ACCA APM Exam Results – December 2020 – Instant Poll and Comments

Congratulations mairkusv! I have also just achieved Affiliate status. Hope that we can uphold the standards of the profession.

I am an affilate tooo….thank you open tuition for the support thus far.
And I also got the generic mails.
Clearly doesn’t mean anything.

Passed APM with 61. I’m now an affiliate. Thanks to God almighty.

failed with 49%:(

I am officially an Affiliate

61% APM first attempt within 1 and a half months! Don’t lose hope guys..
All I did was BPP study text (read the complete text once and refer along with the practice) and BPP revision kit ( attempted almost all the questions roughly 60questions)

After exact three years of FIA and ACCA exams, I have officially become an ACCA Affiliate after passing APM with 63.

A tip for everyone else planning on attempting or reattempting APM, after being unsuccessful at it twice, I went through the most critical evaluation of what I lacked and had a go at it.

Improved my time management, and worked as fast as I could. Practiced all past papers till atleast 2015 and finally watched lons of videos that are available on YouTube.

All the very best everyone.

Failed 48 marks 🙁

Failed for the 4th, losing faith to attempt it again, ACCA has been like a big shadow over me for God knows how long I can remember, countless hours and money wasted

Failed, 44%. Will resit in March

Passed first time with 64% – a score that I’m very very happy with!!
Despite breaking down (car) on the way to the exam centre, starting a new job in mid November right in the middle of a £150m budget! I felt like I crammed everything into the final weeks so didn’t feel overly confident – but I felt the exam wasn’t too bad.

I have 2 papers left (SBR and AAA), so fingers crossed for those.

Tips:
Obviously, I am no expert but things I found helped were…
– I did every past paper on ACCA website for APM – which I think helped exam technique and also answers. I actually did my answers as bullet points (not in the exam!!) so that I could easily revise from these – which I always find the best help. I kept the answers brief, and for questions I struggled with, I copied out the answers – again, in bullet point format, to then be able to revise this question incase it appeared in the real thing.
– I started papers around 2 weeks before. I always find if I start too early, I forget. I’ve often gone into exams thinking “oh this question is similar to a practice one I did last week” and then can remember some points.
– Any areas I struggled with I watched the lectures on opentuition to help.
– I made “revision cards” with key theories etc on – these were very useful… Ideal for handbag or having a quick look at to refresh your memory!
– Study the WHOLE syllabus. The exam this time was exceptionally varied – with JIT, Benchmarking, Kaizen Costing, 6 Sigma Approach, etc… know the theories but I wouldn’t get too obsessed with them.
– This exam, for the first time, I actually wrote down the topics in every past paper. I then highlighted any areas that haven’t been examined for a while… In this case, I highlighted benchmarking, kaizen costing, 6 sigma, corporate failure, target costing, business process re-engineering, and VBM… of which a couple did appear in the exam! This isn’t particularly accurate – and ACCA are known to not particularly have a “routine” of questions, but I found it did help me revise for areas that I haven’t practised so much in the past papers, meaning I wouldn’t panic if they did appear.

As others have said, computer based exams are good for typing up answers (I’m a quick typer but a slow writer so suits me better) but the “sources/appendixes” for information are a nightmare with having to click back and forth etc… I think it would have saved time, and been easier if ACCA supplied these appendixes etc by paper so we can highlight/obtain information more easily.

Well done to all those that passed, and good luck for those taking resits – don’t lose hope 🙂

It was really tricky exam, the most one.
Most of proposals here and in APM forum section are really valueble, however, here some my special tips for those who still underway:
* You have to be mentally stable – i’ve found that examiner place in each qustion at least one trap in order to disturb your confidence and force you to panic and/or stuck or waste huge amount of time. Accept this as part of game.
* For those who are not native speakers – you have to train your handwriting (in case of writing exam type). I’ve spent a lot of time learning how to write on english and how to do it speedy. It also include training of your writing arm with espander and elastic line for push/pull actions.
* To obtain confidence you have to spent for exam preparation at least 70 hours (80/20 for practice/theory share respectivly).
* I’ve discovered that BPP approach is better (then Kaplan and ATC/Backer) for understanding how to apply theory to case.
It was my 7th attempt with 60 marks, after my last attempt for 49 marks. And i agree with ACCA that my knowledge with 49 marks was not good enough.