Decision three · which exams

Choosing your exams

Your subjects are set. The question now is a portfolio question: which exams, how many, in what order, and what catches you if they all miss.

Start from the right end. Don't start with "which exam is prestigious". Start with which courses you'd accept, find which exams lead there, then check which of those your subjects allow. Prestige is the output of that process, not the input.

Work through it

In the order they actually help.

1 Start here

Exam finder

Filter by your subjects and your field, with the competition figures where they exist — and the missing ones named rather than hidden.

2 Reference

The full directory, by field

Every route grouped by where it leads — useful before you know the names to search for.

3 The arithmetic

One preparation, several exams

What the exam you build your two years around buys you across the others, and what each extra one actually costs.

4 Strategy

How many exams should I write?

Reach, match, safe, and the non-exam backup everyone forgets.

5 Planning

The two-year calendar

When forms open, when exams cluster, when results collide with counselling.

6 Fine print

Eligibility traps

Attempt limits, age bars, subject requirements and quota documents that disqualify people every year.

7 The hard parts

Drop years, money, and "what if I don't crack it"

The questions that keep Class 12 students awake, answered without pep talk.

8 Yours

My shortlist

Exams you've starred, and what they cost taken together rather than one at a time.