"Never Give Up"

So what does never giving up really mean? It means believing in yourself. It means willingness to accept “failure” so you can learn the critical skill of adaptation. It means not compromising on your most important values, and walking the walk, rather than just talking the talk.

I sat and passed my first ACCA exam (what was then F1 – Accounting in Business) in May 2009. In March 2022 I sat my final paper – AAA – nearly 13 years later!

Many times I felt like giving up as becoming an ACCA affiliate seemed like an impossible dream.
At 50+ I felt I wasn’t getting any younger. However, by God’s grace, I pressed on and when I received that email shortly after midnight on Monday, 18 April 2022 my joy knew no bounds.

I am now working on my PER …

I echo what Eagledave said: Don’t give up. You can do it! Don’t compare yourself with others either. Just focus on the reason why you set out to study ACCA in the first place. You will get there in the end.

Hi
Thank you for inspiring each and everyone here.

It took me 6 years also to complete my ACCA exam.

Before deciding to settle here in UK I already had my CPA and MBA status. I used to be a state auditor and a accountancy professor in my country. What I always tell my students is to claim the title.. to believe that you will have it after your name.. you may not know “WHEN” but claim that you will have it.

That’s what I did whith my ACCA journey.. despite having a CPA and MBA title I still failed many times in some of the ACCA papers.. I am working full time as Finance Manager and the work is too demanding plus looking after 1 toddler and a baby! I failed twice in SBL and twice again with my AAA which was my last paper. I was pregnant with my 2nd baby when I first took the AAA paper .. I failed.. then my baby was born in May took the exam again in June.. imagine? I Failed again.. I was so down.. frustrated. I cried…. but I decided to take it again in September and finally passed my last exam..

All am saying is just pray.. if you failed… keep trying! Get an inspiration. Remember the saying that when the will to succeed drives you, your success will never be negotiable, but mandatory… not easy but worth it!

Thank you open tuition and Mr Kim

I couldn’t find a relevant forum to confess how grateful I am for open tuition resources so I decided to write here thinking that it may help ongoing students as well on their journey. Now from September onwards I am an ACCA affiliate but this journey has not been as smooth as I think. Until my all skills paper(9/13), I had completed all my papers in my first attempt and while attending a class for professional paper, I think that I can attend by self study as I used to do in my most skill paper. And at that time my confidence level is on the next level that I will pass my all ACCA paper in 1st attempt . I am that type of student who doesn’t attend class regularly but I think it would be problematic in your ACCA journey if you cannot make it on your own. I attended my SBL paper as a 1st professional paper and prepared it on my own by reading books and kits as I had prepared for skill papers. But on my result I failed with 46 marks but it doesn’t make me feel that much level of sadness as I thought throughout my journey “What would happen if I failed? Cause i know i can beat on the next attempt. So in the June attempt I attended my exam with my same confidence level but again I failed with 49 . But that day, it hit me differently, I got shocked and even cannot believe my eyes and it took me 4-5 days to normalize and accept the fact that I failed again. Then after a week i started to prepare SBR and SBL side by for upcoming September but i am still confused regarding my decision to attend both or not at a time. But Before 1 month, I tested COVID positive and in post period i am suffering from high fever and i still remember before a certain days of exam too i have a hope that my health condition will be normal and attend a exam but until the last moment i am not able to recover so with a heavy heart i had decided to withdraw my exam . At that time, I was so frustrated that again 3 months had been delayed. It’s been very difficult for me to continue my study with the same confidence and efforts I used to give in my past papers. Then I decided to start from my scrap and decided to attend only SBR for the December session with my full efforts as 2 papers will not be feasible as I am a full time working student. And as stated earlier i am that type of students who hadn’t been regular in course class so i am not in position to ask my tutors for professional guidance. So on my search, I came to know about open tuition and I started to use lecture videos and notes completely and also I used a number of ACCA resources that have been available .On exam day, I was not able to complete around 12 marks so i got nervous that i will not make it again. But on result day, I was shocked as I got the result: Pass with marks 80 in my 1st attempt for SBR. Then everything changed, I got my 1st position in my country and also due to my SBR marks ACCA SBR expert tutor Tom Clendon provided a scholarship for ACCA SBL mock from one of expert tutor, Sean Purcell . After that I passed my SBL and the remaining 2 papers: both AAA and AFM with rank as a Nepal 1st in both. And this made me realize that professional papers do not only test knowledge but also test your real professionalism and techniques too.

At last, I just want to say, this journey taught me that if you believe in yourself, and are able to give full efforts, failure will obviously turn into success and for all my professional papers I used open tuition notes and lectures side by side with acca resources.
Never give up on your effort even if the result is different than expected.

Once again Thank you Open Tuition Team.

Hi, I came here seeking some re-assurance and motivation to take back up the mantle of this haunting thing called ACCA. I am in my mid 40s and what can I say…life happened. I have a very active and demanding six year old but I think this year I can finally give at least two papers a try. I have never done a CBE format exam so I am very anxious about that aspect as well.

I am too ashamed to say when I started this ACCA 🙂

Anyone willing to help a mature lady in her studies will be welcomed. 🙂

I want to attempt FR in June and FM in Dec

it was 10 years, but ACCA has now revised the duration to 7 years, counting from the day when you passed your first P-level paper. However, the F-level papers are remaining valid whatsoever.

I think you’ll have plenty of time to prepare from now until June. Personally, I would say try to knock out the overall material for FR quickly and then its just a matter of question practice.

Thanks a lot for sharing your journey….
It will motivate me to complete my remaining 2 papers and become an ACCA.