Preparing for an exam: Review Center or Self study?

While it is true that review centers can help you what to study for an exam but self study can help you save money big time.

Choose...

Review Center:

• if you can afford the expensive review fee
• if you have limited or no resources such as recalls, review materials, questionnaires
• if you need proper guidance and in-depth discussion from distinguished lecturers 
• if you're eager to attend each lectures, compre and mock exams for assessment
• if you can't manage time for studying

OR

Self-study:

• if you're out of budget for review centers
• if you can control your time and have discipline to stick to your schedule 
• if you have the essential recalls, books, and review materials 
• if most of your colleagues passed the test by doing the same thing 

In every exam that you're going to take, both of them have pros and cons so you have to weigh it for yourself but it all goes down to your effort while reviewing. Review center questions can be nerve-wrecking at times and they don't come out in the exams making it somewhat useless. On the other hand, self-study can have so many distractions so you feel like you're not productive on your study time.

Assess if you can make it by yourself or with the help of review centers. These exams should be taken once only. It's hard to fail so make the most of it count as you prepare for the exam. Listen to your gut feeling.