SPM Candidate here.
So far been doing fine with all my subjects except for Additional Mathematics and Sejarah.
My highest grade for Sejarah is only C and for Add Maths is B-.

Any good tips? Or maybe I'm just studying wrongly.......

BC is really good 

I failed my BC badly, never expect to get an A even in PMR 

Wat BC 93? Well done

Wow, 93 on sastera cina, is it as hard as the normal BC paper?

Btw, sastera cina is a different paper from normal BC right?

wow your results way better than mine dude! I only got 1 A so far sad

Heck, I got 57/100 for my subjective. Lucky my essay pushed me up to a 70.
Ah ok, I have a few friends taking this and they seem to have a hard time with it

You are strong in Chinese, which is damn rare to see someone like that.

I got A for PMR Chinese and thought to take Chinese for SPM as well, but scored only 43 in F4 year end, so I dropped it

Physics Paper 2 result left .
On a second thought , not sure if I should post my results here .

Haha erm waiting for pokemon X to release I just finished resident evil but Im gonna study since Im getting bad results and hopefully I get better in SPM XD

So far, my Chm and Phy are the only A's I've got. Quite dissapointed. But on the bright side, the rest A+. Surprisingly, my Bio managed to get 90 this term. 

Disclaimer : I did this in PMR , where I wrote about my trial results and discussed about plans to further improve them before the actual examination . This time I'll do it again . This is not intended for self-indulgence , but as a reflection .



So here it is . After months of exhausting , stressful and sometimes heart-wrenching episodes and experiences , I've finally reached this point . ' Bahasa Inggeris ' may look out of place because my teacher hasn't added it in yet . 

First things first ...

I started my trials preparation pretty early , around June if I'm not mistaken . I figured if I'd want to go through the trials without any stress at all , I could just finish everything and relax . Boy , was I wrong .

My preparation became intense during the two-week break that we had for Hari Raya . It was incredibly stressful . Although I thought I had everything under control , but I realised that I had neglected Sejarah for far too long .

I told myself I would be happy with just straight A's , I had the feeling that I couldn't achieve that . The stress can get to you sometimes so it's best to not lose motivation when things don't go as planned .

I had zero recollection of Sejarah facts before the break . I felt I was doomed , I had only two weeks to cram everything in ! Luckily , I had my parents to complain to , and the opportunity to take long walks every day to help with the stress .

Breakdown of results

BAHASA MELAYU ( P1 - 120/130 P2 - 99/110 )

- I prepared only a few days before the paper . I think luck was on my side . Preparation mostly went into Karangan and KOMSAS . I had read and practised Novel questions months before , so I took a few glances on tema , watak , latar , nilai , pengajaran , teknik plot . I think I did many Prosa Klasik questions to get used to those KBKK questions . It paid off I think , one question ( Hikayat Langlang Buana ) read : " Mengapakah Tuan Puteri membawa pulang burung bayan itu ? " I had a lot of simple ideas to write about , SPM level requires simple and logical answers only .

For P1 , I did " faktor - faktor murid-murid ponteng sekolah " . I was lucky because I'd read that , and all the other options were too difficult for me ! I avoided Q1 , pengalaman hari sukan as I preferred factual essays in BM .

Things to improve on are my knowledge on karangan points , so I'll be able to choose from a wider range of questions , not just limit myself to Dimensi Diri and Dimensi Masyarakat questions . I took quite a bit of time answering Rumusan , so that must improve as well . Overall I'm quite happy with my BM result , first A+ this year .

ENGLISH P1 - 85/85 , P2 - 65/70

Nothing much to say here , really . English is the subject which I paid the least attention to . But a thing to note here is I only learned how to answer the Novel question a day before the paper . I'd finished Step by Wicked Step in May , but never cared to learn the answering technique .

Also , for the first time , I chose a one-word essay . I was never a person who'd choose to write a story , but this time I took the risk as I felt I'd exhausted my take on real-life stories about ' Mother ' , or ' Father ' . This time I chose the question with the prompt ' SILENCE ' . A very intriguing , but broad topic --- I came up with the plot there and then , taking quite some time to sort things out in my head before writing . It was sort of a self-exploration / spiritual work about how a fictional person  found silence in his life . Very happy with my P1 , had a few first-draft slips in my continuous writing though , will try to minimise them in SPM .

MATHEMATICS P1 - 38/40 , P2 - 97/100

Again , nothing much to say . I did have trouble with Earth as a Sphere though , and I drew plans for the first time in my trials ! A bit under-prepared for P2 , but I think I managed to do just fine .

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS
P1 - 64/80 , P2 - 81/100

A huge disappointment . I had always been consistent with my Add Maths , but this year I did very few questions , and the lack of practice showed in my result . I think trial , past years and model papers before SPM would fix this . However , this paper was devious --- especially P1 . Kudos to the teacher for those questions that really tested our grasp on A.M concepts .

SEJARAH P1 - 31/40 , P2 - 97/100 P3 - 100/100

Boy oh boy , how did I pull through Sejarah ? Aside from not having enough time to finish all the chapters ( especially the form five ones ) , and racing against time to cram as much as I could . Not happy with my P1 marks , questions that tested specific facts brought me down . I'll pay more attention to Sejarah this time .

