FSA Modules first?

[polooo26]

I just read that it is recommended that the two track specific FSA modules should be completed before DP.

I'm not planning on doing this because I won't have enough time. So.

1. How much extra work will I need to do if I don't do the modules first? (rephrase this question in order to give me the proper answer, if needed)

2. Is it common to save the modules until after the exams?

3. Is anyone else saving the modules until after the exams?

I ask these questions more out of curiosity than worry.

Thanks.

[PhillyP]

1. minimal extra work

2. I think its fairly common. Personally I like to save them as "fillers" between exams since they can be done in a months time.

3. I took DP last year before the module...I didn't pass but I'm 99% sure that if I had done the module first I would still have had the same result with the same effort.

[Requiem]

I think there is some reading overlap (there definitely is between the life track and the Fin Econ module). But doing the module first probably won't give you much of an advantage. I'm done 1 module, and I'll probably save the other for after both of my FSA exams (I need a break between FSA exams... y'know?). I know others that are saving them for after exams, also.

[StudyHarder]

The modules are good background for the exams. When phrases come up like 'duration' and 'efficient frontier' (and others), they will be concepts you can fold your memory around instead of memorizing cold facts that have no roots.

Just one man's opinion, of course. Good luck!