I'm planning to take OBU next sem.Planning to take topic 17 corporate governance.
Which company is easy to do?
Any suggestion?
Thank you!

thank you nick. yeah. me too actually believe there'd be enough (not plenty though haha) time. but my department is going to peak very soon so i'm bit worried about my schedule. so just in case. hopefully i can get through p3 and move. thanks nick. long way to go. life. phew.

Hah no worries. I only had a copy of the bluff notes and the pyq booklet from Michael and yet I passed. Now you have so much more than what I had. So I believe you will ace P3 this sitting.

Hi there,

Let me share with you my experience. I studied P3 under Parminder and P7 under Sheila and i passed both with not so great marks. But glad that i passed atleast!

Parminder notes were quite a lot but i found that i could understand them better than reading BPP or reading the bluff notes of Michael. I failed P3 when i self studied using BPP and went to IRC under Michael and inspite of using his bluff notes, i could not understand enough and therefore failed at 44!

So, i attended Parminder's classes and studied his notes and saw the way he had answered the past year questions and tried and practised his style of writing the answer rather that following the style shown in the BPP revision kit! I passed at 57 marks!

What i went through was, Parminder finished teaching 7 chapters in the course of 4 months and he finished the remaining 7 chapters by teaching us in the course of 2 days from 9.00am till 10.00pm in the last week of October.Mind you it was a challenge for me to understand these last 7 chapters as he taught us so fast in 2 days!!

So, i drew up my timetable to study and revise and do PYQ for Nov -

Monday - 7.00am to 8.30am do PYQ of P3
- 8.45am to 10.00am do PYQ of P7
10.30am to 1.30pm study, understand and memorise a chapter in P3
2.00pm to 5.00pm continue if not finished with chapter
7.00pm to 9.00pm do PYQ of P3
9.30pm to 11.30pm do PYQ of P7
12.00am sleep

Tuesday - 7.00am to 8.30am do PYQ of P3
- 8.45am to 10.00am do PYQ of P7
10.30am to 1.30pm study, understand and memorise a chapter in P7
2.00pm to 5.00pm continue if not finished with chapter
7.00pm to 9.00pm do PYQ of P3
9.30pm to 11.30pm do PYQ of P7
12.00am sleep

And i continued like this until i made sure that i have done all the PYQs and revised all the notes of P3 and P7 ----mind you that

- i had to attend 3 days of Parminder's revision class in Nov as well as studied his revision notes

- i had to revise all of Ms.Sheila's notes that came in so many,many books as well as attend her revision classes for 1 week in Nov and sit for her Mock exams twice in the month of Nov!!!i Failed in one of her mock exams closer to one week before exam....can u imagine how i must have felt!!!

Well....i went ahead with determination and passed P7 with 52 marks!! Not great but glad!

I studied fulltime but i believe if you are just doing it Part time ---- then you must be determined to do a Timetable and put in all the chapters u must revise (learning the models and understanding is very important for P3) and do all the PYQs.

For me, the difference between using the BPP revision kit and Parminder's answers for his PYQs ----> BPP's answers were too complex for me to understand whereas i could understand the style of Parminder's answers.

Dec 2012 P3 paper was very tough for me....in fact i did not finish doing the exam questions but because i understood his notes and his way of answering the questions -----> i followed his style and applied when answering the questions....it was extremely beneficial for me to memorise and remember Parminder's mnemonics as i used them in order to answer questions....when it was relevent to use them.

Michael's bluff notes - if you have understood models and theories well , then his notes would be a summarised version or shall i say----> it will be for those who have a very good understanding of everything in P3 already before using Michael's notes!!!


Goodluck!

This post has been edited by Propernormal: Oct 15 2013, 10:44 PM

hey propernormal i really dont know what to say. thank you so much for writing me all these things. really. yeap. i'll do all pyq. hmmm.. as for bpp or parminder pyq answers.. i'll seriously consider your words .. thanks again propernormal.. im lucky enough to have y'll answering me so i'll study hard. thank you.

oh 1 more question. please. is michael going to have his own set of pyq answers? thank you!

