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If asked to write a report/memo etc in Q1, is there any disadvantage to starting with the appendices, then writing the report once you have completed the calculations to discuss, so long as everything is headed clearly? Don’t want to risk missing the 4 professional marks!
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Sarah
In my opinion, I would rather you have the layout of your report on the first page. You can start with the introduction to show the examiner that you have started with your report, then you should flip to the second page to start the workings or appendix. You can keep flipping back to your report page to update it as you do more workings in your appendix
Hi Sarah,
I plan on starting with a quick intro (as femitej pointed out), then leaving the rest of that page, plus another 2 to 3 pages, depending on the length of the question, then working on the appendices. After that’s all done, I’ll go back to the first page and start my discussion.
To be fair, its probably better to leave too many pages, than too few. At the very worst, if you leave too many, you can strike a line through a blank page. I highly doubt the examiner will dock a mark off the layout for that. However, if you don’t leave enough, you’ll have text before and after the appendices, which goes against what a report / briefing note should look like.
Good luck and lets hope we don’t have a paper like those that sat P6 today did!! If you don’t follow, look at the reviews of the people that sat it. It sounded like a nightmare scenario for most.
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