Helppppppppp!!!!!!! June Exams

[Chloe]

Hello everyone,<BR><BR>I used to use the old forum but haven't been online for a long time.<BR>I am sitting units 8 and 9 and 11 of the Technician stage of the course in June and I am panicing so much!! <BR>We only just starting learning the subjects in February and I just cannot see how it is going to be possible to learn all 3 subjects for the exams in June as they all seem pretty in depth. Every time I sit down to try and do some work I end up not accomplishing anything because I am trying to teach myself everything!! <BR>Our teacher isnt really teaching us the subjects and is just giving us past papers or an exercise out of the BPP assessment text in class but I cannot see how I am to attempt these if I don't know the subject matter!! I have looked through the past papers and they look like they are in a different language, I don't even understand the questions let alone how to answer them!! I think the only bit I sort of understand at the moment is the sharing of the profits to partners in unit 11.<BR>Can anyone offer any advice on where to start, I am spending every spare moment outside of work with my books and am getting nowhere and am feeling pretty hopeless!!

[Andy]

Hi Chloe,<BR><BR>First of all, try not to panic! Easily said, I know, but it won't get you anywhere. In defence of your tutor (although I don't know who he/she is, so why should I defend...?), most of us teacher types think that plenty of past papers are the best thing right now.<BR><BR>However, it seems you need a little more guidance. Try to look at the type of questions which come up again and again - most of the papers are fairly consistent in this respect.<BR><BR>I think you could do worse than buy some revision packs from www.aatrevision.biz - obviously I'm a bit biased as I wrote them, but I have had good feedback from my students! The packs talk about what is likely to be assessed, as well as working through a number of exercises of the type you will see.<BR><BR>If all else fails, perhaps try to find a private tutor in your area. I don't know where you are, but if you speak to some fellow students they might know of one.<BR><BR>Hope that helps, and best of luck!

[Melanie]

Maybe you want to use a combination of past papers and text books (if you have them). I tend to do that for my near-exam revision, especially where there are calculations involved. Read teh quetion and provided answer, then find it in the books. Hopefully that explains the answer :)