• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free Notes, Lectures, Tests and Forums for ACCA and CIMA exams

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Books
  • Forums
  • Ask AI
  • Search
  • Register
  • Login
  • ACCA Forums
  • Ask ACCA Tutor
  • CIMA Forums
  • Ask CIMA Tutor
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Buy/Sell Books
  • All Forums
  • Latest Topics

20% off ACCA & CIMA Books

OpenTuition recommends the new interactive BPP books for March and June 2025 exams.
Get your discount code >>

what options should i take?

Forums › ACCA Forums › General ACCA Forums › what options should i take?

  • This topic has 3 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 8 years ago by ds3ce.
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • January 16, 2017 at 6:48 pm #367740
    dolphinslover
    Member
    • Topics: 26
    • Replies: 15
    • ☆

    i neeed help to choose what options to takeeee?????? i study better with calculations thn readinggggg theoryy…. helppp pls

    January 16, 2017 at 7:43 pm #367759
    Kris
    Member
    • Topics: 0
    • Replies: 45
    • ☆

    How are you studying?

    If doing classroom learning, check what’s actually available at your local centre as not all 4 are always available.

    P5 has similarities with P3 so if you’ve just done that it could make sense to look at that. P6 is hard as the syllabus is so big (1200 pages text book) but has some calculations. At this level all papers are more theory than calculations.

    January 16, 2017 at 8:43 pm #367777
    ds3ce
    Member
    • Topics: 8
    • Replies: 151
    • ☆☆

    I am defo choosing P5 as one as a fair chunk of the P5 syllabus is the same theoretical models as P3, you just gotta ensure you practise P5 past exam papers and revision kit to the point where you don’t make the mistake of answering P5 questions in a P3 style, that is why many students fail. P5 is about performance management so the questions are about how to measure and improve performance, not the analysis of the company’s strategic position etc.

    I hate tax so I would never do P6. Even F6 was a killer for me.

    January 16, 2017 at 8:46 pm #367778
    ds3ce
    Member
    • Topics: 8
    • Replies: 151
    • ☆☆

    Look at the syllabus of the optional papers and you will be able to decide if you would love to choose them or not. That’s what I did. Plus I am good with performance management anyway, I used to get A’s and B’s at uni for this module so it’s not even a question for me whether or not to sit P5. After P5 I will do P4.

    Once someone told me to always choose the subjects I feel interested in or I am good in, and not to choose based on pass rates.

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 4 posts - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

Primary Sidebar

Donate
If you have benefited from our materials, please donate

ACCA News:

ACCA My Exam Performance for non-variant

Applied Skills exams is available NOW

ACCA Options:  “Read the Mind of the Marker” articles

Subscribe to ACCA’s Student Accountant Direct

ACCA CBE 2025 Exams

How was your exam, and what was the exam result?

BT CBE exam was.. | MA CBE exam was..
FA CBE exam was.. | LW CBE exam was..

Donate

If you have benefited from OpenTuition please donate.

PQ Magazine

Latest Comments

  • JocelynChen on The valuation of mergers and acquisitions (part 2) – ACCA (AFM) lectures
  • Rajpoot on ACCA BT Chapter 4 – Organisational culture – Questions
  • John Moffat on FA Chapter 6 Questions Depreciation
  • MZahidrafique on ACCA F2 Key to success
  • ACCA2025@ on Professionalism, ethical codes and the public interest – ACCA Strategic Business Leader (SBL)

Copyright © 2025 · Support · Contact · Advertising · OpenLicense · About · Sitemap · Comments · Log in