12/05/2011
Exam time
It's exam time. I've just sat the Business Strategy and Financial Reporting exams for the ACA, and I have the Financial Management exam on Wednesday.
These exams are hard. The earlier exams weren't easy either, but these are very tricky. Weirdly, I was struggling with FR, which a lot of other people seemed to get. It was Business Strategy that they all found tricky, which I didn't find nearly as difficult (in training) as the numbers-based ones.
Anyway, I took BS and FR today. BS, challenging but not atrocious. FR: bad. For me. If I had felt worried on the one everyone was worried about, fine: we all struggle, they pass 85% of us. But I stood out on the one that the others could handle: 85% are already on their way to passing. I feel to be in the other group.
Not much I can do now. Tomorrow is final revision day, getting that last bit of FM nailed. I intend to make it count. Then, back to work for a bit, XMas, and New Years'.
Results are released 20 January; one redeeming fact is I might be in the Netherlands that week. I'll either be abroad (or not, considering passport situation) or perhaps on a plane, and who knows when I'll get the text. Let's hope for the best.
These exams are hard. The earlier exams weren't easy either, but these are very tricky. Weirdly, I was struggling with FR, which a lot of other people seemed to get. It was Business Strategy that they all found tricky, which I didn't find nearly as difficult (in training) as the numbers-based ones.
Anyway, I took BS and FR today. BS, challenging but not atrocious. FR: bad. For me. If I had felt worried on the one everyone was worried about, fine: we all struggle, they pass 85% of us. But I stood out on the one that the others could handle: 85% are already on their way to passing. I feel to be in the other group.
Not much I can do now. Tomorrow is final revision day, getting that last bit of FM nailed. I intend to make it count. Then, back to work for a bit, XMas, and New Years'.
Results are released 20 January; one redeeming fact is I might be in the Netherlands that week. I'll either be abroad (or not, considering passport situation) or perhaps on a plane, and who knows when I'll get the text. Let's hope for the best.
