ACCA P3 home study

jodieS

Hi, i have completed and passed P1 and P2 with Griffith College in Cork. I am planning on sitting the P 3 exam in december and doing it by self study. Has anyone ever done any of the online courses. If so did you find them beneficial or could i do it on my own with a lot of hard work?? Thanks

Lovbnmoma

Heya I studied it at home and just used past papers and book and some lectures on open tuition and passed.

jodieS

Lovbnmoma wrote: »

Heya I studied it at home and just used past papers and book and some lectures on open tuition and passed.

Well done. Thats wat i was planning. I bought some second hand (2012) bpp and kaplan books for half nothing on ebay and open tuition lectures look good so i think i will give it a shot myself. Thanks. :-)

Lovbnmoma

Yeah that's the best thing. I found with p3 if you learn off the main models and also keep repeating past papers you will pass it no bother. I studied it while studying for two others aswell.

ninska

I studied P3 with OpenTuition lectures & notes and BPP exam kit, and passed with nice 78%.
Would recommend OT, they are really brilliant but still all free.

Kaka86

Hi... I have p3 books and notes for sale ( Shane o Grady independent college + bpp). 40e for the lot. Got them for June 2014 course/exam. I'm based in Carlow & Kilkenny.

jodieS

Hi Kaka. I have books but i would be interested in shane o gradys notes. How much to post to Tipperary???

aislinn92

Ya I would also be interested in the notes only and not the book. I am based in Tipperary. How much would they cost?

Kaka86

Hi notes are kind of within the independent college course notes and then just my own notes from Shane's classes. Will be keeping everything together for if selling.

Annabelw5

Lovbnmoma wrote: »

Yeah that's the best thing. I found with p3 if you learn off the main models and also keep repeating past papers you will pass it no bother. I studied it while studying for two others aswell.

Just wondering how much work you would need to put in for this, roughly how many hours a week?

Lovbnmoma

Annabelw5 wrote: »

Just wondering how much work you would need to put in for this, roughly how many hours a week?

Hiya. I would've been studying this along with p1 and p2 so id say per week I would have done 3 to 4 hours and then I had three weeks study leave so I did most of the studying then with 10 to 12 hours per week on each subject in them three weeks before the exam. Hope that helps you!

Annabelw5

Thank you. Would that have been 3 to 4 hours on all 3, or each? I'm considering doing p1 and p1 myself from home, but I won't have much study leave, so I'm wondering how much Study I should be aiming for.

Lovbnmoma

That would have been 3 to 4 hours on each subject, I used to study from 7 til 10 for maybe three to four evenings a week. I would say if you did a couple of hours (maybe 1 hour per subject) every evening 5 days a week you should be fine but everyone is different! I have kids so I was restricted to the evening too so its whatever you would be able to do. When I sat the three papers I failed P1 and passed P2 and P3. I think three at a time was a bad idea but two is definitely doable, that was the first time I had failed an exam when I sat them three.

Annabelw5

Thank you, that's really helpful. That's pretty much what I was thinking I'd need to do. I may consider doing one of the revision courses in one of the colleges if needs be. Yes three at a time is a LOT, i can't imagine how that would be achievable and still have a life! Thanks again.

Lovbnmoma

No bother! Yep I really didnt have a life so I definitely wouldnt recommend it! Best of luck in the rest of your studies!