Accountancy Students, dito tayo

[Larry Tan]

Hi Ibex637,

Find inspiration from Leomar Rita Cabarles , 2nd placer in the May 2009 CPA board exam. Like you he came from an "unknown" provincial school. He just graduated this April & took the board this May. BTW, he took an undergrad review at PRTC.

Find inspiration from Reinier Jeffrey Epino Abdon of Phil. Christian University, 6th placer in the same board exam. He reviewed at CTDI-Makati as part of their school's pre-requisite for graduation & at the same time found time to review at CPAR.

Find inspiration from Larianne Kristine Corciega Betancor of Technological Institute of the Phils. - Mla, another 6th placer. He made up for his "weak" foundation by taking multiple reviews, the last one at CPAR where he placed 1st in the final preboard.

These new CPAs came from not so well-known schools, but with long & rigorous preparation while still in college, landed in the top 10 of the May 2009 CPA Board Exam.

There are others in the Top 10 or Top 20 from other batches who came from not so well-known schools. They excelled because they chose to & they put their hearts & minds into their studies. You too can do it. It's a matter of will & determination.

[Ibex637]

To Sir Larry,

Thank you po sir...hope to see you there when I review after our graduation....(kung gra2duate..hehehe) sana nga....Ü wala namang imposible kung gugustuhin di po ba Sir Larry? Basta't gawin lang natin lahat ng magagawa with the Guidance of our God....

[adrian1234]

Sir Larry thanks sa mga tips, gagawin ko talaga yang step 1 to 6, alam ko na it will help me alot to understand the topic.

Sir anson, try ko din mag lesson plan, malaking tulong din yun para sakin.

[Existentialist]

Hi Ibex637,

Find inspiration from Leomar Rita Cabarles , 2nd placer in the May 2009 CPA board exam. Like you he came from an "unknown" provincial school. He just graduated this April & took the board this May. BTW, he took an undergrad review at PRTC.

Find inspiration from Reinier Jeffrey Epino Abdon of Phil. Christian University, 6th placer in the same board exam. He reviewed at CTDI-Makati as part of their school's pre-requisite for graduation & at the same time found time to review at CPAR.

Find inspiration from Larianne Kristine Corciega Betancor of Technological Institute of the Phils. - Mla, another 6th placer. He made up for his "weak" foundation by taking multiple reviews, the last one at CPAR where he placed 1st in the final preboard.

These new CPAs came from not so well-known schools, but with long & rigorous preparation while still in college, landed in the top 10 of the May 2009 CPA Board Exam.

There are others in the Top 10 or Top 20 from other batches who came from not so well-known schools. They excelled because they chose to & they put their hearts & minds into their studies. You too can do it. It's a matter of will & determination.

Sir Larry!

Bakit naman po walang, "find inspiration in Hilario Tan, graduated from a so-so school, stopped schooling and was a bummer for... etc" Peace po sir! Tinitira na naman po kayo ni shygirl ah. Ang adik nun noh sir. Pero sa totoo lang ayon sa kwento ng dati kong prof. eh researcher na nga lang daw yung si Bobads ngayon eh, aka taga-gawa ng handouts para sa MAS ng cpar. Hehehe, di naman kasi talga sya effective daw magturo, kakaiba pa yung pagsasalita at maging ang kanyang boses, talo pa siguro yung pseudo-french accent ni Dayag. Hehehe.. Tapos since itong prof kong ito ay CPAR-reviewee nung mga time na reviewer pa po kayo sa CPAR eh ayon naman sa kanya, halos nilalangaw daw ang klase ni Bobads at sa inyo naman ang super-jumpacked! akalain nyo yun sir. Tapos sabi pa nga nung prof kong to eh insecure daw sa inyo si Bobadz. Chismis nga naman... Hehehe.

