ACCA Administrative Review explained for students who had a marginal fail, scored 48-49 marks.
If you are unhappy with your exam result, then you can ask the ACCA for an administrative review.
This review will NOT mean that your exam is remarked.
The ACCA will only check that the marks have been added up and recorded correctly.
They will also tell you whether each question passed or failed, but they will NOT tell you the marks for each question.
You must enclose the appropriate fee (per paper):
CAT – Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced Level (per paper) – £42
ACCA Qualification Knowledge Module (per paper) – £42
ACCA Qualification Skills Module (per paper) – £47
ACCA Qualification Professional Level (per paper) – £52
ACCA Qualification Dip FM (per paper) – £52
The ACCA administrative review service is available until 3 September 2012.
passing a paper after the administrative review is an exception to the rule! so why waste good money after bad money?
I still have not received the exam results for my last Dec F5 and F8 exams, anyone who is suffering the same situation? I m gonna call them today to enquire? Can you believe this ?
Do not waste your money by taking your paper for review,you will make UK government rich,rather take that money for rewrite and enjoy early registration discount.Devout much of your time to revision than wasting your time and money.
You are correct that an administrative review is not really worth it because they do not remark the paper – they just check that they have recorded the marks properly.
However, the UK government has nothing to do with it!!! You pay the ACCA not the UK government
do not review they will not change results it is totally wastage of money and time
Please help, how can I appeal to the Examinations Appeals Committee, I have to send them email by reply to their mail?
Thank you in advance
Hi, just wanted to share someting with you. I understand the frustration of getting 48 points as this happened to me.
I wanted to challenge ACCA as well but decided that is not worth the cost and here is the story:
ON 8th I got my resoults 48points and yesterday (16th)I received an e-mail form ACCA saying:
As you may know ACCA offers an Administrative Review service which allows students to apply for an administrative check of their results if they feel that their results do not reflect their perceived performance in an exam and where they feel that ACCA’s quality controls have not been applied properly in arriving at their mark.
As a result of this process an error has come to light in the calculation of your original mark for Paper F9 at the June 2012 exam session. The mark you achieved in this paper was 50% and not 48% as originally stated on the notification issued to you last week. This gives you a pass in this paper and your record will now be updated to reflect this change.
This gaves me hopes that they do double ang triple check the marginal results, but at the same time confirms they do make mistakes.
no review do the paper that much perfect so that they margin would be between 70 town 80 of little less or more. i think passing at 50 is not good if some is passing you i think you go for next time with much good score than 50 just passed which i did this time and i think i deserve that 50 and they gave me
Money making scheme…
It’s a shame all my failures have been 46, 47, 48 and i was deeply gutted the truth is whether we like it or not acca is a choice and I am determined to see it through.there is no need for admin review it just adds to the heartbreak.
ACCA is after all a professional qualification, and it ain’t be easy to qualify as a professional.
I inquired ACCA for review process and I got the following detail. I would like to share with my ot buddies.
Dear Mr…………,
Thank you for your reply.
An administrative review is not a re-marking service. I can assure you that all scripts are very carefully marked and that marginal scripts receive even greater scrutiny than the clear passes or fails. Anyone with a mark in the high forties has their script looked at very carefully by the marker who originally awarded this mark to see if there are any other marks that could be awarded and if there are, adjustments are made.
All of these marginal scripts are also reviewed by the examiner to see if there is any justification for any further marks, which the marker was unable to find, to be awarded.
All scripts are also checked by a team of checkers to ensure that no tallying errors have been made either within individual questions or parts of questions or in total.
Finally ACCA coordinators acting as examination auditors will also look at a sample of marginal scripts for each exam to ensure that the correct mark has been given in each case.
Therefore, someone who has received a mark of say 48% or even 49% can be very sure that their mark is correct and that no more marks are available.
As ACCA uses the full scale of 0-100% in its marking schemes, it is inevitable that some candidates will have a mark which falls just short of the 50%. While this is frustrating for those involved, the candidate can be at least confident that with a little more work, a clearer understanding and using a better technique will be enough to get them through the resit exam.
As it is very rare for an administration error to take place when exam marks are calculated and uploaded on to our system, it is unlikely that your mark will be altered by an administrative review.
If you need to contact us, please feel free to either call or email us using the details below.
Kind regards,
Gavin McNeil
ACCA Connect Advisor
ACCA
2 Central Quay, 89 Hydepark Street, Glasgow, G3 8BW, United Kingdom
tel: +44 (0)141 582 2000
fax:+44 (0)141 582 2222
http://www.accaglobal.com/
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@Saline, That message from ACCA seems fair enough to me and accords with my own experience of the marking methodology. Basically, if you’re given a final mark in the high forties, then you really haven’t done enough to pass. It is MOST IMPROBABLE that the ACCA has made a mistake in the score that you are given.
