Archer's Ledger

01 · Read this first

The subreddit speaks a different dialect than your checklist

Almost nobody on r/dlsudac uses ID 125 codes. They use the older ones, and they were still using them in August 2026. Searching your own course codes returns almost nothing, so you have to search the old names.

Correction: the intuitive mapping is wrong

ACYAVA is not the audit series. The obvious guess (AVA → “Auditing & Assurance” → ACYASP/ACYFSA) is contradicted by the corpus. ACYAVA is the Advanced Financial Accounting cluster and maps to ACYAFR1/2/3. The proof is a stated prereq chain: “2.0 in ACYFDR3/4 for ACYAFR1/2; 2.0 in ACYFDR5/6 for ACYAFR3”↗, plus the same professors (Esguerra, BCV) teaching under both names, plus AVA's books being AFAR books. The actual audit series in the sub is ACYASR1–4.

What the sub says	Your checklist	Status	How we know
ACYFAR1–5	ACYFDR1–6	Confirmed	“id122 here, for me it was still called acyfar”↗; Archer's Hub still displayed ACYFAR in Apr 2026↗. Note 5 old courses became 6 new ones, so there is no clean 1:1 match past FAR2.
ACYAVA1 / 2 / 3	ACYAFR1 / 2 / 3	Confirmed	Prereq chain stated explicitly; Ms. Esguerra taught “AVA” and now teaches ACYAFR3↗; AVA2 called “the hardest AFAR subject”↗.
ACYCST1 / 2	ACYCOS1 / 2	Confirmed	“You need to take cst1, pang 124 pataas yung cos1.”↗
ACYFMG1 / 2	ACYFMT1 / 2	Confirmed	Post titled “OTs for FMT1(FMG1)”↗; “FMG2/FMT2 by Keh”↗.
ACTREG1–3	ACYREG1–3	Confirmed	A 2026 post names “Sir Paras for ACYREG1”↗ alongside ACTREG usage elsewhere.
ACYASR1–4	ACYASP1, ACYFSA1/2, ACYASP2	Assumed	ASP/FSA codes never appear anywhere in 315 posts. The subject content matches, but the code pairing is unverified.
ACYMAG1 / 2	ACYMAS1 / 2	Assumed	Sub still wrote “ACYMAG” as of Jun 2026.↗ ACYMAS never appears.
ACTTAX1–3	ACTTXN1–3	Assumed	Sub still wrote “ACTTAX2” on 22 Aug 2026.↗ Careful: `ACYTAXN` in the sub is the integrating module, not the new tax code.
ACYITM1 / 2	ACYISC1 / 2	Assumed	Sub still wrote ACYITM in Aug 2026.↗
COBGOVE	ACYGOVE	Assumed	COBGOVE is real and is the sole prereq for the audit series. Worth confirming with DAC.
THSBSAB / THSBSAP ACTREMB / ACTREMP	THSBSAX ACCRESM	Assumed	The sub uses both -B and -P suffixes. No professor is ever named for either.
integs · FARP, AFAR, MANS, AUDI, TAXN, RFBT	ACYINT1–6	Assumed	Rich content, but the code `ACYINT` never appears. Seen in the wild: `ACYTAXN`, `ACYRFBT`.

Practical consequence: do not infer someone's curriculum from the code they type. Both code sets were in live use through August 2026, and Archer's Hub itself was still showing old labels.

02 · The shape of the program

Which courses actually break people

Two things dominate every difficulty thread: ACYAFR1 (old AVA1) is where students get delayed, and the Cost Accounting series is the reliable buffer you build a heavy term around.

The delay-makers

Isolate these, don't stack them

ACYAFR1 (AVA1): “incredibly hard, i think its where a lot of bsa students get delayed.”↗ Its comprehensive exam is infamous. One student was on their 4th retake.
ACYFDR2: “dito pinakamaraming retakers samin”; separately called one of the two hardest FDRs.
ACYFDR5: “the second hardest ACY subject” (Income Taxes↗, Employee Benefits, Correction of Errors).
ACYFDR4: high failing rate; contains Leases, called “the hardest far topic there.”↗
ACYMAS1 (MAG1): only 2 long exams, so flunking LE1 is near-fatal.
ACYASP2/ACYFSA (ASR2&3): “harder and more comprehensive versions of far1-5”, compressed into 7 weeks.↗
ACTTXN1 (TAX1): “notorious for alien long problems.”↗

The buffers

Reliable grade cushions

ACYCOS1/2: “If there's an ‘easy 3.5-4.0’ accounting course, it is Cost Accounting.”↗ Three separate 2026 commenters. Under Doc LJ, “cost becomes a buffer from other accounting subjects.”
ACYMAS2 (MAG2): the single most agreed-on easy course: “purong reporting lang yan. Never heard of anyone having to retake that subject ever” (13 upvotes)↗. No quizzes; papers, reporting, oral exam.
ACYISC1/2 (ITM1&2): “sure pass”, “Attainable 4.0 in one take”↗, only 16.67% of the grade is the written exam.
ACYASP1 / audit theory (ASR1&4): “impossible to fail”; 83.33% of the grade↗ is effectively given away if your prof auto-perfects components.
ACYFDR6: “the easiest of the cluster” (interim reporting↗, events after reporting period, related party, operating segments).
COBIBAC: “very very chill under ms sarmiento.”↗

The one combination everyone warns about

“dont make the mistake of having far4 and ava1 together they will kill u, your second half will be choosing between the two so sayang lang.”↗ ACYFDR4 + ACYAFR1 both land in the second half of the term. Pick one. The same warning is repeated independently as “manage your time for ava1 + far4.”

Also flagged as bad pairs: FDR2 + FDR4 (“the hardest of the fdr series”), MAG1 + FMG1, and MAG1 + AVA2.

One student's full FDR ranking, hardest to easiest

Rank	Course	Why
1	ACYFDR2	“dito pinakamaraming retakers samin” (most retakers in their batch)
2	ACYFDR5	Income Taxes, Employee Benefits, Correction of Errors; “wala sakanilang madali”
3	ACYFDR3	“a LOT of topics compared sa other fdr series”
4	ACYFDR4	Leases; high failing rate
5	ACYFDR1	Gentle Q1 (CFAS/Cash), sharp spike into Receivables at Q2
6	ACYFDR6	Disclosure topics; hard only because of recall from FDR3&4

Treat this as one person's opinion, not consensus. It is the only complete ranking in 315 posts, and it conflicts with other commenters who say “2&4 are the hardest.” There is no published passing rate for any FDR course anywhere in the sub.

Which half of the term each course falls in

Every ACY-prefixed course is modular (half-term) except the integs. ACT courses (TAX, REG) and thesis run the full term with no weekly quizzes. This table is how you avoid stacking two finals in the same week.

