SBR*** ACCA SBR March 2019 Exam Results - Instant Poll and Comments ***

Pass (first time). Phew... My most feared exam.

Passed 60% first time too. Over the moon as I feared the worst. Glad I don't have to do this paper again !!!

Phew! I passed with 50% on the dot! So relieved ...

Thank God. Only God helped me to go through this paper. Passed self study first attempt with 64%. God is great.

Pass with 1st attempt. Thanks the Lord.

Passed. With 78 Thanks opentution !!!! 1st attempt

@vitelia said: Thank God. Only God helped me to go through this paper. Passed self study first attempt with 64%. God is great.

Thank you JESUS !!!

Thank you open tuition 63% will do me just fine!

OMG! PASSED! Such a difficult paper and Sooo happy - this was my second attempt. My biggest help was learning the difference between UK and IFRS standards. Thank you opentuition!!

Passed 63 after so many failed attempts (to be fair, I wasn't studying at all). Second true attempt and I am really proud of this. 1 more paper to go and I am so motivated. Come on APM!!!

Passed with 59 at second attempt. Can't explain the excitement. First attempt was in 2017 and I had 42.

Passed with 57%!!! God is so GOODDDD;D

Passed in 1st attempt-57%.Thank you Chris and Open tution.

68 passed thanks

Passed! On to the finals now! Let's do this!!

Passed with 57% - All about practice :)

Passed with 50%! I was thinking I might fail. What a close call, my goodness! Glad to see so many people who passed as well (to think that so many of us felt it was hard). To those who failed, don't give up! I can't give any better advice than to continue working hard at it. Read the technical articles, make sure you get the basics right first (as Chris would say), read Student Accountants for additional insights, attend all the webinars and practice more. p.s. Finally done with all my papers! Congrats to the others who have too. My effort hasn't gone wasted. All those boring study nights, long-rear classes and my self discipline have become fruitful. I sincerely hope this qualification will help me get the best out of my profession (still some miles to go before I fulfill my PER though). I would like to thank Mike, Ken and Chris for the lectures (other than ATX, I self-studied all the while with OT; without them this would have been impossible). These are honestly not the best lectures, but are the best for free. Although, I do hope that OT gets more funds and allows the lectures to be improved (purely from my experience, they're still insufficient if you don't combine them with other materials). Again, all the best to those who are still fighting. You CAN do it!!

Second attempt (the first attempt was a proper try at it). Passed with 68%. Thank you Chris and Open Tuition! Finally qualified after a long battle, let's enjoy the summer!

@artimm said: Second attempt. Passed with 56%. Thank you Chris and Open Tuition! 2 options to do now but first lets enjoy the summer!

Same here! Looking forward to the summer (when it arrives in the UK) :-)

Passed at third attempt, so relieved. Thank you open Tuition team!

Passed and it is out of discipline and care for studies. It is not yet time to throw in the towel.

Passed with 70%, first attempt. Thanx Open Tuition & BPP.

I passed with exactly 50%! Thanks OpenTuition!!

First of all I'm really grateful to God for this paper. It was soooo hard and I panicked throughout the exam. I passed first attempt 50% at the dot self study with Open tuition lectures and Kaplan studytext and revision kit. Thank you Chris for your lectures I was so glad when I saw you're the one taking SBR OT. You've taken me in F7 LSBF Manchester. I appreciate you a lot. Thank you Open Tuition for this platform you are simply the best! I am a child of miracles. All I can say is God works wonders never give up!

@coolrukia94, good that you mentioned IFRSBox. I used it too for more complex topics. Very useful website. @davour, yep, you are so right. Discipline is very important. ------------------------------ I really enjoy studying for ACCA exams. Not just because I will get a certificate at the end but because I am actually learning a great deal about myself as well by applying different study plans, routines and different tactics of establishing a good discipline, especially few weeks before the exam. I am also learning how to be strict with myself and say 'No' to distractions. I guess, that's part of discipline. Anyway, it's brilliant :) Oh, also, I am learning a lot about the way of looking at things. For example, if you look at the studies and exams as something negative, boring, scary; you will be miserable and stressed all the way throughout your studies because you feel that studying is 'the worst' and you are missing out on life. However, if you only change your perception and see that whatever you are learning is interesting and useful. It will completely change the way you approach your studies and exam preparation and it will become so much easier to sit down everyday and do some question practise, rather that postpone it or do it with the reluctance. Brain is so much more receptive to things we like and enjoy so therefore if you decide (let yourself believe) that you enjoy studying, the new information will stick to your brain much easier. Also, be curious, ask questions. E.g. when you read some new material, ask the question, ‘why do treat a transaction in this particular way’, ‘does it make sense’, ‘what impact does it have on financial statements as a whole’ etc. Don’t try to hard learn rules, try to apply sense to them, connect to other things you know about the topic. That’s how our brain remembers things better, by making connections to the things we already know. I read an advice somewhere, it said, ‘learn as if you are going to teach somebody’. I think that’s the best advise ever. It has been scientifically proven that if you learn with knowing that you will have to teach somebody that new material, you actually learn differently, you learn to remember (not to memorise). It’s just a simple psychological trick. Or, to be honest, if you want, you can teach somebody after you study something new. That will be even better. By saying things (or writing them down) in your own words makes brain remember better. Also, by saying/writing, you repeat what you have learnt and repetition is another scientifically proven way to remember things. Check Leitner system out. When I studied SBR, I used to stop reading material for few minutes and thought about why certain rules are what they are. Then I thought what would happen if we treated a transaction in question differently. And to be honest, IFRS rules made sense, they were logical. Therefore, if you are stuck in the exam and can’t remember the rule, think what would be the logical thing to do, the logical treatment of a certain transaction. Then, most likely, you will be right without even recalling a particular rule from a textbook. Note: of course, some things will have to be learnt/memorised, no two ways about it. Oh, just to add, when doing question practise, don't look at the answers and think 'oh yes, that's what I was going to write' or 'oh yes, I knew that'. This is tricking yourself into thinking that you know things, i.e. confusing recollection with recognition. Recollection is when you actually remember things without being prompt, i.e. by looking at the answer. Recognition is when you look at the answer and because you have seen the material before (when you were studying it), you recognise it and you think you know it. However, you could not remember it without seeing it. This is the trick! You think you know it when you actually don’t. That’s why you see advise everywhere saying ‘don’t look at the answer, have a go at answering the question first’. This way, you are forcing yourself to remember, to recall what you have learnt. Please note, I am only sharing my own experience. Each student is different and you need to apply a study technique which works the best for you. Apologies for a long post. Got too excited :)

Passed on first attempt, so relieved. I really thought that I failed this exam, I'm still in shock that Ive passed, but really happy.

Passed 1st attempt! I was very worried. Thanks to Opentuition

Yes!

Exactly the same for me ?