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Hello,
I have just passed my SBL exam (yay!) and done my SBR exam in a previous sitting. Time to plan the next step.
I intend to choose APM and AFM as my optionals, but I’m not sure which to sit first. Any advice on this please?
Is there any factor that makes it better to study one before the other, for example overlap of recently studied syllabus or same exam style? Or it does it not matter at all?
Thanks in advance! 🙂
Regarding optional exams in professional level, my study journey has been the same as yours. Just for the record, I took and pass from first attempts APM and AFM, fully based on OpenTuition free resources and practising past papers in ACCA practice platform.
Probably you should flip a coin and select which one to attempt first 🙂 .
Because, I made a long break between Applied Skills and Professional levels, I started first with APM. My personal perception was that APM is somehow more abstract than AFM, and does have have so close relationship with PM, as AFM does with FM.
But definitely AFM was easier for me.
Welcome to the Opentuition forums. My understanding of your post ( though you don’t explicitly state it) is that you only have the options subjects to pass. As indicated by Spiro, your choice may depend on how fresh your memory is of relevant subjects on which the options papers build. You (and others that come across this thread) may find the following article useful-
https://opentuition.com/acca/plan-your-acca-exam-journey/
Hope this helps.
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