First half (wks 1–7)	Second half (wks 8–14)
ACYCOS1 · ACYFDR3 · ACYFDR5 ACYMAS1 · ACYFMT1 · ACYAFR2 ACYASR1 & 4 · ACYISC1	ACYFMT1 → see note · ACYFDR2 · ACYFDR4 ACYFDR6 · ACYMAS2 · ACYFMT2 ACYAFR1 · ACYAFR3 · ACYASR2 & 3 · ACYISC2

One direct 2026 statement puts it plainly: “cos 1 – First Half, fmt1 – 2nd half.”↗ That makes ACYCOS1 + ACYFMT1 a clean non-overlapping pair, which is exactly why the “FDR3&4 + COS1 + FMT1” combo keeps getting approved in the sub.

03 · Sequencing

Prerequisite gates that change your enlistment order

These are the facts that actually constrain your flowchart. Several are not obvious from the checklist itself.

Gate	Rule	Consequence if you ignore it
Retention grade	2.0 is the retention grade for ACY and ACT courses. Not for others: LBYSACS is explicitly exempt “since it's not an ACY or ACT subject.”↗	A 1.5 is a mandatory retake. For calibration: 79.3 = 1.5, so the 2.0 cut sits at 80.
ACYFDR1	Need ≥2.0 in ACYFDR1 to enlist in ACYFDR3 through ACYFDR6.↗	The whole upper FDR series is locked.
ACYFDR3/4 → AFR	Need ≥2.0 in FDR3/4 for ACYAFR1/2, and ≥2.0 in FDR5/6 for ACYAFR3.	Merely taking the FDR isn't enough. You need the grade.
ACYCOS1	ACYCOS1 is the only prereq for the MAG/MAS series.↗	Lets you skip ahead to MAG1&2 without finishing the AFR cluster.
ACYFMT → ACTFMKT	Financial Management is a hard prereq for Financial Markets. “you cannot take ACTFMKT if you aren't done with ACYFMG yet.”↗	ACTFMKT gets rejected outright.
COBGOVE/ACYGOVE	The only prereq for the whole audit (ASR) series.	Useful: you can take audit early, alongside FAR. One senior calls this “the game changer.”↗
Audit block	ASR1–4 must be taken together. “You cannot [take asr1&2 first], the ASR cluster has to be taken together.”↗	No partial enlistment.
LBYCISA → PRCACTY	LBYCISA is a prerequisite for the internship.↗	Miss the LBYCISA slot and your internship term slips. Whether they can be taken together is unresolved in the sub.
ACTTXN3 → integ	ACTTXN3 gates the Taxation integ; ACYREG3 gates the RFBT integ.	See the next row. You can no longer take them alongside integs.
Prereq + course together	Rule changed No longer allowed, as of the last DAC townhall (Apr 2026). “it's unfortunately non-negotiable now, you have to finish all prereqs prior to taking integ.”↗	Advice from 2025 saying “allowed with DAC permission” is dead. This is the single most important staleness trap in the corpus.
Archer's Hub	The system will let you enlist in a course you haven't passed the prereq for.	“they were dropped from the subject after the first half.”↗ Do not treat the Hub as a prerequisite check.

The single most repeated planning tip

Take the Taxation series as early as you can. “take the tax series as early as you can para if you need to retake, you would be able to since hindi na siya pwede isabay sa Integs term. Learn from my mistake. Had to extend another term since I had to retake ACTTAX2.”↗ Because tax can't be paired with integs any more, a single tax retake late in the program costs you a whole extra term.

04 · The dossier

Course by course

Grouped the way the sub actually discusses them. Each entry gives the verdict, how you're assessed, what to study from, and what it's safe to pair with.

Financial Accounting & Reporting

ACYFDR1–6 ← old ACYFAR1–5

ACYFDR1old: ACYFAR1Moderate

The gentle start with a cliff at Quiz 2

Ranked 5th of 6 for difficulty. The real hazard is the Q1→Q2 spike: Quiz 1 is CFAS/Cash, Quiz 2 is Receivables, and the jump catches people who start studying late. Retakes to a 2nd or 3rd attempt are documented.

Format: Modular half-term. Handwritten HW notebook (HWs and class exercises) collected every quiz day. Widely resented as time theft.↗
Books: Valix PracAcc 1&2 · Villaluz & Cruz blue volume↗ · Millan IntAcc 1A/1B
Watch out: Avoid Maico for this course; Lacsi is called “one of the worst” for first-timers.↗

ACYFDR2old: ACYFAR2High risk

The highest-retake FDR

Ranked #1 hardest by the only person who ranked the whole series (“dito pinakamaraming retakers samin”), and separately named with FDR4 as “the hardest of the fdr series.” Content is Investments / IFRS 9: FVPL, FVOCI, Equity Method, Investment in Associate. One student took it four times.

Half: Second half of the term
If you're retaking: Do it immediately: “the information is fresh.” Pair with FDR3&4, not FDR5&6.
Study: BCV videos on equity securities · 30+ questions/day · catch up on IFRS 9 · CEs/HWs solved cold

profs SOMETIMES curve for ACYFDR1/2, but only A LITTLE BIT… generally the curve will come in the form of +10 to your comprehensive exam score, which is equal to around 2.4% of your final grade.↗The most precise account of curving in the corpus

ACYFDR3old: ACYFAR3Hard

Volume, not depth

The complaint is breadth: “fdr3 has a LOT of topics compared sa other fdr series.”↗ Q1 covers Investment Property, Agriculture and NCAHFS; Q2 spikes into Current Liabilities. Builds directly on FDR2, so retaking FDR2 first is advised.

Half: First half
Books: Villaluz & Cruz red volume (the blue one still covers some FDR3 topics)
Warning: One 2025 section under Kirk Ong: “mukhang walang papasa sa class niya.” Single anecdote.↗

ACYFDR4old: ACYFAR4High risk

Leases, and a high failing rate

Contains what one commenter calls “the hardest far topic there in my opinion, Leases.” Explicitly flagged for a “high failing rate.” One student took it four times. Also the source of Correction of Errors, which comes back to haunt you in the audit series.

Half: Second half
Never pair with: ACYAFR1. Both are second-half. “they will kill u.”
Also avoid: Pairing with FDR2, the two hardest together.

ACYFDR5old: ACYFAR5 (approx.)High risk

“The second hardest ACY subject”

Income Taxes, Employee Benefits and Correction of Errors, with the specific complaint that there is no easy topic to bank points on: “maraming topics and wala sakanilang madali.”↗ Many first-takers failed it. The last stretch is “drills” re-testing FDR1–4, which feed heavily into Quiz 3 and the comprehensive exam.

