IATI Results Tomorrow

kilburn · 08-07-2010 1:58pm #1

Any one else in the same nervous wreck state?

Neyite · 08-07-2010 2:37pm

yeah. year 2, but i split the exams between may and august sitting, so im only waiting on one tomorrow - tax. did you do second year paper? the tax paper was a shocker.

kilburn · 08-07-2010 2:39pm

I thought the 3 papers were shockers but that is the new syllabus hammer us !

Neyite · 08-07-2010 3:02pm

best of luck to you.

after our tax exam everyone including the swots came out looking shellshocked. most only got 3 or 4 questions done. there was stuff that wasnt even on the syllabus, so im hoping loads complained and they mark us easy!

i heard that one of either MA or FA was a bitch of a paper too, and that the other one was lovely. but ive to do them next month:(.

kilburn · 08-07-2010 3:05pm

i am sure you will do great;)

lol ya thats great when even the swots are shellshocked

Neyite · 09-07-2010 8:01am

didnt do great. failed tax. granted it was a horrible paper on the day, but they certainly didnt mark easy because of it.

so ive 3 to do now in august. :mad:

think i need a few drinks at the weekend, before i cloister myself away for the next 5 weeks.

5 weeks and 3 exams to swot for. :eek:

undecided · 09-07-2010 8:33am

I failed tax also I knew I would as I didnt finish the paper. It was really tough and I normally love tax.

As for the rest I got them only by the skin of my teeth am really annoyed as last year I was getting around 70% in them this year just scraping it and I did more work for them this time round:( loads of people I know also failed subjects that they should have passed so makes you wonder if its all a money racket.

Must say the results have put a spoke in my wheel was planning to go on and CAI now dont know what to do as in if I can barely pass IATI will I be able for it? Im so annoyed!

Neyite · 09-07-2010 9:01am

a financial controller i know said that the technician exams are known for being tough, and are well thought of in the industry. another accountant said similar to me too. you get a lot of respect for passing them.

like that, i want to go on to do cima, but might space it out a bit, since im not currently in a finance job.

its kind of funny really, i think most people re-skilling think that accountancy is relatively easy (its just sums, right?) but when they get into it they realise how much work needs to go into it to pass.

i dont mind working hard for a qualification - it adds value, i was just really annoyed at the tax paper - twas a nasty one.

undecided · 09-07-2010 9:26am

in true institute style their website is down!

Anyone know if their is a publication of the pass/fail rate of the exams?

donegal lass 4 · 09-07-2010 10:19am

passed the first year ones, was very frustrating, website down from 8am.
they are allowing you to ring up and get them over phone.

masalbeagdubh · 14-07-2010 1:43pm

Was looking at the IATI facebook page and it has been edited to make it look like they are a professional outfit and not the money making racket that we know they are. I would never reccommend them to anyone I know after 2 years of study with them. There were some truthful comments on the site over the results debacle but they have mysteriously vanished.

kilburn · 14-07-2010 5:05pm

no surprises there

shuyin1 · 15-07-2010 11:42am

masalbeagdubh wrote: »

Was looking at the IATI facebook page and it has been edited to make it look like they are a professional outfit and not the money making racket that we know they are. I would never reccommend them to anyone I know after 2 years of study with them. There were some truthful comments on the site over the results debacle but they have mysteriously vanished.

Care to share what the prob was with the results since it's all been deleted?

masalbeagdubh · 15-07-2010 12:21pm

The results were to be available on line at 11 am. The website crashed and they wouldn`t give the grades over the phone which some people who didn`t receive them in the post would have needed. There were complaints that people had been treated badly on the phones when they rang up. There is one post on there at the moment where she says she got results on-line and by post on Friday and about how heplful and brilliant the IATI are. The site was down until Friday evening so this girl is talking rubbish and no doubt is connected to the institute.

kilburn · 15-07-2010 12:23pm

IATI are a joke.
I never got notification of my computer based exams, rang them and it turned out that they had input my email address wrong. But yet they gave me a lecture about checking my junk mail and about spam, to deflect from their mistakes

kilburn · 18-08-2010 11:07am

any one doing the repeats

masalbeagdubh · 23-08-2010 9:04am

I finished the IATI exams in May and I was hoping to go on and do more study maybe leading to a degree. I am working in Galway and the choices are fairly limited. The only course that seems to suit is the elevation programme with Chartered Accountants but I am afraid that it may be too difficult as I struggled to get time to study for the IATI exams. Has anyone any advice for further study as the IATI have been no help so far.

Kerry Gooner · 23-08-2010 11:18am

Also finished the course in May,though not working but unsure of my next step.CPA or business degree,any recommendations ?

shuyin1 · 23-08-2010 11:24am

Depends on where you are, some IT's allows you to progress to the 3rd year of ord. degree. Best to enquire them personally yourself.

masalbeagdubh · 23-08-2010 12:02pm

I have been in contact with the IT`s but they dont have any suitable course. Their idea of part time study is often afternoon lectures which doesn`t work alongside a full time job. At least the elevation programme is mostly at weekends but I am concerned that it may be too difficult.

Nellsbells · 24-08-2010 10:04am

masalbeagdubh wrote: »

I have been in contact with the IT`s but they dont have any suitable course. Their idea of part time study is often afternoon lectures which doesn`t work alongside a full time job. At least the elevation programme is mostly at weekends but I am concerned that it may be too difficult.

Hi,

I am the same, finished IATI this year.
the elevation programme sounds very intense. I see IATI are having a further study info evening on 8th sept. I wil prob go to that....and they are NOT CHARGING FOR IT!!!!!(if you're a member) !!!!!!!!!! :eek:

kennethsmyth · 24-08-2010 10:30am

Hang in there guys, the IATI qualification is held high especially by those who have completed it themselves previously (me included). I'm a qualified ACCA who originally did the accounting technician to allow me to continue on further to do ACCA. The accounting technician is very practical orientated, or at least it was when i did it (a while ago). But i have to say its one of the aspects i look for on a cv if i was looking for an accounts assistant and would hold it as a very good basis for further study.:D

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