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.
The fee for ACCA administrative review is £52
(This includes FIA, ACCA and Dip IFR exams)
If you would like to request an administrative review you can now submit your request using our online service at myACCA. Alternatively, you can complete the form (see ‘Related documents’) and submit to:
To me it seems like you’re paying £52 for false hopes, another bout of bad news, a month of stressing about it and a month of revision wasted. I think its best just to keep at the revision. Think of it this way, this time there won’t be that much to cover, now you can polish your skills and cover topics you missed out on the 1st run.
49 in P6…thought i would pass it easily…thinking of going for an administrative review
hello
i also got 49% in p6 and looking for review , should it help?
Anyone had any success with this since?
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.
@beatasz, did you have to send a formal letter to ACCA with the admin review form or you just the form?
Please advise…
@beatasz, did you have to send a formal letter to ACCA with the admin review form or you just the review form?
Please advise…
Hey, you can do it online via myacca. I got 49 and I’m going to appeal. Good luck to you!
Peilin- Many thanks. I got the same marks and I am deeply upset.
Will complete the form
Please let me know of other plans you have in mind regarding this and I will do the same
@beatasz– Hv u heard of more cases where they increase marks.I am stuck at 49 too. 🙁 was reading reviews online and everyone is saying that its a waste of time.I am perplexed.This was my 4th attempt on P5! 🙁
@Beatasz Did you actually request the review or did ACCA do this assesment of their own accord ? As from the above message its sounds as though they reviewed your paper independent of any reqyests from yourself?
Thanka
Kav.
U should be really lucky. Every time I fail my optional paper, hoping to get such a notification from ACCA. but to my dismay…..
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
https://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.
mike
Could you explain why is this so? If no clarification from ACCA, kindly close the P2 session and focus your comments on P3 ,p4, p5 ,p7.
Tell the p2 students in exam just draw pictures and will be awarded Pass
The Line” I assure u” …….. said it all. they do nothing… ….. neither they care they need to survive on our money and thatts wat they are here for. we’ve been ripped for life..
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