AAA*** ACCA AAA December 2018 Exam Results ***

I got 79% at first attempt and my advice is: 1. Plan your study schedule. My last 2 weeks study schedule looks something like this (by this time, I have gone through the past year papers once already with my tuition provider): 18th Nov: S/D 2015 19th Nov: M/J 2018 20th Nov: June 2014 21st Nov: M/J 2016 22nd Nov: Read theory (ethics, money laundering and etc) + Recap again on accounting standard + (if I have time) read through the OLDER past year papers 23rd Nov: June 2015 24th Nov: Dec 2014 25th Nov: S/D 16 26th Nov: M/J 17 27th Nov: S/D 17 28th Nov: Specimen Paper 29th Nov: Sep 2018 30th Nov: Read theory + Recap again on accounting standard + look through past year paper that I had done again 1st Dec: Go through everything + any technical articles that seem important 2nd Dec: Read through ethics + the things that I am spotting (risky but if you have done a lot of past year papers, you will have an idea) 3rd Dec: EXAM DAY! 2. Do past year papers from June 2014 onwards (since those are the only ones available on the website now - don't bother doing more than that because the style is very different but if you have extra time, why not?) I did the PYP from June 2014 at least 2 times (either by going through it or really doing it). I just roughly read through the questions that already came out the last sitting and paid more attention to things that haven't appear. 3. Do revision in real life conditions. Do the full set of past year paper and try to finish it within 3hr and 15 mins. If not, try and try again until you feel more comfortable. This revision should be part of your last phase of the exam revision when you are more thorough with everything. I remember about 14 days to my exam... For 7 days, I was doing one full past year paper each day to time myself. At first, it took me almost 6 hours to finish it then it got easier. 4. Ethics Section 290 is important and is free marks!! So make sure you are thorough with it. 5. Accounting standard You don't have to be super knowledgeable in this area because you can pick it up by doing past year paper but it is still better to have an idea. I did do a summary of the accounting standards last time in P2 so I just used the same notes and look through it. If not, you can just watch the summary videos on IFRSbox. I did do a checklist of the accounting standard in P2 and tick it every time I have red the Standard so I know I didn't miss out on anything. I did not read some of the Standard that I felt was irrelevant to AAA. 6. There isn't much theory to read/memorize so don't spend too much time on it. Theory marks are little anyway. Goodluck to everyone and I hope this helps!

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@dhan12 said: Congratulations – that’s a fantastic result. Would you mind sharing some of your tips? This is the only exam I have failed so not sure exactly how to approach it. Any advice on how you tackled the exam would be very much appreciated! I only managed to completed Q1 and 2.

Thank you! I can’t believe myself too because this is the highest mark I have ever gotten in ACCA. My tip is in the comments! I think it is important to complete all the questions! At least attempt 85% of the question to be safe. Be sure to move on if you are stuck because, in every question, there is always some easy marks to earn. I would advise you to spend 1 hr 30 mins in Q1 45 mins each in Q2. I remember spending about an extra 10 mins in Q1 so I only had less than 5 mins to check everything. I think the best way is to practice the full set of PYP in real life conditions to make sure you can finish in time. Hope this helps!

Can you please share you studying tips and techniques

Pass AAA with 59%. Its finally over

@dhan12 said: Congratulations – that’s a fantastic result. Would you mind sharing some of your tips? This is the only exam I have failed so not sure exactly how to approach it. Any advice on how you tackled the exam would be very much appreciated! I only managed to completed Q1 and 2.

ashleeeyc - did you read the article “How to tackle the AAA Exam”? (Available at https://opentuition.com/acca/aaa/) and/or watch the accompanying video? If you did - it would be great if you could leave a comment below the lecture that might encourage others to watch it/read the article.

Passed 2nd attempt with 54%.1st attempt got 48%.Am left with APM.The paper was really fair but time is always a challenge.My tips are: 1) Question practice - I did the whole kit 2) Have your standards on your fingetips and apply them in the exam 3) Try to allocate the time as advised in the exam.Dont ever use more time than prescribed, you will never recover it in the exam 4) If it will work for you....Start with number 3, always the easiest of all and grab all the marks.....I started with number 3, then 2 and lastly qn1 coz when i failed 1st attempt ,I almost spend 2 hrs on qn 1 only to realise that the last one was the easiest 5) Know your theory and then link it with your standards 6)Dont panic in the exam, 1st attempt I spent good 20 minutes flipping the paper without even a plan, When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.Eventually we will reach our destination.Congrats to all Affiliates.Hoping to be one after my June APM Exam.

@ashleeeyc said: Thank you! I can’t believe myself too because this is the highest mark I have ever gotten in ACCA. My tip is in the comments! I think it is important to complete all the questions! At least attempt 85% of the question to be safe. Be sure to move on if you are stuck because, in every question, there is always some easy marks to earn. I would advise you to spend 1 hr 30 mins in Q1 45 mins each in Q2. I remember spending about an extra 10 mins in Q1 so I only had less than 5 mins to check everything. I think the best way is to practice the full set of PYP in real life conditions to make sure you can finish in time. Hope this helps!

Ah this is so helpful, thank you! I've got 6 weeks from today so will plan properly now and will definitely use your detailed study plan. Has certainly given me a boost for studying tonight! Congratulations again, such a great result.