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I have completed F1 F2 F3 and F4 and im gonna sit for F7 this march. Is it possible for me to sit the other 4 papers in one session as i dont want to take long to complete ACCA, and I have a legitimate reason behind it.
I have opted for BSc honors degree and for that i have to have completed F7 F8 and F9 and after that I need to complete the ethics module. After that only i can get to the PER objectives.
So can i sit 4 papers in one session or I should take my time and wait for the next sessions?It’s possible to book in for 4 exams in one session, but in my opinion you’d be crazy to do so, unless all of the following apply:
– You’re a full time student
– You’re a very quick learner
– You got excellent marks in all the exams you did so far and fully grasped the material
– You are extremely dedicated and hard-working and prepared to eat, breathe and sleep accounting for 3 months
– You have a very positive and resilient disposition
– You don’t have a social or family life or anything outside of study to distract youDon’t be fooled by the first 4 exams. There is a step up in difficulty after F4, and again after F9. You will need to memorise a huge amount of information to do 4 exams.
In my opinion your reason isn’t legitimate. You can do the Oxford Brookes degree at any time after completing the F papers. You don’t need to rush. Or are you saying you need to have the degree to get a job? I’m a bit confused by this.
ACCA is a marathon not a sprint, and we often see students coming here at the start of their journey wanting to complete it as fast as possible. I understand your desire to complete it quickly however I’ve never heard someone come back and say they did all the exams in 2 years or passed 4 exams in one session…
Take your time – my advice is to do 1 per session but if you must do it quicker try doing 2 at once in June. Then you’ll see if you can hack it. If you can, by all means try doing 3 or 4 in September.
I totally get it, it’s not possible but I thought with the help of open tuition, shouldn’t I feel confident enough to pass all the papers? (since ACCA doesn’t have grading system, passing is enough) I am a quick learner but it’s the result I can’t properly achieve. (I learn too much but the exam always catches me off-guard and I get anxious)
And as for the Bsc degree question, Yes, I need the degree to get a job, cause I only have an academic degree with me and I can’t seem to get a job related to accounting or finance field. I don’t have monetary issues in the family. But I feel like taking a paper per session takes too much time.
I need a job to gain experience, which infact matters in today’s market. So, what my plan is, to get a degree for a start as well as gain experience of the whole system.( I know its personal, but I want to be less of a burden to my family and pay for my own studies)
So I had to ask this question and wanted to know if I have a way around it. 🙂If you are not working and can study full time then by all means take 2 papers per session, or perhaps even 3. I just think 4 is too many even for a full time student.
Yes you only need 50% to pass and there is no grading, but remember that if you are planning to take the Oxford Brookes degree, your degree classification is based partly off your average mark in F4-F9. If you get an average of 68% or above, you will only need to scrape a pass on your project and you will get a 1st class degree. Conversely if your average mark is 52% or lower, no matter how good your project is you will only get a 3rd class degree.
So I suggest to you that you try to do 2 at a time. This way you can study thoroughly and pass first time with good marks. You can’t resit papers to get better marks once you pass them so if you get 50% in a paper that’s it, it drags your average down.
See here for the full details of the degree marking system:
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