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more CIMA advice??

  • 20-07-2009 8:56pm
    #1
    PFLimerick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    Evening!

    I've seen the many threads discussing the merits / demerits of the various a/c strands but however I've chosen CIMA so let's accept it and move on.

    Background: complete IATI this year so have the exemptions for the cert level and therefore plan to sit 3 Nov exams at managerial.

    Questions:
    1. any suggestions as to what papers to combine in Nov??
    2. Griffith college (Cork) or on-line / home study thru BPP (or BBP, whichever it is!)
    3. advantages of paying €620 per exam over €320 with Griffith, is it worth it and how manageable to take it in my own time (working full time)??

    Ta


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  • #2
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    I tried distance learning when first starting out on CIMA, complete waste of time to be honest. There's so much information in front of you that you really need a lecturer to seperate the real stuff from the BS. Any taught course is better than distance learning. Especially starting out. Most of my friends have always attended a taught course for the first attempt at any paper. Maybe for a repeat you could do distance.


  • #3
    Dublin'09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭Dublin'09


    Hi guys,

    I am in need of some advice and have a few questions if anybody can help it would be appreciated.

    I attempted my first CIMA exams in May (exempt form Cert. papers) and FAILED both. I took P1 and P2. I Got 36 in P1 and 24 in P2 (which I though went the better of the two). I went to BPP Dublin night classed for both and attended all classes and did the revision suggested by the tutors. I found I had way to much cover in the 8 days I had off before the exams. I obviously realise now I did not do enough work and feel I scored particularly badly on the multiple choice questions as I did not practice them enough.

    My question is what should I do now?
    Should I try the same papers again before syllabus changes, which I am leaning towards (but am afraid my job will think I am not up for the course if I fail again)? Or do only P1 and an easier paper such as P4 to try get at least one pass?

    I do not intend on going back to classes for P1 & P2 if I sit them this November as I have the notes and think it would be best to just work hard on what I have, is this a good idea?

    When the syllabus changes would I need to attend classes for the new course if I already did them for the old syllabus or would what was studied before cover most of it?

    Has anybody else got such low marks in their first CIMA exams and managed to pass the papers?

    Thanks for any advice you can offer...


  • #4
    Counsel12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Counsel12


    Maybe you should take P4 and P7 instead as they would be the easier of the syllabus (However none of these exams are easy). I am now doing my Strategic level exams after 2 years at CIMA. And to be quite honest the papers that gave me the most trouble were P1 and P2 due to having no knowledge of Management accounting from My IATI or school days.
    The way i see this if you fail an exam (Which everyone does at some stage), you just have to get back on track and go again, theres no point in giving up at the first hurdle....

    Anyway hope this helps...


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