Introduction
Students preparing for any course often tend to look out for tips, suggestions from experts on how to best prepare for ACCA examinations. By default, its’ everyone wish to clear their examinations in 1st attempt. For sure, there is nothing wrong in having this aspiration. It is rather a sign of a self-motivated and ambitious person.
Rather than spending time querying on the internet or relying upon unverified sources, we at VGLD hereby present carefully crafted tips from our experienced & ACCA qualified faculty members and alumni.
We will cover these through below sections:
- Choose ACCA Approved Learning Partner
- Familiarity with Course and Subjects
- Self-Study
- Revision
- Other Focus Areas
Choose ACCA Approved Tuition Provider
Even before registering for ACCA exams, students are advised to approach and choose an ACCA Approved Learning Partner who can guide you as a parent in each step towards your goal. There are multiple advantages of opting for an approved learning partner – availability of latest content from ACCA, detailed step-wise guidance on registration procedures, available exemptions, fees, and other queries. Students should look out for coaching centres with experienced and qualified faculty members like VGLD. Ideally, tuition providers should be able to provide extra facilities like freedom to attend classes in both online and classroom form, availability of mock exams, doubt sessions, revision classes like VGLD.
Working professionals meanwhile should look out for institutions like VGLD who can offer weekend classes.
Familiarity with Course and Subjects
ACCA, being an international and advanced course, has carefully drafted its course to meet the evolving needs of industry and students. It relies a lot on its transparency by clearly setting its expectations from students. ACCA has detailed out the syllabus, specific topics to be tested in each paper across Applied Knowledge, Applied Skills, and Strategic levels. A careful and thorough understanding of this goes a long way in preparing for the examinations as you then now what to expect from the question paper.
For Applied Knowledge Level papers, pure knowledge of the subject can might help you earn marks while papers within Applied Skills and Strategic Levels require more than just knowledge. Additionally, these two levels also test you on the application of your skills and knowledge. Thus, an in-depth understanding of the subjects and its practical applications would be key to success.
Another aspect to understand is the marking scheme. Basic questions with a requirement like ‘list,’ ‘identify’ typically award you one mark for each correct attempt. Similarly, questions that may require actions like ‘analyze’, ‘explain’, ‘compare’ carry more than one mark for each correct answer.
Self-Study
Self-study is probably what makes up 50% of your total preparation for this course. Great content from tuition providers, expert suggestions will do no good unless you are able to spend time regularly in self-studies. Ideal way to do self-study is to go over respective topics covered in classroom on the same day it was taught. This help you recollect what was taught and you will thus be able to mark/identify areas which might more clarity/revisit. Next, try to solve all the questions relating to this topic. This will help you test your applications skills and give you food for thought on your revision areas. It is highly recommended to highlight/mark the questions and/or areas which you attempted incorrectly. Chances of committing the same error then reduces considerably.
ACCA examinations have a decent number of MCQ questions which although seem easy but under exam situations, with identical answer options – it becomes a very tricky affair. Hence, it is advisable for students to practice MCQ on a daily basis so that they are confident in their approach.
Revision
As the saying goes, Practice Makes a Man Perfect.
It would be suicidal to appear in exams by relying just on classroom studies and an initial round of self-study. As humans, our brain is wired to effectively remember repetitive actions. Hence, plan in advance around the topics, areas which you need to revise a day before exam. It is bound to happen that you will come across topics which are necessarily not your area of strength. Revisions actually helps you overcome this weakness.
One of the ways of efficient revision would be to practice solving past papers to self-evaluate level of conceptual understanding, time management. One can make use of Model Answers to self-evaluate their performance and thereby identify potential gaps to fill.
At the same time, it is highly recommended that you take out time to appear for mock exams under strict exam conditions. Appearing for mock exams under exam conditions helps student prepare for stress management and thereby achieve self-confidence. Efficient and quality tuition providers like VGLD conduct multiple mock exam sessions which you can take advantage of.
Other Focus Areas
‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ – this saying is so relevant for students appearing for any examinations. It is not advisable to enter into a shell and simply study all-day, night-long. Having a cheat day or spending time watching your favorite team play, once in a while does no harm. Studies have shown that this actually results in enhanced productivity and a fresh perspective to look at things. Maintaining a good health before and during the exam days is equally important.
Remember to schedule your exams in time before the deadline. It is suggested to schedule your exam per your preference as soon the window opens to avoid any unnecessary hiccups in your plan of being a Global Chartered Accountant.
To view the fee structure, please refer to our video on ACCA course fees
ACCA Pass Guarantee by VGLD
We at VGLD have confidence in our carefully drafted coaching approach and take pride in our past performances. As a result, we offer below industry-leading ACCA Pass Guarantee Offer:
‘Free renewal classes of same subject if you fail in your ACCA exam’ subject to simple requirements:
- Minimum 75% attendance in LIVE online classes
- Submission of mock exams on CBE practice platform
- Complete assigned internal tests
- Exam entry submissions to VGLD
