FAE September 2014

TheDoctor

Advice from AAFRP day:

Do the past exam papers and the toolkit, study for this exam by doing questions and then go to the notes and find the relevant sections for the answers you didnt get.

Get out your competency statement and tick a standard as it comes up in a question, keep doing this and after a bit you will see what standards come in the AAFRP and which ones arent asked.

Set yourself a time limit when doing the question, give yourself about 6 minutes a question, if you dont have the answer, find the relevant standard. The AAFRP is a time pressure exam.

When doing the questions, read the requirement section of the question before reading the question, this will narrow your focus and you can strip out what isnt needed in the question, important as the AAFRP tends to give extra unneeded info.

I'll post more as I remember

littlemiss123

TheDoctor wrote: »

Advice from AAFRP day:

Do the past exam papers and the toolkit, study for this exam by doing questions and then go to the notes and find the relevant sections for the answers you didnt get.

Get out your competency statement and tick a standard as it comes up in a question, keep doing this and after a bit you will see what standards come in the AAFRP and which ones arent asked.

Set yourself a time limit when doing the question, give yourself about 6 minutes a question, if you dont have the answer, find the relevant standard. The AAFRP is a time pressure exam.

When doing the questions, read the requirement section of the question before reading the question, this will narrow your focus and you can strip out what isnt needed in the question, important as the AAFRP tends to give extra unneeded info.

I'll post more as I remember

Excellent thanks!!!

autumnbelle

Thanks The Doctor! That's where I'm going to start so!

aca2801

Hey Guys,

Does anyone have good tips on how to study after work? Is it me but it is so hard to get motivated after work!

Thanks!

myshirt

aca2801 wrote: »

Hey Guys,

Does anyone have good tips on how to study after work? Is it me but it is so hard to get motivated after work!

Thanks!

JFDI

cson

myshirt wrote: »

JFDI

JFDI x 3 per week and you should form a habit if you can keep it up for a month or so.

autumnbelle

aca2801 wrote: »

Hey Guys,

Does anyone have good tips on how to study after work? Is it me but it is so hard to get motivated after work!

Thanks!

No its not just you Im the same! also is the two weeks block release taken from our study leave? Just that mocks are mid week start of july and so are cgs

sodabread

Can anyone upload the 2013 core and sims exams papers please?

Chartered website doesn't have them on?

Aidodub87

sodabread wrote: »

Can anyone upload the 2013 core and sims exams papers please?

Chartered website doesn't have them on?

It will be in the 2013 board report

Aidodub87

Anyone doing CGS courses? What ones ya doing?

conor1979

Aidodub87 wrote: »

Anyone doing CGS courses? What ones ya doing?

I'm doing most if not all of them! Cost a fortune but well worth it I reckon.

Did them for CAP2 last year and they were great.

mark_m360

autumnbelle wrote: »

No its not just you Im the same! also is the two weeks block release taken from our study leave? Just that mocks are mid week start of july and so are cgs

Yes, the two weeks of block release is taken from your 7 weeks study leave.

Also, as far as I know, the mock papers may be treated as how the actual exams are. (ie. On top of your study leave) but I will find out on Monday for sure.

sandrak49

Does anyone know if there is more than one group timetable for the APM elective for the Dublin group? I have the group 1 timetable and would greatly appreciate if there was a group 2 that someone could please provide a copy.

Thanks in advance.

Debs23

mark_m360 wrote: »

Yes, the two weeks of block release is taken from your 7 weeks study leave.

Also, as far as I know, the mock papers may be treated as how the actual exams are. (ie. On top of your study leave) but I will find out on Monday for sure.

I thought the time off for the mock exams come out of your study leave!

How much work has everyone done so far? Are use all just concentrating on AAFRP?

It's hard to get motivated!!

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Debs23 wrote: »

I thought the time off for the mock exams come out of your study leave!

How much work has everyone done so far? Are use all just concentrating on AAFRP?

It's hard to get motivated!!

With busy season , I have found it next to impossible to even look at the AAFRP !

Hoping to get going in March ! Still giving myself 6 weeks before the assessment.

littlemiss123

I think my game plan is to start at the beginning of March and work my way through all the standards (skimming over them rather than in depth study) then start doing past/sample questions at the end of March/ start of April.

cson

Little Pea wrote: »

With busy season , I have found it next to impossible to even look at the AAFRP !

Hoping to get going in March ! Still giving myself 6 weeks before the assessment.

Yeah busy season is a bit of a nightmare as regards making classes nevermind studying. You've no chance to take in what's being given to you at lectures. I think trying to squeeze in a few hours every weekend when it gets quieter and getting organised for June is about the extent of what I'll be able to do up until then.

ted2767

Little Pea wrote: »

With busy season , I have found it next to impossible to even look at the AAFRP !

Hoping to get going in March ! Still giving myself 6 weeks before the assessment.

From experience 3 weeks of evening/weekends and a few days before is plenty to get yourself ready for this assessment.

autumnbelle

cson wrote: »

Yeah busy season is a bit of a nightmare as regards making classes nevermind studying. You've no chance to take in what's being given to you at lectures. I think trying to squeeze in a few hours every weekend when it gets quieter and getting organised for June is about the extent of what I'll be able to do up until then.

Same as this but Don't get as long study leave. With work its more full on this year I find and harder to get time to open a book

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ted2767 wrote: »

From experience 3 weeks of evening/weekends and a few days before is plenty to get yourself ready for this assessment.

Sounds good .

I have somehow managed to get myself a week off before the assessment from work...

