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share with us the secret man.
P5 can’t hold me down like this.
Failed first attempt and hoping to write again in DecPassed with 50% on my first attempt. This was my last ACCA paper so now just to finalise the PER and submit for membership!
Over the moon with the pass, this paper was so difficult and long and I remember coming out of the exam centre deflated knowing I’d struggled to attempt a number of the questions.For all those that have completed their journey well done, and for all those still slogging it out, keep going and keep pushing. It took me a long time to come back to studying my Accountancy exams as I’d had failures with another governing body and it knocked the fight out of me. As it happens I came back to studying with a much busier lifestyle with 2 toddlers to look after and I spent endless nights studying wondering would I ever complete the journey. I had setbacks along the way but I got there and I believe if you are one of my fellow students reading this, provided you want it enough and are willing to give it your everything you too will get there. And trust me, when you do the feeling of accomplishment will feel all the more stronger knowing the hardship and the sacrifices you’ve had to make to achieve this goal. Keep going, keep pushing and remember what defines us is how we rise after a fall. Best of luck to all still on the journey and thank you so much to Open Tuition for helping me realise this dream I had. Peace.
Well, I expected better than 53 marks, but attempted 3 exams and passed 2..
Only 1 to go!!!!!!!!!Failed at 4th attempt:
1st attempt : 34%
2nd attempt: 34%
3rd attempt: 34%
4th attempt: 27%I am not sure I want to bother with ACCA any more , I am genuinely sick and tired of this paper. Also, ACCA is meant to be international but it’s not even accepted in the USA. I ask myself why am I wasting my time and money.
Passed on my first attempt 56% and now I am an Affiliate! For the past two years I struggled with Advanced Tax. Failed it 3 times. I decided to switch to APM, self studied 4 days during the week and every weekend for 2 months. Consistency and practice worked for me with this paper! Thanks OT for your help!
When you expect to fail you pass, and when you expect to pass you fail. Really gutted because I felt I did good enough to pass this paper and become an affiliate.
And yes the e business theory works, it’s good that I had my heads up before results day.
I think I’ll do more practice this time for P5.
@silmenadil said:
Dear nadz24can you help me please
Dear Silmenadil,
I’m a full time employee in a bank and I had a very little time to study even in the weekends. First of all, you should boost your confidence that you could pass this exam. That confidence really helped me to study. I would always imagine myself passing the exam with high marks so that I was mentally prepared for studying.
I did self studying with Kaplan books and opentuition text. First I read the open tuition chapters one by one and after finishing a chapter I would listen to their video if that chapter is too theoretical.
After finishing off the OT Text which was like a summary of the Kaplan study text, I read the Kaplan study text twice. At the end of each chapter I made a mind map ONLY WITH THE ESSENTIAL FACTS.
Thereafter I spent most of the time reading the Kaplan revision Kit. So when I told I was reading the revision Kit I did it in a way that got me to pass APM.
1. After reading the scenario, I would highlight all the minute details that form answer.2. Then I would imagine if i was in the same situation what would I do
3. After making a list of things in my mind that I would do , then only I read the answer.
4. When I read the answer I only look at how logically the answer was built up. How the answer has provided its argument to prove the point. It’s amazing to see sometimes how the answer has built on some minute factors!
The key to pass APM is to get used to this logically argument building. For that you need to broaden your thinking. When you provide a solution to a particular scenario, write a one line of how this could go wrong/right depending on what the question has sked.
Show the examiner that you have rounded knowledge.
But don’t get carried away by writing so many unnecessary stuff too.
Do read the past papers and the answers. That exposes you to so many situations and trust me! at the end of it you would naturally get in to the style of writing a passable answer for APM.
Last two days before the exam I only read the past papers and answers, So to make sure my thinking is broadened like a real accountant.
**Also I studied an older version of Kaplan Text and the revision which 2015 edition. So
Please do tell if you need any help to pass 🙂
@nadz24: What are minute factors and minute details? What do you mean by them?
Thank you.
Passed first time 69%, one more to go 🙂
For those who failed, don’t give up! You’re nearly there.
I remember your results from last time as I also got 34% in June. I cannot say specifically what you can do to get that final 20% to the pass mark. All I can really say is that when I failed at the same level, I had a very strong knowledge of the subject area but severally lacked any exam practice.
It is really important to read over the Examiner’s Report for the exam which unfortunately was a fail. I felt this helped me to see that you have to be very specific with your answer, really make sure you know what the examiner is asking. If the question points you to what a CEO has asked in the scenario then read it a few times to make sure you answer what has been asked. In line with this, it is almost not worth wasting time explaining a model or trying to make a model fit when it isn’t required. If a model is mentioned in the scenario, stick to it as closely as possible, if one isn’t mentioned then unless if fits absolutely perfectly, don’t use it and instead approach it from a common sense perspective. Often the questions are a financial professional explaining something to the board so it doesn’t need to be filled with jargon terms. Whatever you do though, explaining any model in detail isn’t required and as the examiner says, the history is important but irrelevant.
Other people say exam practice and that is a personal choice, I can’t stand it so don’t do any. Yes possibly a mistake to some, however in the absence of exam practice, i read through 2 or 3 exams to make sure I knew what sort of answer was required. It seemed to be that the more concise the answer the better, it is worth taking time to plan you answer if even just for a minute.
