ACCA Examination Series

Time Constrain! What can I do?

Well I remember during the last post of this series I mention about Time Management.

However due to time constraint on your side I will skip lot of other unrelated stuff for the time being.

Now let's focus on how to rescue the situation now since time resources is limited now.

There are three very important resources that you need to beware of now

1. Your Lecture Notes/Text Book
   
2. Past Year Question and Revision Kits
   
3. A good and reliable Intensive Revision Class(IRC)
   

How would the above three resources help you to achieve your objectives?

First your lecture note. If your lecture note is comprehensive and complete it is better to depend on the lecture note than any other text book as text book will always be "too much to digest" for all students. You should start your revision as soon as possible. Revise once and make sure you highlight the area which you do not understand. Get a quick grap about what the subject is all about. However if your lecture note is not complete please do not depend on your lecture note as you will miss a lot of important facts that will really affect your preparation. You will then need to depend on your text book or alternative go "find" another lecture note.

Secondly Past Year Question, this was always the key to my ACCA study success! Now why PYQ is the key? Practice makes perfect this is the first factor. Secondly you can have a feel on your lecturer style. Thirdly avoid surprises during exam? How and why? When you practice past year question you experience what type of question is being asked, therefore since you have experienced it, the questions become a common thing to you. If you have not seen similar question before during exam it will be a surprise to you and the shocks will make you more pressure in exam. Therefore go find your past year question as many as possible (my recommendation June 1994 till last sitting)

Thirdly Intensive Revision Class (IRC). How would IRC helps for your examination. To me a good IRC will have the following 5 elements:

1. 50% of PYQ practice
   
2. 25% of revision
   
3. 15% of examination and answering technique
   
4. 10% of special highlight
   
5. 0% of "BS" and no nonsense
   

An IRC which does not focus on past year question in my opinion will never be a good IRC.(just my personal opinion)

Get yourself prepare yourself with the above and I shall get my next post ready: How to utilize the Past Year Question to the fullest for your exam

If you have any queries or any topic you want me to share with you, do leave a comment or email me! Stay Tune for the next post