ACCA Students.

[Starbarbie]

Hi all,

Any tips for upcoming F5?

I am currently taking F4 & F8 papers. Planning to take F7 & P1 for the next Exams.
Pls recommend me the lecturers for both papers

thanks a lot

 

[evoked87]

Finishing F1-F3... is it recommended to follow the module numbers in sequence? Like next is take F4-F6 for me? Thx.

 

[hongge]

I am currently taking F4 & F8 papers. Planning to take F7 & P1 for the next Exams.
Pls recommend me the lecturers for both papers

thanks a lot

u can match the following

F7- Sami or Roy
P1- Chee Hay Keong or Roy or Dominic

 

[hongge]

Finishing F1-F3... is it recommended to follow the module numbers in sequence? Like next is take F4-F6 for me? Thx.

My preference is to stick to the sequence lor. but if you think F7 or F8 is more useful in your job then take those relevant modules 1st. else just stick to sequence.

F4 - alot theory
F5 - alot calculation and evaluation
F6 - combination of both

 

[Gide0n]

Any tips for F7 jun exam?

 

[mandiang]

Hey I'm planning to take F5 for Dec 09 exams. Can anyone reccomend lecturers that are good for F5 .
I'm contemplating between lecturers from SAA and Kaplan.

SAA - Ian Lim, Chow Kim Tai, James Kwan
FTC- Sami, Roy, Yvonne Goh,

Also, what is the difference cos SAA provides tutorial and FTC doesnt . In your opinion, are Tutotrials necessary? Are the tutorials just practice sessions ? Kindly share your experiences and what you think of the lecturers teaching style if you have attended any of the mentioned lecturers class. Thanks Cheers !!

 

[hongge]

Hey I'm planning to take F5 for Dec 09 exams. Can anyone reccomend lecturers that are good for F5 .
I'm contemplating between lecturers from SAA and Kaplan.

SAA - Ian Lim, Chow Kim Tai, James Kwan
FTC- Sami, Roy, Yvonne Goh,

Also, what is the difference cos SAA provides tutorial and FTC doesnt . In your opinion, are Tutotrials necessary? Are the tutorials just practice sessions ? Kindly share your experiences and what you think of the lecturers teaching style if you have attended any of the mentioned lecturers class. Thanks Cheers !!

as i am only farmilar with Kaplan lecturers, i can say if u pick any of F5 lecturer from Kaplan you are fine. as for SAA, James Kwan is famous.

Kaplan do not provide tutorial but they give out 2 homework assignments which will be marked. to me i find that it is not very helpful as most probably those hardworking ppl refers to book/ask ppl therefore scored high marks for the assignment which then get praised on the script by the markers. It is meant to force u to practise qs. i did not do those assignments at cos im abit lazy haha

 

[xClementx]

Hi,

i finished reading the whole of this thread but i have 1 question.

Some one mentioned broadcast classes instead of live classes somewhere in the middle of this thread. Does SAA have this kind of broadcast class when there are not enough places? If yes, do they inform you when you register or you only know on the first day of lesson?

sry for being new coz I just registered with SAA like 2 days ago.

Thanks in advance

 

[tvbusy]

Hello, im a newbie.
I have some questions want to ask you. Can someone help me to upgrade my qualification?
Should i register to study ACCA in SAA or in FTMS or Kaplan? Should i pay for whole course include the revision fees (from F1 to P7)? Thats enough for now
Hope to receive your reply as as soon cos i need to apply for ACCA course within this week. Thanks.

 

[hongge]

Hi,

i finished reading the whole of this thread but i have 1 question.

Some one mentioned broadcast classes instead of live classes somewhere in the middle of this thread. Does SAA have this kind of broadcast class when there are not enough places? If yes, do they inform you when you register or you only know on the first day of lesson?

sry for being new coz I just registered with SAA like 2 days ago.

Thanks in advance

when u register either kaplan or saa, they will tell u whether the class is full anot. if full they will ask u if u mind joining boardcast room. there is always a tendency that boardcast room ppl occupying the main class's seat and cause those early registered students to find themselves no seats in class. the lecturer has to keep reminding the class to go to the correct class. recently, ppl seems to be more considerate and going to the correct class. maybe they starting to find boardcast room more freedom and you still be able to ask lecturer qs during breaks.

 

[hongge]

Hello, im a newbie.
I have some questions want to ask you. Can someone help me to upgrade my qualification?
Should i register to study ACCA in SAA or in FTMS or Kaplan? Should i pay for whole course include the revision fees (from F1 to P7)? Thats enough for now
Hope to receive your reply as as soon cos i need to apply for ACCA course within this week. Thanks.

to further ur studies with which providers depends on your needs. if you are going for 1st time pass, combination of providers will be gd as gd lecturers will distributed among the providers.

if cost is a concern then register with the cheapest providers and work extra hard. for me, i go for convenience for travelling so i choose kaplan all the way.

as for course fee, you dun have to pay all in 1 full amount, if you taking 3modules then pay the provider the 3 modules fees lor. if you feel that u need revision class den u register and pay again. process go on till u graduate. i abit kaisu and not motivated to study on my own, so i registered revisions for all papers during my acca days and achieved 13 1st time passes. revision class got its pro like more practise and exam techniques. the con are pricey and takes away alot of your time to do self revision. the schedule is also hectic as you probably will be having class every day.

