Can I self study? The answer is yes

Thank you for your sharing. It makes me encourage self study ! It’s admirable!

Yes you can! Federico – Kaplan is fine for foundation level, however for the Professional papers Bpp texts/exam kits are far superior. I failed P6 using Kaplan, switched to Bpp and stayed with them for the remainder – now an affiliate!

Thanks Alkemist…that clears a lot of doubts I had.

Why people here ask, wether its enough to use just open tuition resourses? Its like to go to battle with just a sword, and without armour/ Use as many resourses as u can get.

@gentiana said:

Please if somebody can help me I appreciate that, I do not know nobody here whom finished this program and to give me advice.

Hi Gentiana,

The link for Acca registration is: https://www.accaglobal.com/ubcs/en/qualifications/apply-now.html
You will then have to fill in the online form and register and then after a couple of weeks you will be a student.
After that you can login into a portal called myacca which then allows you to book exams.
You can self study using this website.
I hope this helps, but if you want to know anything else please quote me.

Many Regards,

Samir.

@gentiana said:
Hi Samir,

Thank you so much for your prompt response to my question. I have a lot of questions, if you do not bother 🙂 Are studing Acca? How much it cost to apply for Acca in that link you sent to me? And how much cost per exam? Does these exams are online? On the end will I get any diploma or certificate? Does this Acca program recognise all countries?
And is this level 9 as master degree? Please tell me about your experience is this good to study or not?

Best regards,
Gentiana

Hi Gentiana, it been a while since I registered but I will answer what I can recall.
Yes I am studying Acca, currently on F9 and have done all the other fundamentals, I.e F1-F8.
Initial registration fee? The initial fee is £79 and then £85 a year as an annual subscription.
There are three tiers for exams
Knowledge stage: F1, F2, F3
Skills stage: F4, F5, F6, F7, F8, F9
Professional stage: P1, P2, P3, P4-P7

Exam fee? Depends on the stage of exams you are on, all given in Sterling (£)
For the knowledge stage the fees at the moment are:
Early entry: 72, standard fee: 76 and late: 231
For the skills stage the fees at the moment are:
Early entry: 93, standard fee: 97 and late: 257
For the professional stage the fees at the moment are:
Early entry: 110, standard fee: 116 and late: 277

At the moment you can see the first 9 online and all the papers written. The first four exams you can do online at a centre throughout the year. But, the other exams are done on the second week of March, June, September and December every year.

You can get various certificates at different stages throughout the qualification, I.e F1-f3 gets you a certificate. The first 9 exams can get you a degree when combined with the Bsc Oxford Brookes university programme.

it is said that the first 9 exams are equivalent to degree level and the final 5 ( called the professional stage) are equivalent to the masters level of difficulty.

I hope this helps,
Many regards,
Samir.

@gentiana said:
Thanks mil Samir, you explained to me very well, can we stay in touch pls if you dont mind? fb acc or email?
Are these exams multiple choice except exercises?

Thank you very much again

The exams are a mix of multiple choice and longer written questions. Each module is different in the mix of both these elements but they are making the exams more computer friendly so I would not worry about that.

Many regards,
Samir.

Is learning from this site enough to pass the acca exams?

I’ve also decided to self-study. I’ve created a blog that I will use to write notes and (hopefully) keep myself accountable over the next two years or so. My first exam after a long break is F4 GLO. I used Open Tuition previously with much success, so I know how important they will be to my studies.

Hello, I just recently started doing my ACCA. I am 18 years old and I came from a science background.
I have taken F1 and F2 till June as I am aiming to clear both papers by that time.

ACCA at first, when I heard about the job opportunities, I was ready to give it a go.

Now that I started it, I face difficulty to understand the text because it used the terms I’ve never came across before. I spend hours on internet searching the meaning of words/sentences and hence I feel it would be really difficult for me. Please help.

By the way I’m sorry for posting it here.. I just don’t know how to reach Alkemist..

Hope you guys understand.

Thanks.

Peace! 🙂

Hi to all who wants to know if one can do self study and the answer in yes. I cleared all exams with self study in a year time that too being a married with less than a year old child, 9 to 6 full time job and no study leave during exam, just leave on exam day. If I can do it then anybody can do it. It is just a matter of hard work, sincerity and dedication. If you study for at least two hours everybody then success would follow you. Taking two hours out everybody is tough but believe it is manageable.

I am so much thankful to open tuition for excellent study material. Keep your study simple, try to understand concepts and ideas. Go through all lecture videos and attempt each and every questions on question bank, read technical articles on ACCA website. I used Kaplan question bank. Make a short and simple notes and do not make it complicated. Give you best and you will succeed. If you get stuck in any topic, leave it and come back later. My marks in all paper as below:

F5 Performance Management Pass 75 December 2016
F6UK Taxation (United Kingdom) Pass 80 December 2016
F7 Financial Reporting Pass 81 September 2016
F8 Audit and Assurance Pass 53 December 2016
F9 Financial Management Pass 74 March 2017
P1 Governance, Risk and Ethics Pass 79 September 2017
P2INT Corporate Reporting (International) Pass 68 June 2017
P3 Business Analysis Pass 65 June 2017
P4 Advanced Financial Management Pass 55 September 2017
P6UK Advanced Taxation (United Kingdom) Pass 66 March 2017

Only subject which I found extremely hard while attempting exam was P4, this subject is very interesting and enjoyable but exam was very tough. My advice to all would be only choose this subject if you have liking towards it otherwise dont opt this. My best wishes to all who wants to start ACCA journey.

Thank you so much Open Tuition, you guys are great.