Acca results are out.. How did everyone do?

lucylu19

Unfortunately I fail both p4 and p6. I expected for fail p4 but was hoping I scrapped p6!
Ah well.. June resits here I come!!

myshirt

lucylu19 wrote: »

Unfortunately I fail both p4 and p6. I expected for fail p4 but was hoping I scrapped p6!
Ah well.. June resits here I come!!

Sorry to hear that, these exams are so rough.

Is there information on the pass rates/any statistics for this sitting? Link?

keano2012

Passed f4 and f7....now onto p level

frogstar

Passed f6 with 71%

F7 and f9 left from the f's

EamoS

No results email sent and website is down for me?? Anyone else have similar problems?

smcgiff

Website is down all right - can't access my email. Bloody students

Congrats to those passing and those that didn't, well... we've all (except SBWife) been there.

eimearnid

EamoS wrote: »

No results email sent and website is down for me?? Anyone else have similar problems?

Yea no text or email for me today - but logged onto myAcca and got my result - 74% F8 onto Ps for me

Happy Days

bobbyg

Passed P6 & P7, that's me done. Now what time do the boozers open at:D

Aine5

Passed F5 & F8 63% & 58%

Happy Days

lucylu19

Great to hear loads of passes!!!
Will be me in June..

optimistic_

frogstar wrote: »

Passed f6 with 71%

F7 and f9 left from the f's

Got F6 with 68% and F8 with 74%

Frogstar where do you study?

Congratulations by the way! Well done!
I've only F7 and F9 this term and then on to P's as well!

JaneeMack

Passed both P1 and P2, 56% and 71%

optimistic_

Well done everyone, in top form now after a few weeks of serious doubt.

SGKM

Passed P1 and P2 with 62% and 60%.

JaneeMack wrote: »

Passed both P1 and P2, 56% and 71%

Well done getting 71% in P2, surely that must be a placing!

JaneeMack

SGKM wrote: »

Passed P1 and P2 with 62% and 60%.



Well done getting 71% in P2, surely that must be a placing!

Thanks! I hope so!! That would make it so much more special!! I've been so worried about P2 and didn't think I'd do as well!!

Robin132

Passed P1 and P2, delighted! Now to decide which option to take!!

Elle2012

Hey guys!

Just wondering who you would recommend in Dublin for p2 and p3?

Thanks

Shinners25

Congrats to all that passed

I passed P2 but failed P1. Not sure how I managed that, should have been the other way around!! Thank god don't have to face into P2 again!

Just checking, I've already done P3. So summer time I wanna do P1, P4, P5. Am I allowed to sit them together yeah??

thefa

Shinners25 wrote: »

Congrats to all that passed
Just checking, I've already done P3. So summer time I wanna do P1, P4, P5. Am I allowed to sit them together yeah??

Yes, as long as you're sitting the last of the P1-P2-P3 block you can move onto the option papers.

Scraped past P5, obliterated P2.

Can anybody recommend sitting P4 or P6? (Doubtful I will work in tax in the future.)

Shinners25

Thanks thefa!

Has anyone ever appealed a result and got marked up? I got 48% in P1, dunno if it's worth the bother/money appealing it....but tempted to chance my arm

Mellio

Shinners25 wrote: »

Thanks thefa!

Has anyone ever appealed a result and got marked up? I got 48% in P1, dunno if it's worth the bother/money appealing it....but tempted to chance my arm

I dont beleive its an appeal process but just an option to review your marked paper, I think you would be wasting your money but someone else may know different.

Mellio

I passed F6 today so happy I am.

Onto F7 and working my way through the rest of them.

Congrats to all that passed there exams!

to those that didn't pass, keep going!

themacdaddy

Shinners25 wrote: »

Thanks thefa!

Has anyone ever appealed a result and got marked up? I got 48% in P1, dunno if it's worth the bother/money appealing it....but tempted to chance my arm

It's not worth it, they don't even recheck the paper. They just add up the totals the correcter allocated to each Q. I got 49% before, appealed and it got no where, except it cost me £120 GBP. I appealed a few years back and at the time, there were over 8000 appeals (up to that date) which led to only 4 result changes. I think you can find the statistics somewhere on the ACCA page.

Shinners25

Thanks guys won't bother with the appeal so! Back to the books

frogstar

optimistic_ wrote: »

Got F6 with 68% and F8 with 74%

Frogstar where do you study?

Congratulations by the way! Well done!
I've only F7 and F9 this term and then on to P's as well!

Congrats aswell!

Have been home studying so far but went to julie hawkins in dbs for revision only. Well worth it.