Finally on that planning point, as soon as we were allowed to write in the exam, I went through and calculated the time to move from one question to the next, down to the exact minute for every mark. It took maybe 2 or 3 minutes to do. Try to stick to it as closely as possible only deviating if you know it’s worth spending an extra minute if you are making a good point. The first 50% of marks in a question are the easiest to get so make sure you get them, try to not miss a single question. If it’s for 10 marks and you really don;t know what to say, just spend 15 minutes and get some points down using common sense and the information in the scenario, you may just get 3 or 4 marks. Remember that the 4 professional marks are there too, use that for creating your introduction to the report to management and think of some subheadings ready to use based on what the question requirement is.
Only you will know what you did or didn’t do right on the day but I strongly believe that to get >30% shows you have the knowledge and applying it is the problem.
Thank you so much for the lengthy answer and explanation. I will take your points on board. Do you think I can pass by myself? I can’t really afford to pay for any tuition provider and don’t have the time to attend revision classes either as a single mum with no help from the other parent hence why I self study online.
I think you are spot on, I do have the knowledge,my issue lies somewhere in the application or non-application of the theory. English only being my second language doesn’t help either and the fact I hate essay style writing. I have never been good at writing long answers and essays etc , even at uni it was a struggle.
How shall I practise past papers? Bullet point answers and then trying to expand on them? Shall I copy some answers word by word to “get the hang of it”?
Are 6weeks enough to prepare evenings and weekends with a full time job and pass in December?
@jamessalisbury said:
@ds3ce:I remember your results from last time as I also got 34% in June. I cannot say specifically what you can do to get that final 20% to the pass mark. All I can really say is that when I failed at the same level, I had a very strong knowledge of the subject area but severally lacked any exam practice.
It is really important to read over the Examiner’s Report for the exam which unfortunately was a fail. I felt this helped me to see that you have to be very specific with your answer, really make sure you know what the examiner is asking. If the question points you to what a CEO has asked in the scenario then read it a few times to make sure you answer what has been asked. In line with this, it is almost not worth wasting time explaining a model or trying to make a model fit when it isn’t required. If a model is mentioned in the scenario, stick to it as closely as possible, if one isn’t mentioned then unless if fits absolutely perfectly, don’t use it and instead approach it from a common sense perspective. Often the questions are a financial professional explaining something to the board so it doesn’t need to be filled with jargon terms. Whatever you do though, explaining any model in detail isn’t required and as the examiner says, the history is important but irrelevant.
Other people say exam practice and that is a personal choice, I can’t stand it so don’t do any. Yes possibly a mistake to some, however in the absence of exam practice, i read through 2 or 3 exams to make sure I knew what sort of answer was required. It seemed to be that the more concise the answer the better, it is worth taking time to plan you answer if even just for a minute.
Finally on that planning point, as soon as we were allowed to write in the exam, I went through and calculated the time to move from one question to the next, down to the exact minute for every mark. It took maybe 2 or 3 minutes to do. Try to stick to it as closely as possible only deviating if you know it’s worth spending an extra minute if you are making a good point. The first 50% of marks in a question are the easiest to get so make sure you get them, try to not miss a single question. If it’s for 10 marks and you really don;t know what to say, just spend 15 minutes and get some points down using common sense and the information in the scenario, you may just get 3 or 4 marks. Remember that the 4 professional marks are there too, use that for creating your introduction to the report to management and think of some subheadings ready to use based on what the question requirement is.
Only you will know what you did or didn’t do right on the day but I strongly believe that to get >30% shows you have the knowledge and applying it is the problem.
@James And a big congratulations for finally passing P5 🙂 Well done.Congratulations to everyone who passed and to those who didn’t, don’t lose hope. Trust me we’ve all been there but you shall triumph so long as you keep at it.
@scottm0705 said:
Passed with 50% on my first attempt. This was my last ACCA paper so now just to finalise the PER and submit for membership!
Over the moon with the pass, this paper was so difficult and long and I remember coming out of the exam centre deflated knowing I’d struggled to attempt a number of the questions.For all those that have completed their journey well done, and for all those still slogging it out, keep going and keep pushing. It took me a long time to come back to studying my Accountancy exams as I’d had failures with another governing body and it knocked the fight out of me. As it happens I came back to studying with a much busier lifestyle with 2 toddlers to look after and I spent endless nights studying wondering would I ever complete the journey. I had setbacks along the way but I got there and I believe if you are one of my fellow students reading this, provided you want it enough and are willing to give it your everything you too will get there. And trust me, when you do the feeling of accomplishment will feel all the more stronger knowing the hardship and the sacrifices you’ve had to make to achieve this goal. Keep going, keep pushing and remember what defines us is how we rise after a fall. Best of luck to all still on the journey and thank you so much to Open Tuition for helping me realise this dream I had. Peace.
Mate same. used to get 47, 48 but this time thankfully got 53. I managed to attempt 75 marks properly; the last 25 mark question I wasn’t able to attempt 11 mark and the rest on that question was just me rambling on with minutes to spare.
Just filling my PER because I’ve done more than 36 months of relevant work experience (in big four as well) but the journey was exhausting and there were times I thought I couldn’t go on. Should be done by PER this week and submit for membership. Hopefully should be done in a month right? Heard ACCA don’t take long in processing your membership application.
Extremely wise words from you and appreciate the feedback. Good luck to everyone keep soldiering on you will get your reward.
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