Apologies if I’m posting this in the wrong place. I have recently signed up for the GARP SCR exam, and wanted to know if anyone else on here has done the same and how they are finding it? I’m finding it quite challenging at the moment, as the official textbook provided is quite repetative and there doesn’t seem to be a condensed set of notes like you get for CFA/FRM etc. I’m also slightly concerned with the lack of available practise questions.
Anyway it would be good to get other people’s thoughts on this exam.
@Subhankar_Barik - No idea. The material is quite hard to digest tbh, the writing style changes drastically from one chapter to the next. Module 1 was a bit of a slog to get through.
I could definitely do with some schweser study notes, but I think the exam is too new.
When are you writing. I have completed module 1. I am making notes of important concepts. May be i try to restrict the notes to 150-200 pages that should be enough to revise before exam. I loved the material. The exam is very broad but garp did well in providing quality material.
There are around 700 pages it will take about 2-3 weeks to study. The material is excellent and very well written. Great job to GARP in consolidating so many papers to prepare the material
Hi, thank you for the answers! I have only time for the September exam this year, but I am still thinking to postpone it to next year. I have to decide yet.
Does the book consist of the readings (45 as far as I have seen) only or is there some bridging text in between which helps to put the readings into context?
Can the ebook actually be printed or is it somehow protected?
The ebook can be printed but per print only 30 pages are allowed. Start from chapter 1 till 47. So many readings give similar information. You can read the later chapter at faster pace
I’m writing the SCR on September 7, 2020. As noted, only 12 exam practice questions via GARP. Not the same material, but CFA UK’s “Certificate in ESG” grants access to their 2019 exam with answer key. 100 questions. A broader focus that the SCR™ but good prep I thought. Good luck to all. E-book was a challenge, agreed.
Hi,
All the best for the exam. I an writing in November. The exam is objective and only has 80 questions. I have no idea what we are going to do for 4 hrs
I took the exam yesterday. Went pretty smooth. First time using the remote technology. Thought I might have lost the connection for a few seconds but didn’t. The exam itself was pretty straightforward. If you are new to the space I would definitely read the material a few times. It was pretty much concepts, a few details but thought it was a very fair exam.
Agree, I was kind of overwhelmed after reading thinking about the exam. So much detail they could ask you about. There must be 150 plus organizations they mention. I have zero background in the science so a lot of it was new to me. It was pretty high level, some what would you do kinds of questions. My suggestion is read every thing twice then just make sure you read all of the learning objectives and have general understanding of them. No trick questions like how much ice melt over xxx period or what was in COP 8 vs. COP 9.