Half: First half
The rescue: Repeatedly: watch Sir Rain's Redefine lectures. “i even salvaged a 3.0 there when I took it.”↗
Employee Benefits: “answer your practical accounting by Valix and nothing else.”
Best prof: Binaluyo: “The top FAR professor”, confirmed still teaching FDR5&6 in 2026.↗

ACYFDR6no clean old equivalentEasiest FDR

Disclosure topics, the soft landing

“FDR6 naman is I would say the ‘easiest’ of the cluster”: interim reporting, events after the reporting period, related party disclosures, operating segments. The only thing that makes it hard is how much it recalls from FDR3 and FDR4, via the same end-of-course “drills.”

Half: Second half
Sequencing: Don't take FDR5&6 before you've consolidated FDR3&4. The drills assume them.
Coverage: Thinnest-documented FDR: exactly one professor mention in the whole corpus.

Advanced Financial Accounting & Reporting

ACYAFR1–3 ← old ACYAVA1–3

ACYAFR1old: ACYAVA1Highest risk

Where BSA students get stuck

The most-discussed course in the entire subreddit (58 mentions). “ava1 is incredibly hard, i think its where a lot of bsa students get delayed.” Four commenters call it the hardest of its cluster; its comprehensive exam is “infamous.” One student posted while on their 4th retake. Passing rate for AFR1/2 is put at “30-70%”, with a claim that “at most 50% of the first takers failed one of acyafr1 / acyafr2.”↗

Half: Second half
Why it's hard: “extremely procedural”: multistep problems, work-backs, comprehensive questions under time pressure
Compre: 20 theory + 40 problems, 2 pts each = 120 pts
The one book: De Jesus AFAR, the highest-voted book comment in the corpus: “if kaya mo sagutin yung tanong doon kakayanin mo yung quiz”↗
Exams are departmental: Same test regardless of prof, so pick your prof for teaching, not for easy quizzes
Never pair with: ACYFDR4. Both second-half.

ACYAFR2old: ACYAVA2Hard (contested)

Business Combinations, Consolidation, Home Office & Branch

Genuinely contested: in one thread three commenters call AFR2 the hardest of the cluster and two call AFR3 hardest. The consistent description is “high effort, high reward”: problems are straightforward but the concepts are many and each unit builds on the last.

Half: First half
Volume: “40 or more questions a day on average”↗
Head start: Study business combinations early, before the course starts, if you can
Books: De Jesus + Dayag (get 2023, not 2019) · Millan for theory

ACYAFR3old: ACYAVA3Moderate (contested)

Government accounting, “the calm after the storm”

The majority view is that this is the easiest of the three and has the highest passing rate: “ava3 is pretty chill… topics are short and straightforward.”↗ But dissent is real: one commenter's lowest quiz score in their entire BSA journey came from AFR3, and government accounting is singled out as the hard part. Very case-by-case, so familiarise yourself with many scenarios rather than drilling one pattern.

Half: Second half
Study: Millan Government Accounting; “read govt acc during ur free time”

Audit & Assurance

ACYASP1 · ACYFSA1/2 · ACYASP2 ← the ACYASR1–4 block (code pairing unverified)

ASR1 & ASR4→ audit theoryNear-impossible to fail

Pure theory, and a grade that's mostly given away

“impossible to fail asr1 and asr4.” No computations at all. Only 16.67% of your grade is the written comprehensive exam: “the remaining 83.33% of your grade is parang give away nalang (basta choose kdc/pascual).”↗ The catch is entirely about prof choice: some professors don't auto-perfect the components, which destroys the whole premise.

Exact breakdown: Written compre 16.67% · Individual oral 16.66% · Group oral 16.67% · Insight paper 10% · Collab notes 5% · Class standing 5% · OBE audit program 20% · Peer eval 10%↗
Half: First half (weeks 1–7)
Book: KDC's The Ultimate AT Reviewer: “the only book I read and passed with flying colors”↗
Avoid: Diokno for this specific course. He does not give away the components everyone else does (capstone capped at 93).↗

ASR2 & ASR3→ FS auditHard

All of FAR again, in seven weeks

“asr2 and 3 is like a summary of far. you are going to re-learn all that you have learned in far 1-5 in just half a term.”↗ Two commenters independently say it is impossible to pass these without a FAR background. The structural trap is chain questions: 3–5 questions hang off a single problem, so one early error cascades.↗

Format: 2 quizzes + compre, 2 hrs each. Quizzes: 20 MCQ + 15 problem-solving (3–4 long problems) + essay. Compre: 20 MCQ + 20 problems, no essay, mixed MCQ and supply-the-answer.↗
ASR2 revision list: Correction of Errors (from FDR4) · Cash & Cash Equivalents (heavy on Bank Recon and Proof of Cash) · Receivables · Inventories · Liabilities
ASR3 revision list: Debt Securities/Bonds Payable · PPE · Intangibles · Lessee Accounting · Shareholders' Equity
Books: Roque · De Ocampo · BCV's FAR books as the concept cross-check
Timing: If your FAR foundation is weak, start refreshing in the first 7 weeks, before the course even begins.

Management Services

ACYMAS1/2 · ACYCOS1/2 · ACYFMT1/2 · ACTFMKT

ACYCOS1 / ACYCOS2old: ACYCST1/2Easy 3.5–4.0

The buffer course you build a heavy term around

Three independent 2026 commenters: “If there's an ‘easy 3.5-4.0’ accounting course, it is Cost Accounting”; “COS1 is an easy 4.0 subject”↗; “Easy din ang cos1.” COS2 is “a bit harder than cost 1,” with Quiz 3 the pressure point. One dissent exists, “MAS MAHIRAP PA CST1 KAYSA SA AVA1”, but it's a single outlier.

Half: COS1 first half
Books: None needed. “no need for books for CST (if you're under Doc LJ)”↗; Espiritu's notes replace a textbook.
Prof matters a lot: Doc LJ (Legaspi) and Espiritu make it a cushion. Manalo can turn it into a real risk: weekly handwritten assignments, curve only at 79%, “if you fail, you fail talaga even if cost 1 is supposed to be the easiest.”↗
Gateway: COS1 is the only prereq for the MAG/MAS series.

ACYMAS1old: ACYMAG1Hard

Only two long exams, so flunk LE1 and you're in trouble

The structural problem, stated by several people: “what makes mag1 hard is you only have 2 LEs so mahirap bumawi if u flop LE1.”↗ It's a formula-mastery course, not a volume course: “the questions could be asking for the most basic answer but you can somehow manage to overcomplicate it.” It does curve, and the mechanism is documented.

Half: First half
LE format: 60 items: 20 theory (1 pt) + 20 problems (2 pts). No solution points.↗ Canvas accepts exact answers only, so follow the rounding rules.
Compre: “usually over 90”
Curving: Confirmed by 3 commenters (Jun 2026): “ginawang over 50 ang exams that were originally over 60, and may 10 points buffer sa compre.”↗ Depends on how many retakers/failures there are that term.
OTs don't help much: “dont rely on them cuz they don't recycle”. Practise breadth instead, especially work-backs
Books: Often none. The prof's formula sheet suffices. Optional: Bobadilla MAS reviewer, Hansen & Mowen.