So that's a full week of study for the assessment..

Ted - Question

When did you start getting your folders ready.

autumnbelle

Little Pea wrote: »

Sounds good .

I have somehow managed to get myself a week off before the assessment from work...

So that's a full week of study for the assessment..

Ted - Question

When did you start getting your folders ready.

Thats great getting the week off, the difference that will make to you! Are you using your holidays or is it time off?

ted2767

Little Pea wrote: »

Sounds good .

I have somehow managed to get myself a week off before the assessment from work...

So that's a full week of study for the assessment..

Ted - Question

When did you start getting your folders ready.

Study leave there's an excellent set of notes doing the rounds from a lad who came first a few yrs ago I simply updated and personalised his.

cson

ted2767 wrote: »

Study leave there's an excellent set of notes doing the rounds from a lad who came first a few yrs ago I simply updated and personalised his.

I assume these are attached to the older FAE threads somewhere?

autumnbelle

Anyone know what you need to bring to the aafrp workshops? Also would anyone have derry cotter or paul monahans email address please?

GR3YFOXXX

Can anyone upload a copy of these AAFRP notes?

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autumnbelle wrote: »

Thats great getting the week off, the difference that will make to you! Are you using your holidays or is it time off?

Time in lieu , great getting it off and I have signed up for the CGS so hoping to knuckle down soon enough and get on with it.

Plan to get the AAFRP exam out of the way and start putting folders together using the competence statements as a guideline to what I want in each of the folders.

Ted : Id gladly take your updated notes if you have a soft copy

Whosthedude

Hi Everybody,

Does anyone have a Copy of the Burke's Mechanical Case Study for the Auditing Elective, an electronic copy would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

lauma

Whosthedude wrote: »

Hi Everybody,

Does anyone have a Copy of the Burke's Mechanical Case Study for the Auditing Elective, an electronic copy would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

Hey ,

See attached. Hope this is the one you are looking for.

Whosthedude

Yep that's the one,

thanks

cson

Question to folks who passed last year - the CGS AAFRP course; is it worth it? My double entry is pish to say the least. Is it value for the €140 or are you better just getting the notes and doing it yourself over a weekend?

Any pointers on improving DE would be most welcome too - as I said my DE is diabolical. Could be a case of JFDI but if anyone was in the same position last year and passed... I'm all ears.

autumnbelle

Anyone able to do any of the toolkit without just going to the solution ��

Debs23

I am going to start reading a business newspaper once a week for a general knowledge in business as I currently have none!

Does anyone know what paper would be the best to get and on what day??

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

cson

Sunday Business Post if you're only buying one. The Institute are actually recommending the FT though iirc from one of the lectures.

Debs23

cson wrote: »

Sunday Business Post if you're only buying one. The Institute are actually recommending the FT though iirc from one of the lectures.

What day would be best to buy the financial times? Do they have a Sunday paper that summarises the weekly news?

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autumnbelle wrote: »

Anyone able to do any of the toolkit without just going to the solution ��

Fair play to you starting it , Haven't even had the chance to open it.

autumnbelle

Little Pea wrote: »

Fair play to you starting it , Haven't even had the chance to open it.

I just feel like I haven't done anything yet for fae's and can't remember anything from cap2

aca2801

Anyone know if the tax elective is streamed live today?

upnorthchick

I have yet to do anything yet, going to start with getting my tax file up to date... cannot believe another set of exams !!!! lol

littlemiss123

upnorthchick wrote: »

I have yet to do anything yet, going to start with getting my tax file up to date... cannot believe another set of exams !!!! lol

Studying already!!! The thought wasn't even gonna cross my mind till end of May at the very earliest!! Except for the AAFRP which will probably be ignored for another couple of weeks.....!!

aca2801

littlemiss123 wrote: »

Studying already!!! The thought wasn't even gonna cross my mind till end of May at the very earliest!! Except for the AAFRP which will probably be ignored for another couple of weeks.....!!

I am the same, i have nothing done, I need to put a diary together and stick to it.

littlemiss123

aca2801 wrote: »

I am the same, i have nothing done, I need to put a diary together and stick to it.

I have made a start on organizing myself for AAFRP but thats about it. No study done yet! My game plan is to work off the competency statement for the next 5 weeks or so and take each standard one at a time (for as much as I can bear after work ), then for the last 3 weeks attempt the sample questions and past paper. Anyone else have a better way to prepare, I"m still a little unsure?

autumnbelle

aca2801 wrote: »

I am the same, i have nothing done, I need to put a diary together and stick to it.

Same as this!

TheDoctor

Friday April 25th, do some study on that day.................

Reddzer2002

Would anybody have a copy of the case study workshop cases that they could scan up or DM please? I can't seem to find my ones and the Institute said they are unable to issue new sets. It is not the book of cases, but the handout.

Many thanks.

aca2801

would anyone know if there is two groups for the tax elective in dublin.

thumbelinda

Hi guys, back to the drawing board with this study lark! Just wondering can anyone point me in the direction of a good set of sample disclosure notes? I'm trying to do section 2 of the workbook and I haven't a clue about disclosure notes so need to try and get a sample of ones already writren!! Would appreciate some help ☺

aca2801

Hi All,

Could you somebody please post up the tax elective timetable for either dublin, cork, limerick or galway.

I would really appreciate it.

Thanks

Cagney87

Galway timetable here...

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How did people find the CGS today ?

acastudent

Little Pea wrote: »

How did people find the CGS today ?

I am doing the 29/30 March . What did you make of it ? Was it useful ?