Failed F9 Horribly - Need Advice Pls

Lucyx

I've only done one exam per sitting the last few sittings thinking that I should def pass if I stick to that plan.

HOWEVER, I failed F9 (only got 31% ) so I'm totally frustrated now that I'm set back by 6 months. So I'm thinking of doing F9 and P1 in June to get back on track and I'm wondering how tough is P1 ??

Also are people finding F9 a bit of a nightmare to pass? I'm kinda getting that feeling having read the results thread (I just need to hear that I'm not alone here ) I'm pretty horrified by my result but my time management was extremely bad and I didn't finish the exam and then I totally misread a question and answered the opposite to what they asked. Nightmare.

Help.

Aine5

Sorry to hear you didn't get F9 but honestly keep at it.
I've heard such horror stories about both F7 & F9 - I was lucky enough to be exempt from F9 and I plan on sitting F7 in June.

Did you attend classes for Dec sitting?
If not is this something you might consider for June or maybe even a revision course?

Time management is a major issue for me too

cocker5

Ok... so firstly don’t beat yourself up about it... EVERBODY fails at some point in ACCA (well i mean most people)... you will get it next time.. stay positive. I’ve been there ,many.... many times.. too many times id like to recall

Can i ask did you do many practise questions? As i found with F9 and F7 i failed both first time due to lack of practise... IMO you must do every question in the book and exam papers... it’s the only way to pass...

P1 is grand ....as is P3... i passed them both first time with only 3 days cramming each.... Personally i found them dead simple compared to F9 and F7.....

Best of luck

Lucyx

Aine5 wrote: »

Did you attend classes for Dec sitting?
If not is this something you might consider for June or maybe even a revision course?(

No I didn't do any classes. I just did a few on the open tuition website which i did find very good so I'll probably do all of them for June. I wouldn't have the time to attend classes but maybe I'll need to consider revision classes.

Thanks Aine

Lucyx

cocker5 wrote: »

Can i ask did you do many practise questions? As i found with F9 and F7 i failed both first time due to lack of practise... IMO you must do every question in the book and exam papers... it’s the only way to pass...

P1 is grand ....as is P3... i passed them both first time with only 3 days cramming each.... Personally i found them dead simple compared to F9 and F7.....

Best of luck

Thanks cocker5

That was my other big mistake. For F7 I did almost all of the exam kit but I did very little practice Qs for F9 and I did panic about that fact the night before. You're dead right on that score.

Thats good news about P1 too. So its def an option to attempt both of them. Nice one.

cocker5

Lucyx wrote: »

Thanks cocker5

That was my other big mistake. For F7 I did almost all of the exam kit but I did very little practice Qs for F9 and I did panic about that fact the night before. You're dead right on that score.

Thats good news about P1 too. So its def an option to attempt both of them. Nice one.

yeah the trick is do EVERY question you can get your hands on... even half the questions over and over again... honestly it works..

if it makes you feel any better i got 26% :eek: in my first F7 paper... now thats shocking... a few sittings later...now in june im doing my last paper P7... so its all possible... be positive

onehorse

Lucyx wrote: »

I've only done one exam per sitting the last few sittings thinking that I should def pass if I stick to that plan.

HOWEVER, I failed F9 (only got 31% ) so I'm totally frustrated now that I'm set back by 6 months. So I'm thinking of doing F9 and P1 in June to get back on track and I'm wondering how tough is P1 ??

Also are people finding F9 a bit of a nightmare to pass? I'm kinda getting that feeling having read the results thread (I just need to hear that I'm not alone here ) I'm pretty horrified by my result but my time management was extremely bad and I didn't finish the exam and then I totally misread a question and answered the opposite to what they asked. Nightmare.

Help.

Hang in there, we all fail a subject or 2 along the way and it is a lot worse if you are only sitting 1 subject per sitting.
P1 is reasonable especially in comparison to F7 and F9
Good luck with June 2012

djk1000

I flew through the fundamental papers until F9, failed it twice.

This time around I worked my arse off on just that one paper and put other subjects on hold. I failed it last June by a few marks, as soon as I got the result I started to do a practice question a day, 5 evenings a week until December. When I couldn't do a question I spent time learning the topic, when I'd run out of questions I started re doing them. No bother with it this time round.

So my advice is, get to it straight away before you forget what you learned for the December 2011 sitting. Keep doing the practice questions and take some time to understand the maths behind the formulae rather than just throwing numbers in.

For instance, the weighted average cost of capital is a scary looking formula, but once you do some background reading on it, it makes perfect sense, you could do a WACC calculation without even using the formula once you understand the thinking behind weighted averages.

Aside from that, you need to be able to do net present value calculations in your sleep, upside down and backwards. There is a very good chance that you'll get 15-20% of the marks at least for NPV stuff.

Finally, don't underestimate the percentage of the marks that go for the written stuff, the same stuff comes up again and again, use the previous ACCA model answers as bed time/toilet/bus reading, know them off by heart by June and you'll have no problem, you won't even have to think about the answer in the exam hall

Lucyx

djk1000 wrote: »

I flew through the fundamental papers until F9, failed it twice.

This time around I worked my arse off on just that one paper and put other subjects on hold. I failed it last June by a few marks, as soon as I got the result I started to do a practice question a day, 5 evenings a week until December. When I couldn't do a question I spent time learning the topic, when I'd run out of questions I started re doing them. No bother with it this time round.

So my advice is, get to it straight away before you forget what you learned for the December 2011 sitting. Keep doing the practice questions and take some time to understand the maths behind the formulae rather than just throwing numbers in.

For instance, the weighted average cost of capital is a scary looking formula, but once you do some background reading on it, it makes perfect sense, you could do a WACC calculation without even using the formula once you understand the thinking behind weighted averages.

Aside from that, you need to be able to do net present value calculations in your sleep, upside down and backwards. There is a very good chance that you'll get 15-20% of the marks at least for NPV stuff.

Finally, don't underestimate the percentage of the marks that go for the written stuff, the same stuff comes up again and again, use the previous ACCA model answers as bed time/toilet/bus reading, know them off by heart by June and you'll have no problem, you won't even have to think about the answer in the exam hall

Thats all fantastic advice, thanks a mill

I'm wondering now if I should just do F9 or try to do P1 too