Quote from Syrius
Yeah and on GPA's,the 5.0 is the most difficult cause you gotta take Ap courses and make A's in them
Thank you for your explanation. It's just like our Cambridge classes in my school. They're more in depth, plus in our school we study the next level. For example I should be studying NCEA L1 if I was in an ordinary History class but for Cambridge History, we study IGCSE and NCEA L2 at the same time. At the end of the year we take twice as many exams....Heh...I should be studying History right now...*cough*
And with Cambridge we get graded with a letter grade, explained by
tactics. Thank you!
Quote from John21
Guide to studying ai nice work OP it will definetly help out people looking for some general advice as to how to do their best. Though I personally think everyone has a different studying procedure. Up here in New Zealand, school exams don't really mean much, what matters is the cambridge exam at the end of the year and there is this syllabus for each subject and if you know what the syllabus expects you to know, you are pretty much guaranteed an A. You don't necessarily have to attend schoool, university lectures etc. As long as you know what exactly the exam can possibly cover. My study method is basically I can slack off for the entire year until two/three weeks before the public exam/cambridge. Get those syllabuses and work your ass off perhaps 6-7 hourz every day, do the past papers(get them--really important) and I am sweet for the exams. Though University is a bit different since there is not a proper syllabus but again past papers provide a good foundation of what you need to know.This way I could really just have all the free time I want. It has worked for me though it doesn't work for some of my mates. It depends on the person really.
Also for maths--everyone really can get good marks in maths-----because for maths as long as you practice practice practice questions you should be sweet.
Agreed John 21. That's how most of us students in my school survive! =) As long as you get the list of stuff you need to know, you study them and get past papers and practise! You should be sweet for the exams.
The most frustrating thing is: sometimes teachers don't cover some of the stuff for exams. Maybe they forgot or decided to test us or something...but that's how they catch most of the students out because they just learn what they were taught in class. I never use class notes myself. I always get the IGCSE textbooks or NCEA textbooks and learn stuff. I only use class notes if there's something missing in my study.
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