P7 or P5? Please advice!

@kirill009 said:
Hi everybody!

Thinking of which paper to take in June – P7 or P5 – considering that I’m taking P3 as well.

What is easier to pass and less time consuming? Please advice

P3 and P5 do overlap somewhat so that could help. However, how well did you do in F5 and F8 accordingly?
For P5, it is assumed you have the prerequisite( I.e. prior) knowledge of F3, F5 and P3 so how is your knowledge and did you like those modules?
For P7 it is assumed you know F8 knowledge, so how is your knowledge and did you like audit?

The syllabus for P5 is not large, however the whole paper is application based on the information given, do you prefer more application and modules that have evaluation and analysis or the p7 audit based approach?

@kirill009 said:
Well, I think that I did better in F8 than in F5. Moreover, I passed F8 much later (in September 2017) than F5 and I worked in audit for 5 years. So I think that my current knowledge of F8 is deeper than of F5.

I didn’t pass F3 (exemption) and haven’t studied for P3 yet, though I liked F5.

I like evaluation and analysis more but I think in this particular case P7 is optimal choise for me.

Possibly I am wrong and P7 is harder to pass even in my circumstances?

P7 may be a better choice as for p5, P3 will be assumed knowledge which as you be studying both together could make it difficult. Also, you haven’t done f2 sorry not f3 so that would be assumed too. Additionally, you prefer f8 over f5 which are the fundamental modules underlying the professional papers so I would tend to lead to picking P7 over p5.
Also, working within audit will make P7 a lot more easier.

@kirill009 said:
Thank you very much! I will take P7. You really helped me to decide, have no more doubt now.

No problem, good luck on P7. Best of luck on the rest of your ACCA journey.