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Just how hard is it to get top in a country for MATH??
My school is the top school in Malaysia and i am one of the top students in my class who scored high in Mathematics.
Just wondering, how hard is it to get top in a country or even top in the world for something (i.e. Math)? i mostly get less than 10 marks off for both of my paper 2 and paper 4 for CIE maths.
Any1 here ever get top in something? If so, pls share your techniques here so we know how to be prepared. Also, just want to know, wot's the maximum marks you we are expected to get wrong to get top in something?
Thnx - discussions would be appreciate!
Just wondering, how hard is it to get top in a country or even top in the world for something (i.e. Math)? i mostly get less than 10 marks off for both of my paper 2 and paper 4 for CIE maths.
Any1 here ever get top in something? If so, pls share your techniques here so we know how to be prepared. Also, just want to know, wot's the maximum marks you we are expected to get wrong to get top in something?
Thnx - discussions would be appreciate!Scroll to see replies
Well if you want to come top properly, and not just 'top 5' (which refers to the score, not the position in the country/world) then you'll need 100% raw marks, surely? There'll be people who manage that.
I managed 'top 5', i.e. 360/360 UMS in French GCSE and English Lit GCSE, but you never find out what you got before the scaling to UMS took place.
I managed 'top 5', i.e. 360/360 UMS in French GCSE and English Lit GCSE, but you never find out what you got before the scaling to UMS took place.
I think OP just means coming top in the world at the maths GCSE exam. GCSE is a poor measure of ability anyway - a fairly ordinary person can get 100% in maths through hard work. The real mathematicians will be concentrating on things like the latter stages of the UKMT maths challenges.
Moogen
I think OP just means coming top in the world at the maths GCSE exam. GCSE is a poor measure of ability anyway - a fairly ordinary person can get 100% in maths through hard work. The real mathematicians will be concentrating on things like the latter stages of the UKMT maths challenges.
Although to be honest they will probably also be getting 100% more or less even without concentrating too hard on GCSE maths
I got 100% for CIE IGCSE Maths... didn't even recieve a top in the world certificate/top in the country certificate, just a letter saying congratulations for scoring 70/70 on paper 2 and 130/130 on paper 4..
Nah you probably wont win anything, i know some people in hong kong alone, in my school who got around 95% and still did not get anything.
thebestusernameever
Nah you probably wont win anything, i know some people in hong kong alone, in my school who got around 95% and still did not get anything.
i'm from Hong Kong
and I did my IGCSEs last year.To the OP, my techniques are very conservative. I started my maths revision 2 months before the exam, everday when I got home from school 1.5 hours of maths solid. And I did 2 hours of maths on each weekend (on top of revision for all my other subjects).
Dhanoo
My school is the top school in Malaysia and i am one of the top students in my class who scored high in Mathematics.
Just wondering, how hard is it to get top in a country or even top in the world for something (i.e. Math)? i mostly get less than 10 marks off for both of my paper 2 and paper 4 for CIE maths.
Any1 here ever get top in something? If so, pls share your techniques here so we know how to be prepared. Also, just want to know, wot's the maximum marks you we are expected to get wrong to get top in something?
Thnx - discussions would be appreciate!
Just wondering, how hard is it to get top in a country or even top in the world for something (i.e. Math)? i mostly get less than 10 marks off for both of my paper 2 and paper 4 for CIE maths.
Any1 here ever get top in something? If so, pls share your techniques here so we know how to be prepared. Also, just want to know, wot's the maximum marks you we are expected to get wrong to get top in something?
Thnx - discussions would be appreciate!If I knew - do you expect me to SHARE
Lover.Hater
i'm from Hong Kong and I did my IGCSEs last year.
To the OP, my techniques are very conservative. I started my maths revision 2 months before the exam, everday when I got home from school 1.5 hours of maths solid. And I did 2 hours of maths on each weekend (on top of revision for all my other subjects).
and I did my IGCSEs last year.To the OP, my techniques are very conservative. I started my maths revision 2 months before the exam, everday when I got home from school 1.5 hours of maths solid. And I did 2 hours of maths on each weekend (on top of revision for all my other subjects).
After all that - what grade / marks did you get?
oops - you have already answered that.
Lover.Hater
i'm from Hong Kong and I did my IGCSEs last year.
To the OP, my techniques are very conservative. I started my maths revision 2 months before the exam, everday when I got home from school 1.5 hours of maths solid. And I did 2 hours of maths on each weekend (on top of revision for all my other subjects).
and I did my IGCSEs last year.To the OP, my techniques are very conservative. I started my maths revision 2 months before the exam, everday when I got home from school 1.5 hours of maths solid. And I did 2 hours of maths on each weekend (on top of revision for all my other subjects).
Really what school do you go to?
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