well, i do self study, but i register at colleges as well (mainly because my parents made me to, but dun tell them i said this). I hardly ever go to classes (again, dun tell them). it's actually quite tough self studying for the course, because the main problem i face is i dunno what i should focus on. The syllabus itself is not difficult to cover, but alot of material in textbooks are irrelevant. And subject guides at times may not identify certain areas or key cases that u need to know. i cant remember any specifics now, but i do remember facing some problems there. This is where being registered at a college helps for a self study student, but of course, merely having friends doing so would be sufficient to give u some guidelines. besides, i didn't know about lyn back then...if u have any questions on law u cud just ask here as well.

intermediate is quite easy, tho the boredom of studying CLRI for me kinda made it diff. It doesn't matter how well u do anyways as long as u pass well enuf, unless u want to try your best and target scholarships/book prizes.

dun worry about age la...why would it be tough? unless you're like 55 and thinking of retiring soon....