Advice - FE1s and Masters in the same year

FE!student

I have 5 FE1s to finish and I'm also planning on starting a LLM in September. Planning on doing 3/4 FE1s at the October sitting and the remaining 1/2 in March.

With the FE1s I'm likely to miss some of the first few weeks of the masters. I wouldn't be finished the FE1s until 5 weeks into the course.

Has anyone done this before? Is it a bad idea?

Appreciate any advice.

Claw Hammer

FE!student wrote: »

I have 5 FE1s to finish and I'm also planning on starting a LLM in September. Planning on doing 3/4 FE1s at the October sitting and the remaining 1/2 in March.

With the FE1s I'm likely to miss some of the first few weeks of the masters. I wouldn't be finished the FE1s until 5 weeks into the course.

Has anyone done this before? Is it a bad idea?

Appreciate any advice.

IMO you will be better off to finish your FE-1 exams first and do the masters while you are waiting around for placement. You are going to make a bad impression on your Masters course if you're not there in the early weeks. You are also at risk that you may fail some of your FE 1 exams and have to repeat, which will cause you further difficulties with your Masters.

EJ15

I did my LLB amd FE1s at the same time. It was very hard work but well worth it. Great to have it all done together.

FE!student

Claw Hammer wrote: »

IMO you will be better off to finish your FE-1 exams first and do the masters while you are waiting around for placement. You are going to make a bad impression on your Masters course if you're not there in the early weeks. You are also at risk that you may fail some of your FE 1 exams and have to repeat, which will cause you further difficulties with your Masters.

Thanks for the reply. It’s likely that I will make the first 3 weeks of lectures. The FE1s are on the 4th and 5th weeks, so unlikely to make those weeks unless the timetable is favorable. I think there is attendance/participation marks for some modules.

I’d love to do both but I’m just worried about the stress, particularly for the October sitting. The only plus is that I won’t be working the weeks before the FE1s so I should be prepared and organised enough to allow me to attend the masters lecturers.

Can’t make up my mind what to do but thanks for the advice.

FE!student

EJ15 wrote: »

I did my LLB amd FE1s at the same time. It was very hard work but well worth it. Great to have it all done together.

Thanks for the reply. Can I ask did you miss the first few weeks of you LLB or were you able to attend lectures?

EJ15

FE!student wrote: »

EJ15 wrote: »

I did my LLB amd FE1s at the same time. It was very hard work but well worth it. Great to have it all done together.

Thanks for the reply. Can I ask did you miss the first few weeks of you LLB or were you able to attend lectures?

I did miss a few lectures but I really don't think it made a difference. You have to do your own reading anyway. I just made sure i caught up with my reading after the fe1s. Feel free to PM me if you want more detail about what I did etc.

randomrb

EJ15 wrote: »

I did my LLB amd FE1s at the same time. It was very hard work but well worth it. Great to have it all done together.

I thought you had to have your degree before doing FE1s?

EJ15

randomrb wrote: »

EJ15 wrote: »

I did my LLB amd FE1s at the same time. It was very hard work but well worth it. Great to have it all done together.

I thought you had to have your degree before doing FE1s?

You do. I did the two year graduate entry LLB. Already had a degree whilst sitting the fe1s.

jus_me

I'm doing a masters (2 years) and my FE1'S this coming Oct/ March so hopefully it is doable!!