Would self-studying Level 3 with books and NOT taking the exams before doing Level 4 be reasonable?

AATHippo

I'm looking to self-study for the entire AAT qualification. I worked through the AAT level 2 books via self-study and then went to move onto level 3. I was going to do my level 3 exams and then do the same with level 4. Now though, I'm considering just learning everything and then not taking the level 3 exams in order to save money and then jump to level 4 of which exams I'd actually take.

Does this sound like a reasonable idea? I get that it might be detrimental to have not ever done a AAT exam before but I'm not too keen on just doing level 3 exams for the sake of it if I'm not going to bother using the qualification until after I achieve level 4 anyways.

Would be interested in other peoples thoughts on this.

Thanks.

dumutroba

You can get AATQB status by completing level 3, although you may not used it is good confidence boost and look good on your CV