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Exam leave

  • 15-03-2009 4:08pm
    #1
    stefar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    Hi all,

    Quick question - i'm going on exam leave soon, i get approx 4 weeks for all 4 CAP 1 subjects (law/tax = 1 subject) and realise it's not as mich as some others i know...I got through college without putting too much work in...just wondering how may hours per day it reasonable to be studying in preparaion for the final exams, given i tried my best in the mocks and reckon i'll average less than 10%...just didn't have time with workin 60 hours per week, based in a hotel down the country...i;m really anxious now that there's just too much to do, really feels like i'm startin from scratch...thanks for all your help, i've no doubt that there are others like me out there!!


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  • #2
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    2 hours per subject per day for 5/6 days a week should see you through it tbh.


  • #3
    stefar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭stefar


    Thanks Kinetic...we'll see, fingers crossed, just feel i may be at a slight disadvantage with oither firms giving trainees up to & over 6 weeks (unpaid leave above 6 weeks because of damn credit crunch!)...anyway, cheers


  • #4
    Dixie Chick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭Dixie Chick


    stefar wrote: »
    Thanks Kinetic...we'll see, fingers crossed, just feel i may be at a slight disadvantage with oither firms giving trainees up to & over 6 weeks (unpaid leave above 6 weeks because of damn credit crunch!)...anyway, cheers


    I worked in a hotel during my training as well and got NO study leave, You have weekends and evenings now and 4 weeks off, you will be fine


  • #5
    stefar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭stefar


    Thanks Dixie Chick - suppose pressure just gettin to me now with all the overtime and examds appraochin, haven't had a sec to look at the books...fingers off i'll get stuck in and the 4 weeks will be sufficient, thanks again, S


  • #6
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    Dixie Chick wrote: »
    I worked in a hotel during my training as well and got NO study leave, You have weekends and evenings now and 4 weeks off, you will be fine

    In my experience, practice work tends to be more stressful and would contain a lot more overtime then working in industry. So the longer exam leave is needed so that you can just switch off.


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  • #7
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Just get up an hour earlier and find an hour in the evening Monday to Friday between now and the exams, on top of your study leave and oyu'll be grand.


  • #8
    Dixie Chick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,062 ✭✭✭Dixie Chick


    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    In my experience, practice work tends to be more stressful and would contain a lot more overtime then working in industry. So the longer exam leave is needed so that you can just switch off.

    Hotel work, even if it is the accounts dept. is work that will kill you, its not nice industry work at all!! I have worked in practise since I qualified and while stressful, its nothing compared to whatb hotel work will do to your soul!

    I suppose its all down to the person really, at the end of the day, if you are serious about your exams, you will find the time and pas them


  • #9
    slicus ricus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,454 ✭✭✭slicus ricus


    I have only 4 weeks off (plus the week of the exams) as well for all 5 CAP 1s. It's the standard where I work and people have got through on that amount of time. I've taken an extra 2 days annual leave just to make doubly sure. I didn't have much time to study for the mocks either. I've been told though that the 4 weeks is enough!


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