FAE September 2014

cson

Timetables up on the Institute website so may as well throw this up.

Any FAE veterans got any tips on what they think helped them pass? There's no one size fits all strategy I know but it'd be useful to get different perspectives on what folks did.

- Did you go to all your lectures?
- Did you do revision course? Did they help?
- How did you structure your study leave?
- Did you do any study Nov - May?

R0N BURGUNDY

If I were to do it all over again, I'd get about 10 of the cases from last year and do them all over a period of 2 weeks ASAP to get a proper feel for what you're up against. (This will be painful but you'll have such a head start - you won't be going to classes and scratching your head and wondering what is going on) Do them under exam conditions and then go over solutions and make notes from solutions for your exam file (being your main file that you will use in the exam whilst the rest of your arsenal is stacked into a paper/cardboard wigwam beside your desk). You'll have forgotten the cases by the time you get off on study leave so you'll still get value out of them at that stage as well. The point is - after doing a hard 2 weeks at this, the rest of your year will be much more efficient and you won't waste your time doing work that isn't that useful for the exam. You'll also know what you will be wanting to bring into the exam and be able to spend the rest of the year collecting and organising useful material for the exam tailored to your own methods.

Lectures- I'd still go to just to keep your finger on the pulse but whether they're useful or not... Defo go to Monahan's (think that's the weird way he spells his name..)

I found it hard to do much work over the year but obviously you've got to try. I put in a fair amount of graft for AAFRP and got a C. Good way to get your FR up to scratch so you may as well.

Don't study for APM - I never this year (did year before - *palm face*) and I'm pretty sure I bossed the exam. It had absolutely nothing to do with the course = it was just common sense/natural ability. That's my opinion anyway. Read last years FAE forum and you'll also get a feel. But bear in mind people talk a lot of crap sometimes. So you'll need to filter that out yourself.

Let's hope I haven't failed core again or else I'll be joining yas talking about how sh1te life is again on here..

ted2767

Three pieces of advice that'll have you ready to hit the ground running next June:

1) Whether you go to lectures or not is your call but try to keep on top of your notes. You don't want to be in a position where you spend a week next June printing. You will not
have time for this.

2) Go to Paul Monahans lectures, he actually shows you how to approach a case.

3) Do your damnest to get competent or even better highly competent in AAFRP, it'll take some pressure off you for PM next Sept.

Best of luck I hope I'm not back doing them with you.

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I have been following these FAE threads for the last 2/3 years and not its my turn . . . Will be a long year.

Shorty11857

In Group 2, timetable isn't too great. A lot of online lectures though, more than I expected

Rusty as hell on anything Accounting based, did a Masters over two years ago now, and my first year in a Big Four had very little to do with accountancy, ah well!

acastudent

Shorty11857 wrote: »

In Group 2, timetable isn't too great. A lot of online lectures though, more than I expected

Rusty as hell on anything Accounting based, did a Masters over two years ago now, and my first year in a Big Four had very little to do with accountancy, ah well!

I am in Dublin group 1 and in 8 I presume for cross marking ?

AM21

I did FAE 2013- I have all of the core books and the audit elective books. If anybody wants them, they're yours for free. But I would prefer if whoever takes them takes all of them! thanks!

pak299

Hey guys,

I am available to give grinds in financial reporting, if interested pm me!

Melon head

Has anyone attempted the case study for the cross marking session on Wednesday night?

acastudent

Melon head wrote: »

Has anyone attempted the case study for the cross marking session on Wednesday night?

Not yet but planing this evening and you?

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Melon head wrote: »

Has anyone attempted the case study for the cross marking session on Wednesday night?

might give it a bash tomorrow in work.

Melon head

Just read it over last night. Didn't know where to start. Still only getting my head around case studies. I hope they wont mind if I don't attempt it.

TheDoctor

Hello all!

Happy with my attendance level at FAE launch so far and up to date with note printing!! After doing a Masters been out of the education cycle for 18 months now so trying to hit the ground running.

Thought Monahans lecture Monday on Markguard was arguably the best so far, hope to have him again after Xmas for the cases.

Havent looked at the Cross Marketing One yet.

TheDoctor

Have the Core and Elective timetables post Xmas gone up yet?

Melon head

Supposed to have gone up on Monday...

TheDoctor

I take that as a no so......

LuLa0826

You need to log in for the timetables. They're under Course Materials in the timetables tab.

TheDoctor

Hadn't checked there, thanks very much!

Dublin Core G2
Elective AAE G1

Melon head

How is everybody's timetable.? I have been put in a group that has a lot of lectures during the weekdays from (9:30- 16:30) Is this the case for everyone or have I been put in a wrong group?

TheDoctor

Hi Melon,

In Dublin Core Group 2.
The majority would seem to be 18.30-21.30
And of those 09.30 to 16.30 days. A fair chunk of them are the 2 block releases.


Doing Advanced Audit as my elective
4 are 09.30 starts
2 eveining

TooLate

Can anyone put up the Limerick timetable for after xmas was waiting on Cap 2 repeats and only registered this week and cant access the timetable yet?

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In Dublin Core 1 group 8 myself havent come across many on that yet.

TheDoctor

I was in launch 2 and now core 2, thought that meant it was the 2 big groups again.
Since your in 8, guess they will be smaller groups now so.

Toolate - well done on passing your Cap2s. Think someone from Limerick will have to put that one up. Only have access to my own timetable.

Shorty11857

LuLa0826 wrote: »

You need to log in for the timetables. They're under Course Materials in the timetables tab.

When I go into Course Materials nothing shows up for me am I missing something?

