*** ACCA F3 September 2017 Exam Results ***

Im really broken. I haven’t cleared my F3 exam. I really dont understand where im going wrong. I have been hardworking for long, practising so many types of questions & im not able to clear it off. As i am a FIA student, without clearing this paper i cant move forward. I feel as if my passion is drying out and moving towards darkness. Suggest me successful tips so that in my next try i get it. Plz help me out as i am distressed and broken. Thanks

I agree with temyloluwah2 its not all about the questions its about understanding what you are doing, if you dont understand what you are doing you wont be able to apply your knowledge to any question.(By just doing the questions you are training yourself to memerise how to get the answer and not helping you understand why you got that answer)

The key is to identify areas that you dont competely understand and work on those areas to figure out what about them you dont understand.

I found that i was able to identify these areas by doing the practice question from the ACCA site (they charge 14 pounds for a set of 3 practice exams and is so worth it especially since its so cheap!) What the practice exams does, is put you under real examination exam conditions and at the end of the exam it will provide you with a breakdown of the topics that were covered in the exam and then tell you how well you did in each area from there you will figure out your weak spots.

But at the end of the day try not to get too discouraged, there will be trials and errors so you should learn from them and adjust the way you study if necessary – Dont look at them as a failure but a lesson. 🙂

At the beginning of my nerve wrecking exams i had the flu and was a lil drowsy with tabs from earlier on during the day..when i started i think i flagged the first ten questions and felt like i was going to surely fail..i guess its normal to be scared for exams,then i read somewhere just to move on to section b and do the questions there first..when i got there, just as i was praying for not to get, one of my two questions was a draft statement of financial position with adjustments…i was like thats it…but i need to still try..i left it and did the other question which was consolidated sofp which was easy..the wording of the questions in section A made it difficult as you can easily get confused with some but with others it was straightforward…the last 15 mins i decided to attempt the draft financial statement and i did use every last second for that exams so time is of the essence..scared to look i clicked exit and passed 65%…thank god…questions came on incomplete statements, depreciation,ratios,trade acc rec and payables, suspense acc, account reconciliations,inventory…just make sure you understand how to work questions backwards as well..even if it happens that you dont know eliminate and choose the most sensible answer 🙂

I used opentuition to study F3 and I passed with 61%. The CBE is very tricky and difficult as well, I will recommend the you watch the lectures well and practice, use other study materials like Kaplan and bpp they are all helpful, I thank God always for passing on my first attempt

Thank Sir John you are truly a diamond 🙂

I passed 1st time round with 78% but it took me forever to study (maybe 6 months on and off) as life kept getting in the way and I didn’t prioritise my studies.

If anyone wishes to take me up on some advice then don’t just use the open Tuition material and do also as advised by open tuition get the exam kit too. I would also however actually go one step further and get the course notes from one of the tuition providers. I got mine from BPP as well as the study text which respectfully it does cost you but there is more detail on stuff that is covered in the exam but the content on open tuition is enough to pass for sure.

All the best

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I passed with 81% first time!!Thank you Open Tuition!!

@gina999 said:
I am currently studying F3 by self study, I am using lsbf notes and videos with bpp and kaplan kit.

Hello please can you send them to my mail so i can use as well. Thank you.

@simpl3gurl said:
Anyone here going for Dec 2017 exam? Can anyone tell me what should i take note for my CBE?

I am doing in Decemeber …We could study together .

Hello
I’m going to attempt my first try in F3 CBE
I did a mock last month which showed result of 28%. I haven’t studied consolidation,suspense,BRC,CFS .etc
I’m pretty confident I can ace now with more knowledge and skill
Any tips??
Thank you