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- October 15, 2018 at 7:21 am #478272
@jeggs and everyone else !! Finally passed audit after 4 times Also!! Do not dare give up I got stuck on 40 percent and thought I passed 3 times and failed !! Next time just print off exam papers !!! And ready solutions !!! That’s all do all question 2 then all questions 3 then all questions 4s . Etc!!! And use sticky notes to mark the page/paragraph I’m the exam solutions what you don’t get/ find difficult and then at the end you’ll only be reading the pages/paragraphs which has sticky notes !!! Also write out all the business risks on one a4 sheet of paper really small from exam papers and same wit audit risks!!! The thing I learned from the lectures was you don’ttttt need to write inherent risk / audit risk / detection risk beside each risk! Also where one question has 3 questions on it for professional issues/ ethics and something else ( I forget) you don’ttttt have to worry about after each point yu Make was that ethical / professional issue/ QC you don’t have do separate answers for these or state what point you covered again it’s mind dump and don’t worry !!THIS ONLY APPLIES TO QUESTION 1 risks and also the ethical/qc and professional ethics questions!!!! The reason I passed this time was because I concentrated more on this question ethics!! Before I was like oh I get ethics/QC/professional ussrs it’s easy but I never got it in the three exams ! Also in the free lectures he explains these 3 also !!!) he is amazing honestly !!’ These three are is so so so important!!!! Also you need to write notes from the lectures sonyou can reread again and again as if you don’t it’s a waste of time watching these lectures !!! Also You don’t get points unless you write down a safe guard for ethics !!!! You need to get a4 sheet of paper too like I told you to do with the audit risks and business risks for ethics also if you want to pass !!! Also that last exam I passed I messed up wit time management but I think the ethical questions saved me !!!! So time is number 1!!! Go into the same read the questions !!!! Not the case study !!! The questions !! And write down little things you need to remember at start of exam . do all
This for 10/15 min max max max max !! And start off with q2 or q3!!! Don’t do question 1!!!! Just don’t !!!! And I spent too much time in the last exam writing out isa at start of exam and loads of things I needed to remember on page 1 of answer booklet and I couldn’t decide what question I would do for thirty minutes of the exam !!!!!! Terrible !!!!! Again the ethics/Qc/prof issues/ questions saved me this time!! You need to look at those free lectures and listen to this advice and you will pass !!! Don’t get hung up on isa I didn’t have time to put in anymore then maybe 1 of these one time and still passed !!!! And I just said isa x communication with client …. just the basic meaning of each one !!! Again if I was doing again I would make sure to be able to audit computations as you can see from this September exam there was a lot of accounts and numbers so here I would print off exam paper and just read solution for each computation and keep doing that ! And again use sticky note to and red pen on solutions at stuff you’ll need to remember !!!! If anyone had questions or wants my notes for p2/p6/p7 let me know !!! I will help you pass all of these as I struggled so much with these 3!!! But I just kept kept kept going !!! Don’t give up you will regret it !!! So keep going il help you!!! And I can photo copy my isa and ias and all my notes for u and you’ll get it the next time !!! It’s 50 percent knowledge and 50 percent exam technique if you don’t have exam technique you’ll fail!!!! And I never had this until the last one and still messed up on time ! You will never ever ever be perfect ! Let me help you because I know how horrendous it is but at the end you’ll be relieved honestly so keep at it and take my advice and you’ll pass the next time !! Also don’t forget your professional marks !!! And bullet point space bullet point space for whole exam !!! Don’t start on q1!!! And you don’t have to waste time deciding what questions you will do just pick q2/q3 whatever one you prefer and go back to questions you don’t get !! Do not waste time trying to think of what to write just highlight and come back at the end as stuff will come flowing to you then!!! Also use materiality !!!! You get a mark every time you calc this it’s v v each!! Watch those lectures and write notes on them ! He is brilliant !!also for ias just know 2/3 main points from
Each standard again I can give you my notes!! Contact me if you want my notes and advice ??! Ann:) don’t give up!!! And if I can do it ANYONE can!!!!! I’m average average average ;)))October 15, 2018 at 7:25 am #478273AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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@jeggs said:
My previous attempts it was 23,33 & 49. I thought I have done little better than my previous attempt. But I have scored only 31. Could not believe. I am thinking of giving up ACCA.Hi jeggs,
I am totally sympathetic with you over the unsuccessful attempts. Trust me, I know how disappointing and devastating failing P7 is, because I myself have also failed P7 for 3 times, scoring 48 – 46 and 36 for the Sep 2018 – which caused me great pain since the minute I had received the exam result email just this morning.
Drawing from the experience of the previous 2 failures, I changed my strategy completely on the exam by following closely the tips and guidance provided on Open Tuition and I myself felt that I did really well on the exam, managing to portion the timing between questions, and to give enough valid points to earn marks. To make myself clear, I am not stating what has been provided on Open Tuition is not accurate, I am greatly grateful for Open Tuition for the great resources on theories and technical tips for tackling the exam. It could be that I was overconfident, it could be that my answers were not as great as I thought they were. It could be due to a lot of reasons.
