PCR Pass Rate

System
System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
edited June 18 in AAT student discussion
Hi,
I'm studying in Southampton and unfortunately failed both my DFS and PCR papers in December - even more annoying was the fact that it was only Section 2 of both papers that I failed.

However I was at college yesterday and our lecturer had feedback from AAT who said that the national pass rate for PCR was (shockingly) 54%!! and DFS was 72%. I am amazed that PCR was so low, yet when we discussed it in class no-one could give a reason for why it was so bad, but 5 out of 8 people failed both papers and all of them were only Section 2?

Has anyone else had any feedback?

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  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:PCR Pass Rate

    I also failed in section 2 of PCR which I didn't expected at all. Did your tutor suggested to appeal against it?
    I am thinking of appealing but not sure

    Babu
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:PCR Pass Rate

    He said it's up to us to appeal, but the college are discussing appealing on behalf of their 42% of students that failed. 2 students in my class are appealing.

    My only concern is a. the cost of appealing and b. are AAT actually likely to overturn their decision and as such highlight a massive error in their markers?

    Personally I am going to re-take PCR with PEV in June and go back September - December to study IFS 2006 standards.

    I'll be interested in the results of any appeals though.

  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:PCR Pass Rate

    As a tutor I have the same review your tutor will have presented to you. 54.6% of candidates taking PCR passed. Low by AAT rates but not low if you were comparing it to the CIMA rates - I had one paper 67% of candidates failed (of all the students - none in my class failed I hasten to add)

    The examiner for PCR attended a recent AAT south east area meeting of lecturers. He was disappointed by the failure to show workings and the failure to read the question

    You may have seen my own answer as the examiner's own answer has not yet been published on the website.

    I hope that this might provide a useful guide.
    As a word of caution, sometimes my answers do differ. Any difference is likely to be an alternative and valid approach to the task in question. Remember, sometimes examiners have to have more than one correct way of answering a task.

    sandy.hood@chichester.ac.uk
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:PCR Pass Rate

    Hi Babu,

    If you are confident that you should have passed, appeal. Even if they do not reverse their decision at least you will find out where you went wrong for your re-sit in June.

    I also failed together with four other students in my class, we are only eight, so it's bad pass rate, I have already appealed, I know it is a bit expensive, for me it is worth it. I want to know where I went wrong, if I went wrong!!

    Rubio

    :?
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:PCR Pass Rate

    How come they gave out % of people passing? I thought they never did that?

    Maybe this explains why PCR was a low pass rate?

    Section 2 was just changing the information into a marginal costing statement & then the written questions asked you to explain that stock movement was why there was a variance between the two. Then you were asked to say which statement was more help in controlling costs and give a reason for your preferred choice.

    This wasn't that difficult but because its such a small section if you didn't know how to do a marginal costing statement you would have failed and secondly if you weren't able to explain that stock levels were the difference you probably wouldn't have been able to answer any of the written questions at all and therefore failed. While section one often allows you to fail a whole question, section 2 is more relentless.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:PCR Pass Rate

    Hi

    I didn't realise the pass rate was so low everywhere.

    We are a class of 16 and only 7 of us passed PCR. A few of the ones who weren't successful have said they thought they should have passed and don't know where they have gone wrong.

    Even though I passed I think it would be a good idea if part of the exam fee included your marked paper being returned to you once the appeal date had passed so that you could see where you'd gone wrong.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:PCR Pass Rate

    I understand your predicament, I have now completed all the exams for AAT and now studying for ACCA, but I remember I passed all subjects apart from PCR.

    I don't know maybe i was being too ambitious to attempt 4 exams at once in December 2004 but I failed PCR and was angry at myself and at the marker, so I had my paper remarked, but the problem was that AAT refused to show me my marked exam script, and only sent me a letter after they remarked my paper to say that the unsuccessful mark was correct. I actualled failed Section 1 when we revised the budget and used the revised figures to calculate shortfall/surplus on closing stock etc.

    I think PCR and PEV should be taken together, with possibly DFS too, because of performance indicators are examined in DFS and PEV. But then the June 2005 paper for PCR was very easy, possibly because I was only sitting 1 paper and studying for just 1 was simpler or possibly I handled the pressure in the exam better. But I learnt from my mistakes in December, by not using tipex or any correction fluid, I made one error which I used my ruler and pen to cross it out once, so the paper was neat and you don't aggrevate the marker with untidy script. I also left space between my answers, trying to give a good presentation of the final answer.

    Anyway better luck next time, you might be like me, now and try and do 4 exams again at ACCA level, crazy...

    Regards,

    Nafisa

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