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hello
i had to ask is it better to give the exams altogether in one session or in parts as 3 subjects in november and 5 in june??
most probably im going to take cie exams in november 2012 inshAllah of pakistan studies, islamiyat and urdu.
can anyone please help me with how much time it took you guys to prepare for these 3 subjects? i just need an experienced person to tell me this.
and whether i should study from past papers or only the book?
The subject part its up to you but most of the best schools of A levels say that u give at least 7 subs in one go so decide accordingly !
For the preparation well it depends on how u prepare if u are a type of a person who can sit easily with one subject for 3 to 4 hours at a stretch without any problems then you can easily finish it in about 3 months or about 3.5 months otherwise if you are not like this and u suffer the concentration problem like most then it may be greater then 3 months but definitely it will take 3 months (and more) for doing everything (past papers,book reading and Ers) .
For me it took me about 4 months to prepare for these three subs but in between i had tonnes of school exams like everyone so u can say most of the day went to waste like this and definitely this was a reason i got only an A in Pak studies But on the brighter side i got an A* in Islamiat , the thing that helped me most was that i had read section 2 so many times in school that i had kind of memorized it so it really helped me out when preparing for the exams because i breezed past the section 2 in History
For studying from Past Papers only i would say that you have so much time at the moment and using this way of preparing is only suited when times up so study first from book give the book atleast 3 or 4 whole revisions that is by using the syllabus key points and then make sure u leave at least two months in the end for the past papers,(one of my problems was that i had less then a month to do my past papers and it was like just forcing myself to do them and trying to rid myself of them ) so dont repeat this and plan wisely ! I would say keep atleast one month in the reserve and say that if your exam begins in October then all your preparation should finish by August,because you know most of us have this ability to just linger our work to the next day and are mostly influenced by our friends who when they will hear you preparing so early for exams would say things which would make you think you are mad that you are preparing for the exams so early and you will mostly stop so that one month will no doubt help another thing to add is that after completing the course and starting the papers at the end of each paper when u check the answer also read the examiner reports on that paper you will see it will help you greatly !
Now i know i said so many things here but this is just an advice and up to you to decide if u want to go by it or distill it and use it