*** ACCA P5 December 2016 Exam Results ***

@asad85 said:
Also, first time pass with 70% – now an affiliate and it feels great.

Hi could you please provide tips on how you studied

hi, is there anyone who can share the 2017 study text or practice kit that is valid for March 2017 exam, please share through email.

thanks for your help.

nikonL@outlook.com

Passed with 61% second attempt, praise the Lord. Thank you Ken for your selfless work.

at long last pass P5 50%.am now an affiliate.

Passed with 50%, now an AFFILIATE, to GOD be the glory!!

After six and half years trying to pass p5, i finally pass it this time around. I am over the moon.
Now i can move on with my life.To God be the glory.

Hi Bro, i share your pain. i would suggest you concentrate on solving only past questions going forward. You already know the theory but what you probably not getting is the techniques. I am talking from personal experience.
I struggled to pass my final paper to become ACCA affiliate for about 6 and a half years.My average mark was about 38 marks. It took me a long time to start to question why i am not passing. Meanwhile my friends i started ACCA with had complete and some are even partners, finance directors in some private firms and big corporations. I was very frustrate and so i began to look for solutions as to why i am stuck with the final paper and i am not making any headway. I realized that i focus on the notes too much and spend less time solving past questions. I most of the time spend just a week to go through a couple of past questions which hasn’t been helpful.
I changed that and focused on solving all the past questions from 2010 till date. It was through solving past questions that i discovered what i was doing wrong all this while. I got the tricks and i passed.
The solving past questions will teach you how to apply the knowledge to questions.
Don’t give up and never say die until the bones are rotten.Take charge of your books and start all over again.

To all those that failed. Please dont give up. I agree with honeyman because i was in the same boat. I was stuck with p7 and p5 for a long time too. I finally passed p7 on my 5th attempt after i also figure i was concentrating too much on the books than on focussing on exam technique and past papers. And now i hav passed p5. I discovered the key is to investigate what was lacking in our answers in the sitting we failed and try to work out how you can improve next sitting to get a pass. Besides past paper practice also look at examiners reports they also provide some insight. And also watch the support videos acca has started to provide also helpful. Lastly all the best for the other sessions.

Honeyman , which mark did you get when you finally passed? I have tried using past papers but get discouraged every time i enter an exam hall. i find that am getting stuck on a question. is it because i didnt understand my revision? thanks to advise.