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I hope to settle P1, P2 and P3 by June 2018, with (ideally) P1 and P3 settled by March and P2 by June.
I’m kind of lost. I want the flexibility to be able to study without any constraints, but then again, I’ll be starting my job as an audit staff mid December this year. Does it even matter for me, then, whether I self-study, considering how taxing my work will be (March is within the peak season, by the way!)? It’s surely study time after work, otherwise there’s no other time for me to study. In that case, what difference does it make if I go for part-time tuition classes? It would still be study time after work. Would it be better if I go for tuition?
Still, I feel that self-study might make my life easier since I wouldn’t need to rush to class after work and reach home 11 p.m. But again, I’m not sure if I’ll make enough time to study. A class usually takes 3-4 hours. It’s because I don’t like the inflexibility that I prefer self-study, but I fear that my own study hours will be ineffective.
I have self-studied so far and got on fine so far (8 first time passes and another 2 just taken), but I am only just starting the P papers. I feel self study works better for me as I can fit in study around my life rather than fitting my life around study. So like you I value the flexibility. I think self-study can be highly effective, if you’re motivated and you approach it in the right way.
I did go to one revision course at a learning provider for one of the exams and I actually felt the other students there were holding me back, asking stupid questions showing their lack of effort/knowledge. The class was slow and she gave us too much time to practice questions. Other students were still writing long after I had finished and I was getting impatient waiting for them so we could mark them and move on! After that I decided that I was just going to study by myself unless I was really struggling.
Thank you for sharing!
Well for you it may be better to self-study since you prefer a faster pace. This makes sense but I personally am worried that my own method won’t work out, particularly because I expect a busy work schedule and can’t exercise much flexibility, making no difference in the end.
Well obviously you will need to find time to fit study in somewhere. If you can get at least an hour a few evenings per week and a few hours at the weekend, that should be enough.
If having a class that you have to go to makes you actually go to the class instead of slacking off then that might be better for you, but if you’re motivated and you want it, you’ll find the time to get it done somehow, even if you’re busy. You’re not going to be working 18 hours a day 7 days a week are you?
You’re right; the whole idea of self-study is only as good as you’re motivated. I don’t think that’d be a problem for me because, heck, I’d be more motivated to study without constraints than to force myself to fit in any tuition schedule. It’s just that there’s uncertainty in my expected working hours. I’ve heard that during peak season, auditors are required to work minimum 60 hours a week. I just did some simple calculation and found that I might have more than enough time to prepare for P1 and P3 (about 90 hours for each of P1 and P3). In extreme scenarios I may have to work 80 hours a week, but even with all weeks 80-hour weeks I’ll have 78 hours for each paper. I suppose that suffices, too? All these analyses assume that all goes according to the plan, of course… I just hope that I won’t get burnout, haha.
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