can you say more?? i want update lecturer list on page 1...
i think is outdate...

i personally feel luck and form at least affect 50% of the outcome

i agree to this since if you are not well prepared, you won't even know how to answer those questions.  It does not matter how lucky you are.  lets say you can run away from F7, can you be lucky at P2 again?   

although sometimes i will still say that i am lucky because those topics that i don't know usually won't come out but those topics may consist of 10% of the syllabus

Yeah. F4 is killing me. really hate memorizing stuffs. However, i already finish memorizing other parts except for the company law. but company law is just too huge. I think i'll just read through the past year questions for company law and try to focus on some topic emphasis by my lecturer. Did your F4 lecturer teach partnership?

not strange at all

by focusing more on some important chapters and lesser care to those not so important chapters

examiner can easily catch all students off guard if he really want to fail you all

i myself had tried this b4 ... not focusing on linear progression on f5 since it came out last sitting

oso did not revise on ABC as it was asked as well

when i flip the question booklet and saw both ABC and linear progression...I was stunned

however, "luck" did side me as I managed to get 51 ...so close to fail

thats why I emphasis on better not knowing the tips and rather revise all

and the luck I mentioned..apart from "preparation meets luck" from another forumer ...

it's the luck u got the questions u liked, have confident... rather than the questions spotted by lecturers but you're not really good with it... or u're not good with it but u have some luck to get 50% of the total marks 

when u noe tips...u will tend to focus more and lost some care for others no matter how u argue

im not trying to stand on high ground and menegur u all

i was rushing for time so i leave short reply... if not i will type long posts 

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Added on May 18, 2012, 7:00 pmp/s: by revising all ... u can at least get 50% from all questions eventually (theoretically) rather than hoping to get 50% from those important chapters alone

lol how can u compare spm with acca? 

it's totally different 

usefulness of the he tips can only be assessed after exam

unless you're a prophet thou

then how do you choose which tips to be relied on since there are so many sources of them

bpp

kaplan

open tuition

lecturers of different places

it's the same actually....

it's how are u going to pick which 1 u going to be used to complement ur preparation

since there are so many tips..which can cover as wide as whole syllabus if compare as a whole

unless all tips point to one thing...

at the end of day ... it's just easier to read all and not having to fear u miss out any

Oh my gawd.....I'm doing my questions from the F7 bpp kit right now, and I'm so freaked out la...I don't know what is going on with the adjustments, Every questions adjustment is totally different than the previous. It's confusing. Would it be a good option to drop the exam or continue revising until next month?

lets all give up. it's easier this way

To be honest, I find it amusing how you missed out Tzxsean's sarcasm.

There's 3 more weeks to exam, if you give up so easily, then sad to say, it will take a very long time for the person to even pass ACCA with such attitude.

When you are taking such tough examination papers, if you prepare for it but in the end fail, at least you showed effort to try, rather than excuses to just drop 1 paper due to insecurity. You already paid for the paper, might as well just try it out.

I find it funny that this thread is actually so full of pessimistic people that even resorting to dropping papers or quitting ACCA when things get tough..

Can i just say, you were spot on with how condescending he was. I have been wondering from day 1 why anyone has tolerated his comments.

I think Nothingz's advise on studying F4 would be good.
don't question spot since the questions are really limited.
Try to compile the pyp (Q1 to Q7) into 5 categories: Malaysia legal system, contract & tort, agency, employment and company and try to memorize them.
For the last 3Q, contract would not be a problem if you have the knowledge from PYPs (Q1 to Q7)
But company... just do as much as possible LOL
My lecturer says the probability for partnership to come out this sem is really low, but it's unpredictable.
And my lecturer says that sometimes the examiner would throw in some questions which are very unique (require very specific knowledge) or has never come out before but they won't form too much of the marks.
My lecturer also tell us not to question spot and advise us to study the whole syllabus.
If you really want to hold on something one day before the exam, this can be his advice:
Malaysia legal system : Subsidiary legislation
Contract : Consideration, classification of terms.
Employment : Due inquiry, laid off, redundancy (if main stream comes out) but he says something unique will come out on this (right of the employees)
Agency : Duties of agent towards principal
Partnership : If really does come out, he believes will be characteristic
Company : scheme of arrangement, ultra vires, promoter, fraudulent trading, wrongful trading, variation of class rights
However, use it as your own risk LOL

Really can't stand the volume of syllabus of company =='''

F5 is killing me too... The new examiner is a beast!!!

How many papers are you taking?
Because I started my revision very late.
I only realised how difficult ACCA is until my class test 1 month ago...
Blame it on the changing of FIA's examination to MCQ =='''
Now I just concentrate on F4 & F5 and gave up F6 lol.

I think the most discomforting is that my lecturer skips lot of the syllabus which he think might not come out because they never come out e.g. performance measure of non-profit organisation, market demand and so on.
Really hope like what he said it will not come out... Zz

Taking 2 papers? you working?
Did your lecturer give any tips on F6?? lol
Whatever, even he taught it i don't think i have the time to revise them.
But somehow feel insecure... T.T
IF it really does come out, blame it on my luck. lol

Struggling with planning & operational variance.
Must material price planning variance + material usage planning variance = total material planning variance?
If this is the case then the material price planning variance + material price operational variance =/ the material price variance... ==

I'm doing Secure Net (12/09 Q1)
(a) The total material price variance is 4375(A) and the total material usage variance is 2000 (F).
(b) The examiner answer: The planning price variance is 3360(A) and the operation price variance is 1575(A). Total up would be 4935(A) which is different from the total material price variance in Q1(a).
And so are the planning usage variance and operation usage variance, which total is 2560(F). this is also different from Q1(a)'s total material usage variance.
However, if you sum them up, 4935 (A) + 2560 (F) = 2375 (A), which is equal to the material cost variance (4375(A) + 2000(F) = 2375(A)

That's what my answer was!!!
So both methods are right? Even if their total planning & operational variance are different???