ACYMAS2old: ACYMAG2The easiest course in BSA

No exams. Papers, reporting, one oral.

The single most agreed-on claim in the corpus. Asked which subject is viable to pass in one take, the top answer (13 upvotes) was: “U literally don't need a voting for this↗ because the answer is literally MAG2 since purong reporting lang yan. Never heard of anyone having to retake that subject ever.” Seconded: “No exams. Just papers, reporting, and oral final exam. Ez 3.5-4.0.”

Half: Second half
Assessment: Weekly case analyses (~50% of grade) · take-home practice exam with 3 tries · written compre · one-on-one oral compre: a random case question you answer using MAG2 concepts
The one real risk: Your groupmates. Case analyses are half your grade. “take it with friends or have super good groupmates.”↗
The other risk: Prof Enriquez: “MAG2 is supposed to be easy 4.0 pero sakaniya hindi.” See the warning list.

ACYFMT1 / ACYFMT2old: ACYFMG1/2Hard

A formula-memorisation nightmare if you're not wired for it

The defining complaint: “if you hate memorizing tons of formulas, fmg will be your worst nightmare. super daming need na formulas and di pa nadidiscuss lahat kaya pagdating sa quiz, even if you know all formulas, you wouldn't know where or how to use it.”↗ Positioned as “way less difficult than FAR and AVA but a bit harder than COS”, yet several people found it harder than MAG, because the finance logic feels alien.

Halves: FMT1 second half when paired with COS1; FMG1 first / FMG2 second in the older cluster layout
Quiz format: 30 items = 10 T/F + 10 MC theory + 10 MC problems, then 10 exact-value items.↗ Compre: 110 items, fully MC, mostly problem-solving: “MGA ALIEN QUESTIONS.”
FMT2 Quiz 1 coverage: Risk & rates of return↗ · basic valuation · bond valuation · stock valuation · cost of capital
Study: Watch Sir Lopo's YouTube before each unit, study each unit 2–3×, then hit test banks↗. McGraw-Hill homework is part of the load.
Don't pair with: ACYMAS1: “medj heavy isabay FMG1 + MAG1”, said independently twice

ACTFMKTFinancial MarketsModerate

Chill workload, overwhelming coverage

Two views that reconcile: the workload is light (“more chill as compared to mods and the other ACT subjects”↗), but the review load is heavy: “super overwhelming kasi daming need ireview per quiz (long ass coverage talaga)… lots of formula to memorize na di mo alam kung kelan iaapply.”↗ Most of one class got 3.0 or above.

Assessment: 3–4 quizzes spread across the term (not weekly) · a simulated-portfolio trading journal · a final trading paper with reporting
Content: “It's like FMT2 in terms of lessons since puro investments ang topic”
Hard prereq: You cannot take this before finishing ACYFMT.

Taxation

ACTTXN1–3 ← old ACTTAX1–3 · full-term, not modular

ACTTXN1old: ACTTAX1Hard

“Notorious for alien long problems”

One rant sums up the reputation: “TAXATION ANO BA YAN mas mahirap pa ito kaysa sa board exam.”↗ The recurring frustration is that lecture time is thin and the problem sets arrive fast: “Nagbasa lang si sir ng tax code tapos nagpa-PSET na agad.”↗ Not modular, so quizzes aren't weekly and the pace is slower than FAR.

Books: Tabag Income Taxation and CPA Reviewer in Taxation (has discussion notes, theory and solved problems). Alternatives: Banggawan; Soriano/Manuel/Laco. Get the latest, the CMEPA version.
Study: Tabag for concepts, then OTs for drilling. Under some profs the quizzes are the OTs.
Workload note: Under De Lima: weekly problem sets totalling 100+ items over 14 weeks, submitted at term end.↗

ACTTXN2old: ACTTAX2Hard

Transfer and business tax, the rate-memorisation one

The course most likely to force an extra term if you fail it, because tax can no longer be paired with integs. Someone who had to retake it wrote: “had to extend another term.” The load is rates: EWT, OPT, DST.

Best prof by far: Paran, Allan Leo T.: “the GOAT of Taxation.”↗ His short quizzes closely mirror his long exams, and he gives quicknotes on the rates.
Books: Tabag. “Tax 2 mag Tabag ka lang and youll be fine.”↗
Get in advance: The problem sets. Several people advise sourcing them before the term starts.

ACTTXN3old: ACTTAX3Easiest of the three

The one everyone says is lighter

Consistent across several posts: “Tax3 is easier.” With one specific caveat: “it's hard lang if you have 2 profs for the term. they both have conflicting opinions on the treatment of certain problems.”↗ Comfortably doable alongside internship and thesis, per two people who did exactly that.

Schedule: Defaults to Saturdays, sometimes Wednesday; no fixed time↗, it varies per long exam
Books: Tabag, 2025 or later, for the CREATE MORE updates↗
Critical: Gates the Taxation integ. You can no longer take it alongside integs.

Regulatory Framework & Law

ACYREG1–3 ← old ACTREG1–3 · plus COBOBLI

COBOBLIObligations & ContractsModerate

Average grade 3.0–3.5

Asked how much COBOBLI you actually need to retain for REG, three commenters agreed: not much, but be specific about what you keep: contracts (requisites, form), defective contracts, statute of frauds, joint and solidary obligations↗. “mostly basic of the basic concepts lng.”

ACYREG1old: ACTREG1Easiest REG

Purely theoretical, full term

“actreg1: purely theoretical, no weekly quizzes since you'll take it naman ng full term.”↗ Called the easiest of the three by one poll respondent. Demanding in reading volume rather than difficulty: “REG1 can be demanding, you have a lot of readings.”

Prof note: Cabonce is called “GOAT” here. A student posting 52/80 and 48/80 on the two long exams reported passing.↗
Compre: Departmental: every prof contributes the same number of questions. Under Inandan, “compre was OT lang!”

ACYREG2old: ACTREG2Hard

Three long exams, assessments almost every week

The load complaint is the exam cadence: “given that there are 3 LEs, assessments almost every week.” And a warning about study strategy from someone who did the reading and still got 2.5: “I got a 2.5 at actreg2 just by reading codals and domingo yet… what was being asked at the quizzes is s1s2 and so many niche questions not even discussed at the book.”↗

Books: Andrix Domingo RFBT Parts I & II (all codal provisions + IRRs) · Soriano, Manuel & Laco reviewer (2022 or 2024)↗
Method: Get the syllabus first, since it names the exact laws, then read the law and its IRR before the textbook.
Fine to pair with: ACTTXN2: “Taking reg2 together with tax2 is fine.”

