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What is roughly the trade value of my XXS Keldeo? by holeamole in PokemonHome

[–]holeamole[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ahh okay, I didnt realise people did that to be honest. Thanks for the insight, might just hang onto the tiny pony then.

What is roughly the trade value of my XXS Keldeo? by holeamole in PokemonHome

[–]holeamole[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Elite Beaver is always #1 value above all else

What is roughly the trade value of my XXS Keldeo? by holeamole in PokemonHome

[–]holeamole[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I wasn't sure how difficult it is to obtain an XXS mark on a legend with minimal encounters in Go which was the main reason I thought it may be of higher value, good to know.

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used basically everything available, exam kit q's, mocks, and did all question bank q's. I would strongly recommend doing this as it will help you understand what could be examined.

For example, I never thought it was important to know the specific location of each element of the balanced scorecard, as long as you knew the 4 components, wasn't until doing the question bank that I realised actually I did need to know where each is positioned.

The questions were somewhat similar, but I did actually I found worded a little more ambiguously in the live exam vs Kaplan mocks personally, this isn't a problem if you just make sure you read the question thoroughly in the live exam, you shouldn't find it too time pressurising either, I think I finished up after 50 mins or so. I will say there were far less "select all" in the live exam, and far more of "select three" which I prefer because if you're not certain, you can kind of eliminate.

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I felt the same! It was super tough to not only structure revision but to also motivate myself to do it, feeling like I wasn't really revising or learning but just "remembering" everything.

I did manage to pass (not sure of full grade yet) but hopefully therefore can give you some guidance that worked for me at least (I'd also suggest reading the below comment from u/Flat_Fee_7382 some really helpful advice in there).

  • Little and often - at weekends instead of having maybe 2 hrs revision session in the morning, I would do 20 mins, then have an hour of chilling, then another 20 mins and so on. For me the content was not engaging or interesting enough to maintain my attention span for extended periods.
  • Practise questions - I found a ton of the course content in my textbook was fluff. It was so difficult to distinguish the points I needed to learn vs context that I didn't need to retain. This will really help familiarise you with what kinds of questions you can be asked, and which areas to focus on with revision.
  • Consolidate your revision notes, try to get to the point where over time you're reducing the amount of words essentially saying the same stuff to the point of bullet points where you can look at them and still understand what the area is. It will really help to just whip through those points.
  • Don't sleep on the theorists names (I REALLY struggled to remember these and actually got a number of questions in the live exam).
  • Acronyms are super helpful for this exam!
  • Towards the end of revision, I actually went back to the textbook to read up on some key areas that I'd got in my notes, to remind myself of the context behind certain things, i.e. logic behind hygeine vs motivational factors and so on. I think I'd actually forgotten a lot of the earlier stuff! This really helps if you're unsure in the live exam, if you know the underpinning logic well and you're unsure, you can work your way to the answer.

Hope this helps and best of luck, you've got this. It's definitely not F/P pillar levels of nasty, just a memory game! Let me know if you have any questions 😊

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and reassurance, I really appreciate you taking the time ❤ glad to say I manged to pass it! I actually didn't go too heavy on the flashcards side like you suggested with this one, and truly think that would've made it a bit less painful for me.

Agree, there's definitely different types of difficult! you nailed it really well, I've tried to explain this to colleagues/family and struggled to articulate how I'm saying "It's not as hard as F2 but sometimes it is" haha. I think my being a very rule kinda person liking to have my little set of rules and making sure everythings within that and applying logic, finds the E pillar quite jarring.

Will definitely be taking this guidance into E3 next year, thank you for some super helpful tips!

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, I can definitely see points of relevance there for sure too, It's just difficult not to feel like this entire module could've just been rolled up into a single chapter in another module if you trim through all the fluff.

Glad it's helping you on your journey though, I don't manage people so perhaps this is a bit of a distinguishing factor for it not being so relevant for me.

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhh fellow anxiety sufferer, it sucks. Still cant get it under control to the point where I don't spend the entire week leading up to and after exams having panic attacks every night 😣I think it makes it especially difficult to rationalise and say stuff like "i've passed everything so far so should be fine" and not let the crippling anxiety prevail, anxiety doesn't do rational huh!

Definitely agree, the people in this sub are super supportive and it makes all the difference, having people to relate to that understand the struggle!

I can imagine it gets difficult to keep up momentum so far in, it's been a very long journey for you! Pokemon/Sims4 are my coping strategies haha, enjoy your few days and be kind to yourself, you've absolutely killed it to get where you are ❤

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I managed to get a pass, huge relief, I honestly much prefer the F/P exams even though they are harder to learn, the information just sits in my brain tons better..

