Advice for students retaking a subject

Materials

If you have the 2011 Combined Materials Pack in either paper or electronic format, and intend to retake a subject in April or September 2012, you should make sure that your study material is up-to-date. Use the CMP Upgrade to find out how the Syllabus and Core Reading have changed from 2011 to 2012.

In most cases you will be able to use the CMP Upgrade (which lists all the changes to the Core Reading) to manually update your 2011 Combined Materials Pack. However, in some subjects where there have been many changes, you may prefer to, or may have to, purchase a new set of Course Notes or a new Combined Materials Pack at a special retaker price.

Whatever subject you're retaking, we recommend that you buy Mock Exam A, or the Additional Mock Pack, the Revision Notes and/or the Flashcards (if available and you haven't purchased them before).

Marking/Assignments/Mocks

If you have not used marking before, then we recommend that you consider using Series X Marking. If you used Series X Marking last year then you might prefer to get one or more Mock Exams marked this time.

Please note that in most subjects Mock Exams B and C in the Additional Mock Pack are based on Mock Exam B and the Y Assignments for 2011, updated for any Syllabus or Core Reading changes. If you have already purchased both of these, then we recommend using past exam papers for further full-course tests.

Tutorials

If you haven't already attended tutorials, you'll find a Regular Tutorial, a Block Tutorial or the Online Classroom in Subjects CT1, CT5, CT6 and CT8 very useful. Alternatively, if you have previously attended tutorials in a subject you might prefer a Revision Day or Webinar.