Help needed regarding cie exams

[Hadi zia]

Hi. I m an o level student planning to take three papers ie islamiat , urdu 2 and pak studies in may/june 2014 as a private student. In addition to these three i m planning to appear in five more subjects which r maths physics chemistry bio and english in may/june 2015 , also i dont have any additional subject . Keeping in view my situation can u plz ans following questions:
1.usually students give one year gap between the first three subjects and the remaining subjects If i take first three papers in oct/ nov 2014 would i hav enough time to take the other papers in may june 2015 ?

2. How much important is it to take an additional subject to get admission in good colleges ( e.g kgs Lyceum nixor etc ) provided off course i meet the grades criteria ?

3. Since i hav been out of the country i have been studying first three subjects i.e islamiat . Urdu 2nd lang , and pak studies on my own. I m planning to come to pakistan in january 2014 and take tutions for these three subjects can u please tell me some well reputed specialist tutors/ tution centres in karachi in defence clifton area ?

4. Lastly can i get admission in any good school in last year of o levels on the basis of my result of these three subjects ( i have been a merit scholarship student in beaconhouse defence khi till class 8 )
Looking forward to an early reply. Thanks

 

[somasilver]

never study as private student
i am an o level student too
i am in 10 now
i am giving only urdu paper
for the subject it should be 7 or 8 subject to get in good college

 

[ARaza7]

why shouldnt you study as a private student?
im in year 10 too im british so dont take pak studies but want to give english commerce and economics in 2014

 

[somasilver]

because at your certificate it will written as private but if you give it by school it will written school name

 

[ARaza7]

my school doesnt allow us to give exams beforehand, we have to give it all at once and even have to give world affairs as a compulsory subject
what school do you go to?

 

[somasilver]

i am from pakistan but live in uae

 

[Nabeel.Ahmad]

my school doesnt allow us to give exams beforehand, we have to give it all at once and even have to give world affairs as a compulsory subject
what school do you go to?

History World Affairs as a compulsory subject, seriously?
I am studying that as an extra subject.

 

[ARaza7]

History World Affairs as a compulsory subject, seriously?
I am studying that as an extra subject.

cool! i'm from london so its not that hard but its long, but my friends find it really hard.
what school do u go to?

 

[ARaza7]

i am from pakistan but live in uae

Cool

 

[somasilver]

Cool

ok

 

[bakhita]

As for your first question, I think one year is quite enough to prepare for Physics, chemistry, Bio and English but never for Math's. What's the use of taking these exams all in one year if you can't get As. Grades are what you will carry with yourself your whole life. I did the same mistake of taking math's with all science subjects, I got B although it's okay at my situation. But I really regret now that why didn't I take it later. Math's is what needs a lot of practice. If you will be starting fresh for Math's that will be even worse. But if you have already started and through all of the concepts once already, may be then it'll be okay but even then it needs a lot of practice.

 

[Hadi zia]

As for your first question, I think one year is quite enough to prepare for Physics, chemistry, Bio and English but never for Math's. What's the use of taking these exams all in one year if you can't get As. Grades are what you will carry with yourself your whole life. I did the same mistake of taking math's with all science subjects, I got B although it's okay at my situation. But I really regret now that why didn't I take it later. Math's is what needs a lot of practice. If you will be starting fresh for Math's that will be even worse. But if you have already started and through all of the concepts once already, may be then it'll be okay but even then it needs a lot of practice.

Thanks for your reply. My all science subjects i.e maths phy chem bio r about to finsh and i have a year and half for revision as i m gonna give them in may/june 2015. Now i m focusing on isl pak sst and urdu which i have to give this year. If u could guide me whn is the registration going to start and secondly suggest some real good tutors for these subjects. My goal is A*.