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p4 or p5?

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA AFM Advanced Financial Management Forums › p4 or p5?

  • This topic has 4 replies, 4 voices, and was last updated 14 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • January 9, 2012 at 2:30 pm #51193
    nishina
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    hello everyone,
    well this is my first time taking option papers in this june 2012 exam.
    i need your opinion regarding whether to take P4 or P5 since i heard that for these past 2 or 3 exam sitting the passing rate for P5 is lower than P4. Please help me choosing the right paper to sit! im in dilemmaaaaa!

    February 6, 2012 at 11:08 pm #92536
    jasmine10
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    hi all,

    this is my exact dilemma what do i pick? P4 or P5? I hated doing F9 and i dont want anything related to f9 again… ever!

    February 7, 2012 at 8:15 am #92537
    John Moffat
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    The reason that P5 has had a lower pass rate in the last few exams is that there is a new examiner and he changed the style a bit – there is much more writing than there used to be. P5 needs the same techniques as F5, but much more writing about management (and a lot of it is similar to P3).
    P4 is more arithmetic but is very much like a harder version of F9.
    Best is to look at the last few real exams (from the ACCA website) and see which looks easier / more interesting for you – obviously everyone is different 🙂

    February 13, 2012 at 4:15 pm #92538
    star1
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    Hi
    Can someone please advise if it is a good idea to do F9 Financial Mgt and P4 Advanced FM together? By doing this combination make it easier to study P4 or harder?
    Thanks

    February 13, 2012 at 5:37 pm #92539
    John Moffat
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    You cannot do this unless you have already passed some of the P1, P2 and P3 papers.
    You have to have passed (or be attempting) the compulsory P papers before you can take the choice papers.
    (Otherwise it would be quite a good idea 🙂 )

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