At the beginning of 2016, I was accepted into CTA level 2. I had taken a 6-month break after completing my degree in 2015. I knew that I would benefit from the support of online classes and decided on CA campus as I had previously been taught by Roulon, Sara and Candice in undergrad and knew that they would be the best people to guide me in the right direction.

My first attempt at CTA in 2016 was the most difficult time of my life, I was met with constant challenges, and saw so many gaps in my knowledge I would have to resolve if I was to be successful. When the 2016 results resulted in a failure I felt like giving up – I emailed Sara (after crying buckets of tears) and she said: “You don’t give up on your dreams. You can do this. We will help you.” The encouragement from Sara, my husband and friends opened up my eyes and made me realize that I would have to “double-down” if I were to be successful.

I registered with Unisa and started revising my material constantly every week. I had a schedule: MAC Mondays, FAC Tuesdays and Wednesdays, TAX Thursdays and AUE on Friday. I reserved my weekends for tutorials and marking.

I saw my marks almost double for management accounting in my second attempt and this was attributable to my attitude adjustment and the knowledge of having such kind supportive lecturers who believed in me.

I would like to thank all the CA Campus lecturers:

Sara: You are more than a MAC BOSS. You are kind, supportive, your belief in your students is your biggest asset.
Roulon: TAX Master – Your material should be a book on its own, you really make tax simple.
Candice:  AUE and Exam Technique guru. Your simple approach to exam technique has been so helpful passing CTA
Bianca: FAC Genius – Revision sheets are still on my bedside table.

I would really encourage anybody to give the CA campus programme a try. You get everything you need to be successful.