URGENT - PLEASE READ FOR YOUR OWN SAKE KMER94
The advice you have been provided with so far is misleading and generally poor.
You appear not to have noticed the contradictions and lies which the IFoA have spun with regards to curriculum 2019. While Mr Cribb has stated in the annual report that no one will be affected by the exam changes and many other IFoA officials have spun the same lies, you are another person who will be impacted.
I note you have had some difficulties with the exam, so let me break it to you gently... if you don't pass CT5, then you will have to study the material in CT1 again and you will lose the pass you have for CT1
CT8 will also turn into 2 exams.
So instead of having 5 CT exams to take, you are potentially going to have to take 7 exams in the new system, plus CT7 if you don't pass, which makes it essentially 8 if CT7 is revamped as you'll have to study the new CT7 all over again.
Your priority would be best to concentrate on CT7 since you've already worked on it.
CT7 will be revamped in the new system, so if you fail again, you will also have to study an essentially new course and purchase all the new material most likely.
Perhaps equally important would be to get CT5 to avoid having to study CT1 all over again.
CT8 would be your next priority since it will turn into two exams
Since you don't have either of CT4 and CT6, there is no point in you thinking about this as you can arbitrage the system and only have 1 x 3 hour written exam, plus 1 x 1.5 hour computer based exam in the new system rather than 2 x 3 hour exams in the old system. However I do note what you say about learning a computer language which is a waste of time if you're not going to use it.
I wouldn't was your time with the CP as you have too many other issues.
You are not the only person who has difficulties, 6,700 students have this issue with not having one half of the new exam and a further 1,000 are likely to have CT8 outstanding.
You wouldn't be the only person not to pass an exam first time. I have taken one exam on 7 occasions. The IFoA will not publish exam statistics and they've only just started publishing the exam pass marks. So don't think you're going to pass an exam first time. While many people do, it is not the norm. A week holiday of personal time? Why should you have to do this? The exams are part of your work. Why should you use personal time to complete the exams? Are weekends, evenings, early mornings not enough?
It would be impossible for you to complete CT5, CT8 and CT7 all in the same sitting and you are essentially going to end up having a longer time to qualify.
Doesn't sound fair does it! You mention trying to qualify 6 months earlier, but it is more likely that it will take you several years more to qualify. What the IFoA don't tell you is that many people give up exams after spending 15 years of studying and since they decide like normal people to get married, or encounter health problems, or other priorities get in the way, like having a proper job where you can't devote hundreds of hours to studying essentially outdated and useless material.
The IFoA have promised that current students will not be affected and they have approved their plans by lying to the regulators and other stakeholders.
Sorry to break the bad news to you....
If you are upset about the changes, please contact me privately and I can advise you about what course of action is open to you with regards to complaints.
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