FE1 Exam Thread (Read 1st post!) NOTE: YOU MAY SWAP EXAM GRIDS

Anyone know when PPC 1 applications deadline generally is?

If they want to have exams before then?

Sineaddh wrote: »

The government are doing the complete opposite to encouraging people to go to work. Everyone is being told to work from home.

Honestly - watch the government announcement before commenting on it. Sorry but really he said to go to work unless you can work from home.

PerryMason2020

rightytighty wrote: »

They are hard exams. Come on.

Ah they're not. They are challenging because of the sheer volume of information that we need to cover, but there are far harder exams out there.
I suppose I've spent so long reading this forum that I had them built up in my head as being way harder and when I sat them I found them to be very similar to college exams. More intense, but not crazy hard. (That's not to say I've passed the ones I just sat).

PerryMason2020

spygirl wrote: »

So how was property?

She changed the format - a lot more of the pick a or b type questions. But all in all not a bad paper.

rightytighty

PerryMason2020 wrote: »

I can't imagine why. One is either ready for them or they aren't and if one is prepared then all the external issues won't matter. I say this as someone who has crammed at the last minute myself, knowing that I should have been far better prepared.

Sure look at the profession we're all trying to get into. It's extremely stressful, you get things thrown at you last minute and need to be able to adapt and keep your head. These exams really aren't hard, they aren't even in the top 100 of hard exams. I think the issue is that people cram at the last minute too much and cherry pick too much and that doesn't always work out. I know myself from doing it.

They are hard exams. Come on.

PerryMason2020

Jeremiah25 wrote: »

Would imagine all of this hullabaloo would have to be taken into account in the marking?

I can't imagine why. One is either ready for them or they aren't and if one is prepared then all the external issues won't matter. I say this as someone who has crammed at the last minute myself, knowing that I should have been far better prepared.

Sure look at the profession we're all trying to get into. It's extremely stressful, you get things thrown at you last minute and need to be able to adapt and keep your head. These exams really aren't hard, they aren't even in the top 100 of hard exams. I think the issue is that people cram at the last minute too much and cherry pick too much and that doesn't always work out. I know myself from doing it.

Jeremiah25 wrote: »

Would imagine all of this hullabaloo would have to be taken into account in the marking?

not a hope I reckon

Jeremiah25

Would imagine all of this hullabaloo would have to be taken into account in the marking?

I think everyone has pretty much decided what they are doing at this point.

To anyone going ahead, best of luck lads.

To everyone else, I'll see you in the summer.

Would be an idea to keep on top of the study as resit could be short enough notice. Not likely to be the next day or anything but maybe only a few weeks notice.

Would be an idea to keep the study going.

Law1997 wrote: »

If the government wanted them to be called off, the guidelines would have been more direct. People are encouraged to go to work. The country is not gone into lockdown.
However, as I’ve said, it’s everyone’s own personal decision! ðŸ˜Š

The government are doing the complete opposite to encouraging people to go to work. Everyone is being told to work from home.

lawgirl23

iamanengine wrote: »

Anyone who emailed, did you hear anything back?

Yes, I got a reply confirming that the venue remains as the Red Cow but that they may be in different rooms and that there will be signage telling us where to go. I then replied asking could I still hand in my legislation tomorrow morning, as I didn’t give it in today just in case the exam was cancelled. Got a reply confirming that yes, I can still hand in my EU legislation tomorrow morning.

Best of luck to anybody deciding to go ahead tomorrow or Monday.

So how was property?

iamanengine

SwD wrote: »

If you’ve decided not to sit them, stop stressing. It’s over.

Don’t feel guilty about making a decision that supported not only by the government, but by the Commission and the WHO.

The exams are still going to be there in a couple of months, before blackhall 2020 and you’ll sit it then. You’re no worse off by not sitting it with the alternative option.

I needed that

SwD

If you’ve decided not to sit them, stop stressing. It’s over.

Don’t feel guilty about making a decision that supported not only by the government, but by the Commission and the WHO.

The exams are still going to be there in a couple of months, before blackhall 2020 and you’ll sit it then. You’re no worse off by not sitting it with the alternative option.

Both mine and my husbands jobs have closed. The advise is where possible work from home.

We are about two weeks behind Italy and they are like a warzone now. Containment, limit your chances of coming into contact with it or spreading it is best option now to avoid winding up like them.

