You would think that GARP would allow you to submit work experience before passing level II so that a massive inflow of submissions doesn’t all happen during the same time of year. I read posts from previous years of people indicating they didn’t get approval until March, that sounds crazy to me.
I agree, it does seem rather short sighted of them. Perhaps their view is that they don’t want to spend time corroborating/validating everyone’s work experience until they are sure the candidate will actually pass past 2 and become an FRM Charterholder. But yes, I tend to agree with you…I think it would be better to offer the chance to submit work experience at any point through the part 1/part 2 process to spread it all out