ACYREG3old: ACTREG3Hardest REG

Taught like an actual law class

Both REG3 professors described in the corpus teach it law-school style. “books probably aren't enough since sir Catapusan will treat it like an actual law class, as opposed to the typical RFBT style which focuses on MCQ memorization… You'll actually have to read the law.”↗ One professor doesn't do old tests at all, so the OT shortcut isn't available. Despite that, 3.0–4.0 is called “definitely attainable.”

Schedule: Saturdays, 10am–4pm↗
Format: Quizzes are MCQ + 2 essays. Assigned case readings you present; a group presentation; recitations drawn from index cards.↗
Free points: Both REG3 profs give plus points for Canvas discussion boards, mock exams and activities. Do all of them.
Beyond books: BSP primer on bank secrecy · BSP circulars on TILA · AMLA IRR · SSS IRR · PDIC materials
The exam trick: “most questions are literally from the provisions of the law tas pina-mcq lang”. Read the statute itself.
Critical: Hard prereq for the RFBT integ. Cannot be taken in the integs term.

Information Systems, Labs & Analytics

ACYISC1–3 · LBYSACS · DSILYTC · DSIMGTS

ACYISC1 / ACYISC2old: ACYITM1/2Sure pass

The most reliable 4.0 on the checklist

“ITM is just sure pass” · “Attainable 4.0 in one take!” · “it's a fun subject because it's mostly theoretical and mostly groupwork.”↗ No computations. One student studied for it “on the day itself” while carrying a full 21-unit major load, and warns only that the subject is boring.

Grade weight: Only 16.67% comes from the written exam. 2 quizzes per subject; sometimes departmental, sometimes prof-made.
Halves: ISC1 assessed week 7 · ISC2 assessed week 14
The exam tip: “ITM profs usually include exam items from their lectures, instead of the contents in group reporting.”↗ Attend and take notes, don't over-study the group reports.
Self-study: James Hall's Testbank↗
Prereq myth: You do not need the audit series first. “no computations naman for ITM1-2.”↗ ISC2 uses transaction-cycle vocabulary (purchase requisition, invoice, segregation of duties) but it's easy to pick up.

LBYCISA / LBYSACSlab coursesProf-dependent

Light or brutal depending entirely on who teaches it

Under Marvin Soriano, LBYCISA is actively recommended as a load-lightener: “totally vouch for sir soriano for lbycisa, take niyo na siya guys lalo na if mabibigat majors niyo next term.”↗ Under Enriquez, LBYSACS becomes the harshest review in the corpus: a full research proposal in one week and a 200-respondent survey. Under Edgar Chang, “he adds so much points kaya kahit na mababa ka sa quizzes, papasa ka parin.”↗

Grading: LBYCISA: 70% written and oral comprehensive
Retention grade: LBYSACS has no 2.0 retention requirement, since it isn't an ACY or ACT code. A grade below 2.0 stands.↗
Critical: LBYCISA is a prerequisite for the internship. Don't lose the slot.

Thesis, Internship & the Integrating Modules

THSBSAX · ACCRESM · PRCACTY · ACYINT1–6

THSBSAX / ACCRESMold: THSBSAB/P · ACTREMB/PModerate

Whole-term, not modular

“Personally, I would say not really heavy. Pero will depend din on what topic you pursue, your groupmates, and your thesis panel (esp if they ask for a lot of revisions).” The split: research methods covers chapters 1 through research design; thesis covers statistical methods, results and conclusion.↗

Units: The thesis term allows 15 units. The 12-unit cap attaches to internship only
Confirmed doable: ACTTXN3 + internship + research methods + thesis, per two commenters
Coverage: No professor is ever named for thesis or research methods in 315 posts.

PRCACTYInternshipLogistics only

400 hours, 12 units, hard cap

DAC provides the list of MOA partner companies and runs an orientation at the end of the preceding term, but you can start applying before it. The academic side of the course is entirely undocumented in the sub: no grading breakdown, no supervisor, nothing about what's actually required of you.

Hours: 400↗
Unit cap: 12 units maximum. A CHED memorandum, non-negotiable. Confirmed by 7+ commenters across four separate posts. An 18-unit OJT term is not possible.↗
Firm choice: One answer only, on Big 4: “deloitte, bc of the prestige intl”↗

ACYINT1–6integs · FARP AFAR MANS AUDI TAXN RFBTHigh risk

Your final term, all six at once, ~30–70% pass

On your first take you must enrol in all six subjects in one section, in a single term: “not possible. for your 1st take integs you need to take all 6.”↗ Failing part of it is normal and there is no failure limit; after a first take you may split the remainder across terms. Full face-to-face.

Passing rate: The only hard numbers anywhere in the corpus: ~30% for one regular first-taker term of 160+ students; <10 of ~50 in one earlier term; “around 60–70%” more recently. Retaker classes cap at 35.↗
Structure: Plenary = 3-hr lecture on high-yield topics · Breakout = 1.5-hr problem-solving on handouts↗
PATs: 35-item test per subject in the first three days, covering the whole CPALE syllabus, and graded. “usually dyan nagfa-fall short yung mga bumabagsak.”↗
Grade split: Most recent (2026): 40% attendance + breakout + quizzers + insight paper, 30% midterm, 30% finals. Older terms used a different scheme, so treat any single breakdown as term-specific.
Hardest subjects: FAR and AFAR are “the two deadliest”; AFAR and MANS drew the most repeaters. TAX and RFBT are “easy pass.”
vs the actual board exam: “mas madali talaga ang cpale sa integs”: in integs you can predict what comes out; the CPALE throws genuinely alien questions.↗
Enlistment: Enlist in one section only. Mixing sections guarantees a schedule conflict.↗
Timeline: A term ending in August points to the October CPALE, not May. The TOR won't be issued in time.↗

05 · People

Professors

Ranked by strength of evidence, not by enthusiasm. A single glowing comment is not the same as four independent ones. The star rating reflects how many separate people said it.