 

[hongge]

sharing abit of sequencing choice for those planning to take acca

upon completing F1-F3, you will have to decide which level2 papers to take. below are the links for each paper, hopefully you will be more clear which to take 1st should you not follow the acca sequence.

F4 - no link
try to clear it off 1st since it got no impact for future papers

F5 -> P5
those who advance to level2 should start thinking which option paper they want to take up. cos if you take F5 too early, you might have a long lag time in between before you take P5. if you do not like management accounting and do not intend to take P5, clear it off 1st

F6 -> p6
same as above, if you do not like tax and not intending to take P6, clear it off 1st else leave it later

F7 -> F8, P2
although most of what you learn in F7 will be reteach in P2, it is still adviseable to take it in the later part of your level2. so u have a better chance of coping with P2

F8 -> F7,P1,P7
if you have not done F7, not advisable to do F8. if you intend to take P7, F8 should be taken in the later part. it will help in P1 if you are immediately taking P1 after F8.

F9 -> P4
if you have heard of P4 being super killer paper and not intending to do P4, clear F9 1st else leave to later part.

if you are able to identify wat you wan to do for option papers early in your acca studies, then it is easier to decide which papers to clear 1st.

eg an audit junior would probably need to take P6 & P7 related to his career so his sequence might be
F4,F5,F9 follow by F6,F7,F8
this arrangement will benefit cos immediately after lvl 2, assuming he will be taking p1,p2,p3
F8->P1
F7->p2
half a year later, he will be taking P6,P7 so while F6 and F8 still fresh in mind, it will be easier to cope
F6->P6
F8,P2->P7

the prob is that most ppl do not know which option they wan to take until they cleared all their lvl2. in this case, probably taking options which links to latest lvl2 papers will be easier to cope

eg. if you follow acca sequence, you prob clear F8,F9 last so your option might be P4 and P7. even if you decided to take P5 or P6, it is still achieveable just that have to spend more time recalling rusty knowledge

hope this helps

 

[FinalTidus]

ME taking last paper P4. I seriously want to grad liao...

 

[hongge]

ME taking last paper P4. I seriously want to grad liao...

20+ days to exam. good luck and pass it.

 

[syncsam]

Attachment

Can anyone share how to apply for attachment? Is it better I apply for it after clear the level 2 subjects? Will it help to secure a job later?

 

[hongge]

yes attachment in big4 does help in securing a job. my current employer saw it on my resume and asked me about my experience in audit. recently when i went for interview for another job for fun, the interviewer scan thru my resume and the 1st thing he asked was, "oh, so you done internship with big4 before"

you can write in to big4 to request for internship opportunity but not sure in this current market, they will still take in anot. you need to at least attempted F7,F8 before they consider you.

 

[Biogentic]

Hi, hongge may i know what option paper you took? i intend to join audit initially so is it advisable to take p4 and p7?

 

[xLioNx]

Hi,

can i just check, for P4 - P7, each paper prepares the person for a specific accountancy job right? so .. can someone help me with understanding which paper prepares the person for what job? coz we can only choose 2 out of 4 right ..

e.g

P4 - advanced financial management = ??
P5 - advanced performance management = ??
P6 - advanced taxation = ??
P7 - advanced audit and assurance = if wanna be an auditor, definitely must take this paper

btw, thanks hongge for posting the sequence thing earlier, I think it really helps

 

[hongge]

Hi, hongge may i know what option paper you took? i intend to join audit initially so is it advisable to take p4 and p7?

P4 is more for those who work in finance line rather than accounting line
P5 is for managment accounting jobs
P6 for tax
P7 for audit

i took P6 & P7 with the intention to join big4 either in tax or audit depends on their offering but recently big4 pattern more than badminton la, headcount freeze, promotion freeze, lower increment, abolishing TOIL, more risk, more OT so i decided not to join big4 for now.

based on other ppl's comment, all say P4 is very tough. P7 is easy if you know ur P2 well. if not, it is going to create alot of prob.

Dominic once said this to his students, "y make life so difficult? juz take P5 and P7 graduate and go" so i assume in his perspective, those 2 papers are consider more achieveable.

 

[syncsam]

yes attachment in big4 does help in securing a job. my current employer saw it on my resume and asked me about my experience in audit. recently when i went for interview for another job for fun, the interviewer scan thru my resume and the 1st thing he asked was, "oh, so you done internship with big4 before"

you can write in to big4 to request for internship opportunity but not sure in this current market, they will still take in anot. you need to at least attempted F7,F8 before they consider you.

Hi Hongge,

Thanks for sharing your experience. Since you took all your subjects with Kaplan, do you know anything about the Kaplan ACCA Professional Attachment Scheme? Will Kaplan help to arrange for the attachment at Big 4?