Anyone else planning on studying through busy season? Any pointers for being able to study, yet not letting the quality of your work slide?

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I studied for FAR during busy season many moons ago. Passed, still got an average rating at the end of the year, 8/10 would study at 5AM-8AM 3 days a week again.

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Idk man I'm already not getting enough sleep during busy season

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You'll get burned out real quick. Let's say you work 50 hours and study 20, that's 10 hours everyday for a couple months. It's hard to do, if you can postpone until the summer do it.

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Commenting because I'm also curious

I wanted to get two under my belt but only passed one before joining B4. I started during provision busy season, passed REG and then passed AUD and BEC during compliance busy season. I got in at 6 or 7 and then studied until 9. Then studied when I got home for another hour or two. Also goodbye weekends (when you're not working). The two best tips I have are "the more miserable you are, the more likely you are to pass" and "it's not the number of hours you put in to studying, it's how well you use those hours." Lower your expectations to be miserable for the next few months and then you'll be free when you're done!

I feel like I'll get burnt out too. I'm taking REG at the end of this month and wanted to take AUD early march before the changes happen. I guess we'll see. Thanks for the replies!

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