But anyways, sir yun po bang si Renier Abdon ay pinagsabay ang CPAR at ang CTDI? Grabe yun ah, as in grabe naman yun, weekend sabay weekdays? Cool! Ay sir, akala ko po ba eh yung si Oliver ng tIP ang nagtop sa final preboard ng CPAR? Pero ang malufeet talga sa lahat ay si Leomar, kalaban ko lang dati sa 1st ever quiz bowl ng PICPA eh at nasa below sya ng ranking ng school namin, pero heto at 2nd placer, astig talaga, sya ang inspiration ko ngayon eh... Tsaka syempre kayo pa po..

Ge po, thanks!

[ansonkeh]

Sir Larry thanks sa mga tips, gagawin ko talaga yang step 1 to 6, alam ko na it will help me alot to understand the topic.

Sir anson, try ko din mag lesson plan, malaking tulong din yun para sakin.

Do a lesson plan for each topic/chapter - one at a time. Huwag biglain para di malula. At the end of the sem before your finals, compile mo siya at i-book bind. Use if for review. You will feel proud of what you have accomplished.

I require my students to compile my handouts. They were so proud of their own "MAS textbook" and some used them as last minute review materials before the board. Iba kasi ang pinaghirapan

[Larry Tan]

Do a lesson plan for each topic/chapter - one at a time. Huwag biglain para di malula. At the end of the sem before your finals, compile mo siya at i-book bind. Use if for review. You will feel proud of what you have accomplished.

I require my students to compile my handouts. They were so proud of their own "MAS textbook" and some used them as last minute review materials before the board. Iba kasi ang pinaghirapan

Very true, my DLSU CPAR reviewees used to bring those bound lecture notes of Anson to my class, I resolved to befriend Anson and get a soft copy of those lecture notes. Maganda talaga, kaso ayaw ibenta ni Anson. Kaya naisip ko ako na lang magbebenta for him.

[Larry Tan]

Sir Larry!

Bakit naman po walang, "find inspiration in Hilario Tan, graduated from a so-so school, stopped schooling and was a bummer for... etc" Peace po sir! Tinitira na naman po kayo ni shygirl ah. Ang adik nun noh sir. Pero sa totoo lang ayon sa kwento ng dati kong prof. eh researcher na nga lang daw yung si Bobads ngayon eh, aka taga-gawa ng handouts para sa MAS ng cpar. Hehehe, di naman kasi talga sya effective daw magturo, kakaiba pa yung pagsasalita at maging ang kanyang boses, talo pa siguro yung pseudo-french accent ni Dayag. Hehehe.. Tapos since itong prof kong ito ay CPAR-reviewee nung mga time na reviewer pa po kayo sa CPAR eh ayon naman sa kanya, halos nilalangaw daw ang klase ni Bobads at sa inyo naman ang super-jumpacked! akalain nyo yun sir. Tapos sabi pa nga nung prof kong to eh insecure daw sa inyo si Bobadz. Chismis nga naman... Hehehe.

But anyways, sir yun po bang si Renier Abdon ay pinagsabay ang CPAR at ang CTDI? Grabe yun ah, as in grabe naman yun, weekend sabay weekdays? Cool! Ay sir, akala ko po ba eh yung si Oliver ng tIP ang nagtop sa final preboard ng CPAR? Pero ang malufeet talga sa lahat ay si Leomar, kalaban ko lang dati sa 1st ever quiz bowl ng PICPA eh at nasa below sya ng ranking ng school namin, pero heto at 2nd placer, astig talaga, sya ang inspiration ko ngayon eh... Tsaka syempre kayo pa po..

