The Office | UP Compre Exam Day 1

The UP Compre Exam was held last Saturday. We took Managerial Accounting and Control  from 10:00am to 1:00pm and Marketing from 2:00pm-5:00pm.

We were given around 20 questions in Managerial Accounting and Control with straight problems and essay writing combined. It covers mostly CVP Analysis, ROI and RII and transfer pricing. At first look, the topics covered seemed to be few but you would need the theories from other chapters to defend your answer.

o answer the essay, we need to solve the problem first because that will be the basis of our opinion. I didn't have difficulty solving for the problems but the essays were the worst. Well, everybody's got their own weaknesses and essay writing happens to be mine. It took me more time to organize and finalize my thoughts than actually solving it.

I had a lot for lunch but I didn't appreciate how it tasted. It's like my plate was suddenly empty and I don't know where the food went.

In the afternoon, we had Marketing Management. Up until the exam, I was confident because I finished studying it. Before the exam was distributed, the proctor mentioned that there were only four questions. So I asked how many pages? I was hoping it was a company case analysis hence the number of questions, but NO. It was mostly identification and one very short case analysis that only focused on pricing model. I studied twenty-two chapters but the first question is not on the reference text and the other is close to becoming a footnote which I didn't bother memorizing. Yeah, that part I really regret.

We all felt hungry after the exam and decided to eat before going home. Me and my friends ended the day with pasta, coffee, cake and a lot of chatting and drama.

We still have two more subjects left to take this Saturday and I'm hoping I could do better to make up for my loss in Marketing. I'll update soon.

-Aisiah Ezekyel