P2 and p3 Dec 17

hi Alages,

I think it depends if you work full time or study and if you have kids. I would say from my point of view and given my circumstances:
I work full time and I don’t have kids. I need 2 weeks off before exams to prepare for 2 exams and 1 week off to prepare for 1.
For the past 3 sittings I was taking March – 2 exams(F5 and F9), June -1 (F7) , Sept -1 (F6).

All exams taken so far had a poor preparation strategy (I did F6 in September with 1 week preparation in total as I was busy the whole summer, for example). But I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I am just quite disorganised person and plus I don’t aim high marks. So always get around 57-61.

I am going to take F8 this December with 5 days off just before exam.
This time I am going to study every day for 1 hour and have a revision of 5 full days just before the exam.

I was going to take P2 or P1+P3 in March 2018 as I know the structure of both with change in September 2018. However I don’t know from which to start.

To summarise, if you just study and/or have no kids and have about 2 weeks off before exams – take 2 exams P2 and P3. If you work full time or have kids to look after or if you are not given at least 2 weeks off before the exams – take only 1. That’s what I would do. I wouldn’t take P2 and P3 together unless you already passed P1. Because P2 would be a real struggle for me as F7 was so I will make sure I will take 2 weeks off for this exam alone.

Hope it helps.