But the overall feeling is great frustration in myself. Since this morning, I have been really sad and I have also thought about giving up ACCA although I have only 2 papers left (P4 and P7).
But you know what, we are only defeated if we give up. My first ACCA exam was in Dec 2015, which was 3 years ago, and I believe that you, I and other ACCA students have come so far in this journey.
I have checked the ACCA website and seen that the Question for Sep 2018 has been uploaded in the ‘Past paper exam’ section, the status of the Answer is ‘Coming soon’, so what I plan to do next is to carefully review the Answer and learn what I did wrong in the exam.
I will judge my ability to pass P7 carefully this time and then, I will give it another try. Otherwise, I will attempt P5 instead of P7.
My point is, don’t be discouraged yet, but persevere and we will get there.
October 15, 2018 at 8:21 am #478299Passed 56% first sitting, done and dusted , I was on a roller coaster have been passing all my all my PROFESSIONAL LEVEL first sitting and SELF STUDY. You need to work smarter to pass ACCA rather than working HARD. Sweet victory. I give GLORY to the Almighty GOD
October 15, 2018 at 8:52 am #478313Can someone please explain this to me :
I did a diploma between 2014-2016.. i passed all 8 exams at first attempt.. i went straight into ACCA and passed F5-F9 in 18 months.. i’ve never got a result less than 45%, in my life
so this morning i got my AAA result… 20%… what a joke !
i felt the exam went well and I was expecting about 60%.. my only small concern was my poor handwriting, because I was writing so quickly.. however, this result is inexplicable
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Amazing when i see people comment about their success. Have been struck with P7 as the only paper left for me now. little success and it is been 31,35,35,21 and now 38. Any useful tips against Dec?
October 15, 2018 at 9:07 am #478324AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Got tips to help?
October 15, 2018 at 9:25 am #478333AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Finally, affiliate!
October 15, 2018 at 9:29 am #478336AnonymousInactive- Topics: 0
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Dont give up! I failed 3 TIMES before I passed. Try. try, try and try again. I agree that changing the way you read always helps.
October 15, 2018 at 9:36 am #478340Missed it at 46 from 48, this exam was time pressured, heading for it again Dec sitting.
Best of luck to the finalists we are coming just behind you.October 15, 2018 at 9:48 am #478342Congrats :)..Can u plz share standard notes
October 15, 2018 at 9:55 am #478344AnonymousInactive- Topics: 2
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Hi Ann I am interested please for a copy of your notes
October 15, 2018 at 10:02 am #478347Hello – I failed received 37% third time sitting it – I will go again – very difficult to pass I find
October 15, 2018 at 10:07 am #478348Passed with 50% @ first attempt. So happy.
October 15, 2018 at 10:15 am #478350Hi
46 last time, 44 this time – I felt so sure I had past 🙁
October 15, 2018 at 10:20 am #478353Passed with 67% at first attempt.
Dr Kashif kamran helped a lot. search for prepare to pass with Kashiff kamran , very helpful with exam techniqueOctober 15, 2018 at 10:25 am #47835648% on first attempt … really thought i had passed. very disappointing.
is there anyone who can teach me, i live in UK, Liverpool
shah.29@live.complease contact me if anyone can help
October 15, 2018 at 10:39 am #478358October 15, 2018 at 10:41 am #478360Passed with 55%, first attempt. Thought I had failed, was under time pressure, I guess I passed because of the Accounting standards that were still fresh in my memory. God is good.
October 15, 2018 at 11:07 am #478367Passed with 55% at first attempt. Didn’t expect to pass either..
