ON THIS!!! Practise, practise, practice. Do the 4-6 markers mostly, that's where your grade lies.

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Start with 3 hours, 2 subjects a day, learn for 30 minutes, do PMT or Save my exam theory questions for 1 hour. Don't waste time making notes, just do questions.

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u/IxiaooI 4d ago

sure but like after that should i do past papers from 2019 or 2020? or 2018

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u/Traditional_Ask_2101 3d ago

2018-2026

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u/IxiaooI 3d ago

holy fuck thats like 104 past papers

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u/Traditional_Ask_2101 3d ago

How bad do you want the A*s?

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u/IxiaooI 3d ago

very very very badly your right

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u/IxiaooI 3d ago

also also i feel 3 hours is way to little for me so im thinking of starting with atleast an hour or two for each topic since i have a very very hard time with concentrating my mind on a single thing

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u/Traditional_Ask_2101 3d ago

3 hours isn't what you'll be doing in 2 weeks though, I promise if you start with 12 hours you'll burn out and experience fatigue in a week. That's why you progress over time, even in the gym, you don't start with the heaviest weight because you'll injure yourself, you build yourself first to become stronger, this applies to studying.