I don't think reading is the problem, the problem is how you want to convey your message to the marker. Imagine you thought of all those superb nonsensical answers that you think might actually get you 1 mark here and there for every question, but you can't seem to write it down in sentence form.

Ms Kiran has just started teaching P1 not long ago IINM. I was not under her, but I heard alot of complaints about Kiran.

Mr Goh is good, might be a little boring in his classes, but his notes are well prepared.

Menon is the best for P2 I believe.

Dinesh's class might be a little boring as well, but his notes are more than enough to pass the paper, just treat it like your bible.

Ms Wong IMO has some attitude problems. I was not under her for P3, but for CAT T5. Her notes are mostly copy paste from many other publishers and most of the time you have to fill in the blanks for your notes.

Mr. Micheal for me is a no-no. He reads out loud sentence by sentence in his notes, even the ones where we could have just read it at home (CG etc.). He crack jokes all the time, some are funny, some are quite lame. The problem is his jokes takes up around 30% of class duration. He does the Q&A way too fast, expecting us to keep up with him. In the end, I have no idea what I wrote as I have to just keep on writing down his answers and his handwriting is one of the worst I've seen. You should try out other tuition providers at KL.

You can only claim exemptions for F4 and F5? Or the earlier papers? Since you are a finance degree student, why not take up CFA or ICAEW CFq? Taking up ACCA with such little exemptions might not be worth it, especially when you will have around 3-4 years of experience, completing ACCA or not might not be so relevant to the employers anymore since your working experience might be more important for them.

Ignore the handbook. They are just tuition providers. Just tell them you want to change group, which they will surely say no with reasons such as class being full, etc. Don't give reasons like you not liking the lecturer, give some other valid reasons.

It takes around 3 hours to complete it. There is no wrong or right answer (well, there is, but there's no marks for it) and you won't fail the module. At the end of the module, just remember what you have learned in the module cause' you will need to write your thoughts about it, no less than 200 words IINM.

You are required to complete it if you plan to do your OBU.

But I heard from some, you will need to complete it once you complete your ACCA as well.

Either way, it is superbly easy (since there is no pass or fail) and you get a thin A4 paper stating you pass afterwards. No harm done... =/

ACCA from different countries provides different exemptions for the same qualification? I don't think so.....

You can always go to SG for tuition as well. I don't hear much about Sunway JB being good (Sunway Kuching is not bad though). You can check out SAA or Kaplan. Both are platinum providers IINM.

Budget? Mode of study? Location?

F4 and 6 I understand since SG has different corporate and tax laws. Maybe even audit as well since they have their own SSA but it is mostly copy paste from ISA.

Taylor's and Sunway's are almost twice as expensive as other tuition centres at KL. You not only need to pay the registration fee (not sure about this), but also the resource fee plus the tuition fee. Extremely expensive if you only go for 1 particular paper. Sunway's P paper alone is close to 1.5k, resource fee around 300 IINM.

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I think the vouchers actually depends on which institution you are coming from. Eg. Sunway, INTI, UiTM, KDU shouldn't be a problem but I think tuition centres like KSA etc might have problems claiming the voucher since these are tuition centres.

Since he only has to take 5 professional level papers, he doesn't really has a choice in the papers especially since he can't take the optional papers before attempting to complete the core papers. P321 are one after another, the most you can do is taking P3 and P1, so there is a day gap between the papers.

It really depends on where you think your capabilities are. Working full time while taking 2 papers at a time might be better than studying full time, since you will be able to claim membership earlier than when you are studying full time. The pay difference is just 150. Opportunity cost is very big if you want to study full time. But if you think you can't handle the pressure and time management, then by all means, study full time.

I'm looking at Big4 here. They generally pay 2.7k for degree holder, 2.85 for ACCA Affiliates. Thus the 150 difference.

Even if you fail a paper while working, you are actually earning 2.7k per month compared to nil while you are studying full time. And the tuition cost is mostly paid by the employer. The only thing you will lose out is mostly time, but given that you are actually working already which contributes to your 3 years working experience, as long as you complete the 5 papers in 3 years, you would actually gain (less if you fail) more than studying full time.

FYI, I put monetary and working experience as the more important factor. Especially working experience since you are just entering the commercial world.

Yes, as long as you are in the attempt of completing the essential papers, ie. you have to take P3 in order to sit for the optional papers.

Why don't you just press "1/ANS" after you get the (1+R)^5 value?

First thing you need to do is to find out the number of exemptions you will obtain through your diploma.

May we know the reason why you don't want to proceed to degree full time after your diploma? I believe finding a job with a diploma might be a little bit difficult and the pay is very low.

ACCA part time classes are usually held in the evenings or during weekends. Evening classes usually start from 7pm-10pm, weekend classes usually starts around 10am-5pm, usually 6 hours per paper but might differ according to the lecturer and paper.

Many take ACCA part time while working.

I've never really looked at the model answers for P2 before (since I know that I won't be able to produce such answers).

The format I used to follow is
1. state what are the standards applicable for the question
2. which part of the question is not in comply with the standard
3. state the correction and the effect to the financial statement

I think quoting is the best way since you won't go wrong with the standard, that is if your memory is that good with so many standards being examinable in the exams.

If you look at the recognition criteria's, measurement, etc for every standard, you will actually see a trend that 2-3 criteria are always there in all the standards. That is how I memorized it anyway.

And when you answer the question, don't use dodgy answers even though you are not that sure with the standards. Write precise answers like you own the standard.

This post has been edited by YH90: Feb 4 2012, 05:29 PM

I agree with noonies_naruto here. You don't have to go that far to answer the question. Furthermore, such questions are more towards CAT level. F8 and P7 doesn't touch on such basic things even though it's the basics that I don't really understand....

There is sms system now?

Results are usually out on Monday 1pm MYS time. I don't think it's Tuesday.

No. You only need A-levels to start ACCA. Anything higher than A-levels will provide you with exemptions. A levels will not provide you with any exemptions, so you would have to start from F1 to P7 (14 papers). Diploma would most probably help you to 4 exemptions, ie. you would start from F5 to P7.

However, note that you can just take 6 months to complete these 4 papers compared to Diploma which takes more than 2 years just to get the 4 paper exemption.

But since you are doing through the Diploma route, then the A-levels or CAT route is out of the question.

I would say that having a degree from NTU then completing ACCA and going straight into ACCA with the Diploma in hand both brings you into the same path, but NTU would probably provide a faster path.

ACCA teaches all the basics. No worries about that.

Note that this is only my OPINION. NTU is quite a prestigious university, therefore career paths would most likely be better than an ACCA fresh graduate since wherever you go to (most likely tuition centres, again I would assume you will be studying ACCA at Singapore, and I only know Kaplan, BPP and SAA) does not have such career services provided by NTU.

I graduated on June 2011. The girl is most likely not even a student at Monash.

In Sunway's brochures, we have a beautiful girl studying for ACCA, VU and most probably Lancaster at the same time as well.

Diploma does in fact provide internships, but if your final target is ACCA, then by all means take the FIA - ACCA route as it is the fastest (3 years if smooth sailing), next will be A-levels - ACCA (after A-levels, 2.5 years if smooth sailing), Diploma - ACCA (2.5+1.5 years) and Degree - ACCA (Foundation/A-levels +3/4 years Degree + 1 year ACCA).