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@silmenadil said:
Dear nadz24can you help me please
Dear Silmenadil,
I’m a full time employee in a bank and I had a very little time to study even in the weekends. First of all, you should boost your confidence that you could pass this exam. That confidence really helped me to study. I would always imagine myself passing the exam with high marks so that I was mentally prepared for studying.
I did self studying with Kaplan books and opentuition text. First I read the open tuition chapters one by one and after finishing a chapter I would listen to their video if that chapter is too theoretical.
After finishing off the OT Text which was like a summary of the Kaplan study text, I read the Kaplan study text twice. At the end of each chapter I made a mind map ONLY WITH THE ESSENTIAL FACTS.
Thereafter I spent most of the time reading the Kaplan revision Kit. So when I told I was reading the revision Kit I did it in a way that got me to pass APM.
1. After reading the scenario, I would highlight all the minute details that form answer.2. Then I would imagine if i was in the same situation what would I do
3. After making a list of things in my mind that I would do , then only I read the answer.
4. When I read the answer I only look at how logically the answer was built up. How the answer has provided its argument to prove the point. It’s amazing to see sometimes how the answer has built on some minute factors!
The key to pass APM is to get used to this logically argument building. For that you need to broaden your thinking. When you provide a solution to a particular scenario, write a one line of how this could go wrong/right depending on what the question has sked.
Show the examiner that you have rounded knowledge.
But don’t get carried away by writing so many unnecessary stuff too.
Do read the past papers and the answers. That exposes you to so many situations and trust me! at the end of it you would naturally get in to the style of writing a passable answer for APM.
Last two days before the exam I only read the past papers and answers, So to make sure my thinking is broadened like a real accountant.
**Also I studied an older version of Kaplan Text and the revision which 2015 edition. So
Please do tell if you need any help to pass 🙂