Cima

Dipak Thanki
Dipak Thanki Registered Posts: 134 Dedicated contributor ๐Ÿฆ‰
edited 11:34AM in AAT member discussion
Hi

After claiming exceptions from AAT for CIMA, how many exams would I have to sit to become qualified?

Does CIMA involve a lot of Maths? And if so, what sort of maths exactly?

Thanks!

Dipak

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  • PGM
    PGM Registered Posts: 1,937 Beyond epic contributor ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธ
    I'd say best part of a dozen exams, but I didn't do cima.

    General maths ability is needed for getting to grips with balances, %... Also a grasp of equations and formulas will help.

    I've know people good at maths struggle with accounts, but generally being good at it helps a lot.
  • NeilH
    NeilH Registered Posts: 548 Epic contributor ๐Ÿ˜
    Hi

    AAT will exempt you from the five papers at the CIMA certificate level, this will leave you with ten papers to sit, including the final case study exam.

    Neil
  • slackda
    slackda Registered Posts: 456 Dedicated contributor ๐Ÿฆ‰
    Spot on, as for the maths, there is some formula manipulation at strategic level but that could just be down to the way im being taught.
  • SandyHood
    SandyHood Registered, Moderator Posts: 2,027 mod
    If you have time before starting your CIMA studies, look at some business statistics. Standard deviation, correlation and regression, rearranging formulae, normal distribution are a few topics to look at. Nothing too tricky, but these will help you along - and examiners often comment on weak stats in the post-exam guides.
    Sandy
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  • NeilH
    NeilH Registered Posts: 548 Epic contributor ๐Ÿ˜
    SandyHood wrote: ยป
    If you have time before starting your CIMA studies, look at some business statistics. Standard deviation, correlation and regression, rearranging formulae, normal distribution are a few topics to look at. Nothing too tricky, but these will help you along - and examiners often comment on weak stats in the post-exam guides.

    Hi

    I can agree with this, I tool the five exemptions and found that these areas were a little tricky. But, they can be covered with some additional reading - it's not necessary to give up the exemption!

    Neil
  • ademoore
    ademoore Registered Posts: 144 Dedicated contributor ๐Ÿฆ‰
    The maths is fine in CIMA, afterall, you're aiming to be a chartered accountant aren't you? If you follow books like BPP or Kaplan, everything is very clearly laid out and explained - and there are always forums you can ask around if you decide to take it homestudy!

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