For f7 I will go to independent colleges on dawson street and will home study f9

Tbh im worried doing both together but want to get them over and done with

imtdub

My mate told me F9 was easy this time and he got 74%, feckin Bas***d now I'm cursing myself for skipping the exams.

imtdub

frogstar wrote: »

Congrats aswell!

Have been home studying so far but went to julie hawkins in dbs for revision only. Well worth it.

For f7 I will go to independent colleges on dawson street and will home study f9

Tbh im worried doing both together but want to get them over and done with

They both are very tough, I barely scraped through F7 and scored 44 and 48 in F9 in my last two attempts, but skipped the exams in Dec and I was told it was one of the easiest papers.

shaydy

Passed F9 & P1............was worried about F9 so delighted to have got that

Any of you P2 and P3 passers any tips or recommendations on an approach to the exam. Any lectures recommendations also appreciated. Cheers

TinyTot165

Passed P3, P4 (2nd attempt) and P6, can't believe I'm finally finished

thefa wrote: »

Yes, as long as you're sitting the last of the P1-P2-P3 block you can move onto the option papers.

Scraped past P5, obliterated P2.

Can anybody recommend sitting P4 or P6? (Doubtful I will work in tax in the future.)

I found P6 a lot easier than P4, I easily did 3 times the amount of study for P4 than I did for P6 and I came out with 3% more and that was repeating. There just isn't near enough time in the exam.

Lucyx

shaydy wrote: »

Passed F9 & P1............was worried about F9 so delighted to have got that

Any of you P2 and P3 passers any tips or recommendations on an approach to the exam. Any lectures recommendations also appreciated. Cheers

Same here shaydy. It took me 3 attempts but I finally got F9 (64%!!). Wasn't expecting to pass P1 but got 52% in that.

Not sure whether to do just P2 or P2 and P3....is there a lot in each of those subjects guys ?? I've heard P3 isn't bad at all and at least P2 is all numbers so thats always nice

Lucyx

TinyTot165 wrote: »

Passed P3, P4 (2nd attempt) and P6, can't believe I'm finally finished

SERIOUSLY WELL DONE !!!

keano2012

are people able to access their results on the acca website? got results via text but need to print them out from the website! I can get in and see my account but my results section is blank!

Lucyx

frogstar wrote: »

For f7 I will go to independent colleges on dawson street and will home study f9

Tbh im worried doing both together but want to get them over and done with

Hi Frogstar

Seriously get the exam kit for F9 (I love Kaplan) and do practically every Q in the book. Also if you're home studying, you gotta check out opentuition.com. An awesome website with loads of lectures for free and a lecturer called John Moffat does F9 and hes fantastic. Watch all of his clips (usually around half an hour each and theres around 30 clips in total) and you'll get the exam for sure

thefa

Lucyx wrote: »

Not sure whether to do just P2 or P2 and P3....is there a lot in each of those subjects guys ?? I've heard P3 isn't bad at all and at least P2 is all numbers so thats always nice

Do not underestimate P2, especially if you have not done F7 or you college degree recently. It is one of the, if not the, toughest exams in my opinion.

Also, it is about 40-60% computation I would gauge. 35 marks in section A for the Consolidated Accounts and the computation element in Section B varies and requires commentary when it is asked. Knowing and being able to apply Accounting Standards in this exam is just as important as the computations.


P3 has a broad syllabus but not as technical as P2. Application of strategy models and interpreting the question scenarios are important.

Lucyx

thefa wrote: »

Do not underestimate P2, especially if you have not done F7 or you college degree recently. It is one of, if not the, toughest exams in my opinion.

Also, it is about 40-60% computation I would gauge. 35 marks in section A for the Consolidated Accounts and the computation element in Section B varies and requires commentary when it is asked. Knowing and being able to apply Accounting Standards in this exam is just as important as the computations.


P3 has a broad syllabus but not as technical as P2. Application of strategy models and interpreting the question scenarios are important.

Thanks thefa. I did F7 and have been looking forward to P2 actually. I enjoy the computations and applying the standards so I hope I'd do ok with those

keano2012

Lucyx wrote: »

Thanks thefa. I did F7 and have been looking forward to P2 actually. I enjoy the computations and applying the standards so I hope I'd do ok with those

Looking forward to P2???!!! that has to be a first! were u able to access the ACCA website?

