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@jetavi said:
Hi @plunia,

It’s good to see that you wish to take just 1 paper. Honestly, the professional papers are really challenging and not easy to pass!

I agree with this – if these are your first P papers then they will really feel like a step up from the Fundamental papers.

[cuddy89]

I would do SBR in March – SBL has a larger syllabus as it is a combination of the old P1 and P3 exams.

Good luck!

[cuddy89]

Passed with 50%, was convinced I failed! On to the option papers now.

[cuddy89]

I chose to do the 2 papers separately, and passed both first time (self study). I also chose to sit the exams 6 months apart to give myself more time to prepare. If you work full time I wouldn’t recommend sitting them together as they are both tough exams with large syllabi.

I found SBL to be a fairly logical exam and could honestly have had a good go at it without having studied the text. Despite it being a 5 hour exam myself and everybody else I spoke to ran out of time. Exam technique is key in this exam.

In SBR make sure that you learn all the IFRS/IAS standards and can write the definitions and how to apply them. There were several 6 to 8 mark questions in my exam on this area, and the calculation questions were very tough so I was glad that I gained enough marks on the standards.

As with other exams, do as many past paper questions as you can, firstly with your notes open and then without.

Hope this helps

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