Need some advice- Take P1 and P3 or the Strategic Business Leader

Hey John!

Hope you’re having a nice day.

I needed some advice. I’ve asked the P1 and P3 tutors for this. But I do really respect you and so think I’ll find it useful to ask you for advice as well.

I am a fairly smart student. I started work recently at Crowe Horwath. And I am done with all my F papers.

I have completed my F papers with really good scores and I studied P2 last semester at college and I will be attempting the exam in September. I am also currently studying P7 at college and planning to attempt in December.

I was initially really set on waiting for the paper combination and giving the Strategic Business Leader exam in December 2018. So I’d do P4 in June 2018. Plenty of teachers have told me that I’d rather just give P1 and P3 and be done with it. It never convinced me but today while talking about it with a colleague, a screw turned in my head and now I want to give the P1 and P3 in March and June 2018 respectively.

This screw has turned in my head plenty of times and there are so many decisions that I have gone back on despite thinking I was so sure of my choice. I guess you can call my change of decision my gut feeling.

As a student, I love theory and logic. Proven by my scores of 81 in F4, and 80 in F5 (thanks for that!) as well as 73 in F9. While in F7 and F6 I scored 63 and 64.

The conditions before these exams were the same. I was not working.

I have heard that theory and logic are of good use in P1 and P3. However this time I will be working. I am confident if I try my best I will be able to pass the papers. I have already set out a mental plan in my head as well.
I will study P1 with OpenTuition since it is mainly just theory so I probably dont need a physical teacher.

And with this, I’ll do P3 with my college as I do like a physical teacher.

The question is,

Is it worth pulling myself the extra mile to give the exams? Or would it be better to wait until the conversion?
Would the new exam be really tough?

I am confident I can pass P1 and P3 and I will be taking a full week of leave from work before each of the exams to ensure a pass.

Thanks for your help!