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If they broaden the questions to cover more syllabus areas they will not be able to control the pass rates
It was a very hard and unfair structured exam . So many 5 mark questions I had no time to think. The sistem didn’t work well either, I had to reboot.
Too much information and spread across in a haotic way it was too much reading to deliver an answer. Gutted
I appreciate that, but that is not good enough, it looks like they are not ready to run them why tell students that is doable if it is not. I am sitting SBL tomorrow and I took two weeks unpaid leave, and the registration for the exam it’s a fortune. I couldn’t sit the exam in March cause it was canceled due to pandemic, I couldn’t sit last sitting because the exam hasn’t started and I was in a exam center, same thing then, time off from work, so many weekends studying only to be told sorry we can only accommodate you next sitting. They are not answering emails it takes more than 48 hours for someone to get back only to be given general feedback and links to where to pay my annual fee for 2021. They should make an effort and allow ALL students to rebook next week or the following.
The thing is, the examiner hates when students are starting to reproduce models, they just advice for us to learn models as a way to better structure our answers.
This is going to be my second attempt and I can say that I really thought that I did well and I am going to be way over the margin pass rate, but no, I only scored 48 and honestly I really do not think it’s going to be any better this time around, I don’t have any idea what went wrong as it is such a subjective paper.
I really think that ACCA is keeping the pass rates at <50 so they set up the bar so high that only people that deal with this kind of work in their day to day job will pass or the really bright ones that are studying a week before the exam and score really well … I lost hope.
Good luck to everyone next week.
I do not trust them at all either, very very disappointed. I am waiting for Chartered Accountants to get back to on the transfer, the pass rates are 87% in 2019.
Just as an idea, the pass rate for Chartered Acountants Ireland was 87% in 2019. Pass rates below 50% for ACCA. Sometimes as low as 30%?
joemilburn wrote:Honestly think my exam must have been corrupted, I was pretty confident I had done enough – even with the two hour exam delays! 49% is an absolute killer I’m gutted
I am ABSOLUTLEY shocked that I failed, I really think I did well, and yes, it is a money making machine and they definitely control the pass rate, they have to be kept to a certain level so well… I am really starting to think about transferring to Charter accountants as I have colleagues that failed acca exams more than 3 times got the transfer and passed first attempt and got qualified, I am still struggling.
I am considering transferring to Charter Accountants as I have colleagues that did so after failing 3 4 times one professional exam and now they are qualified as Chartered Accountants. Would anyone know if transferring is still possible and the exams passed with ACCA are still recognised?
Really disappointed with the result I was convinced I passed, I covered everything as I worked with charities before. They definitely want to control the pass rates so after they rich the target, everyone is marked at 48 and 49. Why can we not see the paper? what’s such a secret?
I failed SBL second time 46%. I really do not know what is it that I can do different, I am really thinking about giving it up all together.. I was convinced I did well and it would help to see the paper and see where I lost marks otherwise what else can I do different next time? I failed before, but never felt this lost…
Everyone should complain about it and email ACCA to make them aware about it because the fees are not being reviewed but the technical issues with the practice platform, technical issues during the exams, the horrible conditions in the exam centers and I can’t see anyone at all complaining everyone carry on like as usual.
@kanchandhankar said:
I had section Cgrout co…. lease v buy (DCF) and Moscow Co … WACC
Same here
Hi John, remember how I told you that chances are it want be on the exam paper? It was on the exam paper as part of a 10 point problem, without it I could not go on with the rest of the problem. Just meant to say a milion thanks it could be the diference between ” to be or not to be” :-). I can not thank you enough. All the best.
It really makes more sense, it helped a lot, it is very confusing (for me) the answer presented in the book. Chances are it wont be on my paper exam on Monday :-), but it’s not on my mind any more. Thanks a lot for your time, it is much appreciated, your answer and everything you are doing here for us. Thank you.
Hi everyone just wanted to give a heads up in regards with F2 CBE exam, for those who are planing to sit the exam. I self studied and I passed it last week with a very disappointing 51%. I practiced all the Kaplan and BPP problems, previous years exams and also I bought the set of 3 practice tests from ACCA ( which I passed with 64, 70 and 76) and considered myself very well prepared ( I was’t as well prepared for F3 and I passed that one with 72%); anyway, I found the exam very unbalanced, more than 50% (of the part A questions) wore based on Budgeting and variance analysis, marginal, absorbing costing and variances all mixed up in one (2 points) question and on top of that, one 7 points question in section B also on budgeting with a tone of information and very confusing altogether. I don’t think is was a fair exam, it was most likely an exam on budgeting, management accounting involves way more than budgeting and variances. No questions on sources of data, forecasting, joint products, cost behavior, annuity or perpetuity… I am glad I passed, thank you for all the help and best of luck to everyone.