Ge po, thanks!

hahaha, you spilled the beans on me. Let me complete the story, I stopped schooling for two years after High School. Wala lang, wala lang direction ang buhay ko, after high school, I enrolled at UST Commerce, after a month of schooling, I got sick, stress siguro sa adjustment period, after recuperating, I didn't go back to UST. I didn't know what to do, kaya for two years, I stopped schooling, tumutulong lang sa small grocery ng parents ko, taga tinda at taga sukli. Felt depressed, felt empty. Tried to find myself, when I realized I lost precious time, I went back to a less stressful environment, I found myself enrolling at CKSC's college department, akala ko kasi, pumasok ka lang sa class, sure pass ka na. Puro kickout ng good schools naroon, or those na di nakapasa sa good schools mga enrollees doon. Wala pang 150 and college student population. Konti lang accountancy students, mga honor graduate lang pumapasa sa CPA Board exam. When I was in 2nd year, a recent grad told me maraming di naituro sa college namin, nag panic ako, got hold of my Valix book, hanggang Fixed Assets lang natapos ng professor namin sa financial accounting. I ended up using my entire summer after 2nd year, reading Valix book from cover to cover, preparing my notes, answering review materials of my younger sister who took the CPA Board exam two years ahead of me. Sariling kayod, self-learning. Cost Accounting & Advanced Accounting lang ang medyo matino ang turo sa school, all the rest sariling kayod na.

Buti na lang sa PRTC ako nag review, umaapaw sa review materials, Monday to Saturdays ang review classes, 5 hours a day. Made advance preparation for class, for things I don't fully understand, I repeated the problem solving after class.

Buti na lang magaling ang reviewer ko sa AT, AP & MAS, si Danilo Principe, nakahabol ako. Of course reviewer ko rin si Elenita Cabrera (BOA member) sa MAS for some topics. Naalala ko, humagulgol ako sa CR ng PRTC dahil di ko maintindihan ang Standard Costing & Variance Analysis and other MAS topics, na tinuturo ni Mrs. Cabrera, Di ko alam kung sinong sisisihin ko dahil sa hirap na pinagdadaanan ko, katangahan ko ba na sa CKSC ako nag college? professors ko ba ang may kasalanan? Sino, sino ang may sala? Tapos akong mahimasmasan, punas ng luha, hilamos, tapos subsob sa aral uli. Wala ng atrasan.

I asked Danny Principe, if I can sit-in in his evening class, pumayag naman siya, ako yata ang first reviewee sa prtc na nag sit-in sa ibang class, even asked Principe to conduct a special class for me & some of my classmates. Buti na lang mabait siya. Sa kanya ko natutunan kung anong ibig sabihin ng conceptual approach of learning.

One month before the board exam, gusto ko ng umatras, sinabi ko kay Principe, sabi niya sa akin, take the exam, kaya mo yan, I believe in you. I took his word, I believed his word. I took the exam.

Si Norma de Leon reviewer ko na noon sa P2, si Virgilio Reyes sa Taxation. Kahit ibinagsak ko ang P1 (65%) sa one & only preboard ng PRTC back then, at wala man lang sa top 100 ang pangalan ko out of more than a thousand reviewees, 80% lang average grade ko, Sinabi ko pa rin sa sarili ko habang nakatingin sa bulletin board, "Sa Inyo ang Preboard, Sa Akin ang Actual." I studied hard as if everything depended on my efforts, and I prayed hard as if everything depended on God's Grace. Humingi ako ng tulong sa isang santa - St. Claire of Assissi, nagpunta ako sa monasteryo niya sa Katipunan, malapit sa PSBA QC, sa old location nito, tapat ng St. Bridget School, nag-alay ako ng itlog, sumulat ng petition letter (hiniling ko na pumasok ako sa top 10, preferably top 3, ang kapal ko ), humalik sa relic niya, nanikluhod, sinabi ko sa kanya ang nasa sa puso ko, pero pinaalala ko sa kanya at kay Lord, sinasabi ko lang naman ang gusto ko, pero more than what I desired, I wanted to do His (God's) Will, pero if only He will Will it, I will surely make it. Kaya ayun, binigay niya wish ko. Simple lang ang dasal ko, I did my best, but I know my best is not enough, but if only He will help me by inspiring the examiners to choose only the questions that I know, if He will grant me the grace of a clear mind during the exam, then I will surely make it. And I did. I placed 3rd, next only to Douglas Mallillin of SLU- Baguio, now a CPA-Lawyer, and Arnel Atienza of UST. Nancy Valiente of UP-Diliman was 4th. A HS valedictorian of CKSC who is also a UP magna grad was 7th placer. I had my vindication. Wala akong honors sa HS, but I did better than our school's valedictorian.

