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

Passed 2nd Attempt – 62%

Based on my experience, the exam techniques and basic concepts played most important role. Get a good mentor that suits your style. Watch all videos from IFRSBox, tremendously helped break down complicated standards into simple explanation.

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

I passed with exactly 50%! Thanks OpenTuition!!

@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.

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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 with 51%
Glory be to God.

Yes!

Passsss.. 50%

i scored 39. i wrote with the mentality of p2. i wrote 3 questions only thinking that i was to write no 1 and any other 2 questions. it was a sad experience.