Anyone else studying for CeMAP in the next month? Want to study together
Taking my CeMAP - Certificate in Mortgage Advice and Practice exam in 6 weeks and trying to find people at a similar stage to keep each other accountable.
I study better when I have someone to compare notes with. Currently going through "certificate in mortgage advice and practice cemap" and working on my weak areas — specifically around cemap certificate in mortgage advice and practice.
My schedule: 90 min of focused study every weekday, full practice test on weekends. I review every wrong answer and try to understand the why, not just memorize the right option.
If you're in a similar prep window and want to:
- Compare practice test scores weekly
- Share resources that actually helped
- Talk through confusing questions
Reply here or message me. Doesn't have to be formal — even just checking in once a week helps me stay on track.
Where is everyone at in their prep?
If you're looking for a starting point, the free cemap module i is worth trying — the questions closely match what you'll see on test day.
Passed CeMAP 3 months ago. Happy to share what I remember.
On the "certificate in mortgage advice and practice" stuff specifically — I found the practice tests here were actually harder than the real exam on those questions. Which was great because going in I felt more prepared than I needed to be.
The time pressure is real though. I came in with maybe 8 minutes to spare and that was after skipping the ones I wasn't sure about and coming back.
Don't try to cram the night before. Seriously. Last-minute stress makes you second-guess things you actually know.
Coming back to this thread because I just passed my CeMAP yesterday. Everything people said about the exam prep section is spot on — that was the hardest part for me too. For anyone still studying, don't skip the applied questions in the cemap mortgage application process questions and answers. They're the closest to what you'll actually see.
For anyone finding this later: CeMAP is passable with consistent effort even working full time. I studied 59 minutes a day for 12 weeks. The free cemap module ii kept me honest about my actual gaps.
Coming back to this thread — just passed my CeMAP yesterday. Everything about the cemap practice test section is accurate. For anyone still studying, the free cemap module ii was the closest thing to the real exam I found.
Honestly I almost dropped out after module 2. The regulation stuff just wasn't clicking and I spent like three weeks feeling like I was going in circles. What finally helped me wasn't studying more, it was studying differently — I stopped trying to memorize everything and started focusing on understanding the logic behind why the rules exist.
If you're six weeks out you've got plenty of time, don't panic. The mock papers are your best friend, do them timed and treat the ones you get wrong as your actual study list. I passed first attempt and I genuinely thought I was going to fail walking in. Just keep going, it's more manageable than it feels right now.
Just hit 74% on my last mock so feeling cautiously optimistic! I've been drilling the regulation side pretty hard this week, specifically using cemap uk financial services regulation practice questions and it's actually helping things click. Wasn't expecting the FCA conduct rules to trip me up so much but here we are.
I'm sitting mine in about 5 weeks so we're on a similar timeline. Would definitely be up for checking in on scores and flagging which topics are giving us grief. You doing all three modules back to back or spacing them out?
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