Hello! I will be doing IGCSE as a private candidate and will be self studying most of the subjects. Please give feedback (and even advice on being a private candidate or studying the subjects!) on my subject choices:
Exam board: CIE
- First Language English (0500)
- Literature in English (0475)
- Mathematics (0580)
- Biology (0610)
- Chemistry (0620)
- Physics (0625)
- History (0470)
- French Foreign Language (0520)
I'm still unsure about what major I want to pursue in uni, so I just chose subjects that will give me a good balance of stem and humanities. I'm more into traditional school subjects so I didn't really choose ones that are more vocational. I wanted to take subjects like art and design or drama but I couldn't because of the assessments that I can't do as a private candidate.
I chose to do individual sciences than combined science because I wanted to challenge myself and explore. (who knows I might develop a passion for it!) For Humanities, I chose to do History and English lit because I really like the syllabus and I'm assuming these humanities subjects are enough for me to gain skills I need like essay writing for future humanities A level or IB Subjects. Wanted to take geography but didn't really find the content appealing. Sociology was also on my options but someone told me that it's seen as an easy filler subject so I just disregarded it, and ended up with these subject choices.
For french, I'm still finding schools where I can do the assessment since it includes a speaking test. If I can't find one then I'll just drop it and maybe replace it with Latin?
I will be taking the exam at the British Council in my country and I'm hoping to do these in May/June 2026 sessions. Please feel free to give advice! Thank you!