ACCA similar exams?

Bumder

Hey, Im going to be hopefully starting my ACCA exams this December so hopefully going to start the course this August/September as Im pretty sure work will pay for it. Im exempt from all the foundations except F8 and was thinking of doing them in blocks of 2.
Can anyone recommend which way to go with F8,P1,P2,P3?as in which two to do together? Any that are similar to each other or is there a tougher one and an easier one that I should do together. Or indeed a theory and a numeric one? Sorry for all the questions but I only know the exams as there names and know literally nothing of there content.

SBWife

F8 is Fundamental Level Audit and Assurance so more words than numbers.

P1 is Governance, Risks and Ethics more words than numbers
P2 is Corporate Reporting more numbers than words*
P3 is Business Analysis more numbers than words*

* at this level the exams require significant analysis so even a relatively mathematical subject is going to have c 50% of the exam marks related to theory and explanation rather than calculation.

P2 has a reputation for being tough, and might require some extra work given you're exempt from F7 I'd tackle this up front along with F8. It'd mean you'd have exams on Thursday the 8th of December and on the following Tuesday. Then provided the schedule continues to be the same (it's just changed so this is a reasonable assumption) you'd have a day between P3 and P1 in June. I had exams 3 days in a row this past June and I wouldn't recommend it. Trying to organise the subjects so as you always have a day free in between is a good idea.

Bumder

SBWife wrote: »

F8 is Fundamental Level Audit and Assurance so more words than numbers.

P1 is Governance, Risks and Ethics more words than numbers
P2 is Corporate Reporting more numbers than words*
P3 is Business Analysis more numbers than words*

* at this level the exams require significant analysis so even a relatively mathematical subject is going to have c 50% of the exam marks related to theory and explanation rather than calculation.

P2 has a reputation for being tough, and might require some extra work given you're exempt from F7 I'd tackle this up front along with F8. It'd mean you'd have exams on Thursday the 8th of December and on the following Tuesday. Then provided the schedule continues to be the same (it's just changed so this is a reasonable assumption) you'd have a day between P3 and P1 in June. I had exams 3 days in a row this past June and I wouldn't recommend it. Trying to organise the subjects so as you always have a day free in between is a good idea.

Thanks very much for the reply. I've heard the rumours about P2 alright. I've been thinking would it be better to do 1 at a time workload wise? I mean on one hand it would mean a smaller workload but if you failed the one exam for whatever reason things not going your way that is pretty much 6months wasted? How big of a workload is two exams at a time? Obviously it would mean two evenings a week of classes but would I have to be studying 5 days a week after that? Im sorry for all the questions but I really wary about the workload involved!Thanks.

SBWife

I've never taken a class but two exams per session seems to be standard.

Given there's about 14 weeks of prep time if you are taking a class I'd say that for the first 10 weeks 2 nights of classes with 3 hours per subject on the weekend would get you through the bulk of the material. Perhaps adding a couple of hours during the week to get you through any areas where you had problems.

Then adding another 3 hours per subject for weeks 12 and 13 before studying as much as possible in the final 2 weeks.

This should get you through with very comfortable passes.