new to p7

Hi Rockerz – at last you’ve made your choice! Marking – I believe that you should work on the basis of one point = one mark.

there are some questions which ask “Identify and explain ….” For that type of question the marking scheme shown in revision kits for some of the questions suggests .5 mark for “identify” and 1.5 marks for “explain”

You’ll quickly get a feel for the way marks are allocated when you start looking at past exam questions. If you can identify only 10 – 12 separate points in a 20 mark question, then it’s likely 2 marks for each point. But if a suggested solution has 20 – 25 separate points in there, then it would seem likely to be a one mark per each point.

It’s important that you stay up to scratch with IFRS – they do feature quite extensively in P7 problem / scenario type questions and a quick revision of your F8 knowledge would also be useful

As for book reading …. it’s my belief that a study text is useful in situations where you want to look deeper into a topic. But that’s just my personal belief. So, if it were me facing your dilemma, I wouldn’t go to the study text first (and maybe even not at all!) Get stuck into F8, revise your P2 IFRS, watch / listen to the Opentuition P7 material and start doing past exam questions from a reputable revision kit

This is the first time I have put this next piece of advice on Opentuition – enroll with the website http://www.accountancyage.com and get them to email a FREE daily notice to you. Pretty much EVERY day there s some piece on their front page which is of direct interest to P1, P2 and / or P7 students

Hope all this helps but, if you need to, please post again