He is a straight A student with good English, he wouldn't fail ACCA if he put in the effort.


Whatshouldido, it is always better to follow the traditional pathway, i.e., do a pre-U and complete your degree - it opens more doors for you and develops you better as an individual. Do make sure you are gaining your degree from a credible institution though, otherwise you might as well go straight for ACCA. For a student of your caliber, you do not have to worry about all this 'if I don't pass I am only an SPM holder' hype. Pass it first time, period.

Hi, aim for the top universities in Malaysia if you want to go for the matriculation program. You should be looking at UM, UKM, and UPM.

I did not do the matriculation program and so could not provide you with any advice on the toughness of the program. But I do know a friend who have straight 1A's in SPM who went on to do the matriculation program and achieved a CGPA of 4.00. She is now reading medicine in UKM. She is also a non-bumi and did not have stellar extra-curricular activities if you are wondering.

What kind of 'risk' will a graduate face working in an audit firm?

Lol! Now I get it.

Well to me that is a price to pay, not a risk. ACCA taught me that risk arises only when there is uncertainty, hahaha!!

Any brave souls prepared to be slain tomorrow?

My P4 prediction:

Q1 Valuation (M&A or unbundling, effect on cost of capital + value of company)
Q2 NPV/APV/MIRR

Options
Portfolio theory
Interest rate, how FRA is derived and application to swap
European debt crisis

Please please please may the question be something along these line!

Q1 is a nightmare. My prediction was correct, 4/5 came out. But question 1 was just SO tough!! I think 10/35 also a bit far fetched for me in Q1...

To be honest me and my friend thinks this time is easier than the past few sittings. But question 1 is really a killer... Hopefully the rest of the paper can cover up the deficiency in question 1 for me...

Well, and the question on beta as well... 1.4 for the full business and 1.25 excluding the production or some shit like that. After thinking for 1 minute I decide I couldn't be bothered... just added them up and divide by 2 and moved on, lol.

Ethics, risks and governance are one of the easiest things in ACCA... I don't understand why so many people hate them, especially ethics.

I think ethics is an interesting subject, it allows you to understand other people's thought process.

Netherlands is doomed.

Today's P5 is another nightmare after P4... The tips were all spot on, performance prism and benchmarking. But the requirement on benchmarking is worded so weirdly! I hope I interpreted it right...

Then the question on Six Sigma, requirement (a) and (b) were so similar to me! What the hell!?

And the best part is I left almost 14 marks blank in Q1 where the requirement is to calculate and evaluate using EVA, MIRR and NPV. Same like you, time management.

This is the first sitting I felt like I really couldn't make it. The optionals are really at a different level from the rest! For the previous papers I was confident I could pass the moment I walk out of the exam hall. Not these 2, shit!!

The benchmarking question asked something like:

(a)explain the progress of the benchmarking progress to date(wtf?) and explain what has been done, and what has to be improved

(b)as far as possible, evaluate the university's current benchmarked position(wtf?)

I hope I interpreted the question correctly man... If i lose 14 marks in Q1 and I interpreted this question wrongly, I'm dead.

I'll probably join you in December.









Possible, but you better be good at the rest.

Hahaha, you meant the topics examined and the scenarios are easy. The requirements?

This post has been edited by ComingBackSoon: Jun 15 2012, 06:09 PM

Because he knows he acts a little bit like a know-it-all sometimes

I hope you have improved yourself, and you do know what you don't know by now. I've met you on an F9 discussion on OpenTution before and you came across as an arrogant guy who actually knows nothing about the subject on debate. You claimed I have 'no clue about what the subject is about'. When the model answer came out I thought of making innuendos at you but decided there's no point.

The subject is on working capital policy, and whether or not you need to further discount a present value after finding the perpetuity of the future cash flow, if that PV was on a future year. For example if the perpetuity occurs after Year n, you will need to further discount the PV by (1+discount rate)^n

No need to thank me, just make sure you actually KNOW what you're talking about the next time you act like a know-it-all. And yes, it is an ACT because you DO NOT KNOW what you're talking sometimes.

Lol guys guys guys... Peace! All these innuendos and flaming will do no good!

And to those who have finished their exams today, you guys deserve a good rest. Others, keep fighting for next week!

Congratulations guys!

I'm also bringing in good news. Am an affiliate now!

Looking forward to new challenges now that I'm done with ACCA

I did P1 P4 and P5 last sitting and started my studies somewhere in September. I was so stressed up the month before the exam. I won't recommend doing it, but it wasn't impossible.

This post has been edited by ComingBackSoon: Oct 16 2012, 10:23 PM