I took two exams as usual at this session (P2 & P3) and I am very relieved they are over. The weeks of ensuring I do enough revision while working and meeting my duties as a Mum have been quite a strain. I feel like I have barely slept in weeks. I have been following the model of a past UK prime minister, Margaret Thatcher and getting about 4 hours sleep a night. I got back to work this week being able to quote every IAS and IFRS but was unable to remember my password to get into my computer!
I’ve now had a decent nights sleep and should by now be feeling relaxed. No such luck. The doubt has already started to creep in about whether I have passed these exams. I keep remembering what I put and realising that it is wrong or that it could have been explained better. I do know the subjects but under the exam conditions it’s so easy for your mind to go blank or to write down the first thing that comes into your head.
It’s very easy in exams to do all the workings for the question and then forget to actually answer the question. For example doing all the working for your consolidated SFP and then forgetting to put the figures in the SFP at the end. Thankfully there are lots of marks available for workings, at least for the fundamental papers. It’s very easy to do the calculations to answer a question and then forget to actually write the discussion part of the answer. I’m sure many of us have done it, it’s just the stress of trying to complete the exam papers in the time.
My stupidity with one of my latest exams was not to fill in the details on the continuance sheet before the end of the exam. I hadn’t realised I wouldn’t be allowed to complete it after being told to stop. Luckily I hadn’t written very much on it.
With many weeks to go before I get the results I shall have to put the negative thoughts of failure behind me and concentrate on my next two courses.
Now for the big decision - do I choose to do advanced audit or advanced financial management. Any suggestions?
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