Lucyx

keano2012 wrote: »

Looking forward to P2???!!! that has to be a first! were u able to access the ACCA website?

well ......you know what I mean.....compared to other papers, some are dreadful. I got my results via email at 6am. the email facility has worked well for me since it started few years back.

keano2012

Lucyx wrote: »

well ......you know what I mean.....compared to other papers, some are dreadful. I got my results via email at 6am. the email facility has worked well for me since it started few years back.

ya F7 was dreadful (i still passed) so god only knows what P2 is gona be like!

deens7881

Passed F8 @ 88% and P1@69%. Was thinking to skip P1 even few weeks before the exams ...Has anyone got P3 text book and exam kits for sale preferably Kaplan plz let me know....

All the best for your forthcoming papers.....

TinyTot165

deens7881 wrote: »

Passed F8 @ 88% and P1@69%. Was thinking to skip P1 even few weeks before the exams ...Has anyone got P3 text book and exam kits for sale preferably Kaplan plz let me know....

All the best for your forthcoming papers.....

Well done on your results.

I have the BPP Study Text, Kaplan Revision Kit and Griffith College notes for P3 if your interested, all for Dec 2012.

keano2012

deens7881 wrote: »

Passed F8 @ 88% and P1@69%. Was thinking to skip P1 even few weeks before the exams ...Has anyone got P3 text book and exam kits for sale preferably Kaplan plz let me know....

All the best for your forthcoming papers.....

Was there any reason why u were gona skip it? Is there a lot of work in it? Thinking of doing p1 and p3 this term?

Lambanna

Normally do 2 subjects every sitting but after hearing so much about p2 have decided do it on its own. Is it a major step up from f7? Is the workload much greater than all other subjects? 4 exams left, finally starting to see the finish line in the far distance!

SBWife

Lambanna wrote: »

Normally do 2 subjects every sitting but after hearing so much about p2 have decided do it on its own. Is it a major step up from f7? Is the workload much greater than all other subjects? 4 exams left, finally starting to see the finish line in the far distance!

I wouldn't describe it as a major step up from F7 in terms of the technical accounting knowledge, the consolidation is more complex but if you were able to handle it at F7 you shouldn't have a problem at P2. Like F7 there are a bunch of IFRS covered but nothing is a huge step up from the earlier exam. The main difference is that there's more theory and you need to have a better understanding of why the decision was made for the current treatment. But all in all the workload is no higher and I wouldn't consider it more difficult than the other required P papers.

IMO there's a further step up in difficulty to the optional P papers and I think P1 is a bit of a crap shoot (it's less technical than most of the others plus covers a huge amount of material) so if I were in your position and wanting to finish within 3 more sittings. I'd continue to sit two papers at a time rather than sitting P2 on it's own. Unless, that is, you found F7 incredibly difficult.

deens7881

keano2012 wrote: »

Was there any reason why u were gona skip it? Is there a lot of work in it? Thinking of doing p1 and p3 this term?

Was a bit lazy at the beginning..left it for the last minute and got panicked ...but did one week of rigorous study and i think thats all you need...if you can pass f4 and f8, p1 is a piece of cake..i couldn't find anything new in this paper ...text book and past papers thats all you need..all the best...

keano2012

I am doing P1 and P3 this term. Any one have any opinions on these?

P1 and P3- Shane O'Grady @independent colleges

P1- Owen O'Reilly @City Colleges

Any pro's and con's you found with each? Any one ever studied at city colleges?

Cookie_Monster

Passed P4, not sure how, gave up 5 weeks before the exam and just went for the sake of it. Walked out with a 53 and all my exams now done.

smcgiff

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

Passed P4, not sure how, gave up 5 weeks before the exam and just went for the sake of it. Walked out with a 53 and all my exams now done.

It's a balls finding out your best exam technique at the end! congrats

Robin132

keano2012 wrote: »

I am doing P1 and P3 this term. Any one have any opinions on these?

P1 and P3- Shane O'Grady @independent colleges

P1- Owen O'Reilly @City Colleges

Any pro's and con's you found with each? Any one ever studied at city colleges?

Shane O'Grady can be an acquired taste but he got me through P1 first go round so I', going back to him for P3! I found him ok, little offence once I think, but other than that he was grand and tried to make the lectures as interesting as he could.

keano2012

Thanks robin132.....u ever heard anything about city colleges? it is strange because i know noone who has ever gone there....

Lovbnmoma

Well I passed both F5 and F8, got 61% in F5 and got 68% in F8 so am delighted! Never expected to pass F5, I thought it was very hard and was sure I failed! Well done to everyone who passed or finished acca. doing F7 and F9 next, the last two f's for me, studying all at home so fingers crossed ill be alright with them. How did everyone else find F7 or F9?

deepriver

64% in F6 Tax on second sitting... was expecting higher.

Does anyone know what kind of marks get you ranked or a gold medal, just curious...?

Anyone recommends of where to take classes for F7 and F9 in June (Dublin)?