Doing 4 modules in one sitting

[Peter]

Hi Everyone,

I am thinking about doing 4 modules this year and would like to get everyone's perspective and experience doing 4.

I currently have 7 years experience ranging from faulting & maintainence, installation and recently design. Currently I'm a licenced signalling designer. The modules I have looked at are 1,2,3 & 5.

I am not sure whether to do a few this year then a few the next. I would like to sit them in one go.

Any opinions are welcomed.

Thanks

Alex

Your choice of modules certainly matches your background. Your length of experience is also reasonable to have given you sufficient exposure to gather the required knowledge.

I would not suggest taking any modules with lower than a couple of years experience, but that does not mean that you need four times that for four modules - there is a lot that is transferable between them.

Being ready to be able to take anyone of four modules and sitting all four in one session are two different things. I spoke to a colleague recently who did four in one day end he found it to be a very hard day. His analysis is that he may have got better results of he had spread them over two years just because of the fatigue issues.

Now, if you want to stand a chance of joining the ilustrious list of Thorrowgood Scholarship winners, doing the four in one go is a must.

In theory, there is nothing to lose (other than exam fees) in having a go if you are ready since if you miss out on one (or more), you can re-do them the following year when you would be doing your second tranche anyway.

Peter