Many students have problems choosing which combination of ACCA exams to sit. We have conducted a survey, and over a 1,000 students participated.
Here are the results:
2 ACCA Papers – the best combination
3 ACCA Papers – the best combination
Which is the best combination of ACCA Papers?
what do you think about F8 and P1 together
what about P3,P5 & P7 in one sitting?
Hello,
Can I sit for F9 and P1 together ?
Yes – that is OK.
Hi
Do you think its advisable to take 2 P papers?
I am looking at 1&3 in June – but worry it will be too much as I work full time.
If you are not confident of your ability to attempt two papers in June …… then don’t. Why impose unnecessary additional stress on yourself which will probably be reflected by you not being able to give your best to either paper.
Having said that, I know that this has been done by others in the past – I think it depends entirely on the individual and the amount of time that person is prepared to devote to studying
Hello!! Just wanted to know if I can take P2 & P5 Together without paying additional exam fees for the papers in between like p3. I have completed till P1
Hi, no, you have to have at least entered for P3 before you can get into the option papers.
Sorry
sir plzz tell me that which combination is good,,,,f8 with p1 or f8 with p2
sir plzz tell me imediately that i enroll for papers !!!!!
Both combinations are OK – I would suggest that F8 and P2 might be better, but others may think different.
(I assume that you have already passed all the other F papers?)
Hi!
In F level I have F7-F9 left.Can I take F7,F8 and P1 exams in June 2014?
I doing a part time job.Will it be a good idea to do these three exams in one sitting?
Please help!
No – it is not allowed.
You can only take P1 if you were to take F7, F8, and F9 all at the same time but to attempt 4 exams would really be too much.
johnmoffat is it not allowd for binc to enter for f7-9 AND p1 but just not turn up for f9? I have a friend who did that and left f4 until well into the p level exams – had to do f4 before she did p1 coz they are an the same day. Its an expensive way to do it – keep entering and not turning up but it is possible isnt it?
Of course it is always allowed to pay to enter exams and then not turn up. But I am certainly not going to recommend it to anyone (except in exceptional cases) since they lose the money if they do not turn up for the exam.
thankyou – i just thought that binc could be one of those exceptional cases
Thank you johnmoffat for your response!
Can anybody please advise me as to what happens if we have not finished all 14 papers within the 10 year period ?
Will the BSc Degree granted by Oxford Brookes before the 10 year period would be validated if I could not complete ACCA but just the BSc Degree in time ?
Do they extend this period in any given circumstances ?
It’s unlikely that anyone has ever run out of time – the ACCA seem to work on the principle that, as each change in syllabus takes place, they reset the clock to start at zero again.
And the syllabus changes every 7 years or so.
Moral: don’t worry about running out of time
If you have been granted the BSc degree, then it will not be invalidated anyway even if you never complete the remaining ACCA exams.
Hi all my friends,
I am a new member to this forum… It is extremely helpful and useful.
Would you please advise me whether I should do F6 with P6 (advanced taxation) together?
I got exemptions for all F papers except F6. Thanks.
You cannot take P6 until you have passed P1, P2 and P3
Thanks..
Could you please tell us what qualification you achieved to get exempted for all F papers. I’ve been trying to achieve that but got exempted for only 4 (F1-F4). I attained BSc Accounting and MBA (Finance Concentration).
P1, P2, P3 – June 2014 Sitting. Advisable?
I took P2 in December, looking at doing P1 & P3 in June wondering how advisable this is?
Can I Sit F3 and F4 together in June 2014? or do I have to pass F3 before I can sit F4?
Depdends if you’ve finisehd F1 and F2 already.
when you book your exams it will let you book F4 if you are also booking F3.
Log on to myACCA and test it out.
You can sit F4 before F3 if you tick the box to say that you’ll take F3 as CBE. It’s a bit of a cheat, but at the moment still works (ACCA told me to do that if I wanted to take a paper before taking F1-3).
