05-21-2006, 07:52 AM
Well, I am doing ACCA and will be writing Part 2 final papers this summer. I visited this website 15 days ago and found this thread. I read the whole thread and I was confused whether I am in the right direction.
I chose to investigate. I visited the ICAP website and there I found past exam papers and I downloaded them. When I checked the final final papers of CA module, I was amazed by looking at the level of CA papers. There were question like consolidated balance sheet, P & L account, management studies and auditing. Now, just to amaze you I simply solve all the questions of what I have encountered throughout my studies. They were so simple and straight forward. There was nothing about special problems which are used by the ACCA examiners. Remember, I haven't reached the final part of ACCA (Part 3) but even I was able to easily solve the questions.
Now, let me tell you the prime of CA. Even being a student of ACCA part 2 and not having any practical experience, I was able to easily solve final module papers of CA. What I found you can understand easily. What ICAP is doing to there students is not the quality but the bull**** tension posed on the faces of CA that they even don't know there target. Without a target a mission is lame. Yes, even if they set the passing rate of 70 percent, I think there would be thousand of CAs every year. I can say that if they give me a target of 70 percent I would easily pass all the exams of CA in first attempts. May be the CAs are able to find these particular quality standard in practice of four years but the main question is what an ACCA will have after he goes for practice. Yes, he will be very much equipped with advanced abilities far more better than CAs.
My final conclusion is that you should approach ACCA and complete your work experience in CA practice firm. You would be far more better than CAs even after having experience of three years rather than four. You would be highly equipped with updated knowledge and highly advanced techniques which you were taught throughout your ACCA studies. I assure you only if ICAP set the pass rate for there papers CA would history. I think the only thing that is in the subconscious of employers is that CA is very difficult but by only labeling a pass tag on papers will solve this phenomena forever.
I chose to investigate. I visited the ICAP website and there I found past exam papers and I downloaded them. When I checked the final final papers of CA module, I was amazed by looking at the level of CA papers. There were question like consolidated balance sheet, P & L account, management studies and auditing. Now, just to amaze you I simply solve all the questions of what I have encountered throughout my studies. They were so simple and straight forward. There was nothing about special problems which are used by the ACCA examiners. Remember, I haven't reached the final part of ACCA (Part 3) but even I was able to easily solve the questions.
Now, let me tell you the prime of CA. Even being a student of ACCA part 2 and not having any practical experience, I was able to easily solve final module papers of CA. What I found you can understand easily. What ICAP is doing to there students is not the quality but the bull**** tension posed on the faces of CA that they even don't know there target. Without a target a mission is lame. Yes, even if they set the passing rate of 70 percent, I think there would be thousand of CAs every year. I can say that if they give me a target of 70 percent I would easily pass all the exams of CA in first attempts. May be the CAs are able to find these particular quality standard in practice of four years but the main question is what an ACCA will have after he goes for practice. Yes, he will be very much equipped with advanced abilities far more better than CAs.
My final conclusion is that you should approach ACCA and complete your work experience in CA practice firm. You would be far more better than CAs even after having experience of three years rather than four. You would be highly equipped with updated knowledge and highly advanced techniques which you were taught throughout your ACCA studies. I assure you only if ICAP set the pass rate for there papers CA would history. I think the only thing that is in the subconscious of employers is that CA is very difficult but by only labeling a pass tag on papers will solve this phenomena forever.
