Passing rates cannot change but marking scheme can be changed to be more lenient. So if you normally get 4 out of 10 for that answer, they will be more flexible and may go up to 7 out of 10. That's the theory. There is this unofficial rule in acca that pass rates cannot go below certain percentage or the examiner is in deep trouble. Last time P6 drop to below 30% and the examiner face "deep music" from the council. So they will try to bring the passing rates to respectable figures. If not everyone will drop that paper then no income and balance.

P2 that hard this round ? My sitting everyone say sure fail all end up passing and tax all said easy end up failing. Stop worrying and start enjoying life. Besides no one cares how much you score, you will still end up as cheap labor for few years until get title anyway.

P2 is the most important paper in the entire acca syllabus. Future employer will sure comment on this (P1 and P3 can just ignore).

hi, any1 know whether there is a requirement to take P7 if planning to work in big4...
and also any comment about P4 n P5, which one to take.... any lecture recommend ??

Hi Crystal,

P7 is not a requirement to work in Big4 in Malaysia. There are even ppl without accounting qualifications who are accepted to do audit work at Big4. Audit work is something you learn on the job.

Which optional paper you take will not affect your job prospects but it will affect how much you are equipped for the job.
You may never end up doing anything related to Corporate Finance for example, but the knowledge is well worth it.
Since ACCA makes the papers optional instead of all compulsory, you have to choose the one that will be most useful to you. In that sense, Tax will be something that is definitely useful. If you plan to go into audit, you should consider not taking this paper at all. I am an ex-PwC auditor and audit papers never taught me anything more than what I learned on the job.

i know many ppl asked this questions before. But i still feel wanna know more details here. P1 which lecturer good? Parmindar or Marcus or Sheila? Appreciate so much for any replies here. Thanks in advance.....

Do there any p5 lecturer recommend besids Mr. Andrew Pang?

I just got ICAEW offer from Sunway...should I go for it???

Just finished CAT, if I were to accept it, the semester will start in July. Dilemma!

ICAEW requires you to work and study at the same time. If you can handle the work stress and study too then consider la. But if you stop halfway then you will end up with nothing. Reserved for single people with undying sense of ambition to succeed.

Which are the good lecturers to go for P3 & P6 over in Penang? Which institute? Thanks.

Hi all, anyone sat for P3 on the previous day? care to comment on the paper?
Appreciate any feedbacks

quite difficult..
killed us here and there.. how do you think?

Yup, i would say so too, definately not as easy as the previous sitting, i found 1 b (the one on process redesign) to be the toughest to crack marks for...high amount of analysis is needed for that one, probs and solutions were asked and it was so diff to figure that out when it seemed like the process itself was fine rite?

BTW was this ur first sitting for that ppr?

Hmm, as for P3, I find it OK because they got quite a number of IT scenarios, and being a LYN-er, IT should be doable

Like I mentioned about creating a website with secure online payment gateway to process credit card payment instantly instead of sending such details via the payment request, etc etc.

Btw I read Steve Skidmore answer before on some IT question and it is a joke that he mentioned things like "search engine optimization, meta tag, keywords frequency" in his answers. I'm like, this is a business analysis paper not website management paper

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Added on June 18, 2010, 9:12 amQ : What do you call an examiner who sets a paper so difficult that everyone fails?



This post has been edited by karhoe: Jun 18 2010, 09:12 AM

yeah, 1st time.

Is it possible to go for ICAEW after CAT?

This option no longer available with the introduction of CFAB

then how come master mosquito get offered for ICAEW after CAT?

Anyone wants to sell his P3 Revision Kit and P5 Textbook + Revision Kit? PM me please

Searching for P1- Sheila notes, p3- parimda notes...

anyone? pm me. Thank you. =D

When did he get it?

Sunway offered him, I guess he has been doing very well in CAT,