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Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA MA – FIA FMA › General question

  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 6 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • October 12, 2018 at 12:57 pm #477532
    nabsalviq
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    Hi,

    I have just started working at an accountancy firm, with no accounting background.
    I plan on self-studying, just on opentuition as it has been highly recommended.
    I have booked my first two papers:
    F2 and F3 in December 18.

    It’s already mid October. Between working 8 hours a day, I will only be able to revise after work and weekends. Is this dobale?

    How many hours would you recommend on weekdays, and weekends?

    Thank you

    October 13, 2018 at 11:16 am #477757
    John Moffat
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    It certainly should be do-able.

    It is impossible to recommend a certain number of hours, because so much depends on how easy or difficult you are finding the topics (which also depends on how good you are at arithmetic).

    You can see how many lectures there are here for each paper, so do yourself a timetable for how many you need to work through each week. Also, make sure you buy Revision Kits from one of the ACCA approved publishers (they contain lots of exam standard questions to practice, and practice is vital to passing the exam) and leave a week before each of your exams in order to practice all the questions.

    October 14, 2018 at 12:11 pm #477926
    nabsalviq
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    Thanks so much John, that’s great.

    I already have the revision kits from BPP.

    Would you advise that I also buy the 3-pack of online tests available on the ACCA website, or can I do without them?

    October 14, 2018 at 4:34 pm #477994
    John Moffat
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    They are not really so essential – it really depends on how much time (and money!) you have available.

    There is a benefit in that you can see what the real exam will look like on computer, but you can do this anyway by looking at the free specimen exam on the ACCA website.

    The other big benefit is that you will have to attempt them under time pressure, which is a bit problem in the exam – it is when you are short of time in the exam that you are more likely to misread questions or make silly mistakes.
    If you decide not to buy the exams, then do make sure that you attempt the mock exams in your Revision Kit under time pressure – pretend you are in the real exam and see how much you can do in the time available (obviously after you have finished your studying and have practice all the other questions in your Revision Kit).

    In addition you can find free online mock exams on our website.

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