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I NEED HELP WITH PHYSICS

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HEYLO!

Im doing IGCSE Physics next months and I have a problem.
I do understand the concept, I know the formulas, but my problem is with the Unexpected Questions that CIE come up with..

Im not a person who depends on PastPapers as I believe that the exam paper is going to be entirely new, but for Physics I DID solve many P3s for Mocks practice.. and the thing is that, the Mark Scheme has a Limited amount of answers that are considered to be correct..

Why studying physics seems so easy, but the exam is always Hard?!

SO PLEASE TELL ME :HOW DO I GET MY ANSWERS TO BE RIGHT AND NOT AMONG THOSE IGNORED.. (Honestly speaking, this is what I hate about IGCSE, theyre like 'Dont think out of the box')
 
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Firstly change the question to your way dont follow the question just understand what they are saying and then do it by your way secondly i prefer u read textbook twice or thrice for sure you are in A zone to go to A* zone just do as many as past papers u can i did from like 2003 onwards in my mocks though they were a lot hard i got A* the main thing is practice and while u r s olving past paper keep marking scheme closed or u can see frm there first solve by urself than check the anwers i have attached some notes too hope they help remeber they are not mines most of the notes r from
shoaib672002

Thanks, really, I thought no one would bother to reply :)
Ill do that.
 
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Firstly change the question to your way dont follow the question just understand what they are saying and then do it by your way secondly i prefer u read textbook twice or thrice for sure you are in A zone to go to A* zone just do as many as past papers u can i did from like 2003 onwards in my mocks though they were a lot hard i got A* the main thing is practice and while u r s olving past paper keep marking scheme closed or u can see frm there first solve by urself than check the anwers i have attached some notes too hope they help remeber they are not mines most of the notes r from
shoaib672002
Thanks for sharing and Giving Credits #thanks
 
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yeah same problem over here.
apparently papers are getting more difficult/tricky now so i guess the only thing we can really do to prepare for the exam is just keep practicing past papers and redo the ones that you got wrong
 
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same problem :'( and i dont wanna fail aswell :'( wat to do
practice past papers...idk if u've noticed this or not, but some questions are repeatedly seen in 2-3 papers. also, there are standard questions which they ask in all papers. for eg calculating energy change. so its good if u practice as many questions as possible! hope this helped :);)
 
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CIE is actually one of the boards that promotes thinking out of the box, you just have to do it in the right way.
Trust me, I've studied in various boards, so I know :)

Hmm okay so maybe maybe CIE does promote thinking out of the box, but then Ill blame schools, Im not blaming them because its easy. But theyre the ones who teach us one way of solving problems, they dont extend and teach us more. God! and we actually pay for education :/
I trust my brain .. And I think I might come up with one great school system if Im allowed :p
 
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Hmm okay so maybe maybe CIE does promote thinking out of the box, but then Ill blame schools, Im not blaming them because its easy. But theyre the ones who teach us one way of solving problems, they dont extend and teach us more. God! and we actually pay for education :/
I trust my brain .. And I think I might come up with one great school system if Im allowed :p

I'll agree with you on this one :) :D :p ;) (y)
 
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Hmm okay so maybe maybe CIE does promote thinking out of the box, but then Ill blame schools, Im not blaming them because its easy. But theyre the ones who teach us one way of solving problems, they dont extend and teach us more. God! and we actually pay for education :/
I trust my brain .. And I think I might come up with one great school system if Im allowed :p
I'll agree with you on this one :) :D :p ;) (y)
Me too!!
 
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