Confused,whether to start articleship or not ?

I have cleared ipc grp 1 ,now i'm confused whether to start articleship or concentrate on grp 2,because most of the student suggest me to give grp 2 first then join firm because its v.difficult to study during articleship period ,while some student suggest me that i shud start articleship if i want may 17 final attempt. Plz expert kindly suggest me what to do.