Level 3 > Level 4

absco14

Hi,

I know everyone learns differently so it is quite hard to judge. I am just wondering how people found the jump from level 3 to level 4?
I am currently working full time and i'm worried doing 2 night classes might be too much. Tutors have advised at least 16 hours a week outside of those 2 nights will scrape us a pass.

Any advise on how you've found level 4 in terms of exams, revision times etc would be great!

Thanks

MojoJojo83

It's a fairly big jump to be fair, but there's people in my classes that are managing well with it. I chose to do level 4 over two years instead of one, so am just doing the one class per night and about 12 - 16 hours of revision per week. So far I've passed all the mandatory units with no resits and just finished and ready to submit my project. Personally - if I'd done it over 12 months I think I would have struggled, with having a full time job to contend with.

The exams are totally different to level 3, the written questions take a lot more time, but are manageable if you keep an eye on the time and don't waffle in them (which is hard but just keep practicing condensing your answers).

zebra246

My personal experience is that the level of understanding required was not markedly different from level 3 to 4.

However, there are 3 differences in the exams. The level 4 exams are time-pressured, contained written questions which theoretically could make the difference between competent or not and there are more surprise questions often calling on obscure parts of the syllabus or worded in a manner that could catch people out.

Having said all that, if you can pass level 3, my feeling is you will pass level 4.

Level 4 also contains a report to write of course.