3 Weeks to go :s

i am still looking into training providers and drafting a letter to see if my employer will pay some of it for me - the exemption costs are ridiciulous - £225 to not sit exams seems a bit extreme to not sit exams.

is there any particular order i should be sitting the exams?

Good luck with P1 today, if you're still logging on here, if not, please let me know how it went!

Esme wrote: »

P1 was awful!!! Think I've defo failed was talking to a girl after who agreed it was a harsh paper.

Shame as I felt so much more confident with it. Oh well, knew I'd be resorting at least 1!!

Good luck for tomorrow.

Oh, that's such a shame to hear, but hopefully you scrambled enough points to pass after all!

Thanks!

Today everything was going wrong in the practicing, so I gave up and figured I should not have given in and just stuck to rereading my notes and write out the basic calculations and nothing else. O well, I just hope tomorrow is better, but at least it's a short study break afterwards!

hope it all went ok guys, and you haven;t been scared off from CIMA examination method.

All the best for results Day!

Got two very nice exam papers in my opinion.

7 questions in each which i knew the subject matter and how to answer so lets hope that translates to 50 or more

Rinske wrote: »

And how did you find E3 Wonder?

E3 was ok. I was firing on all cylinders as it was the first one. Felt like I did fine. Didn't sleep well that night, was knackered but the realisation of doing it over again hit me.
P3 I didn't enjoy, I spent the first 15 minutes braindead due to the poor sleep, but then got into gear and managed to get (I think) enough down to pass.
F3 was horrid. I slept ok the night before, but just made a total balls up of most of it. It's been my weakest point all year. It didn't feel like a pass.

I then (for the first time ever in CIMA or AAT training) went to the pub with my classmates and had a great afternoon!

I feel disappointed just because I know I could have done better in all of them. But having to do all three together, and to sit them one after another in three mornings is a total friggin killer.

Rinske wrote: »

As far as I know, you can sit the professional papers (Operation and Management level) in any order. <snip>

BPP had a recommended order on their website for professional:
E1 with F1,
P1 with F2 and
E2 with P2
If you sit 2 at the time and otherwise just each level if you sit 3 at the time.

I'd say that is a really good order to do them in. You're right, you can do as many or as few as you like.

When I started CIMA, my college did P1, P2 and P5 (now E2) in Semester 1; P7 & P8 (now F1 & F2) and P4 (now E1) in semester 2. I followed my bosses advice and did F1 with F2; then P7 with P8, then I did P5, then E1 (as it was by then 2010 syllabus).

I would NOT recommend this! Firstly, you are learning the more advanced material at the same time as the material it follows on with! That did focus me on things at the time - and there is crossover - BUT - because I took a year to do the 2 "E" papers, it set me at a disadvantage when I started Strategic as it had been nearly two years since my "P"s and a year and a half since my "F"s.

PLUS - the exams are now timetabled E on a Tuesday, P on Wednesday and F on Thursday. So if you do two E papers together, you'll sit two exams on the same day. OUCHAROONIE!

That BPP spacing is really wise and I wish I'd done it! Then again, I got all my uni's good teachers for the P and F papers before they all took redundancy......

I would explain that the extra knowledge of business management and accounts will help you have a better understanding of your job to start with and will train you to become a very good manager.

Returns/ benefits may not be quantifyable, but it will add efficiency and will aid you in identifying options for improvements.

Not sure if that will help!

Good luck to you all for your results in July!