Dear Zoha,

Congratulations on your success. Those are some excellent points you've made up there. However, I am a little concerned about my attempt for I am just about to start studying for the coming exam next year. My question to you is, how many hours and for how long did you study for the exam?

For myself, I am 29yo and have recently decided upon appearing in the exam. I have picked up some optionals that I am confident to score in, easily, except for the compulsory ones that I may actually be quite new to me. I was wondering if I'll land in the top 20-30% of the qualifiers. Thus I wanted to ask whether it is sound to start preparing now, at this time, when most I can spare is 5-6 hours per day for study.

Thank you