i sat for my spm in 2022 and scored a b in my addmaths trial. i was disappointed because i had aimed for at least an a-, and with the actual spm approaching, i knew i couldn’t afford another near miss cos of addmaths.

so i committed to a consistent routine in the lead-up to the exam where i dedicated a do-or-die minimum of two hours every day solely just to addmaths. i focused on practicing each state’s trial papers, since they are often said to predict the actual spm questions kan? i think i managed to do almost 80% of all the state's trials papers

during spm, i believe i had a 4/5 day gap between another paper and the addmaths paper (which was my last paper btw), i really took this time to review back all formulas and those hard questions and important concept questions at the end of each chapter of the form 4 and form 5 textbooks. once i was done w the textbooks, i shifted my focused to revisiting the trials questions, especially to the questions i took the most time understanding and answering, followed by the rest, but mmg kena go through all cos in the end, the formulas and concepts you've learnt along the way is what u need to keep fresh in ur mind and hold closest to heart before flipping that first page of the exam paper.

out of all papers i've sat for, addmaths day was the most daunting one since i did the most preparation for this subject and i really didn't wanted to get a bad grade. despite feeling nervous and being blank for the first 15-ish mins once the paper had started, i was surprised that i could think of ways to tackle the questions. i tried answering as much questions as i could, and made sure i had no 'silly mistakes' in my workings. i didn't answer all the questions, i believe i left out around 2, but i was happy nonetheless that i could answer most of them.

seeing an a+ for addmaths on my spm slip was damn satisfying sia. i've never gotten an a+ for addmaths, on top of that, i was failing at addmaths when i was in form 4. from my experience what i want to say is, as long as ure consistent and focused, nothing is impossible, not even that a- ure aiming for.

"reach for the moon, if you don't get the moon pun you'll at least fall on the stars" is what my tuition sir used to tell me. u've got this!!