ACCA AFM September 2020 Exam Results – Instant Poll and Comments

Hi,

Do you have any summary notes for exam papers.

Passed, thanks to God Almighty and Open Tuition. The questions in the September paper are exactly identical to a handful of past paper questions, with barely any change made. Guys – do not be dismayed. Keep going and you will prevail. The AFM lecturer is a Godsend, and absolutely brilliant at what he does. His work is par excellence and you will do well to listen to him. Good luck and God bless you all!! Thank you Open Tuition!! Good bye!

failed the 4th time with 46%. Honestly I did not prepare well for this time, as I was too busy with full time work, with a very long and late meeting on previous day before the exam date. I even considered to not show up on exam day but took the exam anyway. And the result is even higher than my 3rd attempt – which I put more effort in. So hope that my 5th attempt in Mar will be the last for AFM. Still have APM to go though 🙂 Good luck to all!

Hi Shaned,

Who was the study material provider you used to prepare for the exam. I failed to the 3rd time and I need to change on my preparation technique and probably try another study source.

@SheilaaC used kaplan kit as study text and bpp kit to practice past questions. attempt questions from bpp kit at least twice (including mock exams at the end of the kit). You can start attempting the questions in kit while you complete the chapters from text. Please do watch the lectures available on this site, i even viewed F9 lectures to review the basics/fundamentals for e.g. for dividend valuation model because this is used in AFM to value a company. Specially the lectures on foreign and interest rate hedging are really good. Would have been in trouble if there were no such lectures related to these areas on opentuition. Personally i found acquisition area to be complex so if I would have to do it again I would focus on that because its my weak area. Also go through the technical articles, they are important, the last article was on basis risk so this will probably come in December. You can also refer to the comments by vapiano91 on https://opentuition.com/topic/my-personal-tips-for-passing-p4/

thanks to open tution , you were there from my very first paper, till my last .
i appreciate this. passed p4 with 51% 3rd attempt.

Insane score, congrats!

Many congratulations on your big success. Could you please share some strategies to pass ?

I have been preparing four months for this exam. And ACCA team did not allow me to start exam claiming they don’t see me due to my issue with my camera. Before exam I passed test with camera several times. My laptop is most latest HP X360 in the market and camera was on . I made photos from the exam with date and time in laptop menu proving the camera is on in both settings and front signal is on , sent them complaint attaching all photos but nothing, they just apologised that it happened with me and did not unfold the reason.

51% !!!

Talal wrote:First attempt – Passed with 72%. Thank you John for OpenTuition and for guiding us throughout!

Congrats on your success. what was your approach to the revision? Did you rely solely on opentuition materials? Any tips/pointers would help 😀

@SheilaaC . I got 43% in my first attempt but passed 74% in my second attempt. I did not manage time effectively in my first exam. For my second attempt I did a lot more question practice and used the cbe practice platform for my workings and answers. It helps to do the formulas quickly in excel and know where to put the brackets etc. I didn’t understand foreign currency/interest rate hedging properly by just reading the BPP book. The open tuition lectures in this area really helped me. I couldn’t get my head round it before that. Also, I used to read through sample answers after doing questions and highlight what I thought were key points. I used to do questions in categories to begin with. Eg. Week one; do all restructuring questions i could, Second week; foreign currency hedging etc. I guess everyone is different though and different techniques might work better for some people. Most important for me was trying to persevere, because I suffer from anxiety and sometimes it seemed the acca exams were getting the better of me. Anyone who sometimes struggles, believe in your ability and view the exams as a learning experience rather than a big obstacle that you have to overcome. I found on the days I was more chilled out and my mind clearer, it was far easier for me to study. Sometimes those days were fewer than I liked but I got there in the end and everyone who didn’t pass this time will get there too. Also, another useful thing i think helped in the exam was copying and pasting requirements into word processor rather than clicking back to the question page all the time. I then deleted the requirements when I answered the question. I actually didn’t think of that until watching a video on the study resource page a week before exam!

Practice your past exam atleast 3 times.

@joan please check below link to see how to access the CBE practice platform provided by ACCA

https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/student/exam-entry-and-administration/computer-based-exams/strategic-professional-cbes/cbe-practice-platform.html

Hello Ore,

Congratulations. I noticed you wrote APM and AFM for September 2020 diet. I’m doing same in March 2021. Retaking APM after 3rd attempt and AFM for the first. Could you help with some tips on how to pass both?
Thanks