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Hi all.
I have read through all the comments posted here and it’s rather sad that majority of us think that the P4 exams was either hard or disaster. Which I don’t disagree with, I wrote P4 in Dec 2016 and had 45 and June 2017 is my 2nd attempt. Though I managed to do a few calculations here and there but can’t vouch if they are correct.
The reason for posting here is that ACCA has sent us a link where we can comment on how the exams went which I think it’s our opportunity for us to show that the exams are not fair, just and reasonable.
1. Time: if the exams are for a minimum of 3:30 hours to 4 hours maybe many of us would have had time to think properly and respond to questions accurately. As the time pressure take away a lot if ability to think? That’s my opinion though.
2. Exam structure: it seems the exam structure doesn’t favour us so much in the sense that for Q1 you need the calculations figure to be able to write your report properly and come to a valid conclusion or recommendation.
3. Exam format: prior to 2013, the format had 5 questions were section A had 2 compulsory questions and section B had 3 questions where you had the option to choose 2. All questions carried equal marks. And there were great chances of coming across questions that you were very comfortable with. But now it’s so difficult to choose now, you really need to cover the entire syllabus to manage to passI see a lot of us here have struggled with the papers at 1/2/3 attempts, some are working full time, some have young children, no support, distance learning self study, as the cost of professional tuition is a discussion for another day( except if you have study support from your organisation). Some have taken time off from work out of annual leave, unpaid leave just for the purpose of this exam,putting in many hours of study but get to exam hall and the questions are as hard as it can get.
Enough of ACCA telling us exam practise is the key, how many questions has each one of solved prior to exam that it’s the same with the real life questions.
Instead of us coming on this forum to vent our anger, let us individually give our feedback directly to ACCA, I think the survey will close on the 14th June, who knows our comments can make the more lenient in marking. Let’s all do this please.