*** ACCA F5 June 2017 Exam Results ***

Passed 51%. This was my third attempt. 2nd attempt got 49%. Best advice – never give up

Passed 53% and missing all the part C (which was the easiest part but didn’t manage my time well), I still can’t believe it!
Thank God, self studying and first attempt using only opentuition and exam revision book from BBP. Thanks Opentuition for the great free videos, can’t hank you enough.

Tips:
1.Do not give up, start studying earlier so that your memory is revived from last paper and resit as soon as possible, if you push paper far ahead you will not benefit much from the earlier revision effort.
2.Go through study text twice – first to get concepts then second to ensure you get the syllabus knowledge base.
3. Watch & work through the Open Tuition lectures & revision lectures – very helpful.
4. Go through the BPP practice & revision book thrice, 1st to get to learn how to answer questions, 2nd to learn speed and accuracy, 3rd to make sure you can answer any question asked from whichever topic in the exam.
5. Read the technical articles twice – gives you an idea of what the examiners are thinking.
6. Develop exam technique – answer easy questions first (saves time & builds confidence), don’t get stuck on a question, skip it & return to it later, allocate exam time to marks (about 1.8 minutes per mark) so you know how much time to spend on high marks questions than get stuck on a low mark question, when you could have gathered more marks from a high mark question. It is all about collecting as many marks as possible so you get safely above the 50% pass-mark.

My tips are from experience as I passed on second attempt (so I have an idea what it feels like – not to pass) but had to get over my initial disappointment and work through every topic diligently because I had allocated very little study/revision time to F5 at first not realizing it is a skills paper – so more is expected from students at skills level than the earlier papers F1-F3. It was also my first paper based exam and I had both exam technique and time management issues – run short of time in the exam. CBEs seem easier to skip questions, flag them & return to complete the skipped question. Paper-based you have to force yourself to move on fast – chances of getting stuck/discouraged were higher from my experience.

You will pass – just put in time & effort, be encouraged & never give up!

The above tips are for manny1

Passed both F5 and F9 first time, thanks John Moffat! 🙂 Delighted

Pass with 57. Many many thank to OT team

Thanks to Mr Moffats for all my stupid questions he answered. However, having scored 60 on my third attempt,I believe I should have done better. it fuels the question of why ACCA restrict access the the answer booklets. it may help avoid mistakes in next exam. For example, if my writing isn’t legible enough because I have always thought I did well in exams but results weren’t as promising.

@carolita1 said:
passed 5th attempt with 58 i started to think that maybe im dull.lol.i was always getting between 47 and 49

This gives me hope! I’m taking this for the third time in December. Do you mind if I ask what you did differently?

Those of my friends who are not able to pass this time rememer that at times Life may knock you down badly BUT the key is to pick yourself up and fight again and again until you succeed. At one time i was so demotivated that i left ACCA with 11 papers knowing that i won’t be able to complete it, but resumed after a long period of time with new determination and ambition and qualified the remaining 3 in first attempt. Keep fighting.

same here. .. don’t know attempt for how many times .. but finally passed this round..

fighting…!

F5 54% first attempt I thought I did better
God is faithful hard work pays and it paid off..

Thank you for the encouragement. I really thought it was me alone. I will definitely rewrite in December. I have been self studying for F1,F2,F3,F6,F8. Any pointers on how i can pass F5?