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

Finally passed it 52%. Last term in Sep, i fail 48%. After more reviewed and past exam practiced, i finally made it. Thank Opentuition, without this forum, i would not possible to passed as a self-study student in Cambodia.

Failed first sitting with 43% and I know why. I haven’t done ANY ratio calculations, just forgot formulas and didn’t have time. Completed Q2, Q3 and left Q1 at the end, only done it for 30-40%. And here we are, 7 marks short.

Any idea when the answers will be released? Can’t wait to start studying again!

Passed 53 in first attempt. Affiliate now

51% second attempt AAA.
First attempt only 38%
Both time self study
One to go for me and fingers cross 2019 I get my ACCA certificate.
Doing APM this time only as the syllabus so small! Any advise on this one from anyone?

@nataly1986 said:
Any idea when the answers will be released? Can’t wait to start studying again!

I would expect answers to be published around early next week.

Did you read the article “How to tackle the AAA Exam”? Available at https://opentuition.com/acca/aaa/

@sreeja212 said:
Passed AAA first attempt….got exactly 50% on attempting around 65-70% as I’m slow in writing but bingo.. hands down would refer OT videos to all the student attempting AAA…. it really helped me a lot In getting a clear picture of how to attempt the paper… all the best

@ashleeeyc said:
Passed with 79% at first attempt

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.

@rimshy said:
I flunked at 42% AAA my calculator had problem during exam first attempt please advice to pass the exam how to tackle it again ?

Checkout the “Retake study guide” available at https://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/student/exam-support-resources/professional-exams-study-resources/p7/retake-guides.html – this provides tips for success and signposts essential resources. Also read the “How to tackle the AAA exam” article at https://opentuition.com/acca/aaa/ As it sounds as though you expected to pass if you had not problems with your calculator the main thing to do is not get bored with the subject matter – there are lots of exciting exam questions – attempt them in the time allowed and thoroughly review your answers. And on the exam day – take a spare calculator. Good luck!

Passed on second attempt, luckily I got exactly 50% (was expecting between 60%-70%) but anyway thank you god this terrible time-pressured paper of basically writing forever is out of the way.

Past papers for me is the best way to get over the line, that’s all I used.

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!