TheDoctor

Go into your student portal, hit course material and you should have the core and elective and what group you are in listed for you

Click on one and you have a table Notes, Assignment, Timetable, Planning and Delivery Schedule

Hit timetable

autumnbelle

Any one started doing any study themselves yet

TheDoctor

No........!

TooLate

no studying being done...trying to catch up on the launch lectures to refresh Cap 2 at the moment

TheDoctor

Just happy to be hitting most of the lectures and getting my notes together

AAFRP end of April, start looking at that after Xmas

littlemiss123

TheDoctor wrote: »

Just happy to be hitting most of the lectures and getting my notes together

AAFRP end of April, start looking at that after Xmas

I'm the same!

ted2767

Take it from me as somebody who passed in 2013 you have no business studying for an exam in September at this stage.
It'll be a long enough year as it is so for now just make sure you have your notes in order and attend the good lectures.

Muzi5434

Hi all,

I prepared the attached document to assist people in tackling the FAE's subject by subject.

The biggest thing is that to attend lectures now and concentrate on your weaker subjects. For me it was FR and management acc so I started doing the standards and some topics on Mgt acc from my masters book around December last year so that I knew certain things.

Anyway hope the two documents will help!

The general FAE points document, I had prepared over the study leave which includes key things I saw in cases or things I kept missing.

I'm on holidays at the moment and will attach the notes I used for FAE's when I'm back in January.

Ask me questions and I'll try my best to answer

TooLate

Muzi5434 wrote: »

Hi all,

I prepared the attached document to assist people in tackling the FAE's subject by subject.

The biggest thing is that to attend lectures now and concentrate on your weaker subjects. For me it was FR and management acc so I started doing the standards and some topics on Mgt acc from my masters book around December last year so that I knew certain things.

Anyway hope the two documents will help!

The general FAE points document, I had prepared over the study leave which includes key things I saw in cases or things I kept missing.

I'm on holidays at the moment and will attach the notes I used for FAE's when I'm back in January.

Ask me questions and I'll try my best to answer

Fare Play Muzi, should be a big help in planning the study!!!

11c011

Quick question about the time tables and block release. Is your block release included on the timetable, or is it mentioned somewhere else?

I am in Dublin 6 and block release appears to be in late February, but I know some people have theirs this week, just want to make sure I am not missing anything?

elizmac28

Hey Guys

I am repeating Core - and unable to access any timetables online - would it be possible for someone to upload them on here - greatly appreciated

Thanks:)

TooLate

elizmac28 wrote: »

Hey Guys

I am repeating Core - and unable to access any timetables online - would it be possible for someone to upload them on here - greatly appreciated

Thanks:)

Hey, Heres the Limerick timetable hope it helps

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TooLate wrote: »

Hey, Heres the Limerick timetable hope it helps

Here is a dublin timetable

elizmac28

Thanks great help TOOLATE and LITTLEPEA!!!!

Cant believe I have to start this all over again, best advice I can give is do well in the AAFRP exam in April and have your files in top order long before study leave,

Thanks Again

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elizmac28 wrote: »

Thanks great help TOOLATE and LITTLEPEA!!!!

Cant believe I have to start this all over again, best advice I can give is do well in the AAFRP exam in April and have your files in top order long before study leave,

Thanks Again

HOw much study leave did you have last year , if you dont mind me asking ?

elizmac28

over 6 weeks, but it flys, I knew people who had 12 weeks

depends on how well you use it, you need to have all technical studying done and starting casestudys early

Then doing all casestudys at the end with just looking over technical stuff that you unsure of

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elizmac28 wrote: »

over 6 weeks, but it flys, I knew people who had 12 weeks

depends on how well you use it, you need to have all technical studying done and starting casestudys early

Then doing all casestudys at the end with just looking over technical stuff that you unsure of

Cheers thanks for your reply,

I am lucky enough to get the 12weeks study and 1 week for the exams.

Hoping to catch up on lecturers that I have missed over the next two weeks as its quite enough in work at the moment.

Apart from that I plan just to focus on the CA in April.

Anyone else doing it differently or any other suggestions ?

bored2014

Starting to get organised now ready for AAFRP, just wondered what approach people are taking to study for this?
Also, does anyone know what we can take into the exam in April?

Muzi5434

Hi all,

Attached is my core and audit elective cases template that I used while doing the cases (I adapted the traffic light system).

I started doing the easy cases in June like, You Look Fantastic, surfshop, talon talents, white leisure etc. I also did some basic audit elective cases as well.

I know many people did like 4-6 weeks of studying from books and then 4-6 weeks doing cases but my aim was to have the cases done by 10th August and then revise over my weak materials and cases.

I started doing some of the cases that were not given from the institute for 2012/2013 class and they took too much time so I stopped after a while.

I would recommend to delete my indicators in the template as they give away too much and start your own from scratch.

Anyway hope the template helps

Any questions, let me know

Debs23

Does anyone know if the belfast fae timetable has been uploaded yet? I cant seem to get it.

Muzi5434

Guys,

As promised, please see the link to my notes.

The word documents are what I used from various different sources and the pdf's are what I wrote up as I did the cases. There were other things as well such as ratios, answers to ethics book etc. but they're easy enough to find so I didn't upload them

I don't have notes on FR or Mgt acc because I did the CGS for both of them.

Any questions, let me know

https://app.box.com/s/sucvri8pnra1u8nv4ayu

TheDoctor

Does anyone have all the Dublin timetables?

TheDoctor

Or if you were looking for the dates a particular lecture was on where could I get the full list for that particular lecture?

TheDoctor

Two more timetables

autumnbelle

Does anyone have any time table other than Dublin 6 and 2 I cant get to Liffey case day and just wanted to see any other days when it was on these arent recorded

TheDoctor

Here's a few timetables:

TheDoctor

And one more