ACCA - Results Day

crebel81

Hi all. Congrats to those who passed. Passed P7 on my 2nd attempt.

So to all those who are still studying, you will get there, and its well worth it. Goes without saying really

keano2012

crebel81 wrote: »

Hi all. Congrats to those who passed. Passed P7 on my 2nd attempt.

So to all those who are still studying, you will get there, and its well worth it. Goes without saying really

Contrats on passing Where did you do P7? Recommend a lecturer?

crebel81

keano2012 wrote: »

Contrats on passing Where did you do P7? Recommend a lecturer?

Thanks, done and dusted now with exams

I did home study both times, so I cannot recommend one unfortunately

keano2012

crebel81 wrote: »

Thanks, done and dusted now with exams

I did home study both times, so I cannot recommend one unfortunately

cant wait for that day!!

what other option did you pick? I have signed up for p5....looks like a lot of work!

crebel81

keano2012 wrote: »

cant wait for that day!!

what other option did you pick? I have signed up for p5....looks like a lot of work!

That day is near my friend

P6 was my other option. Are you working in practice? Both P6 and P7 are the obvious choices if you are

keano2012

crebel81 wrote: »

That day is near my friend

P6 was my other option. Are you working in practice? Both P6 and P7 are the obvious choices if you are

nope not in practice! went to a presentation in independent college last night and I definitely will not be doing P6! not a chance!

paulers06

I work in industry and did P6. It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. The same themes seem to run through it. Would also recommend P5.

P4 is a devil subject. Ditched it after 2 attempts

RuggieMuffin

bogawesome wrote: »

Hi Just failed p1 passed p2. Did not like cormac in DBS for P1. Anyone got any suggestion to who makes p1 interesting for revision? Also going to do P3 now. Reidin in GCD or Shane O Grady in Independent. Anyone got any views on who makes it more interesting?

Both Martin for P1 and Reidin for P3 recommended for GCD!

shaydy

paulers06 wrote: »

I work in industry and did P6. It's actually not as bad as I thought it would be. The same themes seem to run through it. Would also recommend P5.

P4 is a devil subject. Ditched it after 2 attempts

Recommend any lecturers?

Robin132

keano2012 wrote: »

Contrats on passing Where did you do P7? Recommend a lecturer?

I passed P7 first time round with Shaun Browne in City colleges, i would definitely recommend them.

pong

No, thought Paul was pretty awful. I'm at end of exams so have seen plenty of lecturers but afraid he'd be one of the poorer that I've come across.

Colemania

Only reading this thread now. Attempted my first 2 exams in June and failed both

F9 - 45
F4 - Too embarassing to say....

I really should have the exemption from F4 as we covered everything from F4 in college and I got B's for both Company and Corporate Law. How did it go so wrong?? I know I focused on about 3 quarters of the course and a lot of what i studied didn't come up but i still felt i wrote enough to earn a pass, especially due to the fact i used cases within the answers.

Sickened isn't the word.

By the way, I got my results by text at 12:15am and email just before that.

keano2012

Colemania wrote: »

Only reading this thread now. Attempted my first 2 exams in June and failed both

F9 - 45
F4 - Too embarassing to say....

I really should have the exemption from F4 as we covered everything from F4 in college and I got B's for both Company and Corporate Law. How did it go so wrong?? I know I focused on about 3 quarters of the course and a lot of what i studied didn't come up but i still felt i wrote enough to earn a pass, especially due to the fact i used cases within the answers.

Sickened isn't the word.

By the way, I got my results by text at 12:15am and email just before that.

are you studying them by yourself? could be the problem?

Colemania

keano2012 wrote: »

are you studying them by yourself? could be the problem?

Yes i was alright as i'm on an internship at work but hopefully being turned permanent in the next few weeks and can finally afford the courses then. I'll be doing F9 here in Limerick but don't know yet whether to go to Griffith or Limerick City College. Has anyone from Limerick on here gone to Limerick City college, as it is relatively new?

keano2012

Colemania wrote: »

Yes i was alright as i'm on an internship at work but hopefully being turned permanent in the next few weeks and can finally afford the courses then. I'll be doing F9 here in Limerick but don't know yet whether to go to Griffith or Limerick City College. Has anyone from Limerick on here gone to Limerick City college, as it is relatively new?

