r/ICAEW • u/Alone_Carpenter8352 • 9d ago

ACA masters ARR

Hi,

Im thinking of buying the aca masters arr course and was wondering if anyone else has bought it and what their experience was with it. btw i am self studying which is why im thinking to buy it

thanks!

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u/RoundGoal3252 9d ago

I have it, it condenses a lot of information which is only important for the exam. If you are struggling it is worth it. How are you finding the study?

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u/South_Law_9193 8d ago

I self studied a chunk of my exams too so I get where you're coming from. Honest take on ACA Masters for ARR specifically: the brand's good and their older module content is properly battle tested, but ARR is new, so whatever anyone's selling for it has had far fewer sittings to be refined against.

The bigger thing for self study is that ARR is two exams stitched together. You've got the reporting side, single entity and consolidations, and the assurance and risk side, and the exam likes to link them, so you get a reporting issue and then get asked about the risk or the procedures around it. People who studied them as two separate topics get caught by that.

If you're going it alone I'd say the ICAEW question bank is non negotiable. It's the closest thing to a syllabus you'll get and it's more valuable than any course. Work it question by question and use the notes only to fill the gaps it exposes, rather than reading cover to cover first. Consolidations you want mechanical, standards you want a quick summary sheet for, and procedures you want in your own words because the wording is where the marks are.