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Will attempt P3 in Sep ’17, failed with 42 this June ’17.
Problem I faced:1.Only managed to answer 75% within full time. I managed to take 5 mocks before exam and couldn’t manage to answer above this also. So time pressure is great barrier for me.
2.The kit (BPP) I followed contains answers which repeated the information of the scenario of the question to start in most of the cases, and I tried to follow their strategy. I think this killed the time in exam. I am not sure is this the correct approach or not.
3.If I am not wrong, for every mark I have to write one sentence (with 1 relevant point). But to obtain professional marks I tried to link the situations, and that makes me to write excess sentences.
4.Again, the kit I followed contain much lengthy answers and I find it harder than any previous papers how to skim them to make a balanced answer which can be presented in exam within allocated time.
5.If there is any other advice you think will be helpful for me, please provide. I need to be well prepared for my next sitting.
Thanks.
6.How much time should I spend to read the full qus. both 50 and 25 marks ? I took 10 min. for 25 and 25 min. for 50 marks qus. So I had 150 min. left for ans 100 marks, 1.5 min. per marks. Attempt 50 marks qus. first.
[3 hr+15 min=195 min.-(10+10+25)=150 min.]
My personal point of view is to answer 85-90 marks in exam, which probably get me over 50-55 marks.
Are these that approaches OK?Sorry to hear that you didn’t pass this time.
1 and 2: Don’t repeat information in the question unless you are using it to ‘move on’. Eg don’t repeat something like “The economy is facing a recession’ if that is simply what the question said. However, it would be worth saying something like (assuming relevant) “This is a bad time to expand because the economy is forecast to go into recession’. You are using the information, not just repeating it.
3 Then don’t try to link. Professional marks are relatively small.
4 Te answers in the it are much longer than you can produce. Use the marking schemes to identify the important points.
5 Prioritise your points by trying to identify the key issues and make sure you cover them. There are always more things that can be said than marks available.
Sorry to hear that you didn’t pass this time.
1 and 2: Don’t repeat information in the question unless you are using it to ‘move on’. Eg don’t repeat something like “The economy is facing a recession’ if that is simply what the question said. However, it would be worth saying something like (assuming relevant) “This is a bad time to expand because the economy is forecast to go into recession’. You are using the information, not just repeating it.
3 Then don’t try to link. Professional marks are relatively small.
4 Te answers in the it are much longer than you can produce. Use the marking schemes to identify the important points.
5 Prioritise your points by trying to identify the key issues and make sure you cover them. There are always more things that can be said than marks available.
6 That’s probably a bit too much. Think more 15 minutes for 50 marks and 7 for 25 marks.
Why not address 100% of the marks?
Thanks for 1-5.
6. but the biggest problem I face in the exam is time pressure. I tried this reading approach but couldn’t finish the whole qus. within this time.
and if I finish reading within the advised allocated time, majority of the points I was unable to peek for preparing ans. properly.
So need to know the technique to overcome this.
You might already do this, but:
1 Read the requirements first, then as you read annnotate the question where there might be useful information. Don’t underline: makes notes in the margin.
2 Most historical information is useless. So in the large question there is usually a para saying how the firm was founded in 1990 etc. Usjally all that is of ne use to dealing with curent problems, so skim that.
3 Try reading the question as though it were a story/novel rather than a question. Ie try to relax and ‘enjoy’ it. Aim for an overview and general understanding rather then pondering each piece of information – but remember the requirements.
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