AFM*** ACCA P4 June 2018 Exam Results ***

Passed on my second attempt with just completing 75% of the paper..God has been kind alhumdulillah !

@ztalane said: Mar - 29% Jun - 38% Not disappointed, just tired of it now. It's my last exam and it's showing me flames. I was not using OT on both occasions. I will give OT a try for the Sep sitting. How should I use OT now that it's a resit?

I got 31 marks on my first attempt (self study ).did not use Opentuition thoroughly even though every person here said how awesome the lectures were...on my second attempt I decided to give in completely..watched each & every lecture here on P4 even some from F9 (my base is really weak because of self studying) practiced a lot..attempt each question at least twice..and practice the last 5 years of past papers. And even though I managed to attempt only 75% of the paper I got a Pass ...so its all about handwork and giving in completely ..best of luck!

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I failed UK P 6 three times with 35, 33, 27 in Dec 17, Mar 18, Jun 18. Giving up , so please advise which optional to take P 4 or P 5 ? Those who have taken both of these papers which should I go ? I have easily cleared P 7 as I am a wordy person rather that numbers one. I hated F 5 and barely passed on 3rd attemtp. Enjoyed F 9 and understood concepts much better that in F 5. Passed on 2nd attempt with higher mark than in F 5. However, I've red somewhere that P 4 is a too technical and quite specilised area syllabus (like P 6). You have to know many things than in P 5 where you do not have to have the special knowledge but common sense. But I did not F 5 concepts well . Do you think that good knowledge of F 5 is a key to pass P 5 ? I did not like P 3 but passed it easily with no preparation even with marginal score.

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Failed 3rd attempt with 44%. TBH it's more than I expected - I found the paper very tough. I just can't seem to pass this paper. It's my last one - aaarrrggghhh!!!

@kelkar said: I failed UK P 6 three times with 35, 33, 27 in Dec 17, Mar 18, Jun 18. Giving up , so please advise which optional to take P 4 or P 5 ? Those who have taken both of these papers which should I go ? I have easily cleared P 7 as I am a wordy person rather that numbers one. I hated F 5 and barely passed on 3rd attemtp. Enjoyed F 9 and understood concepts much better that in F 5. Passed on 2nd attempt with higher mark than in F 5. However, I've red somewhere that P 4 is a too technical and quite specilised area syllabus (like P 6). You have to know many things than in P 5 where you do not have to have the special knowledge but common sense. But I did not F 5 concepts well . Do you think that good knowledge of F 5 is a key to pass P 5 ? I did not like P 3 but passed it easily with no preparation even with marginal score.

I passed P5 first time around - it overlaps a lot with P3 so if you were okay on P3 then I reckon you'll be fine on P5. I am struggling with P4 - failed 3 times now. And I did the same with F9 - got it the fourth time around so hopefully I will get through P4 one day soon. It is very technical and you need to read a lot and apply a lot of what they seem to think is general knowledge. I think if you got through F9 you might be okay with this paper though. But the calculations are horrific!!

for those that fail….courage is going from failing to failing without losing enthusiasm,you don’t have to be great to get started but you have to start to be great… lets get back to the books to get the pass!

@hjjk said: I got 31 marks on my first attempt (self study ).did not use Opentuition thoroughly even though every person here said how awesome the lectures were...on my second attempt I decided to give in completely..watched each & every lecture here on P4 even some from F9 (my base is really weak because of self studying) practiced a lot..attempt each question at least twice..and practice the last 5 years of past papers. And even though I managed to attempt only 75% of the paper I got a Pass ...so its all about handwork and giving in completely ..best of luck!

Thanks, I'm going to give it my best shot. Again.

@Sheelagh Don't give up. This is a very challenging paper. I have just passed on my 4th attempt, at 45% it is purely exam technique. The only advice I can offer is exam practice, exam practice, exam practice and answer everything. The time pressure is your biggest enemy in this paper, the more experience you have of answering questions within time the better. Good luck.

I think the time pressure on the P4 exam is the key factor. You really need to start with the workings and writings right away. There is not much time over to read and think about your answers. To be able to do this you need to be pretty comfortable with the syllabus and the concepts. The calculations need to be automatic and you don't have time to try to remember how to use the formulas.

First attempt: 33% fail

Fail for the 3rd times, will retake it this september again, any clue to pass P4? Too much stress with review the same paper for term.

Thank you so much Mr. John for replying me. I am preparing for Sep/Dec Exam. Very grateful, Sir.

Hi guys Just starting my level 3, From p4, p5 or p7 which of those can easily be self studied with intensive reading and online videos from OT?? I intend on sitting in March '19?

I totally believed I would fail this paper due to time management, it really is a tough exam. Given I was only able to attempt 75% of the paper I thought that would be a resit for sure but I got 51% first time. Well done to those who passed and for those that didn't, just make sure you do lots of practice papers under exam conditions.

@kelkar said: I failed UK P 6 three times with 35, 33, 27 in Dec 17, Mar 18, Jun 18. Giving up , so please advise which optional to take P 4 or P 5 ? Those who have taken both of these papers which should I go ? I have easily cleared P 7 as I am a wordy person rather that numbers one. I hated F 5 and barely passed on 3rd attemtp. Enjoyed F 9 and understood concepts much better that in F 5. Passed on 2nd attempt with higher mark than in F 5. However, I've red somewhere that P 4 is a too technical and quite specilised area syllabus (like P 6). You have to know many things than in P 5 where you do not have to have the special knowledge but common sense. But I did not F 5 concepts well . Do you think that good knowledge of F 5 is a key to pass P 5 ? I did not like P 3 but passed it easily with no preparation even with marginal score.

I sat P6 and found even though it was a large syllabus, I knew everything was based on that book and once I learnt an exam technique I could redo it again and again. When I was looking at sitting p4 or P5, I looked at the syllabus and noticed that in P5 expected prerequisite knowledge from p3 as well as f5 in particular but Did also overlap with other modules and therefore even though the syllabus and textbook was small compared to P6 for example there was a lot of other areas that you needed to know and the application technique was crucial and you could see that this could be why the pass rates tend to be smaller for P5. The syllabus for p4 was a little larger than P5, but I could see that only f9 knowledge was fundamental for p4 and there is a lot of overlap which helped I.e. NPV, Wacc and irr had very similar areas with few areas added on top. This meant I found it easier to understand and study quickly and meant I had more time to practice and therefore be more ready for the exam. However, p4 had a lot of calculations but was also still approximately 50% analytical so there is still a lot of areas that were written so P5 may be easier for your style. There is still a lot of written areas in p4 so if you preferred f9 over f5 it makes sense to go for p4 but you must practice as early as possible as once you practice areas a few times it becomes easier, however you must take into consideration that p4 does have a fair few calculations. Hope that helps, Samir