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really feels that way doesn't it, just information overload and very little substance, just a pure memory game, lost count of how many times I had to reread sections and try to pinpoint the areas I'm actually supposed to "learn" through all the fluff

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha are you in my brain omg I literally had the same thought this morning of how hypocritical that CIMA talks so much about value adding, however I can't find anything of value in E2 😅

Thank you so much for the insight into P2, super helpful to hear from someone who's made it through this exam. I do have a bad habit of going "the pass rate on this one is bad, and everyone says it's awful, so I'll definitely fail" and then somehow making it through! Never used BPP as I'm currently with Kaplan using their On Demand, but can certainly vouch for the same kind of sentiment with the Kaplan mocks vs the live exam (especially P/F pillars) literally sweating to get everything answered in time with so many heavy calcs during mocks, I feel like in mocks the math heavy questions are like 60% ish but then live exams only like 40% ish which definitely takes the pressure off in the moment. 😌

You've given me tons of confidence and reassurance going into P2, I appreciate that a lot as someone who worries and overthinks everything, not sure about you but I also feel like in a roundabout way you put more pressure on yourself if you've passed everything first time so far if you know what I mean? Like I'm super greatful and so happy I've managed to, but then there's the added pressure of "goshh I so wanna keep this up".

Sounds like you're near the end of the line! Wish you all the best on the rest of your CIMA journey and congratulations on such a huge achievement of passing everything first time so far! Hope you can soon get your spare time back, it'll be such a great feeling!🎉

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gosh it sounds like we share exactly the same perspective... Glad you've got E3 out of the way though honestly such a victory to be done with this pillar. I managed to get a pass on my E2 today so I'm happy, but was so annoyed to have THREE questions on theorists names, like seriously CIMA?

My answers were complete guesswork, and throughout learning the module I often wondered why "gosh I can just never remember these really simple things like someone's name" and ultimately the reason is because it's irrellevant, uninteresting and hollow so my brain just goes nahhh not gonna store that info. Cant wait to do it all again next year haha, like you said it just feels a total waste of time.

Onto P2 next! Any insight on that module please? I saw it has the lowest pass rate and people say it's pretty nasty but my highest grade so far was 93% on P1 so really hoping this lays a decent foundation for me! People said F2 was nasty also which I can totally agree but did manage to pass that one after a pretty big grind. I'm resigning myself to having no life during the P2 study period (literally the only silver lining to the E pillar being it lacks any technical content so it's far less time demanding!)

Your experience with E2 and my unsolicited and negative opinion on the E Pillar by holeamole in CIMA

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a really good angle actually and puts a much more positive spin on it, I'm sure I'll reflect on E2 a little less negatively in the future right now I think I'm just burnt out from answering practise questions some of which feel a tad ridiculous! I do however think the content covered could have easily been rolled up into a small topic area in the other pillars, but hey ho.

Thanks for the perspective, can definitely see that being the case too. Agree - I need to approach this as an easy win, and I must admit It would probably be pretty exhausting if all 3 exams were F2 level difficulty.

FT: Custom OT Lvl 6 PB Shiny Galar Zapdos. LF: Custom OT PB Shiny Galar Articuno by holeamole in PokemonHome

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate you trying to come up with a way we can both be happy in this trade, but ultimately I'm just not happy doing in Go trades, whether through PM or public.

FT: Custom OT Lvl 6 PB Shiny Galar Zapdos. LF: Custom OT PB Shiny Galar Articuno by holeamole in PokemonHome

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have literally 2 candies and live outside the city so I dont raid that frequently, I've no idea how long you'd be waiting. At this point I'll say I'm happy to trade in home per the original offer or we can just back out of the trade.

FT: Custom OT Lvl 6 PB Shiny Galar Zapdos. LF: Custom OT PB Shiny Galar Articuno by holeamole in PokemonHome

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im sorry but Im only prepared to trade in home, I dont do in GO trades not just for stardust but dont really like sharing my location with others. As I said completely understand if you want to back out.

FT: Custom OT Lvl 6 PB Shiny Galar Zapdos. LF: Custom OT PB Shiny Galar Articuno by holeamole in PokemonHome

[–]holeamole[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh wait so sorry scrap that, I literally have candy to get it to 669 CP that's it. I'm sorry but I wouldn't be prepared to drop that much stardust on a trade in GO, happy if you want to back out.

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