Level 4 self study

Hi all, I am sure this question has been asked before but I'd like to know how people studying Level 4 by themselves have found it? I'm currently studying level 3 distance learning and approaching the end, I haven't really used the tutor support (other than for PETH!) so I am considering self study as it is a far cheaper option. I am under no illusions though that level 4 is going to be much harder so I'd appreciate people's feedback before I take the plunge! Thank you
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I used Osborne study manuals and just booked the exams when I felt ready, I did find it quite a big step up to level 4 as there is a lot more written answers in the exams.
The only module you will need a training provider for is the ICAS report unless this has changed over the last few years.
HTH
Doug
Agreed with Douglas. I have self-studied from Level 2 and have just two units left on Level 4 (PTAX and ISYS). The units have been slightly meatier, but I have found them manageable.
Hope that helps with your decision. :-)
Kirsty
Any questions you have you can, as a student of the AAT, post within the forum. You can actually post if you're not a student - yet I digress...
I'm not sure now, but within the old syllabus you needed the project marked by a provider - I'm sure that has probably changed now with the new syllabus in motion.
There isn't much value in paying huge fees for a full distance learning package, just buy the books and you'll see that with time dedicated you can solve any issues yourself, it will also force you to search other areas for answers as you will in real life situations, such like trawling through various tax acts.
The skill with accountancy or law is not to know the answer to every question, but to know where to look - there is too much to remember it all.
I'm going off piste now..
So yeah, save your money and put it towards a nice suit for your future interviews.
I'm doing L4 distance learning, and not really happy with the level of tutor support (it's minimal to nil) but have paid the money so just making the best of it. Some of the additional material is useful (upto a point) though I wouldn'd know if I would be managing my time and study just as well by working through the Osbourne books as the main/only resource, along with the AAT study support.
Some answers will be naff, yet that is the beauty of a forum - an incorrect answer is almost always corrected by another.
People who, on the main, dedicate their time to a forum do do so to help others - at times maybe the answers given are too brief for the poster to fully understand.
If you are able to have your study funded then for sure take it.
Self study is relatively straight forward, the art comes afterwards - knowing how to bring it all together, knowing what is the best position to advise, that, a training provider will not help with.