It is a waste of time and money even ACCA erred by marking scheme.In computer base people got more point or pass rather than paper base .
The more and more I learn about ACCA is the more and more I feel disenchanted about becoming a member. To just add up marks and not check over how something was marked and charge someone a fee for doing so just seems plain unethical. I am beginning think of switching to another accounting qualification but I first need to check out alternative ones thoroughly.
@maat, I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS
no one should go for it, rather use it to pay for exams fees
I think ACCA maintains quality of marking the papers. ACCA ensures its result quality. For this purpose, it also uploads the answers for each paper. Going through the answers of examiners, one can satisfy oneself. If ACCA confesses the wrong marking, it would be great threat to its quality and market standing.
Always perform GAP Analysis, what examiner expected from you and what you wrote in the paper….Differences would help elucidating the areas of weaknesses. Come over these weaknesses in the next attempt…and set your TARGET MARKS for the paper in front of your wall while studying the paper…
NO NEED TO INVEST YOUR MONEY WHERE YOU DONT HAVE RETURN, use this amount for your exam fee for the same paper so that you can manage your finances well.
Paddle27 your comment is great! You have learnt the ACCA course well.You have shown the ACCA that they should practice what they preach.Well done – one up for you.
you can not pass an exam you have already failed so the review is an insult to us students ACCA fears they can lose they are credibility if they make you pass after the review .so do not waste you time
this ACCA IS JUST HELL NOW TO PEOPLE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM IS MONEY SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFIT WE GET FROM IT IF ONLY FOR THEM TO REVIEW YOUR PAPER YOU HAVE TO PAY A HUGE SUM OF MONEY I REALLY THINK THIS PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTING PEOPLES MONEY
acca is not as truthful and genuire as their ethics espouse. how can a review be re- aggregation of marks. the managers of the acca only think of themselves to detriment of the poors in society.
The review is out of sense because the checking is made by those who mark the answers of students like self-review which, in idea, should be avoided by ACCA but factually is important part of malpractice in ACCA
Thanks guys, was thinking of getting one but it really makes no sense, to have people thinking that their marking scheme is excellent they will not change anything. Will take next attempt.
I would agree that no student should pay for an administrative review. My only question (which I doubt if anyone can answer) is who actually carries out the review? Is it ACCA or an independent third party? If ACCA carry out this review then surely this is a “self review threat”?
do not waste your money,only thing they sent you is some answers,which you can get it free from the website.you will not get a pass.
We all know that late payment of exam fees are more than the double of normal payments.they only want money.Dont waste your money in reviewing please…
Dont waste your money you cant pass your exam by doing this.we are now half accountant and we know how to make money by doing this type of things.reviewing is a way to make money.im not following ACCA.i know what i have to do.just work hard and pass your papers yourself…
there is no on such things as review or remarking.we are cashcows to acca and uk government.lets not waste money on such things.lets just fall and stand up we will make it eventually.
If ACCA thinks there is a need for review they should do it before the results are released instead of this money making no job done business of Review.
Uk government need funds, acca milking cow for uk
Absolutely Bull shyt.. I scored 49 in F8.. I was very confident in this paper my only downfall is my hand writing.. I feel that i was robbed , but this review makes no sense..ACCA needs to be getting scrutinize because I feel they are getting away with alot of things…
ACCA has become a fundraising accountancy body. Marks to award candidates are just decided. Their focus is making more money from students. The best thing ACCA can do is to send back the script to a complaining candidate so that he/she can cross check with the suggested answers and see where the shortfalls are other than the so called Administrative Reviews.
What is the procedure for an administrative review do you just fill the form and post it to the address given or can you email it? and do they send you a written notification that the received the form by email? and does the feedback you get is it by an email or is it given to you by post?
thanks in advance
“They will also tell you whether each question passed or failed”
What does it mean,is it that getting more than half the marks is a pass?
“is it that getting more than half the marks is a pass?”
Yes, if 10 mark question, 5 or more is a pass
what a rip off.
i really agreed with all said because i realised that they are just interested in making money out of students
dont waste your money , instead pay for the next attempt, beacause acca will not award you extra mark
A waste of money. i also had review of my f4.. nothing changed
This admin review is simply a waste of money. Whether your mark is 45 or 49 they will NOT change it. Might as well use that money to resit the paper.
ssame here i have requested for a remark before and i think even when you deserve at least a 50 out of pride and maintaining their reputation they will still fail you, though i feel its really unfair. and they will send your results way late so you cannot make 2nd appeal. why not mark the paper together with me online..
I had 49 at F4 two years ago and I asked them to review my marks.Personally I think they will not change anything.do not waste your money.
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