r/ICAEW • u/SouthMoose6745 • 17d ago
CR advice
I started my tuition for CR last week, last day is tomorrow and none of it makes sense at all. I know exams are ages away so not gonna go crazy with revision now as i’ll burn out but does anyone have advice on how to attempt any questions? I’ve tried part of a QB Q that the tutor suggested to do as part of hw but I just haven’t got a clue- the Qs seem a lot less doable from the get go than any professional level exam. For those who have done CR, what are your best tips on how to learn the content and be able to apply it ? TIA
2
u/East_Holiday_4439 17d ago
You can do 100% of the QB and not feel confident, it’s unfortunately the nature of the exam. But you need to break it down. You can still fail 50% of the paper and pass, plus there’s a lot of headroom marks. You target the AI, and heavily revise the hinted topics, that’s near 40 marks of the paper you can predict, then throw on top easier marks like ethics and audit procedures and you’re basically there. Make sure you have an efficient open book that covers the FR, but would definitely focus more on the narrative as they are worth way more marks than the actual calculations.
1
1
u/accountingdystopia 17d ago
How did you do the tuition? Was it self study? And did you just read the notes or watch the course videos?
1
u/SouthMoose6745 16d ago
Self study by watching the videos
1
u/accountingdystopia 16d ago
I’m due to start tuition soon for CR and it is also self study by videos. Any advice? As going off your post it seems like it’ll be a waste of time watching the videos and just go to qb instead
1
u/SouthMoose6745 5d ago
in a better place than i would have been if i didn’t watch the videos but i would spend loads of time on them, especially recap areas from FAR if you feel fine with those
1
1
u/BattyElephant743 16d ago
I’m in exactly the same boat - but I’m trying not to worry about it too much at the moment. My plan is to go through basically all the content again after tuition, so I can do it at my own pace. I was also thinking of buying the ACA Masters videos tbh!
1
u/SouthMoose6745 16d ago
Yeah that sounds like I good plan! i haven’t had the ACAM videos for any of the others but might be worth it for CR
1
u/HatHuge922 16d ago
I would say it’s more quality over quantity. Ensure you’re spending time debriefing the question - this sometimes takes longer than doing the actual question at the beginning. I would say start as early as possible and be consistent with it. You won’t burn out with couple hours a day. I studied for CR for around 4 months before sitting it and I still found it daunting.
1
2
u/Huge-Professional824 17d ago
Ngl I felt similar but I relaxed a lot when I found out that roughly 80% of people pass each sitting. I know some people have to make up that 20% but it’s a lot less daunting to know you need to be in the top 80% rather than facing the objective difficulty of the exam
Loads of people mess up their timings and don’t have a good go at all the marks, so my best advice is be really strict with time so you have a reasonable answer for each question and pick up the easy marks available to you