How hard is higher maths?

I really struggled with higher maths up until around Christmas, but once my parents got me a tutor I started doing really well, went from 58% in the first prelim to 86% in the second one.

If you've got a decent tutor then you should definitely take Higher maths. What are you looking to do after school? Higher maths is a fairly valuable qualification.

I got an A in my Int 2 and thought I would do higher in 6th year. For me that was a bad idea, I was never the best at maths and found it really difficult, plus I had the worst teacher ever! In the end I didn't do the exam because I new I would fail (got like 30% in the prelim), but I passed my unit tests. Depends if you really enjoy the subject and are good at it.

Scottish.

It depends, if you're logical then it's a breeze, if you're more englishy, it's like being **** in the face by a bird.

This. But, then imagine that the bird suddenly decides it really doesn't like you and starts trying to peck out your eyes. Then, imagine that God suddenly decides that it should rain salt - right into your tattered eye sockets.... while you discover that someone has run over your pet dog/cat/hamster.

That was what Higher Maths was like for me.

(Englishy person speaking here.)

Yeah, it kinda pisses me off when people say 'Omg it's so easy, stfu' cos some people do find maths naturally hard. I found it ok, but I bombed the final

I know! God, I'm not stupid; I just need to count with my fingers... Don't know how I did in the final. For some reason I did better than I expected in the prelim (a B) - it's just inexplicable; sometimes I actually do okay.

Doesn't mean I really got the course at all. Que sera.

I did higher maths after int GCSE in yr 9 and 10. I thought I'd coast it but mate, it is hands down THE MOST DIFFICULT paper of every GCSE. I'm not trying to put you off but even being as good as I was, of our set being top set, only 8 people were selected of which the potential A* being 5 of us candidates had an extra class friday afternoons.

I hope that gives you an idea, I got a C in my GCSE exam in yr 9

Um. Confused? Are you talking about moving from England to do Highers or are you talking about some kind of higher thing in England? (Feeling like a total fail right now, seeing as I'm English, but I've spent all but one of my school years in Scotland, so I'm fairly clueless)

From my understanding, as Standard Grades are split into Credit, General and Foundation, GCSEs are split into Higher and Foundation.

Ok. That makes sense. I just looked at their post and was like "Wtf have GCSEs got to do with this?" Because I'm a silly person

Yeah, they're just another poor lost soul, eternally wandering through the limbo of ScotQuals, trying their best to help but cursed that nobody will ever understand their answers...