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Hi all, sorry if this is a repetitive subject but I’ve had a look through 10 or so pages of forum and there’s not been anyone in my shoes…
I am expecting exemption from F1-F3 but for ease assume no prior accounting knowledge…
I would like to sit 2 exams in June and am trying to work out a path through the exams with the aim of keeping related exams (i.e. F5 and F9, F7 and F8 I gather) paired in the same session.
But, since reading the posts on here I see people are more talking about pairing theory and technical exams together, and I’m assuming these related modules are both of a same type.
So my question is to people that have completed the Fundamental level, how would you tackle F4 – F9 sitting them in pairs?
Should I be reading the F2 and F3 books now to get a background, or should I leave F3 until I want to start on F7?
Your opinions are appreciated!
This was my route through F-Level
– December F4, F5
– June F6
– December F7, F8
– June F9, P1As for keeping related pairs together vs calculation/theory, I am a strong advocate for calc/theory. The simple reason is that this will allow you to focus more of your efforts understanding the calculations for one subject, while interspersing that subject with a reading subject. However, assuming you have exemption from F1 to F4, the only true reading subject is F8 and this is best paired with F7.
A good route for you then might be
– F5,F9
– F7,F8
– F6,P1This keeps you from mixing F6 (taxation) with any papers which could be problematic, since taxation is difficult to digest on its own without the distraction of another paper such as F5 or F9.
Hi Alkemist, thanks a lot for your insight. I actually don’t have an exemption for F4, so looking more at your route through- is taking them in order the most common route? I had no idea F6 was so mean it needs to be taken alone! Are there any reletavely ‘easy’ ones after F3?
I thought F5 and F9 together would make sense, did you find you were disadvantaged having not been fresh on F5 when you got to F9?
One last question and I’ll leave you in peace! Would you say I should avoid reading F3 (exempt but will read it) until I need to study F7, or is understanding of F3 important to the ones in-between?
Thanks again, I’m new to this with no students/members where I am so this kind of opinion is hard to come by!
F6 is not really mean, but since I didn’t know UK tax, I decided to do it alone so I could focus on it.
F3 isn’t going to be really relevant when you start to study F7, since you get it all in F7 anyway. Just go through the F7 material and you should be alright.
As for F5 and F9, the relationship between the two is not as close as many would have you think. F5 is performance management (ie information for use by managers in determining the position of the organisation) while F9 is financial management (ie cash flow and investing decisions). Thus I didn’t see a disadvantage in having done F5 so far from F9, the two didn’t correlate much for me.
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