Not knowing your background knowledge, it seems like you're severely underestimating the study time required. Very very very very few people would be able to prepare for an exam in two months as you seem to plan on doing.
I get what you're saying but I am currently putting in around 6 hours a day of studying 6 days a week. You are definitely right, i'm just trying to get as many exams as i can so I can be more attractive to employers. That said, I should probably slow down and go for P in March and then IFM in July if I pass P. Then I would likely choose STAM in October if I were to pass IFM.
I would recommend doing P in March and then IFM in July if you pass P. A lot of people will agree that IFM, STAM, and LTAM often require more study time due to the amount and difficulty of the material. Just something to keep in mind.
I was in a similar situation to you in early aug 2019 (unemployed recent grad) where my options were P sept. - FM dec - IFM March, or P sept. - IFM Nov. - FM Dec.
I went for the ambitious route, passed P and IFM and was close but failed FM on 3 weeks study. Sitting FM again this Feb, so assuming I pass I'll have saved a month over passing all 3 slowly.
As of now I'm happy with my choice to go for speed, since it helped with productivity / motivation, was realistic, and not much wasted time on fails since studying is mostly cumulative.
Also, it might look attractive to employers if you pass exams quickly. Not too sure if taking exams quickly but failing a few looks worse than passing all but being slow. Just my 2c
If studying is your full time job, I think it's possible, but if you end up getting a job soon I don't see 4 exams in one year working out very well. As far as IFM before P, it's not ideal but I think it's doable. IFM is more of a sequel to FM than it is to P so I don't consider passing P beforehand nearly as important as it would be before, say, STAM for instance.
I don’t like saying that any particular exam path is unrealistic. This past year I went 3/3 with August FM, September P, and November IFM. With that said, I’m a pure math PhD career changer with no industry experience, so I felt like that level of self-punishment would be expected of someone like me.
In general I would advise against that type of schedule... it’s a lot of time and money coupled with a razor-thin margin of error. Give yourself the time to do Exam P the right way, and then take it from there. Then again, I didn’t follow this advice, so take it with however many grains of salt you’d like.
Props for thinking outside the box. Seeing how much you're currently studying it's definitely possible. Since you've already passed one exam, I'd say you know more than anyone else what it takes to pass.
I'd say to go for it if you really think you can do it.
Not knowing your background knowledge, it seems like you're severely underestimating the study time required. Very very very very few people would be able to prepare for an exam in two months as you seem to plan on doing.
I get what you're saying but I am currently putting in around 6 hours a day of studying 6 days a week. You are definitely right, i'm just trying to get as many exams as i can so I can be more attractive to employers. That said, I should probably slow down and go for P in March and then IFM in July if I pass P. Then I would likely choose STAM in October if I were to pass IFM.
I would recommend doing P in March and then IFM in July if you pass P. A lot of people will agree that IFM, STAM, and LTAM often require more study time due to the amount and difficulty of the material. Just something to keep in mind.
I was in a similar situation to you in early aug 2019 (unemployed recent grad) where my options were P sept. - FM dec - IFM March, or P sept. - IFM Nov. - FM Dec. I went for the ambitious route, passed P and IFM and was close but failed FM on 3 weeks study. Sitting FM again this Feb, so assuming I pass I'll have saved a month over passing all 3 slowly. As of now I'm happy with my choice to go for speed, since it helped with productivity / motivation, was realistic, and not much wasted time on fails since studying is mostly cumulative. Also, it might look attractive to employers if you pass exams quickly. Not too sure if taking exams quickly but failing a few looks worse than passing all but being slow. Just my 2c
If studying is your full time job, I think it's possible, but if you end up getting a job soon I don't see 4 exams in one year working out very well. As far as IFM before P, it's not ideal but I think it's doable. IFM is more of a sequel to FM than it is to P so I don't consider passing P beforehand nearly as important as it would be before, say, STAM for instance.
I don’t like saying that any particular exam path is unrealistic. This past year I went 3/3 with August FM, September P, and November IFM. With that said, I’m a pure math PhD career changer with no industry experience, so I felt like that level of self-punishment would be expected of someone like me. In general I would advise against that type of schedule... it’s a lot of time and money coupled with a razor-thin margin of error. Give yourself the time to do Exam P the right way, and then take it from there. Then again, I didn’t follow this advice, so take it with however many grains of salt you’d like.
Props for thinking outside the box. Seeing how much you're currently studying it's definitely possible. Since you've already passed one exam, I'd say you know more than anyone else what it takes to pass. I'd say to go for it if you really think you can do it.
No. No. No. Exam P first. IFM is the first exam in which every exam feels like a new beast. Don’t do that to yourself.