Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to respond to PM's. Tried but it didn't work.

Carinaflo:


Good day, please kindly reply your PM. I sent you a message

I doubt I still have them. Someone shared the link for Kaplan materials earlier on this thread. If you check through this thread, you will find it. That's the link what I used

harveygordon:


Great. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Please can you share your study material? Kaplan to be precise

I was going to ask the same. Has anyone received their certificate since May/June/July? Is it possible for CIMA to give us a soft copy of the certificate via email? Especially with the delay in certificate release due to lockdown? Just thinking

Agbeni33:
Please house i want to know if Lagos CIMA office is presenting certificate for those that finish their exam in may/june

any update please.

From what I've read,.... ACCA or CIIN(an insurance certificate).
Kindly research to know which works for you

adesbaba:



Please can you give example of the cheaper options

Thank you!

MsThrive:
I love your resilience!

Thank you!
Yes, Kaplan did it for me in B2. I realized Kaplan had a few details Ashranti didn't have....which would not have been a bother for accounting guys but it was for me.
I just stayed with Kaplan for B3 and B4.

On the other hand, I think there are easier/cheaper options for a 2nd certificate you can explore now, if accounting doesn't work for you. Just read through the express entry thread and weigh your options.

Snooky:

This story gave me heart attack o, wow! This is what I call perseverance. Congrats dear! So I think that means Kaplan did the job for u in b2 and also was it Kaplan you used for b3 and b4?

My CIMA Story

I started reading about express entry last year after I met someone who had gotten his COPR and was leaving the next month. I had only a BSc. and he explained that I would need an additional certificate. He recommended NACETEM, but I started researching on my own and realised there were other options. CIMA and BCS seemed the shortest options at that time and I won’t have to worry about the Nigerian school system affecting it. I researched about both and promptly opted for CIMA(though the cost was going to be more) because that computer thing eh......naaaa.

While researching, I stumbled on this thread, thank you @Perra for starting it, it helped me know I wasn’t alone on this journey....and you had a science degree like me. @dexterousOne and @subalinga really gingered me with their progress reports.

With a BSc. in Medical Sciences(no accounting background), I knew it would involve a lot of work and reading but I said, shebi na book, we go read am(I never expected B2 wahala). I started scanning through the materials on Ashranti as recommended by people on the thread (easy to understand) but the notes were quite bulky!!! This was November 2019, with the plan to take at least 2 papers before 2020...but work and life didn’t give me time to read.

I officially started reading (Ashranti) in January 2020, registered on the site and paid for B1. Took and passed B1 in the last week of January. On to B2.....I wanted to take them in order even though I had read that B2 was the toughest!

That B2 eh.....I saw shege, B2 had its own special timeline o. Registered a little over 2 weeks later(Feb) and sat for the exam. Failed !!...91!! I encouraged myself to retake but the pain was much, time which wasn’t so available and money had been wasted. Paid for it again 2 weeks after, .....and failed again!... Though this time I scored better, 97! But still not up to 100(pass mark). At this point I decided to take a break and reconsider my decision, I knew I had understood the material better the 2nd time I wrote the exam(I’m sure i had read that Ashranti material front to back like 7 times!) than the 1st time I wrote it. I also wished I had someone to at least explain a few things to me, because that B2 was like German.

While on a break from the exam, Covid 19 happened, I had more time and CIMA announced that online exams will start in May, so I started studying. So in May, I registered for B2 again, took the exam at home and guess what? I FAILED AGAIN!! 90 something. At this point, I couldn’t believe it anymore, I had studied for that exam more than needed and yet! If the scores were really low, I guess I may have felt better but 3 times I was short of between 3 to 9 marks! So I decided I was done ...no more waste of time and money. I stayed on that decision for some days till I couldn’t find the answer for my future self when I wonder why I gave up. I changed my mind and decided to write one last time. I remembered that in the last exam I didn’t know some answers because I had never seen them in the notes, and my science background cannot know accounting! Someone on the thread has said Kaplan materials were good, someone even posted a link to download sometime ago...I downloaded them. Oh boy!, I thought Ashranti materials were bulky....that Kaplan was a trailer load. I started reading Kaplan and I saw the answers to the questions I didn’t know in the previous exam. I read for about 2 weeks (day and night) and registered again. The last time I had booked my online exam for 10pm, this time I did 8am, I wanted everything fresh in my head...lol. This time God showed up for me...the dance no be small....107! Finally!!!!

B3 and B4 were the easiest for me and had the highest scores too (B3 especially). B3 in June and B4 in July. I had earlier evaluated my BSc. so I paid WES for another credential and sent CIMA an email to send transcripts and letter of good standing to WES. They responded 2 days later and sent to WES some days after. Evaluation was ready as one year college diploma 3/4 days after CIMA sent to them (I didn’t have to send certificate to WES, I believe the letter of good standing was what WES used)

This thread has been really helpful, thank you to everyone that answered questions or shared their progress, materials, how to fill WES form and all. God bless you.

I hope this encourages everyone especially those with no accounting background...It’s possible if you decide to get it done, and truth is, it may be way easier for you than it was for me!

May the rest of our journey be easy and smooth. And may the odds be in our favour.

Go through the process as if you want to take or book an exam...When you are redirected to PearsonVuE, click on the dashboard tab, you would see your recently concluded exams. Click on the exam and then on check results.
Also, you can wait for 48hours and your result would have reflected on your page on CIMA website. Just click exam results after you login.

fabmo:
Please I just finished my BA1 exam(online) and I couldn't find my result. Did anyone have this issue and what did you do?

Sorry about that. Don't worry, it will end in praise. September would soon be here.

aykevictor789:
I just got this from CIMA. They sent only transcript to WES. Still waiting for letter of good standing or certificate whichever comes first.

Dear Thor,
Thank you for your email regarding a letter of good standing.
Having reviewed your email, please be advised that a letter of good standing can only be provided after 6 months of being a student.
You became an active student on March 2020.
You will be eligible for a letter of good standing from September 2020 onwards.

This is really a terrible experience seeing how swiftly things were going before I jam CIMA.
God knows best sha.

Hi, did you request that CIMA send your certificate to WES? Or just transcript and letter of good standing?
How long did the evaluation process take?

Kikstar:
CIMA didn’t send me the certificate. But I noticed that once they uploaded my transcripts the option of certificate upload disappeared. Hence I don’t really know the documents they uploaded.


My WES was completed last month for Bsc and CIMA and 2 certificates was my report.