I was able to use my "magna" honors, my fast promotion at SGV, to get an MBA scholarship at AIM.

Fast forward, I went back to serve my alma mater as dean of its college of commerce & accountancy, at the same time, I was invited by Atty Valix to teach at CPAR, it was my first time to teach in a huge class of 200 reviewees, di ko alam puro pala taga UP, Silliman & LaSalle Bacolod ang mga reviewees ko, did badly during my first term as a reviewer, learned from my mistakes, improved my craft, and presto, I was invited to teach in my other alma mater - AIM.

Now that I can no longer teach sa review circuit, due to my other interests, like consulting & making lots of money, hehehe, reaching out to you guys thru PEX is my way of helping CPA wannabees.

Mabuhay kayong lahat.

[Larry Tan]

Sir Larry!


But anyways, sir yun po bang si Renier Abdon ay pinagsabay ang CPAR at ang CTDI? Grabe yun ah, as in grabe naman yun, weekend sabay weekdays? Cool! Ay sir, akala ko po ba eh yung si Oliver ng tIP ang nagtop sa final preboard ng CPAR? Pero ang malufeet talga sa lahat ay si Leomar, kalaban ko lang dati sa 1st ever quiz bowl ng PICPA eh at nasa below sya ng ranking ng school namin, pero heto at 2nd placer, astig talaga, sya ang inspiration ko ngayon eh... Tsaka syempre kayo pa po..

Ge po, thanks!

Yes, pinagsabay ni Renier ang review sa CTDI-Makati at CPAR, kasi required sila ng PCU to review during their last sem in college sa CTDI-Makati. If only I accepted CTDI's invite to teach there, baka naging reviewee ko rin siya. Among the topnotchers, si Leomar lang kilala ko, very humble & unassuming, he sits at the back of the room besides his side-kick friend, inseparable sila ng classmate niyang magaling din.

Si Oliver ang top 1 sa final preboard ng cpar.

[Meechshane]

Good Evening!

I'm an incoming 4th year Accountancy Student po.

Ano po bang magandang undergrad book for MAS aside po kay Roque?

and for AP aside kay Cabrera? I want to be resourceful lang when it comes to materials. Kasi po in 2nd sem, I will be having an undergrad review sa PRTC-Manila which is required po ng aming school before graduation.

Thanks in advance!

[ansonkeh]

Good Evening!

I'm an incoming 4th year Accountancy Student po.

Ano po bang magandang undergrad book for MAS aside po kay Roque?

and for AP aside kay Cabrera? I want to be resourceful lang when it comes to materials. Kasi po in 2nd sem, I will be having an undergrad review sa PRTC-Manila which is required po ng aming school before graduation.

Thanks in advance!

Hi Meechshane,

The MAS book we are currently using in DLSU is Managerial accounting by Ronald Hilton. We also used Garrison before.

Just curious, which school are you enrolled in?

[Meechshane]

Hi Meechshane,

The MAS book we are currently using in DLSU is Managerial accounting by Ronald Hilton. We also used Garrison before.

Just curious, which school are you enrolled in?

Hi Sir Anson!

I'm currently enrolled at St. Paul University Manila.

I've been heard about Garrison and Noreen and they said na ok po na gamitin yung book nila as reference for MAS.

I'm just curious kung yung MAS po is exactly the same as Managerial Accounting? or it has mixed with some other Economics topics?

[Larry Tan]

Hi Meechshane,

The MAS book we are currently using in DLSU is Managerial accounting by Ronald Hilton. We also used Garrison before.

Just curious, which school are you enrolled in?

