** ACCA F5 June 2015 Exam Results **

i passed and I am happy. Thanks to God and this online help.

54 Very happy

I got 57 .I am so happy.First attempt.Thank you Moffat.

All, I’m sitting the exam in September, any hints and tips are welcome.

Thanks,
Harry

@jenny3549 said:
Sorry, not sure which ‘both of you’ you meant so apologies if not me!

I think my approach is probably the same as most. I read 3 or 4 chapters of the text book doing the chapter questions as I go. As I was doing three exams this time, I would then go onto the next one and do the same, then the last.

After that I’d go back to the first to make notes on the chapters I read. I found that the break in between would let me know if I understood/remembered it. If not completely clear or hadn’t remembered straight away I watched the OT lectures on those chapters, noting down anything not covered in the text or, in many cases, a better way of approaching something than Kaplan’s!

Once I had completed all the texts I went into revision phase using the kits. I didn’t look at a single exam question til I had finished the texts as I wanted to make sure I understood each one as a whole. This does help.

Then, it was practice, practice, practice as others have said. I didn’t go back to the texts after I started revision, just used my notes where I got stuck or forgot something. Also made sure I did all the mock exams I could get my hands on – which wasn’t many unfortunately due to the new style of exam but they helped too.

Time wise – I studied pretty much every day. I must admit I really did put the hours in. I know others can get there with a less but I wanted to feel like I’d done absolutely everything I could (had a really tough year last year and wanted something positive this year to make up for it).

Don’t know if any of that helps but that’s my method anyway.

Hi Jenny,

Apologies, as you can probably tell I am new to this site and couldnt quite work out hwo to aim the comment to you specifically.

First of all congratulations again. You put the work in and it really showed through. Its absolutely amazing and I hope to be in this same position soon.

Thank you for your response. I have been revising in this exact way by reading the Kaplan books (which I personally do not think are the best in terms of the wording and repetitveness) but it covers everything that is on the sylabus and with the knowledge from this I then watch the OT lectures and do the tests in the lecture packs. I started a few exam questions from the kit but found the wording so different it was throwing me off so I also decided to leave them until I had gone through the entire text. I have also been making flashcards throughout my revision.

I am currently at work revising as I type as like you I think I need the hours! I have heard may people say they study for two hours a day for five days a week and im sure that works for some people but I dont just want to pass, I would like to get a strong result.

Thank you again for your guidance on this 🙂

Back to work.

@pierre567 said:
Hi All

I just failed with 48% and I am re taking in September and I am wondering for those who know what is the best way to revise for a re sit as I am not too sure if it just about just re doing lots of questions and past papers or re looking as well at course note to refresh the memory.

Thanks

Pierre

48 means you have clear concept about the topics…….
Only reason one can marginally fail in my opinion is due to time management…

Now try to practice Past papers and mocks in time conditions….

Also try to revise topics which you are bit unclear about…

Lastly just go through the Text and OP lectures just to refresh your memory (But no need for intense ready those topics where you already have a strong grip— focus on Time allocation and Topics in which you suffer)

Regards

Barely passed, but a pass none the less :-), I can now move on. Thank you OT!

@samirrules said:
Thank you for your advice, I did that exam today and got 83% and agree with you that I got a couple of questions where the Kaplan book had not covered it, I guess they do pick the most important elements. Good luck with your future exams.

Congratulations! That’s a fantastic result!!

What’s next on your list?

38% 0_o i don’t know what am i doing wrong though got 80% solving whole kit but in exam only 38%….

@samirrules said:
Thank you. I am thinking of starting F6 for December but concentrating on getting a couple of my Per objectives atm tbh. What are yourself, any plans and are you going to self study?

I’m supposed to be doing F8 and P2 next but for some reason am finding any excuse (even cleaning) to avoid the books. Don’t know what’s wrong with me! Could be that I’m a bit over tired as three exams in June took it out of me a bit and I started a new job last month that’s pretty intense. Need a big kick up the pants!!

Definitely going to continue with self study – not sure I could face tuition and I don’t really see the need – but that could change after P2 if it lives up to it’s nickname!

I really enjoyed F6 – it was the first exam I sat. Don’t be put off by the size of the text book – it looks worse than it is. I just loved the fact that it was pretty much all calculation.

Am now going to hoist the P2 text book (I may need a crane) off the shelf and stare at it for a bit muttering ‘open it, open it’…

@samirrules said:
Fair enough, did you get exemptions then as I only got F1 with my economics degree. I understand what you mean with the tiredness, yesterday was the first day I had fully off in a while and it felt a little weird tbh. I think I do f6 in December so that will be five done this year. Yeah I know what you mean with work, I had my manager away on holiday to as well as it being our busy period( June to December) so I do feel tired for some reason.

I was exempt from F1-F3 so only have to do F4 onwards. Still feels like a lot of exams though! Don’t think I’ll be able to do three at a time again but at least it got a chunk out of the way this time.

I think we need more sunshine – we had one lovely week in March when I was able to study in the garden and actually wound up with a tan. Maybe that would motivate me? Ok, now I’m blaming the weather…..

Pass Thakyou acca 😀