(09-02-2017, 08:27 PM)dorothy.pipet Wrote: I think if I were asked to be a sponsor I'd be looking at the candidate's preparation plan - that there is one, that it is realistic - plus their general level of knowledge, competence and reasoning. Not whether they can answer a paper at that point.Agreed.
I would probably want to see a past paper attempt prior to the end of June so we could review what is realistic again.
It may well be some people will be coming to me in the next few weeks with their Study Plan and I would do similarly at that time. However I think that any SDF that I sign in April will be only as the, supposedly exceptional, defer decision type. Pre-registration at end of April isn't too much of an issue, but expecting the sponsor to say whether likely to pass exam is the problem; I think could even be counter-productive as a screening measure.
The exception would have been someone like yourself who already had an excellent exam record and frankly was writing answers for the next exam not long after having sat the previous year- that most certainly is exceptional.
PJW