I can't say about p7, but i took 3.1 and later p2 separately. The 3.1 stuff wasn't really tricky or difficult, just normal standards you can find in the earlier accounting papers. Then again it was designed that way back then, optionals before compulsory papers. If you really want to know, why not look up the past p7 exam paper/syllabus?

Depends lo. For sunway or other KL students its hardcore I think. See in thread always borrowing notes, got 4 acca threads liao around 100 pages are about note-borrowing i think. I sleep 4 months study 1 month rest back 1 month, and repeat.

So you think you are going to have problems passing CAT audit paper but will have no problems passing the ACCA audit papers? Think until run to singapore, aiyo... if you dont think you can pass CAT then what plans do you have to pass ACCA?

This post has been edited by Slowpoke: Jul 16 2008, 10:42 AM

i dont recall the exact figure but i am quite sure i was charged a lot less than 2k for OBU

Are you crazy? ACCA is one of the easiest professional courses in the world. Just need to sit there and shake leg when the lecturer teach, then go home forget everything is normal. When exam just dish out some random reasoning and hope it makes sense. Just think, you need just 50% of the marks for an exam to pass, that's like answering one question wrong for every one you answer right. At most you have to study for the financial accounting papers, F7 and P2. The rest is mostly 40% logic, 20% guesswork and some good writing. Once i saw an entire 50 mark 3.3 question that even a high school student could answer perfectly.

You should go to any public university and see your peers struggle because they have no idea what the hell their esteemed lecturers are saying - it's probably even worse than primary school. Some people I know said they would never have gotten through uni classes if not for lots of support from seniors.

If you signed up for one of those hardcore colleges which churn out top scorers every semester then it's no use complaining, you are getting your money's worth of 'education' For me it's just one long holiday with short periods of stress and panic

This post has been edited by Slowpoke: Jul 18 2008, 12:37 AM

Well, you said it yourself.

- If you can memorise the theory and can't apply it,
- If you can't read a simple story and understand it inside 3 hours (unfair?)
- If you can't put your knowledge down on paper effectively

...your studying is fail and you should rightfully fail. Come on, how hard is it to wrap your head around some concepts with real life examples? Sure I concede that for technical papers such as tax and finance you need to hit the books, but it's no different than trying to memorise what the sultan-sultan melaka did back in form 2. If ask you to explain a bit also cannot, yet you can pass an engineering or programming paper beautifully, it's obvious your talent lies in that direction.

And as for your friend, I think she wouldn't want herself to pass as well. Can you imagine what the standard of acca will be like, if you can't even satisfy the minimum requirements and can still pass? Now that would be really unfair to you and me. If she has problems reading stories in english, perhaps she should work on her reading comprehension, or practise her writing and thinking by doing more past year papers. I don't see why the 3 hour limit is a problem, she has taken 10+ papers until P3 and should be used to the exact same conditions as all the previous papers. Do you think you will have 3 hours to read a one-page document at work?

This post has been edited by Slowpoke: Jul 21 2008, 08:02 PM

I'm just saying acca is one of the easiest courses, not that you can take a crap on the exam paper and pass. All the skills asked from exam candidates are ones they should already have - reading, writing, reasoning, simple calculation. If you can't fulfill the minimum requirements, well, there is little hope of passing. Anything wrong with that?

If you find reading some short stories about fictional companies and answering questions based on your knowledge and reasoning is too difficult, perhaps it's not really the qualification for you since our IPTA will always give you a passing mark The syllabus doesn't ask that much from students: here is a book, read it and remember some standards, models and theory, understand and apply them to the questions provided, which are usually similar to past year questions. You have six months. Doesn't sound too hard to me.

You sound rather angry. Perhaps you feel I am belittling your accomplishment because you studied so hard for the exams? That you've put in 110% of yourself and passed (I hope)? Perhaps you had to relearn a language, rent a room to study, work to pay for the course, wallpaper your room with a dictionary, etc. Your own accomplishments are for yourself to value, and no one can take that from you.

This post has been edited by Slowpoke: Jul 22 2008, 03:29 AM

Yeah, basically try to remember everything in the book. Pay lots of attention to detail if you can, and drag the answer out for as long as you can - you can see the PYQs for examples. Usually you will score more points if you approach the question with solid reasoning but in a roundabout way. You might want to answer something like this:

Generally, because of (some law), companies are not allowed to (do whatever). This is because (reason). However, in (precedent case), a precedent was set that allowed (something). This is because (reason). Person A's circumstances are somewhat alike to this situation, however perhaps (some doubt exists?). Thusly, if Person A did (this), it would not be lawful under (some law). However, if the situation was (different case), he would be able to (do whatever), as (reason). This is subject to (certain conditions, or a test). Person A should be advised accordingly.

instead of

Yes. Person A can do it. Because (reason).