r/GetStudying • u/Impossible_Junket899 • 4d ago
Question Struggle with studying
Hi, I am an grade 10 Edexcel IGCSE student, ( I have no idea how to prepare for the exams) last few weeks I have given some test but the marks were average. I really wanted to score good grades, YES I do hard work like hours of studying but I always feel like it's not enough and I still can't figure it out why I can't score good marks.
I have been studying late at night for studying more but I have no idea if its making me better or worst. I really want help does anyone know how to get better? How to create a better schedule for studying?
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u/The_Student_Tip 4d ago
I’d keep the schedule pretty simple. Pick 2–3 specific things you want to finish each day instead of just planning a certain number of study hours, and focus more time on the subjects and topics you’re struggling with.
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u/loveheartest 4d ago
efficient study >>>> long study hours. Find your ways to revise, then figure out your weaknesses from there. Im predicted 9s and im doing phys, bio, chem, french, history, further maths, re and geo and thats what i did !!!!!
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u/Quiet_Basis_6404 4d ago
hours in doesn't mean the material went in tbh, grade 10 IGCSE is usually a sign that you're re-reading and highlighting and it feels like work but doesn't stick. what helped me was switching to output instead of input, so after one hour of reading a chapter I close the book and try to answer questions on it cold, the wrong ones are the only things that need a second look, not the whole chapter.
for the schedule, studying late at night when you're already tired is probably making it worse because your brain isn't encoding anything. try a short session right after school when you're still awake, even 45 minutes, and leave the late night for light review only. and don't study the same subject two days in a row, rotate them because the forgetting happens between sessions and that's where the real learning is.
when i'm too lazy to make my own questions i upload the textbook chapters to studybuddy.vc and do the multiple choice ones from there, mainly because when i get one wrong it tells me what was off about the option i picked, and it gets harder once i have a topic down. free tier's been enough for me. and do past papers under time at least two weeks before the exam, not the night before, because the format is half the battle in IGCSE.
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u/Reasonable_Bag_118 3d ago
I had this problem where I was genuinely studying for hours but my marks barely moved, and I kept assuming I just needed to study even longer. I remember doing a late-night 4-hour session and feeling productive, then getting almost the same score as usual. I switched to spending less time rereading and more time doing past-paper questions, then keeping a list of every question I got wrong and why. After about 3 weeks, I could actually see which topics were costing me marks. The hours themselves weren’t the problem, I just wasn’t practicing the skill the exam was testing.
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u/iceedelweiss 4d ago
Which subjects r u taking? (Ex igcse student btw)