ACCA AFM September 2020 Exam Results – Instant Poll and Comments

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