APM** ACCA P5 June 2014 Exam Results and Genius Hunt Competition **

why p5 is soo tough i am seeing people pass p5 in 3rd or 4rth attempt i have to chhose optional paper i am interested in p4p5 ,but this text dis hart me ,is it p5 tooo tough to pass ,no one say why is sooo tough my request to those who pass in 3rd and 4rth attempt detail send [email protected] ,guide me about why p5 soo tough ok i will wait

failed at 34 4th attempt cant understand what happened and doo guide me for further prepration

Question to those who are affiliate now: What should be the next step?How will we get our certificate ACCA? should we write a letter to ACCA body? Please advise, i believe there are a lot of lucky people who finally finished exams :)

To those who've failed this time, I know all about redoing P5 countless times, i have finally passed it on my fourth attempt, i found out the trick is in the answers to past examination papers if you grasp the 'how to answer' and the content of 'the answer' I noticed the examiner repeats question types from time to time. in any sitting you wont miss to find a question whose structure is similar to a past paper question.

Hi you, I know all about redoing P5 countless times, i have finally passed it on my fourth attempt, i found out the trick is in the answers to past examination papers if you grasp the 'how to answer' and the content of 'the answer' I noticed the examiner repeats question types from time to time.

Thank God. Dont Remember how many attempts but got 55% and now affiliate. Congrats to all those passed.. for others try try until you succeed. U will surely cross the floor.

Fail Please advise if i need to switch papers! P5 so difficult to pass ...dont knw where i got it wrong this time!

I Passed P5 with 55 and p7 with 51. I am really grateful to Opentuition and its administrators. Thank you for all the help encouragement and support. The Notes were the best esp for last minute revision. Am now Thanks to God, Alhamdulillah an affiliate.

I Passed p7 with 51 and p5 with 55. I am really grateful to Opentuition and its administrators. Thank you for all the help encouragement and support. The Notes were the best esp for last minute revision. Am now Thanks to God, Alhamdulillah an affiliate.

pass! 51%. now I am an affiliate. P5 is extremely hard for those whose english is not their first language like me. I thought that I had failed because I didnt understant what he wanted in question 1a. thanks god I was good at f5.

Passed P5 in first attempt, i had worked hard on it and exam was too vague to be easily understood, the hairbreadth margin was 3 marks by which i stayed alive, yes got 52 marks. Alhamdulillah feeling great, i think pass rate of P5 in Pakistan is no more than 10 %.Thank God now i have started living dream of being an ACCA affiliate.It was damn difficult to manage my ACCA with full time articleship in audit firm without taking any coaching.Over the period of two and half years i learnt much about pressure management in my practical experience.

Hi , Congrats to those passed P5, global passing rates for June14 only 29% ,which is lowest compared to other optional papers. For those passed P5, can share your tips or past workings ,wonder how to answer in order to get pass , have been trying for many times and no intention to change to other optional paper due to time constraint. Below are the approach that i have tried by far but still failed my P5 : 1) Read examiner comments understand common error(s) that student always made. 2) Practice past year question 3) Read articles published by acca 4) Retake again the course.(attended twice with different lecturer) 5) Take more work leaves , to get myself fully prepared for the exam. I need some guidance really don't mind online tuition as long as someone can help to correct me after reviewing my answers / workings. I really in doubts how to get marks in the exam and what the examiner want indeed. Thanks in advance. my email address: [email protected]

@CPBOON said: Hi , Congrats to those passed P5, global passing rates for June14 only 29% ,which is lowest compared to other optional papers. For those passed P5, can share your tips or past workings ,wonder how to answer in order to get pass , have been trying for many times and no intention to change to other optional paper due to time constraint. Below are the approach that i have tried by far but still failed my P5 : 1) Read examiner comments understand common error(s) that student always made. 2) Practice past year question 3) Read articles published by acca 4) Retake again the course.(attended twice with different lecturer) 5) Take more work leaves , to get myself fully prepared for the exam. I need some guidance really don't mind online tuition as long as someone can help to correct me after reviewing my answers / workings. I really in doubts how to get marks in the exam and what the examiner want indeed. Thanks in advance. my email address: cp_boon@yahoo.com

Hi I pass with 75% at first attempt. Perhaps I can give some guidelines on the ways to answering P5 questions: (1) You have to maximise the use of scenario based information. When I answered the question, I will try to link back to the scenario so that the marker will see my effort to link back to the case and not just merely answering without referencing back. (2) For every point you write, try to use the scenario case name even you are just writing a general point. For example, "XXX Company is currently operating a traditional absorption costing system and therefore moving to a beyond budgeting system may require substantial cultural change." (3) Read the question for more than one time. For June 14 sitting, (1a) evaluate the current performance report. Actually the examiner is trying to give hints in the scenario (...there is no need to evaluate performance). So obviously examiner want us to comment on the report itself, not performance. (4) Do every past year questions by the current examiner and compare your answer with the model answer. Read the examiner comments on areas where candidates perform badly. (5) Do not over-rely on exam tips. Although my lecturer tips are 90% accurate for this sitting, I still cover all part of the syllabus at least once. (6) Do study BPP textbook. Although the content in BPP textbook is lengthy, but I found BPP has the most comprehensive coverage of the syllabus compare to Kaplan, GTG and etc.