Hamerzan Sickles

iamanengine wrote: »

Anyone who emailed, did you hear anything back?

No, not yet anyway. I'd say there are dealing with an onslaught of emails, we might not get a confirmation email tbh.

Sineaddh wrote: »

Not necessarily.
Many people may only have been sitting one or two subjects which might be tort and EU as much as any other subjects!

It’s this kind of complacency that puts the country most at risk, every institution and individual has a responsibility to mitigate the risk of spread as much as possible and that’s why this is such a difficult decision to be left up to already stressed candidates

If the government wanted them to be called off, the guidelines would have been more direct. People are encouraged to go to work. The country is not gone into lockdown.
However, as I’ve said, it’s everyone’s own personal decision! ðŸ˜Š

BlackhallPlz

Law1997 wrote: »

It already has though hahaha

Yes and it now needs to minimised and mitigated as best it can be. There is no way a decision that ultimately was taken at government level should have been left to students to interpret. Everyone would have understood if the exams had been postponed. Yes, it would be annoying to have them hanging over a little longer, but the whole country is going to suffer in some way - exams are not life and death.

Law1997 wrote: »

It already has though hahaha

Not necessarily.
Many people may only have been sitting one or two subjects which might be tort and EU as much as any other subjects!

It’s this kind of complacency that puts the country most at risk, every institution and individual has a responsibility to mitigate the risk of spread as much as possible and that’s why this is such a difficult decision to be left up to already stressed candidates

Law1997 wrote: »

But we don’t know who’s exposed and who isn’t!

Which is kind of the whole point.
You might be grand, but what if you are not, or someone else at the hotel is not.

State is asking people to stay away from mass gatherings. Jump in numbers, it's about containment now. Possibly we are all over reacting, very real possibility.
However, what if we aren't.

Personally, just can't risk bringing it home. Will be staying away from all mass gatherings, cancelled a wedding due to attend two weeks from now as well. Hopefully we are all over reacting, I really hope so. Either way limit exposure.

Plus how much did you manage to get done today as a result of earlier news.

rightytighty

As if the Law Society won’t gladly take the money of anyone wanting to sit the additional sitting.

Sineaddh wrote: »

It shouldn’t be risked!

It already has though hahaha

ihatethesea

Law1997 wrote: »

I get it threw you off. I just don’t understand how much prep you’d get done the DAY before the exam. The prep is all the hard work that goes in in the months beforehand. It’s not a one night cram job. But of course it’s everyone’s own personal decision.

I get A LOT done the day before, it's so so so crucial, personally

Law1997 wrote: »

But we don’t know who’s exposed and who isn’t!

It shouldn’t be risked!

CiaranS93

Law1997 wrote: »

I get it threw you off. I just don’t understand how much prep you’d get done the DAY before the exam. The prep is all the hard work that goes in in the months beforehand. It’s not a one night cram job. But of course it’s everyone’s own personal decision.

The day before is when I gain most of the knowledge..

spygirl wrote: »

The point in deferring is that if you were exposed you don't pass it to someone else who wasn't.

But we don’t know who’s exposed and who isn’t!

iamanengine wrote: »

That's not the point, the point is that they gave me this huge decision to make the day before my exam so instead of cramming for the day I spent it worrying, and wasted the entire day, so now I'm completely unprepared for the exam.

Had they just said exams are going ahead I would have been perfectly fine. It was the choice that completely threw me

I get it threw you off. I just don’t understand how much prep you’d get done the DAY before the exam. The prep is all the hard work that goes in in the months beforehand. It’s not a one night cram job. But of course it’s everyone’s own personal decision.

Law1997 wrote: »

Surely we’ve all been exposed to the virus already so what’s the point in deferring? The virus won’t magically get worse tomorrow because of the announcement. I’m sitting tort on Monday.

The point in deferring is that if you were exposed you don't pass it to someone else who wasn't.

iamanengine

Law1997 wrote: »

Surely we’ve all been exposed to the virus already so what’s the point in deferring? The virus won’t magically get worse tomorrow because of the announcement. I’m sitting tort on Monday.

That's not the point, the point is that they gave me this huge decision to make the day before my exam so instead of cramming for the day I spent it worrying, and wasted the entire day, so now I'm completely unprepared for the exam.

Had they just said exams are going ahead I would have been perfectly fine. It was the choice that completely threw me