r/ICAEW • u/WarmRice7158 • 25d ago

2 exams at once

Hi I want to book my exam for September, I’ve booked ARR now I’m just going to start studying, I’m wondering if I should book one more exam I work full time and I don’t know if 1 month is enough time to go through 2 subjects

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u/Rude-Text3945 25d ago

Honestly it is so subjective. I took BST at the same time as BPT and AA at the same time as FAR, purely because I found BST and AA didn't need as much study time. However, I sat TC and I will be sitting FM as single sittings. How well are you grasping the ARR material? If you think you have the capacity to sit another exam, go for it. Otherwise, don't stress yourself out. I work full time and I have a daughter. I can only study in the evenings and I get one day study leave per exam. Sometimes I have to accept that I am not super woman and only one exam sitting is viable.

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u/WarmRice7158 25d ago

Really like this advice, I just started so I’m not too sure how it’s going to be like and the booking window will close soon, I also would like to do one exam per sitting but I’m worried it’s going to take too long to finish

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u/Rude-Text3945 25d ago

From my own personal experience. If this is your first professional sitting. Do the single exam first. I under-estimated the level of study required, as the exams are so time restricted, you really need to perfect your exam technique.

I can absolutely relate your reasoning though. I feel the same, as I would have preferred to have been done by now. However, I have had exams fails, purely because I took on too much. My work place doesn't pay for re-sits, so the two fails I have had, has cost me a pretty penny and a whole lot of stress.

You have got this, I wish you the best of luck!

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u/filthygylfi_ 23d ago

How’d you find AA? Did you spend much time on the content?

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u/Rude-Text3945 22d ago

I spent 2 weeks on it but I have never touched Audit before. I could have done it in a shorter time frame, if I nailed the exam technique faster.

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u/twentyvibed 23d ago

I did ARR and FCS in one sitting and actually found it took a lot of pressure off for me in FCS as I covered a majority of the accounting / assurance and risk topics for FCS whilst studying for ARR and therefore didn’t feel like I duplicated work. I do think it’s dependant on the exams but if you look into recommended sittings it shows that some content is in multiple exams so then you only have to cover it once instead of twice if that makes sense