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Passed with 60% at first attempt!! I studied twice more than for SBL, this paper is quite tricky, so glad it’s over…
Passed with 54% at my 2nd attempt. Failed the 1st with 47% in June 2019 attempt. The paper seems ok to me on the exam day. All I wanted is just a pass so I’m left with SBR so one more to go in Dec 2020. Congrats to all who passed, and all the best to those gonna make another attempt!
No don’t try to venture in these things. Instead use your time preparing for the next session!! If you got 47%, its better to practice past exam papers relentlessly and when you have spare time just keep in touch with your notes. Mark my words, you will pass it!!
Sorry but APM and related professional papers require a lot of practise more than theory
melonny05 wrote:Did anyone received the congrats mail and still failed here? I don’t believe the claims of some people on the poll.
I reckon most of those votes are just trolls. One guy in the comments of that thread claiming he received the email but failed but says he deleted the email. Seems a bit odd but I see not reason for anyone to lie about that so we must assume it’s true.
Failed with 47 on third attempt! Last time was 47. I’m actually hysterically laughing cause I don’t know what else to do to pass this paper! ACCA should be lenient with these strategic option papers and not fail people who are close to the pass mark!
I wrote both atx and apm. i was confident i would pass apm. but the opposite happened. failed apm(48)my third attempt. i dont even know how that happened. i did soo well. however i passed atx first try so im alright.
same dude i dont know now if i can pass this paper. cuz i think its just our exam technique which might be bad.
they post the examiners report which tells you almost everything you need to know.
itll be posted in some days.Exactly. How could someone have deleted such an important mail. I don’t agree with him. He might have seen a mail and didn’t read it, then deleted it. He must have assumed it was the congrats mail. Acca can’t really lie about the genuity and accuracy of the mail sent. He should be able to sue them to court.
jamakhalif wrote:Failed with 47 on third attempt! Last time was 47. I’m actually hysterically laughing cause I don’t know what else to do to pass this paper! ACCA should be lenient with these strategic option papers and not fail people who are close to the pass mark!
Do you think you got the 4 professional marks, it could be as simple as making an extra effort to get those in the next sitting. I find the ACCA exams tend to come down to what topics they choose to include in the exam. I’m pretty weak at BSC and the 7S model but I knew a resit wouldn’t be too much of a worry if some of my stronger subjects come up.
I feel exactly the same, ACCA is not very transparent as it does not allow students to see their paper, also it does not provide the answers to the exam questions instantly after exams but after few months so students are already forgetting what the questions were, and they do not provide answers to all questions even…
I also have 2 exams left, I was sure I am going to pass the APM and I failed – considering the admin review but probably it is pointless. I do not understand what I did wrong on the exam and that makes me feel frustrated.
I guess that is what ACCA wants us to feel – so we pay for the recommended by the institution classes and materials. That also does not seem to be very ethical as ACCA recommends study service providers, and then we need to take an obligatory survey and tell them how we studied, which service provider did we use… That would be ok if it would be anonymous and maybe after the exam results are reviled, not before, that simply is not right.Pass rates are out: https://www.accaglobal.com/us/en/news/2020/october/Septexams_2020.html
APM up 1% compared to March.
I’ve already requested an admin review – not because I expect my mark to change, but rather to hopefully get some clarity on what went wrong. I did most past exams & all practice questions from the revision kit, reviewed all technical articles and the examiners’ approach, anything I could possibly think of that could’ve been useful. For the first time I managed to complete the whole exam, so really disappointed to see I have failed. I guess the first fail is the hardest to take but still not sure what I can change in my approach to ensure a pass next time. I guess to an extent this is a matter of luck and provided all the time and efforts spent, right now it seems unfair…
do admin reviews work? iam very confident that i shudve passed. i got a score of 48. should i send for a review?
jbrodowy wrote:I feel exactly the same, ACCA is not very transparent as it does not allow students to see their paper, also it does not provide the answers to the exam questions instantly after exams but after few months so students are already forgetting what the questions were, and they do not provide answers to all questions even…
I also have 2 exams left, I was sure I am going to pass the APM and I failed – considering the admin review but probably it is pointless. I do not understand what I did wrong on the exam and that makes me feel frustrated.<br> I guess that is what ACCA wants us to feel – so we pay for the recommended by the institution classes and materials. That also does not seem to be very ethical as ACCA recommends study service providers, and then we need to take an obligatory survey and tell them how we studied, which service provider did we use… That would be ok if it would be anonymous and maybe after the exam results are reviled, not before, that simply is not right.I completely agree with that. I don’t understand what their excuse could be for not returning our marked papers now that the exams have moved to CBE. Surely the markers have a platform where they grade it on and they could simply send this to us with our results? Would really help a lot of people to see where exactly they went wrong.
I don’t think it’ll change my result and from what I’ve read it never does. I just hope they will provide me with some guidance on where I went wrong, as I don’t want to believe that passing this exam should be a matter of luck.
Very sorry to all who missed a pass marginally (45-49%)
It is evident you know the content well enough or so and therefore an improvement in exam technique will finally land you a pass.
Learn the way the examiner sets the question scenarios and match with answer structure. You will see a common pattern.
Then practice under exam condition. While going through these, ensure you limit your answers to a PERT(Point, Explain, Relate and Time) framework. To me I would first mention a point straight away to make it easy for markers to do their job.
Always determine how much you have to write for each part by calculating how many points you have to write. For example, for a 10 marks question I would divide by 2 to get 5 points and an extra 1 point depending on the requirement(s). If you are asked to identify and discuss, then you know there are points for BOTH requirements and so your answer must address both.
I know this works because i failed twice before (41% and 47%) until I worked through the above, and through it religiously. I finally passed now with 54%.
Read through other advices and you will surely find a prep structure and plan that suits you best.
The best time to retake it is this December! So GOODLUCK.
When the paper and model answers are published check what approach you took to answering compared to the model paper. You may have misread a question. Keep going don’t stop it’s worth it in the end.
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