October 15, 2018 at 11:30 am #478300Okay, somebody please explain this to me
I passed F5-F9 in about 18 months.. no major problems… {i was exempt from the first four, due to a diploma i finished in 2016, passing 8 exams all at first attempts}
I went straight into the advanced exams…So first up was AAA in September.. I was very confident because I did AA in December and there was a lot of repetition
I thought the exam went well.. only concern I had was my poor handwriting because I was writing so quickly.. but I was expecting about 60%
I got the result this morning – 20%.. what a joke.. impossible.. i never got a result in my life less than 45%… i will try and complain but i know i am wasting my money
October 15, 2018 at 11:31 am #478373@anngreed said:
@jeggs and everyone else !! Finally passed audit after 4 times Do not dare give up I got stuck on 40 percent and thought I passed 3 times and failed !! Next time just print off exam papers !!! And ready solutions !!! That’s all do all question 2 then all questions 3 then all questions 4s . Etc!!! And use sticky notes to mark the page/paragraph I’m the exam solutions what you don’t get/ find difficult and then at the end you’ll only be reading the pages/paragraphs which has sticky notes !!! Also write out all the business risks on one a4 sheet of paper really small from exam papers and same wit audit risks!!! The thing I learned from the lectures was you don’ttttt need to write inherent risk / audit risk / detection risk beside each risk! Also where one question has 3 questions on it for professional issues/ ethics and something else ( I forget) you don’ttttt have to worry about after each point yu Make was that ethical / professional issue/ QC you don’t have do separate answers for these or state what point you covered again it’s mind dump and don’t worry !!THIS ONLY APPLIES TO QUESTION 1 risks and also the ethical/qc and professional ethics questions!!!! The reason I passed this time was because I concentrated more on this question ethics!! Before I was like oh I get ethics/QC/professional ussrs it’s easy but I never got it in the three exams ! Also in the free lectures he explains these 3 also !!!) he is amazing honestly !!’ These three are is so so so important!!!! Also you need to write notes from the lectures sonyou can reread again and again as if you don’t it’s a waste of time watching these lectures !!! Also You don’t get points unless you write down a safe guard for ethics !!!! You need to get a4 sheet of paper too like I told you to do with the audit risks and business risks for ethics also if you want to pass !!! Also that last exam I passed I messed up wit time management but I think the ethical questions saved me !!!! So time is number 1!!! Go into the same read the questions !!!! Not the case study !!! The questions !! And write down little things you need to remember at start of exam . do all
This for 10/15 min max max max max !! And start off with q2 or q3!!! Don’t do question 1!!!! Just don’t !!!! And I spent too much time in the last exam writing out isa at start of exam and loads of things I needed to remember on page 1 of answer booklet and I couldn’t decide what question I would do for thirty minutes of the exam !!!!!! Terrible !!!!! Again the ethics/Qc/prof issues/ questions saved me this time!! You need to look at those free lectures and listen to this advice and you will pass !!! Don’t get hung up on isa I didn’t have time to put in anymore then maybe 1 of these one time and still passed !!!! And I just said isa x communication with client …. just the basic meaning of each one !!! Again if I was doing again I would make sure to be able to audit computations as you can see from this September exam there was a lot of accounts and numbers so here I would print off exam paper and just read solution for each computation and keep doing that ! And again use sticky note to and red pen on solutions at stuff you’ll need to remember !!!! If anyone had questions or wants my notes for p2/p6/p7 let me know !!! I will help you pass all of these as I struggled so much with these 3!!! But I just kept kept kept going !!! Don’t give up you will regret it !!! So keep going il help you!!! And I can photo copy my isa and ias and all my notes for u and you’ll get it the next time !!! It’s 50 percent knowledge and 50 percent exam technique if you don’t have exam technique you’ll fail!!!! And I never had this until the last one and still messed up on time ! You will never ever ever be perfect ! Let me help you because I know how horrendous it is but at the end you’ll be relieved honestly so keep at it and take my advice and you’ll pass the next time !! Also don’t forget your professional marks !!! And bullet point space bullet point space for whole exam !!! Don’t start on q1!!! And you don’t have to waste time deciding what questions you will do just pick q2/q3 whatever one you prefer and go back to questions you don’t get !! Do not waste time trying to think of what to write just highlight and come back at the end as stuff will come flowing to you then!!! Also use materiality !!!! You get a mark every time you calc this it’s v v each!! Watch those lectures and write notes on them ! He is brilliant !!also for ias just know 2/3 main points from
Each standard again I can give you my notes!! Contact me if you want my notes and advice ??! Ann:) don’t give up!!! And if I can do it ANYONE can!!!!! I’m average average average ;)))Thank you for your advice very very very very much
You spread a POSITIVE ENERGY to those who failed on Sep 2018
Thanks for your hope , i think that is the most important thing to those who failed for more than 1 time in P7 because they came to a moment when they feel it is impossible to pass and no hope at all to pass P7 and in the same time they cant switch to another P because they already done a big effort in P7 and become familiar with the exam and questions but they cant reach this damned 50 point of passOctober 15, 2018 at 12:04 pm #478398Hi Guys,
I will be sitting AAA as my next exam, would any of you kindly let me know what is your personal opinion on if it is to late for me to start studying this for a pass in December 18? I know it depends on motivation, time & education level, blah, blah, blah.
I mean in general from your own experiences, even any pitfalls to avoid, would really appreciate tips.
Thanks
October 15, 2018 at 12:10 pm #478402@ysolanki said:
Fail with 49. Is an admin review worth the money?Hi Yuvraj, I dont personally think the admin review is at all worth the £55 odd pound, I got 49 in F7 in June, paid to get it remarked thinking they will find a mark, got it back and got 49 🙁
got 55% in September sitting so it made me work a lot smarter!! So personally I don’t think it was worth it in that sense, but if its going to be in the back of your mind then it maybe worth the peace of mind that it is the correct score.October 15, 2018 at 12:44 pm #478433Agree, better off investing your money in your next resit! I had asked for review twice and it’s basically as mentioned by another person just a recalc and gives you insight what parts you passed and which ones you did not, but they never give you any extra marks back sadly…
October 15, 2018 at 1:19 pm #478477@husnapopal said:
What is link theory and e business? Can someone plz tellJust a way some people seem to think they can find out their results in advance. It is nonsense – ignore it 🙂
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