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Hi
I applied for membership on 17th October and my membership was confirmed today (21st October)
Hope this helps 🙂Passed with 81% (UK paper) on first attempt, and only started studying towards the exam in May!
I work full time too and was sitting P5, which sadly I failed by 3% so I think I took too much work on in such a short space of time.
P6 can be done, just make sure you commit a few hours at least every other night to do plenty of question practice (time off is important too – don’t give up the things you enjoy, you need time out too), make notes/acronyms for the criteria for things like SSE and any area you struggle on, do a whole question without peeping at the answer during it, you will learn so much more doing it this way, even if you get things wrong it is the most productive way of learning as you will be less likely to make the same mistake twice!
@petus1 said:
Me 2. Fingers crossed. which paper/papers did u appear ?P5 and P6! Which did you?
@usamaniaz said:
How comes the P7 answers have not been uploaded yet also the P3 ones? Very strange!I guess better to wait for results than the answer! 5 days left
I’m still waiting for the P6 answers to be uploaded too!
@petus1 said:
Same here. R u finalist @ Kirsty?I am yes 🙂
What happens if you click on “ETHICS & PROFESSIONALISM” and “EXAMS”? Mine just comes up with a white screen where all the information usually is
When I usually log in on the home page (I think!) it used to show like 12 out of 14 exams passed and all things like that, whereas now in the “MY QUALIFICATION PROGRESS” box on the My ACCA homepage it says “Your qualification information is currently restricted while ACCA processes exam results.”, is everyone else’s the same?
I presume it is but just wanted to check! 🙂
Waiting on the results for my 2 final exams – P5 and P6!
Feeling so nervous, more so than usual, I think its because I’m so hopeful that this will finally be the end of exams!
Good luck everyone 🙂
I studied P6 through distance learning and on my BPP forum, someone on my course emailed to complain to ACCA (email address: complaints@accaglobal.com), just in case anyone else would like to complain too! This was the response they received:
Thank you for your email regarding your recent P6 exam sitting.
I am sorry to read about how hard you found the paper and your concerns regarding the wording of the exam.
I have had the opportunity to speak directly with senior management within our Exam Content team. They have provided me with more information regarding P6 and offered some guidance regarding approaches for studying.
The P6 examination, like all ACCA examinations, undergoes a rigorous quality assurance and scrutiny process to ensure that requirements are clear but are of the appropriate educational standard for the Professional Level and that the examination is manageable in the time given. ACCA examinations are developed by a team of qualified people, not just one individual and there is never any intention to mislead candidates. The examining team, not just the examiner, spend a great deal of time debating the questions and ensuring that they are clear and not cryptic or misleading in any way. The examining team are keen to see candidates passing P6 and are in no way designing an exam to prevent that; they often find that candidates find the questions time pressured when requirements aren’t closely read and as a result a lot of unnecessary information and analysis is provided. This gives a false impression to candidates that the question was asking for too much. Whilst ACCA cannot comment on specific questions in the June paper as the marking process is underway you can see specific examples and marker’s advice in the examiner report available on our website.
Your email references that the advice for an approach to P6 is to treat the questions like real life situations, but you feel the tasks are made ‘tricky’. We do endeavour to make requirements as clear as possible and these are usually backed up in the narrative in the scenario.
This is good exam technique as all requirements should be read and planned out and there is no rule that says you must answer them in the order set although your report should have an appropriate structure and headings. Look at past exam papers and read the scenario against the requirements for example in Question 1. The information presented in the scenario often flows in the order of the requirements so again good exam technique would be to note against those paragraphs which requirement that information relates to.
There are many ways to improve exam technique and many resources available for P6 which ACCA provide to help candidates with this examination. We also have videos on our website that give advice and guidance that you may find useful.
You can find exam resources on our website here:
It is to be expected that as student’s progress to the professional level papers, the exams themselves get tougher. This is then bound to be reflected in the percentage of students who pass in each session. But, as touched upon earlier, to make an exam that was deliberately obtuse and cryptic would be counter-productive on ACCA’s end, as we obviously want students to progress to membership as quickly as possible. ACCA do not make one professional level paper tougher to pass than another, but it may be the case that there are perhaps knowledge gaps in certain areas where you would benefit from a sharper focus of study, should you need to sit the paper again.
We always welcome feedback from our students and members, and I have passed your comments on to our Exams Content team.
Again, I do hope that come results day you are pleasantly surprised and you achieve a well-deserved pass.
I would also like to wish you the best of luck with your ACCA journey ongoing.
I hope that my reply assures you that we take your concerns seriously and helps to provide clarification on the examination process and P6 in general.
If you have any further questions related to your initial concerns then please let us know. Otherwise, if we don’t hear back from you within 14 days, we will assume the matter is resolved and your case will be closed.
If you have a general enquiry relating to another matter, please contact ACCA Connect via phone or email, where one of our trained advisers will be more than happy to assist you.
For anyone interested, the sample paper for March/June 2016 is now available on ACCA website