Many thanks for your help. Yes, I have finished F1(exempted) and F2 (sat last Month, awaiting results, expect to pass)
I am planning to write four papers in June as I am not working at the moment and I have the time to prepare. I have completed papers F1 – 3. What combinations do you suggest please? I had no accounting background prior to F1-3. Kindly advise. Thanks
Hi, I just finished my f6 and f7.
I plan to take F8, f9 and P1, is that a best combination? Please guide.
Thanks.
hi, i have attempted now F7 F8 and P1 i am pretty sure that will pass F7 easily but there is 50% chance of passing F8 and P1……. please guide me can i take P2 and what will be the best pair for P2 if i do pass both F8 and P1?
Hi can i take F8 and P2 and maybe P1,plus i have already completed the rest of the F levels.
Yes – that is allowed OK.
Hello, I passed my P1 and P3 and awaiting for P2 results (essential module). Working full time. I’m taking P6 for June 2014 sitting. Say if I failed my P2 Dec 2013 and resit in June 2014. Still fail P2 but passed my P6, is my P6 still consider a pass? because i was told that to take the optional module i must first passed the essential module.
Don’t worry – you would still keep the passed paper 馃檪
hi john. good to know. u been thru this I presume?
Of course – I would not have said this if I did not know the rules!
馃檪
haha..of course thanks! 馃檪
Hi John,
While on the topic of rules and counting of passes etc…
With regard to the 10 year rule, if I don’t qualify within the 10 years, do I lose all the passes I have clocked up or just those that are more than 10 years ago?
don’t worry, I’m planning on qualifying well before the 10 year deadline, but a colleague of mine is getting close to the 10 deadline – that made me wonder what the rule was
thanks
Good morning :). I plan on sitting for both the F7 and F8 exams next June. But the thing is that I work in an audit firm at an average of 10 hrs a day. Is it too much to study for both while working full-time?
Thanks in advance
It should be possible – most people working full time tend to take two papers at one sitting.
So I’m having second thoughts here… I’m thinking of doing F6 and F8 instead of F7 and F8. Ugh I’m lost!
I did F6 and F8 in December 2013 (so don’t know my pass marks yet).
I found that F8 expects a certain knowledge of accounting, and therefore wished I had studied F7 before attempting F8. I am now doing F7 in June. My F3 was only two years ago so I could still remember enough to get me through.
hi i have cleared papers f1 to f7..others are not attempted yet..can i take paper f9 and p2 without f8??if not then which is best combination of papers..f8,f9,p1 or f8,f9,p2 or f8,f9,p3 ?? i am full time student..please reply..Regards…
You can only take F9 and P2 if you take F8 at the same time. Look at the ACCA rules 馃檪
Here’s a thought . why not enter for F8, F9 and P2 but don’t turn up for F8. You can still do F9 and P2 and pass them even though you haven’t attempted F8. It’s an expensive way to do it because you pay for F8 entry but then dont turn up. but its a possibility if thats what you want to do
Hi! I am going to take F4 & F9 in June 2014
and F7& F8 in Dec 2014 is it Good? or what combination to take with F4 in this session?
Better to take F4 and F5 in June I think.
F9 is better after F5 and F6.
I wonder whether you lookd at the opentution survey resullts just above your post?
The worst combination according to the survey is f4 with f9.
The best one to do with f4 is according to the survey either f5 or f6
Makes you wonder why opentutuion bother doing the survey!
Sorry! i forgot to mention i hve already took F5 & F6 In this session dec 2013 i ma cat qualfied also….
In that case either F4 and F9, or F4 and F7 are both fine.
Ahh thnk u
I still have F8 and F9 and i’m planning to take 1 exam in June 2014 and 2 exams in December 2014.
Any recommendation on which one should I take first?
F8 in June 2014 then F9 and P1 in Dec 2014? or
F9 in June 2014 then F8 and P1 in Dec 2014?
Thanks~~
Hi Henry
In my own opinion, F8 in June 2014 then F9 and P1 in Dec 2014 is better. P1 is a logical extension of F8.
Regards.