Hi Jm84 Thank you for your advice..I already bought the BPP text book+ revision kit . Did your school provide online tuition? Hope do hear from you soon.

Who is current examiner of P5? and from which diet he/she is examining P5 subject?

Earlier it was Alex Watt i think !!

I feel the same

What does Alex want? I think he is a sadist whose work is to make us fail all the more. I wonder what pride is it to him when his subject lags behind with the lowest pass rates all the time? June sitting was too much of English testing than P5 principles. Am devastated. For me my failure is thanks to the examiner. I love P5, when i study it i understand it, and actually can even apply it at my work place, but whenever i go to the exam room, i find nothing related to what i studied, and even whats related, its just too twisted for me to understand what the examiner wants. And to the ACCA, we are your clients? we spend our hard earned money on this course, and personally i am dissatisfied with P5 examiner.

Pass with 62 marks! My fourth attempt. Now I'm affiliate! Good luck to everobody and don't give up if fail.

@CPBOON said: Hi Jm84 Thank you for your advice..I already bought the BPP text book+ revision kit . Did your school provide online tuition? Hope do hear from you soon.

Hi. I study in LSBF Singapore although I am from Malaysia. LSBF do provide online tuition but I am not sure whether it is as good as face to face learning as lecturer is different. May I know where are you from?

Congratulations to all who passed, commiserations to those that failed. I passed first attempt with 67%. My main advice to those who failed is that the majority of the exam is word based not number based. This exam is supposed to be at post graduate level. Therefore for these questions I believe you should be answering with a well written balanced arguments that convince the examiner you understand both sides of the evaluation before reaching a conclusion. I tried to write 2 / 3 sentences for each mark of concise, grammatically correct answers with detailed reference to the scenario given in the question. Lists of bullet points, part formed sentences would not get you marks in a postgraduate level exam. I believe the subjective nature of some of the questions can be used to our advantage as it gives us scope to write in detail about the scenario and convince the examiner you have a good business understanding and understand the issues raised. Good luck to everyone re-sitting this, this is just my opinion but hope it helps.

Hi JM84, It is great to know you are from MY , I am also MY studied in Singapore Can help?

@CPBOON said: Hi JM84, It is great to know you are from MY , I am also MY studied in Singapore Can help?

I private message you already.

Interesting to see an email from acca today on the pass rates. They are putting down the continuously low p5 pass rate to a lower proportion of students studying p5 with learning providers (kaplan/bpp etc) than on other exams. Still not sure how i passed ! Think i was very lucky that this sitting was quite unusual for the examiner and did not use many/any models. My advice to those (re)sitting in December would be to regard the June paper as a blip and to assume the December sitting will still require detailed knowledge of ALL models as this is the core of Alex Watts style to date.

@regprentice said: Interesting to see an email from acca today on the pass rates. They are putting down the continuously low p5 pass rate to a lower proportion of students studying p5 with learning providers (kaplan/bpp etc) than on other exams. Still not sure how i passed ! Think i was very lucky that this sitting was quite unusual for the examiner and did not use many/any models. My advice to those (re)sitting in December would be to regard the June paper as a blip and to assume the December sitting will still require detailed knowledge of ALL models as this is the core of Alex Watts style to date.

I agree with you there is a need to study all performance management model in details as this is the core for p5. Indeed it is weird that June 14 sitting doesn't have any model but I am happy with this as I am not very good at the models.

wow, passed on 52% , finally an affiliate, extremely ecstatic because, for me, this was by far the toughest P5 exam, no models, too generic. i thank Allah that now im an affiliate, it was a sure fail for me when i left the exam hall, it's a miracle.. to the ones who didn't pass just hang in there you WILL get through !!

Passed 59%. I am now done, good bye books

I am sick and tired of P5. I fail every time with 45 or 46. I failed for the fifth time now, this is my last paper remaining and I feel like doing physical harm to Alex Watt!! Is this an ACCA paper or a test of how well you can decode his code language question requirements?? June 2014 was the most vague paper I have ever seen, he hardly tested any of the syllabus! No performance models, no transfer pricing, no corporate failure, no activity based costing.... I am fed up of the ACCA and was thinking about switching to P6 Adv Tax. This is a big module and I would need to learn from scratch, probably shelling out for tuition costs. I am posting this to find out if anyone that knows a recommended tutor in the London area who they know is good on tutoring P5?? Otherwise I am ready to give it up, I have stuck with it as I have struggled with finding the time to learn a new module in my hectic schedule. But enough is enough. Any students looking to pick this one...DON'T! 29% pass rate?!?!? This is just ridiculous!!!!

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