This post has been edited by mayonnaiseeeee: Oct 15 2013, 11:38 PM

Yes. You will get 1 book that might contain 10 PYQs (50 marks) and 22 PYQs (25 marks) with his style of answering the questions and he might say that he gave this book out to you only now (ie during revision class) and not earlier to practise , because that's how it will be in the exam time, when you will get to see the exam questions for the first time.

One last piece of advice, dont forget to read P3 technical articles as i personally remembered reading something about Strategic planning in an age of turbulence, Benchmarking articles etc etc and i used these info in my answers where relevant in the exam. I also used Parminder's many examples / mnemonics esp IT related info when i answered the Q2 part (b) in the Dec 2012 paper. I also used the style of Parminder's answers on Risk Management when i answered Q4 in Dec 2012 paper.

Advice for you:
Pick one style and follow it - don't jump around. I believe that Micheal is one of the few who will project possible questions that can come out for the exams - which makes your life easier.

On that note, P3 is about understanding the models and applying it to the examination situation, it is not about how much notes you read. It is about how well you understand a model and apply it.

The easiest way to know what is required and test yourself - read the study guide for P3 and see if you can answer the questions within the study guide. If you are comfortable with that, then try out the exam questions and see if your application is sound.

The examiner is not interested theory answers only application of the theory to case.

Those interested in F5,F7,F8,F9 and P2 revision classes (study anytime and last for 1 year) can get online solution for RM200, just go to jprotraining.blogspot.com for more information.

This post has been edited by frodo baggin: Oct 16 2013, 11:43 AM

i've sent u a PM, do check it out

I've some frens going to Michael Mainwaring for P3 at a centre in PJ, heard that he'll be here next week & his classes will start then. Google 'Michael Mainwaring P3' & u might still make it in time for his classes

Is anyone taking f4,f5,f6 this coming exam?

Those planning to do your OBU, please book with J Pro training for mentoring @ RM2,700. The last semester submission had 100% pass rate and 30% getting "A".

The price will include 1 free online lecture course for P1/P2/P3/P4/P7 worth RM250. If you are planning to do Topic 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, you can opt with J Pro, otherwise it is best to look for other sources. Specialist area is 6,17,18 and 20.

There is a change in the current sitting with word count being increased to 7,500 words and examples provided directly by OBU, which means the previous report sizes may not be relevant anymore.
http://business.brookes.ac.uk/undergraduate/2014/acca/

Those that are interested to book for the coming May 2014 submission should book early since there is a limit to number of students that can be mentored.

Why? Is there any specific question you have for them or just want to find out anyone suffering together with you?

The latter.Studying acca can get lonely sometimes.

I am taking F5, F6 and F8 for December.
For you, I don't think you will be having problem in any other paper than F5 since it is the most difficult one as compared to F4 and F6

This post has been edited by donizback: Oct 18 2013, 10:10 AM

Experts please help me out.
I am taking F8 under Joey Wong, and he is gonna conduct our mock exam on 26th October. Can anyone briefly explain me their way of doing revision and writing a solid answer to get good marks?

You should be confident with the manner in which your lecturer has taught you. If you ask others - each will have their own kung fu for answering exam questions, which could confuse your preparation.

Have faith in what you covered in class and it should be fine.

This post has been edited by frodo baggin: Oct 18 2013, 01:33 PM

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hi. im taking p5 this december. and planning to go to irc.
do u guys know which speaker is the best for p5? here's the list of speakers (which i found on websites)

ALC- Mr Thenesh
Kasturi PJ- Mr Peter Thoo
Kasturi KL- Spencer Cheah
Elitejaya- Chan Tze Kang

pls pls somebody who knows.

hi. im taking p5 this december. and planning to go to irc.
do u guys know which speaker is the best for p5? here's the list of speakers (which i found on websites)

ALC- Mr Thenesh
Kasturi PJ- Mr Peter Thoo
Kasturi KL- Spencer Cheah
Elitejaya- Chan Tze Kang

pls pls somebody who knows.

Hmmm..... Had class today, and got to know that the mock exam would now be on Sunday, meaning day after tomorrow so worried now. Any last minute revision you can suggest?