ACCA SBL September 2020 Exam Results – Instant Poll and Comments

Passed first attempt with 69%! Thanks Open Tuition

My first professional exam passed in first attempt. Though i was expecting more than 59%. Thanks to Opentuition, another exam passed in first attempt. As usual i only followed Opentuition lectures and notes coupled with Kaplan Text and Exam kit. Thank you so much Opentuition. I dont know how would I have even passed any of my ACCA exam without it when even buying latest books is so difficult for me.

SBL was my final exam and I passed with 63%, after failing in March with 48%, so I am now an affiliate.

Best advice I could give to anyone sitting/resitting this exam would be to stick to the time scales e.g. 45 mins reading and planning and allocate the remaining time between each quesiton. This allowed me to ensure I had enough time for each question and have a good plan and structure for each answer.

avbosip wrote:What you think about am admin review? I was really confident in my answers but did not expect 48.

An admin review is just a recheck of what the marker has done and isn’t a remark. It’s just another way for them to get some money out of you and it’s soooo rare that the result ever changes.

My first failed exam, 41%, so much time spent on studying 🙁

First attempt fail with 49%. 🙁 Heartbroken with 1 mark closer. Manage time well and attempt all question. Should I do admin review?

When will acca publish the examiner reports ?

First time pass with 58%.
Honestly thought I’d failed – had 2 hour delay, the sun in my eyes (and a massive headache) for the whole exam, invigilator knocked all of my computer on the floor at the start meaning the screen cut out half way through – plus the exam question based around a charity which I found very limiting as to what to write.
A bit shocked but relieved nonetheless. 3 to go until I’m a member.
Don’t ever give up. I was so close to giving up after failing the F6 (Tax) exam nearly 2 years ago, as I hated the paper and couldn’t face studying it again. But we all have different strengths and weaknesses… one person’s weak paper, may be your strong paper!
Plenty of practice papers certainly are my recommendation – well done to all those who passed, and keep going to all those who this time didn’t!

If you failed by 1-2%, personally wouldn’t bother with contacting ACCA – they aren’t that helpful, and I’ve never known an admin review to come back with extra marks – just wasted money for nothing.
I’ve had a 49% fail before and it was so frustrating!

joemilburn wrote:Honestly think my exam must have been corrupted, I was pretty confident I had done enough – even with the two hour exam delays! 49% is an absolute killer I’m gutted

Well, you still definitely have more strength that majority of people in your place would have, as you come here and share your thoughts. I hope you will pass next attempt although fully understand how you feel now.

I was really worried that I will fail F5, F7 and F9 (rather numerical ones) and was really certain I did AA very very well. At the end, from AA, I got worst score from all exams I had.

So after SBL I had good feelings in general but, due to the nature of it, also assumed that I may fail. And was quite close.

Please can you share the link for sir hassan dossanis videos which you found 3 weeks earlier

porschevee wrote:Passed with 54%..first attempt..discovered MNN’s SBL videos by Hasan Dossani 3 weeks to the exam which greatly helped me (as i didnt read the study test)..also did some practice questions..wrote 2 papers, SBL & AFM (2nd attempt)..failed AFM..would have ben an affiliate if i passed. would switch over to APM for Dec diet instead.

Can you please share the link of hassan dossanis videoa for which you are talking about it would be of great help