* December 2021 ACCA SBL Exam Results * Instant Poll and Comments

Hi Nataliq,

The point I’ve read more than anything is to tailor your answer to who it’s addressed to, I think it’s the main mistake people make with this. I’ve made this mistake too. A director will have no idea what a complicated accounting ratio means unless you explain it. Professional marks

Commercial acumen – the effect on the business and how it runs

Evaluation – how good is it compared to alternatives what the company had before

Sceptism – whats wrong with the data the company has provided

Analysis – how has performance improved

Spend all your time practising how to write reports, letters, bullet point slides that are to the point. I don’t think the answers need to be too complicated – they need to be sympathetic to who you are writing to.

Everyone’s failed something before – good luck to you

Passed with 72%

Passed with 72%, second attempt. First was only 40%. I watched Hassan Dossani lectures on Youtube. It was a game changer! Highly recommended.
When I failed, I read through comments here and somebody also recommended this lecturer. So thank you to him/her, I’m finally done with ACCA!

86% First Attempt! SBR next!

1st attempt 70% Pass
Was my last exam so officially finished now woohoo

I got 69%, my result was not issued in june 2021 due to a technical error and i felt so depressed that time but this time its all worth it, Thank you Lord and Mr. Hassan Dosani

60%. 3rd attempt. Affiliate. Praise Jehovah

dariadim wrote:Spiro wrote:
Spiro wrote:Yeaaaaaa!!!! 55% pass!
Yessss

This was my 3rd attempt (Mar, Jun and Dec 2021).
I study approx. 2 months for each of them. Even less for June, because of waiting for the Mar results.
Made a Summer break and finally succeeded in December.

@Nataliq @Rish12317 sorry you got 49. It happened to me once. I did loads of internet searching all answers were it was a waste of money to get it looked at. Apparently all they do is check that the totals add up rather than re-mark. I believe if you get 49 the marker has to go through the paper again to make sure they cannot squeeze another mark. Anyway after learning all this. I still paid for it to be looked at for peace of mind and it still came back on 49.

I am 99.9% sure yours will too. But I suppose you never know.

What is the time you needed to get this score ? and it was self-study or you needed a tutor? what is the resources you used ?

Took 73%

write lots of mocks and do a critical evaluation of the answers, preferrably get it marked by a good tutor or expert who can advise what changes/improvements you need to make to the approach. Main thing is the writing style, following the required format, concise language.

Cleared 70% on my second attempt and this is my last paper! In my first attempt on June 2021, I got 49. This time I prepared in 2 weeks’ time.

1. I printed notes from here and studied only this (targeted to study around 25/30 pages every day so I can complete in 6-7 days)
I didn’t memorize any Model but I understood the concept of each model and imagined the possible scenarios in which I could use and made short notes.

2. Gave a quick read of most SBL technical articles.

3. Started attempting Mock from Day 3. Attempted 6 papers in total each one every alternate day in CBE Platform. None of the exam I finished on time, but I completed the paper to evaluate myself on the quality of the answer. I scored between 42-53% max.

4. Just gave a reading of the mock papers on BPP text to understand what type of answers is expected to get maximum score.

5. I watched Hassan Dossani video all 5 day webinar (I suggest skip day 1 first one hour and watch the rest it at 1.50/1.75X playback speed). I learnt the formats, number of valid points to make and how to answer questions with weaknesses and recommendations.

6. While practicing on the CBE Platform, after reading the overview, for each task I started writing on the word processer this way, so my answers are structured (Which took 15 min- 20min in proper bold and font size):
1(a)
Report
To : Board of Directors
From : Alex Larsen
Subject : Tender for the contract for the construction of the new road in Betal
Date: XX/XX/XXXX
This report evaluates “copy paste the content mentioned in the Task”
Make 7 Points ; scepticism – Question why?! -18 min (all in bold) (later when I start my answer I write my finish time here)

And then I would read all the exhibits. (My aim was to finish this within 30 minutes) and then start the answers. (I would suggest please do not use pen and paper in this exam cos in my first attempt I invested 15 min planning on paper but ran short of time and left 15 marks) But please keep attempting papers on CBE to find your own comfortable way of approaching the scenario.

7. To make one point / write one para I try to write 3 lines:
a. What is happening in the scenario first
b. Why it is happening or happened or why it is important or significant?
c. So what? What will happen in the future? Its consequences?

Sorry about the lengthy post. For those who weren’t lucky this time, please don’t give up. All the very best!!

ID SAY POINT 6 IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THIS EXAM