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Trying to claim ACCA exemptions

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  • 21-07-2009 2:38pm
    #1
    Connery
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37 ✭


    Hi all,

    I recently registered with ACCA, to my surprise i only gained 2 exemptions (F2,F3). However when I looked at the syllabus for F1 and f4, i noticed that i had covered a large proportion of the material in my 4 year honours e-business course.

    I emailed head office to explain my situation. Just wondering what are my chances of getting these other exemptions? It may have been a foolish enquiry, but I had to make some attempt!

    Keep posting,
    Connery
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    smcgiff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,943 ✭✭✭smcgiff


    Connery wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I recently registered with ACCA, to my surprise i only gained 2 exemptions (F2,F3). However when I looked at the syllabus for F1 and f4, i noticed that i had covered a large proportion of the material in my 4 year honours e-business course.

    I emailed head office to explain my situation. Just wondering what are my chances of getting these other exemptions? It may have been a foolish enquiry, but I had to make some attempt!

    Keep posting,
    Connery


    To have any chance you will need to send them a copy of the exam paper(s) you sat and to also send them on a copy of the syllabus. If I recall correctly it has to match to 80% of ACCA's syllabus.


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    #3
    yeah_ok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭yeah_ok


    can I ask how long it took you to get your exemptions?

    I got a letter the other day from ACCA expecting my registration to be done and my exemptions sorted but all it said was my registraion pack will be dispatched within 6 weeks, once my application has been successfully processed.

    am really hoping they will be sorted soon because I'm hoping to start the classes next month.

    cheers and sorry for hijacking your thread connery


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    Climber
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭Climber


    I was annoyed with my exemptions, only got two (F1 and F3). Since I have a BBS and and MSc in business I thought I would have gotten more.

    You need to send your transcripts of all the exams you did and they will decide whether you can get any more exemptions

    It really does take six weeks, sorry about that. I wouldn't register for any class until your officialy told about the status of your exemptions. Enjoy your summer!!


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    yeah_ok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭yeah_ok


    well I know that I definitely won't be exempt from the Tax subject so I'll at least go ahead with that.

    do you have to have F1-F3 completed before you can start F4 onwards?

    thanks


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    Climber
    Registered Users Posts: 184 ✭✭Climber


    do you have to have F1-F3 completed before you can start F4 onwards?
      You can only do four in any six month period
      You must do them in order
    So, let's say for example that you get exempted from F1 and F3 only. That means that the exams available for you to sit are F2, F4, F5 and F6.


    It is possible to do F5 and F6 (even though they're not in logical order) by registering for all four exams and only sitting F5 and F6. The fact is you've followed ACCA's rules but you've still managed to 'jump ahead' and cherry pick the exams you wanted to do.

    Understand?


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    Irish.sherpa
    Registered Users Posts: 97 ✭✭Irish.sherpa


    Climber,
    that is incorrect. You can do any of the fundamental papers in any order (F4-F9 in this case). You cant do the professional papers before the fundamentals and within P papers you have to atempt essentials (P1-P3) before options (P4-P7).

    So progression rule is: F1-F9 >>P1-P3 >>P4-P7


    Regards


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    viztopia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 770 ✭✭✭viztopia


    i had a similar problem in 2000 when i registered. my college said i was due 4 exemptions but when i applied to ACCA i was only given 2. got on to my employer at the time and ACCA dublin and both of these were a waste of time to put it mildly. i contacted Glasgow and they were not much better. i contacted my college but the person in charge was on holidays so i wrote a strongly worded letter to ACCA in Glasgow basically saying i am after spending 4 years in college and i am not going to spend any longer doing their exams than necessary. within 2 weeks i got the exemptions!! my adivce to you would be to liase with your college and take it from there.


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    yeah_ok
    Closed Accounts Posts: 42 ✭yeah_ok


    raffles wrote: »
    Climber,
    that is incorrect. You can do any of the fundamental papers in any order (F4-F9 in this case). You cant do the professional papers before the fundamentals and within P papers you have to atempt essentials (P1-P3) before options (P4-P7).

    So progression rule is: F1-F9 >>P1-P3 >>P4-P7


    Regards

    Thanks for that.

    So if I was exempt from F1 and F3, I could do F5 and F6 at my first sitting and then maybe F2 and F4 at the second sitting for example?

    Thanks


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    djk1000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 899 ✭✭✭djk1000


    F5 builds on f2, so you'd need to do f2 first or do them in the same sitting


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