Warnings

Professor	Course	The warning	Strength
Enriquez, Khen O.	ACYMAS2 · LBYSACS	The strongest negative consensus in the corpus. “very stress-inducing”; reads off slides he won't share; sets huge expectations without giving guidelines (a full research proposal in one week, a 200-respondent survey); grades the oral compre down to 82 where other profs floor at 90; unresponsive to email. “MAG2 is supposed to be easy 4.0 pero sakaniya hindi.” One dissenting positive review exists and says he grades generously to stated expectations, which is precisely what the critics say he doesn't state.	4 vs 1
Ardona, Glen V.	ACYREG1/2 · ACYAFR3	Genuinely good teacher when present, but chronically absent (“puro siya absent, send lang ng recording”), releases quiz scores one day before the compre, and gives no final-grade adjustment whatsoever: someone needing 0.2 to pass got nothing. Upside: auto-perfect non-exam components.	2 independent
Manalo, Marivic	ACYCOS1	Turns the easiest cluster into a risk. Weekly handwritten assignments filed in a mandated folder; OBE teaching style that students say hurt comprehension; curves only at 79%. “if you fail, you fail talaga even if cost 1 is supposed to be the easiest.”	2 independent
Diokno, Chester Owen	ASR1 & 4	Kind and competent, but he does not auto-perfect the components that make ASR1&4 a free pass. Capstone capped at 93, no perfect participation unless you're beadle. This is why the standing advice is “choose kdc/pascual.”	3 in one thread
Bendo	ACYFDR5 · ACYAFR1	Not a bad teacher: he spoonfeeds and auto-perfects components. This is a hard-numbers warning: no curve, no round-up, no 0.0→1.0, no attendance leniency. “Whatever appears in your Canvas is your grade.” Very standards-based, so old tests alone won't save you.	5 across 2 threads
Esguerra, Teodora	ACYAFR2/3	Excellent teacher, but the strictest non-exam grader in the corpus: no auto-perfect, notebooks graded harshly (“may mga naka 10/100”), paper scores never released, no curve, and not comfortable with Canvas. Offsetting: voluntary recitation earns +2 on your lowest quiz.	4 across 3 threads
Soriano (FAR/AFR)	ACYFDR3 · ACYAFR1	Top-tier teacher: one student went from 3.0/2.5 in FAR1/2 to a 4.0 in FAR3 under him. The caution is personality: “may tendency siyang mang-asar or mantrip”, “pinakastrict”, “avoid sir soriano nalang” if you dislike intimidating profs. Note: for LBYCISA he is unreservedly recommended.	4 flag the manner
Lacsi	ACYFDR1/2	Teaches 1.5 hrs/week, basics only; assignment videos arrive “depending on his mood”; “You can't even contact him most of the time.” “as a first timer, he is definitely one of those profs that is the worst”, though fine for a retaker, since he doesn't check attendance.	1 detailed, 2024
Maico, Antonio Jr.	ACYFDR1 only	No reliable materials; handwritten answers including multiple choice; “wala kang maiintindihan sa lecture kung hindi mo alam lesson beforehand”; materials sometimes contain wrong answers. For ITM his reviews are mild and he's an easy grader.	1 for FDR1
Ong, Kirk	ACYFDR3	“mukhang walang papasa sa class niya.” One in-class commenter plus one hearsay OP. Flag it, don't treat it as established.	1, 2025

Named, but with zero usable information

Do not infer anything about these, they appear only as names: Granada (a direct 2026 question about whether he curves FDR2 got zero replies) · Jessu Trinidad (TAX1) · Pinza (TAX1) · Ambray (REG2) · Herradura (ITM, “i cant find anything abt him sa prof to pick or even here”) · Talabis · Sir Ferrer (AFAR) · Sally Ang Chua (GOVE) · Anson Keh (FMT, his old tests are sought after, which is all we know) · Perry Carl Ang Lim (MAG).

06 · Method

How the people who passed actually studied

Three long, highly-upvoted guides sit in this subreddit. They disagree on sequencing but converge hard on one thing: practice volume beats note-taking, and cramming does not work in this program.

The 32-upvote FAR guide

Practice is 65–85% of study time

Understand the concept first. Then take the book's exercises, hide the choices, and solve unaided, fast and accurately.
Check only what you got wrong, and analyse the mistake. Repeat each section so every question is practised 3–5 times.
300–1,000 practice questions per problem-solving quiz.↗ Plus 5–6 previous quizzes.
Study 4–5×/week, 30 min–2 hrs. Start Quiz 1 prep in Week 1, 3–4 weeks out.
Start Quiz 2 topics a week before Quiz 1, because difficulty spikes between quizzes.
The flow: videos → basic questions → standards → CEs/HWs → book exercises → past quizzes.

The ID122 senior's 8 rules

Read the standard, not the textbook

“studying accounting is like studying law. be absolutely meticulous with the usage of words like and / or.”↗
Don't look for anything not stated in the problem.
Don't grind similar problems. Solved an FVOCI debt investment? Jump straight to FVPL or amortised cost. Cover scenarios, not repetitions.
Employee benefits: answer Valix and nothing else.
Never stay up late solving problems. Stay up reading standards and watching lectures; solve when rested.
Study business combinations before AFR2 starts.
“most textbooks vary in interpretation of standards”. Read the standard, then use books for reinforcement.

The 3rd-take routine that worked

Video → Valix → BCV → old tests

Watch YouTube first, before reading anything: Sir Soriano's videos, with BCV as fallback. Take notes while watching.
Read Valix as the serious pass.
Read BCV's reviewer as the polish/wrap-up pass.
Then theories, problems, and old tests last, to calibrate expected difficulty.
From a senior who took FAR2 four times: take FAR alongside the audit series. “the discipline auditing demands made me so tough.”
“put rest as a top priority.”↗

Integs, from someone who passed in one take

Sacrifice four months

Structure each day around tomorrow's breakout subject. (Mon breakouts = MANS/TAXN/FARP → study Sunday; Tue = RFBT/AFAR/AUDI → study Monday.)
Close the exam coverage two weeks before midterms and finals week.
Know your examiner and drill their past tests, ranked above the official handouts.
Always submit complete homework. The non-quiz block is free points.
Minimum 6 hours sleep. Have a support system.↗
Secure a high midterm grade as leverage. Finals has far bigger coverage.

The books, by subject

Subject	Books	Edition warnings
FAR / ACYFDR	Valix PracAcc 1&2 (problems) + Intermediate Accounting (lectures) · Villaluz & Cruz “BCV” · Millan IntAcc 1A/1B	Blue volume for FDR1–2, red for FDR3–5. Hard to buy, so try FB Marketplace, Carousell, accounting book groups.↗
AFAR / ACYAFR	De Jesus AFAR (problems, 8+ independent recommendations) · Millan Special Transactions / Business Combinations / Government Accounting (theory) · Dayag · Punzalan, Ferrer & Laco	Get Dayag 2023. The 2019 edition is risky on topics prone to standard changes.
Audit / ASR	KDC The Ultimate AT Reviewer (ASR1&4) · Roque and De Ocampo (ASR2&3) · Binaluyo Auditing & Assurance · BCV's FAR books as cross-check	None
Tax / ACTTXN	Tabag Income Taxation + CPA Reviewer in Taxation · Banggawan · Soriano/Manuel/Laco	Latest edition only. Must have the CMEPA version; for TAX3, 2025 or above for CREATE MORE.
RFBT / ACYREG	Andrix Domingo RFBT Parts I & II · Soriano, Manuel & Laco reviewer	Domingo: latest edition. Reviewer: 2022 or 2024. For REG3, books aren't enough, so go to primary sources.
MAS / MAG / FMT	Hansen & Mowen Cost Management · MAS reviewers by Bobadilla, Roque (green) or Apepe	Often unnecessary. The prof's formula sheet is usually enough for MAG1.
Cost / ACYCOS	No book needed. Prof notes suffice.	None
ISC / ITM	James Hall's Testbank	None

Video & review centres

What people actually use

Redefine: the FAR/AFAR recommendation. Free YouTube doesn't carry most FDR3&4 topics; the full library is a paid subscription, buyable per topic or per subject↗. Sir Rain's version is the specific pick for FDR5.
BCV on YouTube: identical to his class. Carried people through AFR2–3 without opening a book.
Sir Soriano on YouTube: “d best for me” as the first pass on FAR.
Sir Lopo on YouTube: the FMT recommendation.
Pinnacle: per-subject undergrad enrolment, cheapest, “as zero-based as it can get.” Best for the integs term.
ReO: undergrad programme; quickvids for MS, Sir Karim's concept videos for FAR, RFBT lecture videos.↗
SoLL has one reasoned endorsement: “all SoLL reviewers are Integs Profs.” Three separate posts↗ asking whether it's actually any good got zero replies.
Free: DAC coaching sessions (Bendo for AFAR, KDC ran FAR) and APool peer tutorials.