Hilton's book has more CMA-adopted problems than Garrison, pero long problems/cases sa Garrison favorite kopyahin for MAS Board Exam. Kung gusto mo ng mura, sa Booksale ka bumili, hardbound pa ang Garrison nila, kahit lumang edition, walang pinag iba sa content.

[nathzki]

Originally Posted by Ansonkeh
Lastly, Practice Makes Perfect! Looking at solutions and not actually solving them doesn't help - that am speaking from experience in college and in teaching!

Sir Anson,the usual way po when I do practice solving problems(multiple-choice)is simply calculating the requirement(s) straight through po sa calculator.. this way mas mahabang oras po ang natitipid ko and at the same time mas maraming problems ang nasasagutan(except na lang po kung kailangang gumawa ng schedules or mahaba talaga ang procedures tulad ng sa AP.. okay lang po kaya ang ganung style?

Sir special favor,nagcocompile din po kasi ako ng mga handouts/review materials ng iba't-ibang CPA exam subjects para po sa Self-Review Center ko ehehe.. would you mind sir kung pwede po makahingi ng mga softcopy MAS materials nyo.. Your generous consideration on this matter will be highly appreciated..

Thanks in advance po.
Godbless

[gian carlo]

hello po,magrereview po ako ngayon para po sa october,magtatanong lang po sana ako kung ano pa pong magandang basahin sa financial accounting maliban po sa pfrs at yung kay sir valix?please po..thank you po..

[sweetsaltaddict]

Waa, buti may thread na ganito dito >_< Sir Larry, nakakainspire naman po yung story nyo. Thank you for making this thread, I can finally share my feelings about the course.

Sa school ko po kasi, may dos policy. Kailangang makakuha ng dos pataas sa major subjects <Accounting, English, Math and Law> otherwise, magtetake ka ng Student Qualifying Exam. Pag hindi ka nakapasa dun sa SQE, ayun, kailangan mo nang magpaalam sa course mo.

Wow, mukhang nakakakaba po pala talaga siguro kapag malapit na magtake ng board exam. Sabagay, magte-take pa nga lang ng midterm or finals sobrang kabog na ng dibdib ko (>_<). Incoming second year student palang po ako and for me, hindi talaga madali ang Accountancy. It needs your maximum time, focus, energy and priority. Nakakakaba talaga.

I really like this course, I can't imagine myself taking up any other. Some of my batchmates gave up already and some failed.. Hah, nakakakaba talaga! Pero sabi nga nung mommy ng bestfriend ko na CPA na, mahirap ang Accountancy kung hindi ka nagaaral.

God bless po sa ating lahat!

[gian carlo]

nungt undergrad po ako,we don't have financial management,wala po akong ideya dun,e ive known na kasali pala sa exam yun,what particular book po ba ang magandang basahin dito,please tulungan niyo naman po ako..

[ansonkeh]

Sir Anson,the usual way po when I do practice solving problems(multiple-choice)is simply calculating the requirement(s) straight through po sa calculator.. this way mas mahabang oras po ang natitipid ko and at the same time mas maraming problems ang nasasagutan(except na lang po kung kailangang gumawa ng schedules or mahaba talaga ang procedures tulad ng sa AP.. okay lang po kaya ang ganung style?

Thanks in advance po.
Godbless

It is okay if for practice. But sa exams, you might want to write down solutions for reference so you can recheck your answers

Again if it works for you...then it is good.

[Larry Tan]

Hi Leomar, please give feedback about review books that you used & give the pexers tips on how to successfully pass the CPA board exam.

[gian carlo]

Hi Pexers,

Suggestions naman po ng mga libro for Financial accounting aside kay Valix and PFRS saka sa Financial Management.

[ansonkeh]

Hi Pexers,

Suggestions naman po ng mga libro for Financial accounting aside kay Valix and PFRS saka sa Financial Management.

For financial management, I recommend Gitman or Brigham especially if you dont have a good foundation because their approach is easier to understand.