Study schedule and Importance of Planning

Study schedule and Importance of Planning:

CA Maitreyee Rajput, 1st Rank, CA Final, November 2011: I started full-fledged studies six months in advance. I used to study for eight to 10 hours a day. I had made my time-table and tried to stick to it. For practical subjects like Accounts, SFM, Costing – I invested a lot of time in practicing.

CA Arti Jain, 2^nd Rank, CA Final, Nov 2011: I used to take up three subjects a day. I always woke up early at 5 am. I used to finish my studies by 11 pm. I had a good grasp over practical portion of the syllabus. My personal favorite areas were Accounts and Costing. I never counted the number of study hours. The focus was on topics to be completed and not on how many hours I have studied.

CA Charmy Sheth, 3^rd Rank, CA Final, November 2011 - Importance of Planning: “Failing to plan is planning to fail” is a mantra I randomly read somewhere. After contemplation, it was interesting to note that I was following it since childhood. My studies were all well-planned. I had made a small diary in which I used to design a 15-day timetable. I took two subjects in a day – one theory and the other practical. I was clear at what time I have to carry Subject 1 and Subject 2. Every evening post studies, I would take stock of chapters finished on the same day and subsequent days. Before sleep, I used to always put down black and white. My timetables are always on paper. Discussing verbal time table with friends mostly go vain. Your mind can forget but paper hits your mind.

Akshay Jain, IPCE, November 2013, 1st Rank - I made a strategy that how much time should be devoted for each subject and then revised those subjects accordingly. Apart from that, I made a schedule- which particular topics I have to go through before each exam. I also practiced some Mock test papers which helped me to know how one should write one’s paper in those 3 hours of examination.

Dhruv Jain, IPCE, 2^nd Rank, November 2013 - “I started my schedule at the end of March (for November Attempt) and made a routine in a systematic manner as to which subject should be studied in which month and how much time to devote for each subject. I devoted maximum time to those subjects which I felt were pretty hard for me such as– Business Laws and Corporate Law. I decided to finish up the portion by the month of October so that I could get the time to revise those subjects again. I focused much on Theory subjects – like ITSM which I used to revise again and again. Practical subjects I found to be easy and used to clear my concepts in the class itself so that I could devote my maximum time to the theory subjects.