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I haven’t received certificate yet. I got admitted into membership in April following last exam in March
I received my welcome pack yesterday. It’s massively underwhelming. They send you a awful pen (which was broke) and a pin badge. They are also meant to send a booklet containing useful information but they never sent me one.
I hope this isn’t a sign of things to come with Acca 🙁I know it’s possible! I read on another forum that you have 5 hours a day to study, which is more than enough.
My advice is to give yourself credit. You are lacking confidence for some reason as you keep asking others if it’s possible. Of course it is, you’ve got this far haven’t you?! Just go for it, start studying as soon as you read this. Download open tuitions study plans and follow them. Come back to me this time next month and I promise you will feel a lot more confident.
I used BPP study text for these modules.
Hi madiha,
It sounds like you have your hands full. My family were also very supportive, they remained quiet when I was studying.
Firstly you are not a below average student because you have passed f9 while having a family – that’s incredible, you should be very proud.
I take it you are sitting exams in September, which gives you 4 months. I think it’s entirely possible. My advice for next time is to concentrate on 1 exam at a time now that there are 4 sittings a year.
I can’t advise on whether learning classes are useful. I just used open tuition and textbooks. OT is great for understanding the basics ie preparing financial statements for f7. I then used the text books to master the detail of the standards and then practiced questions every day for 2 months. It will come to you I can assure you of that.
Hi Jarvid, I can’t remember exactly what I did before f8 exam but as its a F paper you need to learn definitions and be able to irentify examples. So for f8 business risks, audit risks, ethics, audit procedures, management and auditor responsibilities. Then also as many multiple choice questions as possible
Hi madihaf92, more than happy to help but I’d appreciate if we could stick to using open tuition rather than private email. I benefitted loads from this site so I’d like to keep our communication public for everyone’s benefit – I’m sure there are others in the same predicament as you (like I was during my studies)
Firstay01 congratulations! Have you paid the £211 fee? What’s it for, as we are already considered members
Thank you for responding John, I guess my way of repaying your kindness is to keep spreading the open tuition word.
Robert
@vdowson said:
I applied on 18 April, received an email similar to Robert on 20th and the meeting of ACCA’s committee members was on 22nd and my status changed to member on the same day. certificate will be after 18/6Have you paid the membership fee? I have been transferred to a member but haven’t yet paid fee which I think is strange
I did p1 and p7 together because they compliment each other, a lot of material is duplicated. And also I had p2 fresh in my mind from the last sitting.
I think p3 is the dullest paper ever and found no overlap with any other exam I did. I think it goes well with p5 I’ve heard
Didn’t do a mock I just stuck to past questions and bpp book. I don’t see the point of mock questions as past papers are the real thing.
When I got stuck – The most obvious answer ever – OPEN TUITION !!
The ask the tutor forum is the key to my successHi Jarvid, happy to help.
I discovered open tuition for the December 2014 exams where I sat f8 and f6, my exam pass marks improved as a result from 56 in f4 and 64 in f5 to scores in 70s.
I then did f7 and f9 in June 2015
P2 in September 2015
P7 and p1 in December 2015
And finally p3 and p4 in March 2016.
I started studying the week after I sat exams giving me just under 3 months to prepare.
For the first month went through open tuition lectures and understood them all before moving on.For last 2 months past papers! And don’t worry for the first month and a half you will not do well on your past papers! It’s de motivating but eventually it will click! For the first month of past papers refer to notes when answering questions and cover the whole syllabus
Email received 22 April. I applied for membership on 19 April.
Thank you for submitting your application for ACCA membership.
I am delighted to confirm that your application for membership has been approved.
Your membership status shall be awarded within 10 working days, subsequent to the next meeting of ACCA’s Committee members, with written confirmation dispatched to you shortly thereafter. Your membership certificate will be sealed at the next meeting of ACCA Council which is scheduled to take place on 18 June 2016. Please allow up to six weeks from this date for delivery of your certificate.
To ensure you receive your welcome pack and ACCA membership certificate please log on to myACCA to ensure that your contact details are fully up to date. Please note that you may also make a payment towards the membership admission fee.
We look forward to supporting you throughout your career in accounting and business.
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ACCACima’s exams are all computer based now
I expect when accas go to cbe their exam pass rates will improve
I now think this:
Hardest: F4
That was when it was a proper exam and not this multiple choice none sense!Most boring to study: P3 very dull and not that relevant to real life even though it claims to be
2nd hardest: p4. Did that yesterday and while I enjoyed revising for it because of the content matter, the range of questions that could be asked is massive and over whelming.
I did p3 and p4 this week. If all goes well I’ll be an affiliate in April 🙂
