Can I self study? The answer is yes

Thanks guys. This was truly inspiring. I have just registered and was looking at options if I would do tuition or just self-study. And this thread has made me decided to try out doing self-study.

I passed my last paper this
Aug and studied all the papers except the six I got exemptions for myself with just kaplan and bp study material, of the two I would recommend Kaplan particularly for numerical papers like financial reprting, tax and financial mgt.

When deciding which option paper to choose I recommend sticking to your strengths and going for audit or performance mgt. If literacy is your stregth, and the papers I mentioned earlier if your number skills are better,
Best of luck with whatever route you guys take

Jay,

I can’t speak for everyone but i can say that OT lectures and notes as well as BPP revision kit has helped me more than anything else, for the first 5 papers i did purchase both text and kit and use along with OT notes and lectures. As finances got tighter i followed the OT tutors advice and only bought the kit.

I can say thought that with all the stuff you have going on to only tackle one paper at a time two at most. Most persons blame ACCA for failing and they have to resit an exam because they did not have enough time to devote to papers.

Believe me when I say that if you put in the time to cover everything and practice ALOT, then you can pass. and before others bash me for not blaming ACCA I will say that i failed F4 with 47%, F5 with 44% and F8 47%, then passed each at the second sitting after better understanding the requirements of each paper.

You can have all the best resources (tutors, books CDs, mentors) but nothing beats practice, practice, practice. and not swot but understand and be able to apply knowledge.

hello sir,
i,m trying to study both kaplan+bpp text for the exam thoroughly,but one of my friend suggested me to study only kaplan as its easy and in detail for f3,now could u please recommend anyone or should i go for both of them?and also tell me will it be beneficial to practice both kits(bpp and kaplan) or just one?

thank you

I am affiliate now.
I got exemption from F1, but all the other papers I have studied with OpenTuition lectures and notes, plus BPP e-text and e-kit. I never really read the whole text book, but used it as supporting material if facing something really difficult in practice kit.

I took 2 papers in each sittting, except once I sat 3 papers at a time. Every single paper I have passed on first attempt, and my marks have been between 53 (P2) and 78 (P3). I work full time and have 2 kids.

I would like to thank OT team for this amazing website, and encourage others to self study as well. There is really no need to pay the horrible tuition fees.

I started off by paying LSBG £2000 for only 3 papers tuition but than I realized its not worth it as the classes were over crowded n a very busy life…so decided to self study and half way through F papers.

i recently started to self study because i attented a study school for a year and the experience was horrible …the lecturers would move at a rapid speed and did not explain it as well as these lectures….i did F1 F2 F3 F4 at the center and only past F1 but i started using opentuition last year and a extra few notes by myself and i saw a tremendous improvement. Last week i attented my F3 exam and past.:) Studying for F2 F5 F6 in December. My understanding is much better and my confident was booster by seeing so much sucess by other who did the same . I just thank God everyday for making me find Open tuition

Yes suf23, I did my papers in the following order:
F1 to F4
F5 to F8
F9, P1 to P3
P6 and P7

I hope the above help and do give it a try!

suf23, prima facie people are taking those papers as they are the most relevant of what we are doing in public practice; we are mostly working in conventional accounting roles. But that doesn’t mean people working in conventional roles don’t take papers in P4 and P5. It depends on your own interest. Ultimately, you aim to pass these papers to get your ACCA but it’s useful to take those which help your career. 🙂

suf23, you are not lonely when you join this community. 🙂 I believe you have the determination to finish your ACCA by self-studying. The materials (especially the notes) provided by OpenTuition are very helpful; I used all of them for all my papers except for F6, F8, P1, P3, P6 and P7 (I read past year papers only for these papers with the exceptions of F6 and P6 for which I have bought BPP textbooks too. This does not mean you can’t score a first class mark by relying on past papers; if you have time, please read more 🙂 ).

suf23, an absolutely yes. In fact I scored more than that using the materials and lectures on OpenTuition so you can do it too. In my humble opinion, if one asks me which of the two is more difficult, on comparison it will be the exams. You can finish your PERs while you are completing your exams or later. 🙂

@alkemist

How did you stay motivated. I find that I get very distracted! Were you always able to focus? Being honest, I found it difficult to read your whole post, let alone study.

Would you have any tips for how to keep focused?