F8 in june 2011 tip

hi,
please don’t take me wrong but I personally think this ‘exam tips’ approach is wrong and misguiding. Nobody knows what’s going to be examined in the papers so why these tips? Do proper and thorough preparation and you’d be able to write all answers without any trouble. By the use of common sense and know how of the technique of answering audit paper, it can be cleared.

dipakp,

Tips normally come a few weeks/days to exams. Incidentally, I don’t use tips. If you base your study on tips,you will be disappointed.You have to read the entire syllabus and then go through questions,it’s the only sure way.

Jenny.

I am also sitting in June and doing some past papers. Why is the pass rate so low though?

@rumble said:
Hi

I can tell you why the pass rate is so low. I sat this exam in june 2008 and got 49%! I then sat it in Dec 2010 and go 48%. To be prefectly honest I was sitting two exams at both times and did not give enough time to this exam. I am sitting it in June 2011 and I fully intend to pass this time!

Hi rumble,
you can say it can happen to a very few who can’t manage to take time for 2 subjects but generally speaking this is not the case. People give 4 papers in one attempt and they pass too. Why? because they study from the beginning, put their 100% effort in, giving proper time to all subjects, proper scheduling and correct studing strategy helps them in clearing the papers. You too should review your studing strategy, maybe you’re putting all efforts that are required to pass the papers but in the wrong direction? It’s time you should sit and search for the mistakes you’ve committed while preparing for the papers. That’d definitely help you a lot.
All the very best!

hi rumble,
aha so this is the thing, I salute you for your efforts and i mean it..
what i’d suggest you is, if you have the knowledge, start solving the exam kit (bpp) it would help you gaining confidence in solving the exam type questions. Incase you don’t have the knowledge, grab kaplan text book, read it carefully in approximately 3 days, and then go for the kit. Before solving any particular question, first analyse it in your mind, do not look at the answers. Make the relevant points, try answer it on your own first, then look for the answer. You’d not be able to answer correctly in the first go, but what benefit you’d gain out of it would be that your minds windows would start opening and you’d start think like an auditor with an inquistive mind. This really helps and believe me it gives great pleasure when you know your answers match with those of the examiners!

Hello rumble, hope you’re doing well….

ohh the washing machine part was a bit funny but this is how mothers are so nothing unnatural..
You already have plenty of days left so you really don’t have to worry much, just proper and good planning would do, as I mentioned earlier.
Give yourself a target that you’d finish reading these chapters during a day and ‘do’ try to finish it off, it’d make you gain confidence over yourself plus you’d cover the syllabus soon and would be left with plenty of time to revise. The notes making part is good and Im sure you do remember them in the exams, try doing that..don;t take too much burden on yourself…
Yes, I did in the first attempt cause I never left ‘everything’ for the last hour, I hope you get what I mean.. but since these exams are tough, I hope and pray we all pass them in the first attempt too – God willing

Hi all,
Great advice, thanks.
Also has anyone got the Kaplan & BPP Mock Papers from the current book.
Really appreciate it.

sarmabano@eircom.net

Thanks a mill