Sorry dont know much about Limerick. Been doing them in Dublin.

Dont be too disheartened though. I wass doing F4 on my own and decided to do a revision class and if I hadnt then I probably would have failed. The subject isnt difficult but there are certain exam techniques that lecturers can drill into you. By goin to lecturers you keep upto date where as on your own you tend to leave it off.

FuzzyDunlop100

Colemania wrote: »

Only reading this thread now. Attempted my first 2 exams in June and failed both

F9 - 45
F4 - Too embarassing to say....

I really should have the exemption from F4 as we covered everything from F4 in college and I got B's for both Company and Corporate Law. How did it go so wrong?? I know I focused on about 3 quarters of the course and a lot of what i studied didn't come up but i still felt i wrote enough to earn a pass, especially due to the fact i used cases within the answers.

Sickened isn't the word.

By the way, I got my results by text at 12:15am and email just before that.

ACCA exams are all about exam technique, it's well worth reading the examiners reports, they always point out where people went wrong & you'd be surprised at how the same points keep coming up (poor layout/handwriting etc etc).

A good lecturer will have done a lot of work on the styles/requirements of their particular subject, so the revision courses tend to be worth doing. Doing it with a good lecturer is key though.

keano2012

FuzzyDunlop100 wrote: »

ACCA exams are all about exam technique, it's well worth reading the examiners reports, they always point out where people went wrong & you'd be surprised at how the same points keep coming up (poor layout/handwriting etc etc).

A good lecturer will have done a lot of work on the styles/requirements of their particular subject, so the revision courses tend to be worth doing. Doing it with a good lecturer is key though.

+1 for this.

Also you'd be surprised by the amount of people who dont read the Techincal Articles. Good lecturers can basically pinpoint what exactly to take from them.
The best I have seen for disecting examiner reports and technical articles was Shane O'grady in independent. I can just see him now with a fine tootcomb!

Colemania

keano2012 wrote: »

+1 for this.

Also you'd be surprised by the amount of people who dont read the Techincal Articles. Good lecturers can basically pinpoint what exactly to take from them.
The best I have seen for disecting examiner reports and technical articles was Shane O'grady in independent. I can just see him now with a fine tootcomb!

To be honest, i never went to classes for law in college and passed them well so maybe that mindset lead to me failing F4! The lecturer here in Limerick's Griffith college is awful apparently and i find it boring as it is so that wouldn't help! I read the examiner reports alright and got as much tips as i could online for it. Just didn't go to plan. F9 wasn't too bad. Everyone made it out to be one of the hardest but if i had just known how to answer question 4, i would have passed.

frogstar

On f4 I can't stress enough how important it is to keep doing past papers.

I did it home study a few years ago and the last three weeks I only did past papers. Print them all out and keep plugging away. The same questions come up over and over. Should you really have been exempt?

Colemania

frogstar wrote: »

On f4 I can't stress enough how important it is to keep doing past papers.

I did it home study a few years ago and the last three weeks I only did past papers. Print them all out and keep plugging away. The same questions come up over and over. Should you really have been exempt?

Well there's talk now that current UL Business students will be exempt from F4 also when they finish their degree, and meet the requirements of course, and the course remains the same so ya i don't know why we're not exempt.




EDIT: Just found this on the UL website. God damn it!! I graduated in 2012

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
The following exemptions are valid for BBS students (majoring in Accounting & Finance) and BA Law & Accounting students graduating in or before 2013:

Fundamentals (Nine papers in total): exemption from the following papers

F1 Accountant in Business

In addition, the paper(s) listed below will, under certain conditions, be exempted:
F2 Management Accounting
F3 Financial Accounting
F4 Corporate and Business Law
F5 Performance Management
F6 Taxation

CluanBomb

P2 50%!
At least I wasted no time!! Two to go..

Elle2012

Anyone any advice on how to prepare for P7?

Thanks!