Studying for ACCA Exams: 6 Tips to keep yourself ahead

February 25, 2020
Last updated August 18, 2022

It would be best to build resilience early in your academic career, especially when taking professional accounting exams like the ACCA.

A crucial part of studying is taking care of your physical and mental health to achieve your best results.

Did you know that 83% of our students say that they find exams challenging?

We are not surprised by that high figure, but it does illustrate how difficult passing exams is. Some people leave feeling confident. However, from personal experience, it is impossible to fully predict the results of an exam before you leave it.

In this blog, we look at six simple tactics that can help you remain active, alert and healthy throughout your ACCA exams.

Take time to consider your well-being

Those who work hard at studying often neglect their well-being and the importance of taking breaks.

Keeping these things in mind is essential since they aren’t only necessary at the end of a meeting. Every tactic gets incorporated into the study plan as early as possible.

Also, you can incorporate that balance between life and study into your study plan beginning at the beginning of the exam. If you establish a habit, you are much more likely to maintain it.

Don’t let studies exclusively dominate your life. Make them a part of it!

The problem with studying for professional accounting exams is that they can be time-consuming. At NCA, we believe every person should have the opportunity to learn to complement and enhance their lives.

In other words, you shouldn’t start doing 10 hours a day right away to build up knowledge; little and often is the key.

You’ll be able to incorporate every tactic into your life, not let it consume you! You will never waste time taking a walk, going to the gym, or watching a movie.

The process of studying is a significant part at the beginning. The best way to clear your head is to get out of your head, especially when you feel stuck or engrossed in something.

Schedule a convenient time and day 

Keeping an everyday life will help you remain concentrated on your examinations. The most exceeding outbreak thing you can often do is, leave it till the most recent couple of weeks and afterwards experience burnout, so you’re pushed and depleted when the exam arrives right next to the corner.

Take a gander at your life and see what days, week and times function are suitable to you. At that point, work in regular breaks where you leave the work area or sofa to stretch or make some espresso.

For instance, you could say that you’ll concentrate each Thursday night from 7 pm until 10 pm. There will be times when it’s a battle to learn around then since you need to accomplish something different; however, the mentality to get into is that it’s the set time, and it gets finished.

The hardest part is consistent, the underlying beginning stage; however, things get pretty much simpler whenever you’ve started 5 or 10 minutes early. Time will move somewhat quicker, and you will feel better. In addition, you will feel ready for tests.

Fabricate versatility

A significant factor in deciding if you will breeze through or bomb a test is whether you can win those everyday fights. As consistently in the studying venture, a battle with yourself and settling on those routine becomes your choice.

So if your companion requested that you go to the film and go without realizing your examination, then multiple your study rate at the same pace.

Try not to get demoralized on the chance that you get to settle on the alternate decision of contemplating. Perceive that it was a terrible day and start the following one again.

We regularly contrast reading for tests with running a long-distance race. Not very many individuals can choose to run a long-distance race and do it fourteen days after. Tests are equivalent to they require moving toward preparing and flexibility so you can learn information and apply it. That doesn’t occur rapidly.

Consider the Bigger Picture 

What’s additionally significant in the process is to support the master plan in your mind, particularly in the beginning phases.

Consider why you decided to do this test in any case. 

Consider the inclination you will get when you see that word PASS after a test! Ideally, that can help be a driving component to hold your head down and continue passing by doing somewhat consistently.

In case you’re not kidding and about to turn into a bookkeeper, putting resources into 1 or 2 years of study in return for 25 to 30 years in a profession is certifiably not an awful exchange! That is the thing that individuals need to remember, particularly when circumstances become difficult.

Try not to compare yourself with the rest.

External pressing factors can assume a part in making considering more diligently than it ought to be. It can be individuals inside your organization or companions.

It’s extraordinary to share encounters and counsel, however, avoid correlations. Everybody has their investigation style, and it’s in the beginning phases that it’s ideal to discover what works for you. A few groups like to work in frantic explodes, while others want to take as much time as is needed and spread it out.

Recall that there are various methods of getting things done. The key is to stay with what suits your realizing style and attempt to remain positive when moving toward proficient bookkeeping tests.

Conclusion

Eventually, the main thing is to learn, plan and adhere to your examination plan. That way, you can fit in different things that upgrade your life, like exercise, an incredible dinner with companions, or contemplation time.

Additionally, be arranged that there will be days where things don’t go asset. At the point when that occurs, it’s tied in with assuming responsibility for your fate and study.

Continuously keep the objective at the rear of your psyche and think: “For what reason am I doing this test?” Treat it as your statement of purpose and continue to return to it when you need inspiration.


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