Timing rule: enrol in a review centre one term before integs, not during. “save yourself from mourning PATs later on.”↗

What doesn't work

Repeatedly warned against

Note-taking as the main activity. “Your notes will not determine your passing rate, your practice will.”
Memorising formulas. For FMT especially: knowing every formula still leaves you unable to tell which applies.
Cramming. Universal.
Copying the CE/HW solution instead of solving it cold. Named as the corrective in four separate posts.
Relying on old tests alone. MAG1 profs “don't recycle”; one AFR1 prof's questions are “wala sa OTs and books”; the REG3 prof “doesnt do ots”.
Skipping theory because it's multiple choice. “minsan theories nalang din talaga nagpapababa sa grades ko.”↗
Trusting textbooks over the standards.
Treating plenary lectures as first exposure during integs.
Assuming a review centre guarantees a pass.

The most actionable single insight

Find out whether your professor auto-perfects the non-exam components before you decide where to spend effort. Roughly 35–40% of an accounting course grade sits in homework, papers and class standing. Tubay, BCV, Bendo, Endozo, Simbillo, Inandan and KDC give it away for complete on-time submissions. Niño Gonzales, Esguerra and Diokno make you earn every point. That single fact changes your whole term strategy, and it's the difference between ASR1&4 being a free pass and being real work.

07 · Planning

Every “is this load doable?” verdict

People post their exact intended term and ask. Here is what they were told, newest first. # is the number of independent people who answered.

Date	Combination	Verdict	Reasoning	#
2026-08	FDR3 + FDR4 + FDR6 + COS1	Mixed	“4 and 6 is manageable naman but for 3 and ACYCOS1 not sure… it would be overwhelming.” FDR3 has too many topics.	1
2026-08	FAR3+4+5 + AVA1 + MAG1 + MAG2 + REG1	No	Strongest negative in the corpus: “Very heavy” / “deadly combo” / “That's far too heavy.” REG1's 2nd LE falls in the same week as the FAR5, MAG1 and FAR3 finals.	5
2026-08	FDR3 + FDR4 + COS1	Yes	“ACYCOS1 is a very manageable course.”	1
2026-08	FMT1 + COS1 + FDR3 + FDR4	Yes	“COS1 is an easy 4.0 subject. FMT1 can be a bit technical pero manageable.” COS1 is first-half, FMT1 second-half, so no overlap.	2
2026-08	FMG1+2 + AVA2+3 + COBIBAC	Yes	“Yup, doable.” COBIBAC is “very very chill under ms sarmiento.”	1
2026-05	TAX3 + internship + research + thesis	Yes	“Yes!” / “Yesyes!”, but watch the 12-unit internship cap.	2
2026-04	FDR2 retake + FDR5 + FDR6	Risky	Split verdict. For: FDR2 and 6 are both second-half. Against: “the best they did was pass fdr6 and 2, and they had to retake fdr5.”	4
2026-04	FDR2 retake + FDR3&4 vs + FDR5&6	Take 3&4	FDR5&6 end in “drills” that review FDR1–4, which you haven't consolidated. Retake immediately: “the information is fresh.”	3
2026-04	FDR2 (1.5) + FDR3&4	Allowed, not advised	“I wouldn't recommend taking both 2&4 at the same time… 2&4 are the hardest of the fdr series.”	2
2026-04	DSIMGTS + COBSTRM + COBSHUR + FDR3&4 + 2 GEs	Too heavy	“choose first between STRM or DSI since all 3 have papers during finals & we also had a final exam for DSI. maybe u can replace one with a GE.”	3
2026-01	FDR2 + FDR5 + FDR6 + COS1 + FMT1	Yes, conditionally	“especially pag di mo na first take ang fdr2.” FDR6 and COS1 are both easy.	1
2025-12	TAX3 + FMKT + REG3	Yes	“yess very doable”; friends did it and passed.	2
2025-12	7 subjects incl. FAR4 + FAR5 + AVA1 + CST1 + CST2	Yes but brutal	“first half is okay, second half doable naman medyo di ka lang matutulog.” One person did an equivalent load and passed everything.	3
2025-12	TAX1 + MAG1 + MAG2 + FMKT + ITM1&2	Yes	“easy lang itm1,2, mag2. bearable ang fmkt. prioritize tax1 and mag1.” MAG1 and TAX1 finals don't collide, MAG1 is first-half.	2
2025-12	ASR1-4 + LBYACST + TAX2	Yes	“crunch time lang when nearing finals week.” Get a good lab and tax prof.	3
2025-12	AVA1 + FMG1 + FMG2 + MAG1 + REG2	Very hard	“ava1, mag1, and fmg2 are very hard by themselves.” REG2 has 3 LEs, so assessments almost every week.	3
2025-12	FAR1&2 + ASR1-4	Partly impossible	ASR1&4 fine without FAR. But “it is impossible to pass asr2 and 3 without taking any far subjects.” Take law instead.	2
2025-12	FAR + ITM	Yes	“ITM is just sure pass. Marami lang papers, do your FAR homeworks in advance.”	2
2025-08	MAG1&2 + FMG1&2 + TAX2 + ITM1&2	Yes · OP confirmed	OP edited afterwards: “kinaya naman guys, passed all subjs, but stressful and need ng GOOD time management.” Commenters had advised splitting MAG and FMG.	3 + outcome
2025-04	ASR1-4 + AVA2&3	Yes	“I have friends that did that and they managed to pass all.” First half ASR1/4 + AVA2; second half ASR2/3 + AVA3.	2
2025-04	ITM1&2 + full 21-unit majors	Yes	“Attainable 4.0 in one take!”	1
2025-04	FAR5 + AVA1 + (FMG or MAG?)	Take MAG	Second half you can focus on AVA1 because MAG2 has no quizzes.	1
2024-12	CST1&2 + FAR3&4	Yes	“cst series naman is very light lang compared to far.”	2
2024-12	MAG1 + AVA2 + FMG1	No	“MAG1 can get really heavy, mas lalo na pag mababa score mo sa Quiz 1 (dalawa lang quiz sa MAG).”	2
2024-12	ASR1-4 + REG2 + TAX2	No	“Dont ull kill urself”, though REG2 + TAX2 alone is fine.	2
n/a	AVA1 retake + AVA2 + AVA3	Not allowed	Prereq rule. The system may accept you, then drop you after the first half.	2
n/a	Any prereq + integs	Not allowed	Banned as of the Apr 2026 townhall.	2
n/a	18 units in the OJT term	Not allowed	CHED 12-unit cap.	3