EKONOMI ASAS P1 - 36/40 , P2 - 49.5/60

I'm really happy with how things turned out for E.A . It was my first time sitting an E.A paper . It felt a bit awkward --- never drew supply and demand graphs , never computed cukai , so I had some trouble in P2 . I also did not finish most of the form five chapters ! Thank goodness some common knowledge helped me with those objective questions . Will definitely pull my E.A grade to an A+ in SPM .

PHYSICS P1 - 46/50 , P2 - 95/100 , P3 - 40/40

I finished the entire Physics syllabus around early June myself as the teacher was too slow , so I did not prepare so much for it before the trials . This proved to be a risk as I had to recall some concepts in P1 , and referred to the formula sheet for those kinematic questions . Overall I'm satisfied with Physics ( my favourite subject ) , although I will at least practice once a week now .

CHEMISTRY P1 - 49/50 , P2 - 100/100 , P3 - 46/50

The highlight of my trials . I finished Carbon Compounds and Chemical for Consumers a week before the break all by myself as my teacher skipped the topic and was taking his own sweet time giving out handouts for those chapters . At first I felt I couldn't do it ( people told me Carbon Compounds will be very difficult ) , but I told myself to focus . With help from the internet , I finished that long chapter just in time , and I quite liked it .

I'd like to note that I was exhausted on the day which I had to sit for Chemistry ( 2nd last paper ) . Some of the P2 questions were unconventional , and I didn't have the energy to finish all the essay questions . But what a pleasant surprise it was when I received my Chemistry results today .

BIOLOGY P1 - 49/50 , P2 - 93/100 , P3 - 50/50

I was barely able to finish Reproduction in time . The plants reproduction part was very long for me . I paid more attention on the menstrual cycle part . I think reading Biology on the first week of the holidays proved to be costly , I'd forgotten part of what I'd studied in the actual exam . Only after the first 30 minutes of P2 did I manage to recall the facts needed to answer the essay questions . I kinda gave up studying Biology after finishing Chemistry , all that was in my mind was sleep . I needed to rest badly after all those harrowing papers . I only read the experiments to prepare for P3 . Biology is another one of the how-did-I-pull-through subjects , never thought I would have achieved an A+ .

MORAL

Finished with all those nilai's minutes before the exam .  Trial papers should prove helpful now .

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There you go . Sorry if I seemed to ramble , I'm quite tired right now , was involved some last-minute school activity and didn't get to sleep in the afternoon .

So , what's next ?

Remain composed , don't let the results affect me . I've a feeling that my principal would pile more pressure on me this time leading to the actual SPM , but I have to remain calm . I have to .

We'll be having Gerak Gempur too , but I won't let it bother me too much . I'll treat it as an exercise .

Maxis

Lol, oops.

Anyway, are you people still going to school after trials? Lots of my classmates just ponteng and study at home. Today, only 13 people from my class came.

Atmosphere felt like after final exams/ after PMR like that. No one studied and everyone played Truth or Dare.

This thread has gotten busy . Where to start ?

For Pendidikan Moral , opinions differ . But the general consensus between examiners is that you can definitely add one and only one extra answer , no more .

For esei , I give one extra nilai . Usually it's rasional because I know it'll be accepted . I write all three esei's , just to be safe , and because I have some spare time .

I answer this way [ recommended by JP Negeri Sembilan ]

Watak + Nilai
Watak + KK1 + Situasi
Contoh
Watak + KK2 + Situasi
Contoh

4 word technique can be used as well , but I've gotten used to the old one .

Example :

Ali mengamalkan nilai rasional . Dia boleh berfikir dengan tidak menghisap rokok . Contohnya , dia tahu bahawa merokok membahayakan kesihatan dan boleh menyebabkan kanser paru-paru . Dia bertindak wajar dengan tidak menghisap rokok . Contohnya , dia menolak pelawaan rakannya untuk merokok walaupun diajak beberapa kali .

My only concern is the 'CONTOH' part . An examiner with 20 years of experience told me that the contoh must be KBKK , we cannot take from the 'stem soalan' . What do you think , and what do your teachers say ?

cucuamazing Heartnsoul laptopgirl kangaroo96 stpxdf88l

As you guys are kinda new here , would you be interested in our Facebook discussion page ? There are 20+ members in there . But a word of caution , that group is inactive , which is kind of disappointing . When I first talked about it many provided their FB names , they wanted to be in the group , but when I added them nobody provided inputs , some asked questions but when we further enquired , they abandoned them . Just thought maybe you guys would be different , based on your posts in this thread .

By the way , cucuamazing and laptopgirl , I've updated your username on the list . Pretty impressive , both taking a literature subject . I've always wanted to take L.I.E , but meh , no teachers around and I heard that an A+ would prove to be a feat achievable by only the best users of English . Didn't want to take the risk . Have you chosen a theme to concentrate on , like conflicts ?

Sorry , I directed my question to laptopgirl .

Anyway do you have a set of texts to read for Chinese Literature ? Do you read works by Confucius , Lao Tze ?

Wait , what ? 

The word 'nilai' is unnecessary .

Are you interested in Chinese literary works ?

If they ask for 'terangkan' , 'jelaskan' nilai , then yes , it's required .
If they say ' berikan nilai ' , then no . At least that was what the examiner told me .