hi gang, does anyone know what percentage i need to pass this exam and what percentage i need for a first class pass? I'm just starting out on this career path. Got City & Guilds bookkeeping and accounts level 1 (first class pass). I know they are only very basic qualifications but i'm hoping to move onto AAT level 3 when i've finished computerised accounts level 1. Our tutor reckons you are only allowed one mistake on this paper to get a pass and no mistakes for first class, anyone know?
Sorry cant answer that but good for you at starting at City & Guilds to work up. Ive known plenty of people going straight for AAT and they have struggled.
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Donna Curling - Complete Book-Keeping Ltd (CBKLtd) - 07939 101900
Thank you Donna. I will say that the bookkeeping course was very good. I bought AAT 3 AP1 book from kaplan just for a sneak peak and i was impressed at how much i have learned about double entry from the City & guilds course.
my experience best place to start is at the bottom. So many times I have had customers accountants not seeming to understand the bookkeeping and it does get a little embarrasing. They will forward the TB adjustments without the pence - the next year you the TB is out by pence (I wonder why). They will also forward the TB adjustments without the debtors and creditors breakdown. Good luck
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Donna Curling - Complete Book-Keeping Ltd (CBKLtd) - 07939 101900
I did this course 3 years ago and as I remember you are allowed 5 small errors to still gain the first class pass. If you make a big mistake its a big fat fail and a resit!! Hope this helps
Thanks Kerri, although i find this course quite easy there are quite a few in my class that are struggling and while i'm waiting for them to catch up i'm helping out. The course itself is a teach-yourself-course as we are given the data and an information sheet and left to our own devices, the problem i came across was that people aren't reading the help sheet before attacking the assignments. I was just interested in how well we have to do to pass although i understand the consequences of inputting wrong data. And Donna i am really glad i started at this level, epecially the bookkeeping course ive completed as i know i have definately learned a lot from it. I am currently reading some level 2 AAT books and everything seems to fall into place. I can now look at a B/S or P+L account and understand the figures, i have also managed to correct postings on my Trial Balance although the fun started when i had to credit an account that was already credit or debit a credit and such. Just reminded me of an old rule from school. A minus and a minus is a plus lol
welcome to the forum and a big congratulations on the pass.
I forgot that Neil went down that route for starters. Since then he's donwe good things with going down the AAT route and I think that we've almost got him sucked (or is that suckered?) into the ACCA route now.
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Shaun
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I'd love to do ACCA, but without employment (in an accounting environment) at the moment, being AAT fully qualified gives me more options. If i do land a job in industry off the back of the AAT quals i will start ACCA straight away. (i'm hoping to have a wee break of 2 to 3 months though lol)
I was just pointing out what Kaplan want, I wouldn't do it with a training provider personally, if the AAT didn't require one I wouldn't of done it with one either. They tend to sigh and huff and puff at me for not completing their own assessments, like it matters, I studied costs and revenues on my own and got exceptional across the board so screw em.
As for ME3 you're doing the same as me except I haven't bought it yet, far too tempting. Half life one was bad enough, I found it in a charity shop and it got installed and played three days before my last exam.
-- Edited by Rhianrach on Saturday 19th of May 2012 01:20:20 PM
(excludes repeat fee's for failed sittings which WILL happen)
Acceptance = £77
Five years student membership (77*5) = £385
Transfer to membership = £197
Total = £659
TOTAL TO GET ACCA LETTERS (excluding retakes and the ACCA's inflation busting price hikes) = £3339.
Of course, more likely scenario is that it will cost twice that with retakes but nowhere near £10k for 14 let alone just 12 of the papers.
Moral of the tale. If your good enough to do ACCA as a stand alone student you should be good enough to do it without needing a training provider.
Where training providers really come into play is to support corporates and practices putting their staff through training (sometimes reluctantly!).
HTH,
Shaun.
P.S. My ME3 is still in the wrapper much to my boys disgust but exams come first!.... Also, you don't play that game, you live it!!!
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Shaun
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Rhianrach wrote:Half life one was bad enough, I found it in a charity shop and it got installed and played three days before my last exam.
I had the same issue with Empire Total War. Spent best part of a week running up the the exam "making the world England"... Ironically I passed that paper with one of my better scores!
Then again, it was the Business Analysis paper so basically the day job with thirty years worth of practical .... Sheesh, now that would have been a real bad one if I'd failed it!
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Shaun
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Ghost Recon is out next month and i can't buy it. Well i can but then i can't play it. Well i can but then i can't study enough. Well i can but then i'll just be totally drained..........
Life sucks at the mo lol. The GRAW series are my favourites.
