IPCC group 1 or Both group

sohan (PURSUING CA) (103 Points)

01 June 2010  

hi guys i am IPCC level student. My exams are due in november 2010. i gotta only  five months to crack IPCC, Can i be able to get through IPCC with mere preparation of five months!?. Upto now my preparations are nil. I have started my coachings of first group, from june first. Thinking of doing self study for ITSM, Audit and Law. Could i be able to do self study, for group 2? which refrence books are to be reffered? Nextly, if i go for group one only, will i be able to work in top audit firms, is Both group, single attempt,  a sole criteria  to work in top audit firms? Can i be able to take leave during articleship, for the exams of second group of IPCC? Pls i am confused.....guide me...i have  dream  to do articleship in top  firm, at the same time, as for now,  i just want to focus more on group first only. pls help me to get through this dileema......