Anyone gone from ATI on to ACA?

dyanne

That's my plan and I'm wondering if it's a huge leap in standards? I'm hoping to attempt four exams (bridging CAP1 and CAP2) but am wondering if I'm biting off more than I can chew.

If I don't bridge the two this year, the course will take me an extra year to complete.

On a scale of 1-10, could you classify the ATI exams and CAP1/CAP2 exams, 1 being quite easy with very little study and 10 being rocket science, head in a book from September until May.. (Not asking for much, I know.)

Thanks

smcgiff

You're only going to get subjective answers to your question, which are unlikely to be much use to you.

No one is going to know how easy you found the ATI's either.

dyanne

Thanks - I was indeed looking for opinions, which are obviously subjective.

How easy/hard I found the ATI exams is completely irrelevant. If someone else found them easy and the ACA much harder (or vice versa), I could have then applied the opinion to my own experience to make it useful.

Moot anyway - seems nobody has an opinion on it either way

smcgiff

dyanne wrote: »

If someone else found them easy and the ACA much harder (or vice versa), I could have then applied the opinion to my own experience to make it useful.

How will you know how smart/suitable the people that offer their opinion are? However hard they find it, you may be find it easier or harder.

Are CAI exams harder than ATI, yes. But the level of difficulty may be inconsequential/unnoticeable for some.

I suspect most people will notice the step up. But know thousands of people before you have passed them.

dyanne

smcgiff wrote: »

How will you know how smart/suitable the people that offer their opinion are? However hard they find it, you may be find it easier or harder.

You could apply that logic to everything. Why then ask anybody's opinion in relation to any subject?? If I was looking for facts, I could google!

Maybe I could implement an IQ test first to eliminate opinions out of the desired range? ;-)

My question is valid and I would have liked to hear people's personal experiences. If you haven't experience of both, then I appreciate your input but it's not really what I'm looking for, thank you

shuyin1

dyanne wrote: »

That's my plan and I'm wondering if it's a huge leap in standards? I'm hoping to attempt four exams (bridging CAP1 and CAP2) but am wondering if I'm biting off more than I can chew.

If I don't bridge the two this year, the course will take me an extra year to complete.

On a scale of 1-10, could you classify the ATI exams and CAP1/CAP2 exams, 1 being quite easy with very little study and 10 being rocket science, head in a book from September until May.. (Not asking for much, I know.)

Thanks

My route, ATI to Degree to ACA.
In terms of difficulty there's not much difference between cap1 and ati. The hard bit about cap1 is it combines 2 yrs worth of material into 1 year. People take it lightly, especially tax.

From ati to aca is a huge jump, even with 2 years of college material learnt I'd spent the guts of 7 weeks studying 9-9pm to pass the cap2's. Went from 80's in college to 60's in aca. Like ati, the approach is exactly the same, exam technique and lots of past papers. It's not rocket science at all, you just need to dedicate enough time to it. They're tough but not impossible, college exams being a 6 to get A's, cap2's would be a 7 to pass.

dyanne

Thank you for taking the time to reply!

Lots of food for thought there and time is certainly a huge issue for me although it will be even worse next year! I will need to really hit the ground running if I'm to pass.