08 · Administration

Rules, grades and who to actually talk to

Grades

What the numbers mean

2.0 is the retention grade for ACY and ACT courses. 79.3 = 1.5, so the cut is at 80.
A 0.0 anywhere disqualifies you from Latin honours, even if you pass the retake. A 1.5 does not↗.
Dean's List is recoverable after a retake, as long as you hit the GPA minimum and have no grade below 2.0. Confirmed firsthand by someone who did it.↗
Curving is departmental and unanimous: “they only curve if all profs agree.” Worth roughly +10 on the compre ≈ 2.4% of your final grade. Do not plan around it.
Rounding is prof discretion, not policy. BCV rounds 79.6 up to 2.0; Bendo does not round at all.↗
JPIA incentive is capped at +2 on one quiz↗, regardless of how many events you attend.

Units

Caps and overloads

12 units maximum in the internship term. CHED memorandum, non-negotiable, confirmed by 7+ people.
The thesis term allows 15. The cap attaches to internship specifically.
24 units is the overload ceiling, and DAC announced it will be stricter. Anything above 24 is not allowed.↗
Overload is realistically granted only if it's your last term. Email Dr. Rabo.
A full majors load is 21 units.↗

People

Who to contact for what

Dr. Rabo: DAC Chair. Curriculum consults, overload approval, manual enlistment approval, new slots. Slow by email; watch the petition tracker for updates instead of GCs.
Ms. Editha Trinidad: DAC Vice-Chair. Flowchart and remaining-units consultation. Go F2F, it's faster.↗
Ms. Esteva-Teves: APO. Once Rabo approves your manual enlistment, go to her onsite schedule (MTW)↗ with the approval rather than emailing.
Sir Bendo: the contact for expediting TOR issuance ahead of CPALE applications.↗
Flowchart consultation is rationed: “usually granted only for graduating students with 2 terms left.”

Enlistment

System quirks that cost people slots

Archer's Hub still shows old course codes. Search ACYFAR, not ACYFDR.
Courses sometimes don't appear in the Hub at all. Cross-check the RVR-COB course offerings document.↗
Sections are listed with no prof assigned, so use the mini course finder.↗
Manual enlistment needs a valid reason and is refused if open slots remain, or if your reason is wanting a specific prof. Email Rabo with the conflict details, a screenshot of enrolled subjects, your ID number, and the target course/number/section.↗
Free electives: DAC releases the open list before the enlistment period, usually business, law and sustainability courses.↗

09 · Honesty

Where this subreddit can't help you

r/dlsudac is written almost entirely by 2nd- to 4th-year students. Its blind spots are systematic, not random.

Zero coverage: not one mention in 315 posts

FDNECON · FDNBUSF · FDNMANP · FDNMARK · ACTCOMM · DSIOPMA · ACTELEC

Your entire first-year foundation block is invisible here. No professor, no difficulty rating, no workload. FDNACCT is mentioned twice, once as “the foundation everything builds on,” once for a professor, but has no difficulty rating either.

Course	What exists
COBMECO · DSILYTC · MADFUND · COBSHUR	One mention each, and all four come from the same sentence in one post listing courses someone had finished. Zero substantive information.
COBSTRM	Only “not that easy although depending sa prof” and “has papers during finals.” No prof reviews.
DSIMGTS	One prof surname with no review; “could get really hassle, depends on prof.”
COBEDEV	One usable post: Ms. Leigh Lim takes attendance every class, grades very high, ~4–5 solo submissions plus a group final paper.↗
COBIBAC	“very very chill under ms sarmiento”, and it's confirmed doable alongside four majors. That's all.
PRCACTY	Logistics are well covered; the academic side (grading, supervision, requirements) is completely undocumented.
ACYINT1–6	Structure, grading and passing rates are richly covered, but not one integs professor is ever named. The closest hint is “all SoLL reviewers are Integs Profs.”↗ This is the biggest gap relative to your final term.
ACYFDR6 · ACYREG2 · ACTTXN2 · ACTFMKT	Exactly one professor each.

Staleness: treat these as possibly obsolete

Rules that changed inside the window

A new grading system for all FDR subjects was announced in April 2026. The post got zero replies and zero detail.↗ Every FDR grade weighting on this page may be out of date. Ask DAC directly.
Taking a prereq alongside its course is now banned (Apr 2026), including the old integs exception. All 2025 advice on this is dead.
Overload policy tightened: the 2024 “petition via the Academic Programming Officer” route may be superseded by “email Dr. Rabo.”
Quiz scoring changed: no points for solutions, and quiz day moved from Wednesday to class day.↗
Exam authorship flips between departmental and prof-made from term to term, so “prof X's quizzes are easy” may not survive a year.
Professor rosters churn. Sir MJE moved from Cost toward MAG; Sir Lim recently returned to DLSU; one reviewed prof was in their first term teaching. Re-verify at enlistment.
About a quarter of these posts are pre-2025, and that's where most professor reviews live. Every review dated 2024 on this page is flagged in its evidence count.

Two smaller cautions worth repeating. Several prof “facts” rest on a single comment: Kirk Ong's warning, Lacsi's, and Paran's glowing review are each one person. And one negative claim in the corpus (Simbillo's alleged favouritism and no-curve) is explicitly thirdhand (“from friends of a friend”) and is contradicted by two people who actually took him.

The subreddit speaks a different dialect than your checklist

Which courses actually break people

Isolate these, don't stack them

Reliable grade cushions

One student's full FDR ranking, hardest to easiest

Which half of the term each course falls in

Prerequisite gates that change your enlistment order

Course by course

Financial Accounting & Reporting

Advanced Financial Accounting & Reporting

Audit & Assurance

Management Services

Taxation

Regulatory Framework & Law

Information Systems, Labs & Analytics

Thesis, Internship & the Integrating Modules

Professors

Recommended

Sir KDC

Sir MJE / MJ

Doc LJ (Legaspi)

Binaluyo

Catapusan

Paran, Allan Leo T.

Doc Rabo

Espiritu

Sir Hector

Otucan, Clark Joed

BCV (Villaluz)

Endozo, Romelyn

Cabonce, Daven

Retardo, JC

Lat, Ernie

Lopo

Rivera

John-john Patrick Lim