ACCA AA Exam Results – December 2020 – Instant Poll and Comments

Hey Leapcard,

My advice is just to focus on the lectures and do as much question practice as possible, revising the study text (for me) and trying to memorise all the chapters is unrealistic.

Is there anywhere in particular that you feel was difficult?

Failed with 49% 🙁

Failed the 2nd time with 42 (the first fail was with 44). My results shocking and frustrating, since I was sure that it will be good.

Two words of advice I will give anyone planning to take the exam are:

1. Get the knowledge
2. Practice

1. Get the knowledge:
This involves making sure you are using the most effective method of studying, e.g. self-study or getting a good tuition provider. The lectures on OpenTuition is very good. I will highly recommend getting a study text and a revision kit from an ACCA approved content provider e.g. Kaplan or BPP.
Also, think about how many papers you are sitting in an exam. Depending on other current commitments, would it be good to do maybe just one paper at a time rather than two? I find it better to focus on one paper and pass than do multiple papers and fail them. By passing the papers one at a time, it helps keep the momentum.
I heard a quote in a movie that says:

“The steps you take don’t need to be big. They just need to take you in the right direction.”

2. Practice:
When you study, make sure you have got the knowledge and understand what you have studied. One way to ensure this is to practice exam standard questions.
Practice is very important for many reasons: you intensify your understanding, detect any weaknesses, and enhance exam technique. All of these are very important not just to your exam success, but also to your whole studying experience and also at the workplace.

One thing I realised from my early papers was that I fail not because I don’t have the knowledge, but because I have not practiced enough.
So I say: Practice, practice, practice!

I will say one thing to those who failed their papers:

Failure is not final, failure is a part of our journeys and sometimes a vital part of our successes. Some of us who passed have failed once or several times before.
In all things, it is the courage to continue that counts. So don’t give up, press on, and enjoy the journey. You are already a success when you decided to sit the exam. Keep putting one step in front of the other. You can do this!

All the best of luck to everyone!

Thank you for your kind words. Stay blessed.

Same! 55% in my second attempt as well

frustrated, score 39%, confidence destroyed,

@vshhao
Hi please don’t get demotivated,getting a 39% doesnt mean u can’t get a 70% when u sit it for the second time.It just means u need to make a strategy.U can do it.Start revising the Kit from now..u will do it dear.Make it work and be confident it will

Passed my first ACCA exam paper with 60%. For those who have not passed this time, keep going as it always seems impossible until it’s done. 🙂

3rd attempt, passed with 56%

Hey,

Failed my First attempt, i am exempt from a lot of papers and havent really studied since uni (4 years)
how do i practice the multiple choice quesions. it was soo hard??

please and thanks

Failed with 48%. I’ve lost count on the number of attempts.

It’s frustrating and very disappointing. Tbh I think AA is one of the hardest papers, never failed a single paper before. There is a trick that maybe I don’t get