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Bryony
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Hi
I have decided to go down the ACCA route post AAT. I'm currently revising for F4 using BPP's online tuition and textbooks. It seems to be good in that they pull out all the most important info instead of having to trawl through the textbooks, but is pricey. Has anyone studied purely through OpenTuition or Acowntancy?
Do you think 3 months is enough time to get through revising for F5 for June? I may actually decide to do F6 instead..
Thanks
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I have decided to go down the ACCA route post AAT. I'm currently revising for F4 using BPP's online tuition and textbooks. It seems to be good in that they pull out all the most important info instead of having to trawl through the textbooks, but is pricey. Has anyone studied purely through OpenTuition or Acowntancy?
Do you think 3 months is enough time to get through revising for F5 for June? I may actually decide to do F6 instead..
Thanks
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Have you considered Kaplan?
I am currently studying AAT but looking to start ACCA soon and looking on going down the self study route. I've been looking at BPP and Kaplan and have noticed that Kaplan is considerably cheaper! I think this is the route I shall be taking.
Like BPP, Kaplan is also a Platinum ACCA recognised provider - so they should cover everything. I have been using Kaplan books for AAT and they have been very helpful so far!
You can get a distance learning package with Kaplan (including study materials) for £189. Look here for more info:
http://financial.kaplan.co.uk/TrainingandQuals/Accountancy/ACCA/knowledge/Pages/distance-learning-standard.aspx
Also I found a discount code online which gives you 20% off! (I know this works for books, not sure if it counts for the full distance learning package too but worth a try!) And also, you can get 3 for 2 on the distance learning courses if you book them altogether - lots of options for you!
http://opentuition.com/topic/use-this-code-to-get-40-off-kaplan-acca-books/
(Code is ACCWEB1-s)
Hope this helps
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I self study (and self fund) and I used to use BPP books (F1-9) but time was becoming more and more scarce. So for P1 and P3 I used just Acowtancy.com and comfortably passed both (I had the BPP text books but ended up not even opening them). It took me a fraction of the time as I wasn't trawling through the whole syllabus. Whichever method you choose though, I truly believe the key is to practice as many old questions as possible so either a BPP or Kaplan revision kit is crucial (basically all the past exam questions and answers bought together in one book) - you could also just download them from the ACCA website but I like the convenience of them all being in a book (plus questions which are based on old figures/standards eg. tax, are updated for current legislation).
I now work for a company where it is expected that you attend courses so I am about to do my final 2 exams, P2 and P7 via classroom tuition. I'm sitting both in June and I don't even start the courses till March. If I was still doing it via the books alone, I would be panicking by now as I wouldn't have nearly enough time to cover the syllabus. So I suppose I have saved a fortune up till now by self studying but it has taken me many many more hours of study than it would have done if I'd paid for courses. I guess it comes down to time vs cost consideration.
If I was starting over and still self funding, I would definitely use a combination of Acowtancy and BPP revision kit books. Just be aware that Acowtancy doesn't cover all the exams (I had to go back to my trusty BPP study text for P6 for example). I was definitely more prepared when I covered the whole syllabus via text books, and my marks definitely reflected that, but I do wonder if it was worth the extra hours I put in. No one seems to care if you get 51% or 99% so long as you pass and I do believe that Acowtancy for example will get you at least your 51%.0 -
Agreed on your last paragraph, nobody gives two hoots what mark you get as long as you pass.
Kaplan workbooks for ACA only cover 85-90% of the syllabus - ie. the stuff that's most likely to come up. The other 10-15% is only for those who want to win prizes. I've never looked at an ACCA textbook but if they're anything like the ACA ones, you'd be there for years trying to plough through them.0 -
That's really helpful thanks, the Acowntancy website sounds brilliant!0
