Hey, Sorry if that sounded a bit patronising but it's just that I've seen some people waste vast amounts of money on courses and manuals, and of course Griffith et al. are the main beneficiaries of this. The price inflation on those courses over the past few years has been enormous and I think this is as a result of the ridiculous scaremongering around the fe-1s. They are difficult exams, but the key is to cover as much of the syllabus as possible and in good detail. The pace of these exams is different to college exams in that you will be producing 5 answers in 3 hours whereas in college most exams would be 3 answers in 3 hours. The quality of the fourth and fifth questions are key to passing these exams. Regarding the inclusion of references to academic articles in your answers, I have no doubt that the examiners would award some marks for this but you should not waste too much of your study time or exam time on it.
Finally, if you are sitting college exams next summer, be careful that the fe-1s don't disrupt your college study. You only sit your finals once and you'll be looking at that grade forever, whereas you'll have almost unlimited attempts at the fe-1s (and at least two attempts if you are aiming for Blackhall in 2010). On Dec 13, 5:43 pm, "The Wests Awake!" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Fern, Congrats on nearly being there - It'll be a great feeling > you get company. Yeah I've been told by a few people how much work is > needed to pass. I'll be into full time study come the start of > janurary hopefully - stuck in my college exams currently. As a quick > aside, in most college law exams referencing academic articles and > opinions on recent developments in the law was regarded as very > important in order to do well. The FE1 manuals very much seem to just > state the law and relevent cases without much attention or reference > given to articles etc in the manuals. Is this because it is simply not > relevant for the fe1s? In essence they are practical solicior exams I > suppose. > > On Dec 13, 10:20 am, Fern <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi there, > > I've passed seven of the eight exams over the last three sittings with > > Griffith manuals from 2001/2002, so I think you'll be safe enough with > > the 2005/2006 manuals, especially for equity and land. It's important > > to watch out for newer cases though and I have found this site to be > > very useful for that purpose. I have to admit I bought a 2006/2007 EU > > manual for the last sitting and I'm going to try to get a new one for > > company, which I keep failing for some reason... > > Good luck for March, but remember that details such as which manuals > > are better etc are not going to get you through the exam - you just > > have to sit down and learn everything. > > Fern > > > On Dec 12, 10:49 pm, "The Wests Awake!" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I will be doing do 5 fe1s in March/April for the first time so > > > planning to be on here posting a good bit! I am currently looking into > > > purchasing some griffith or independent manuals. I have seen a few > > > being offered for sale both on here and in college so thinking of > > > making an investment. I have two questions: > > > > 1 - How important is it to have the most recent manuals in your > > > opinion? I own land and equity Griffith manuals from 05/06 - is it > > > worth investing in the newer ones? > > > > 2 - Would people have any recommendations in favour of either the > > > Griffith or Independent manuals? > > > > Thanks in Advance for your replies :)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
