Hi

I have taken both f2 and f3 and failed, i am putting in the work, revising long hours, using mainly the karplan text book, i am using the revision kit aswell. I grasp the work even enjoy certain sections, but i seem to be going wrong somewhere.

i am trying to be effective as well as hard working, but at the moment i havent learnt how to be effective.

What i need help in, is a technique, as mine is not working, when revising what are people doing-especially those of you who passed with flying colours? what did u mainly try to grasp, how long did u revise for? did u revise alone? did u pratice many test papers?

if you could help i would much appriciate it, especially as said those who passed with flying colours

thank you

hi
for f2 u should go through the case studies by dr philip dunn....and as for f3 pls tell me which chapters are u having problems in...i didnt get flying colors though but i might help u in some way !!

f2=68%

f3=73%

Hi Theadvisor

I suppose different revision work for different people. My technique has worked so far for me and happy to share, but may not be right for you.

I have done all my subjects as home study so far. The way I learn, is I go through each chapter in detail and highlight in different colours the areas I believe are important. I am a very visual learner so using different colours for say formulas, summary tables, background info, abbreviations and terminology works well for me. This takes me about a month per subject (average 2 days per chapter).

Once I am reaching the final 5 chapters, I start to revise the first ones. The way I do this is by going back over what I have highlighted and trying to keep just to those sections (otherwise you end up reading the whole thing again which is not very time efficient) unless I need to expand on my notes. I then summarise this in my own words in a Word document, making sure I keep to a couple of pages per chapter were possible. This really focuses me on picking out what is important. The way I see it, is that I will not possibly be able to remember every word, so what information do I think I will need to know to pass the exam.

Once I have completed my summaries, I go back over my notes together with my provider's passcards to really stamp in the knowledge, testing myself in my head as I am reading though. Once I have done that I practice several questions on that subject from the revision kit.

When it gets to a couple of weeks before the exam I will start to practice exam techniques. BPP provide very clear guides on how the exam is sat and what you need to focus on and I presume other providers do the same. I do as many mock and previous exams under exam conditions as I can. In particular I work on completing the exam within the time available, making the most of the 15 minutes reading time, what order to the the exam in by quick-assessing the questions.

It sounds like you are heading the right way by identifying that you technique may be the problem, rather than putting in long hours of revision. As said, this is this technique has worked for me so far and I have passed F1, F2, 1.3 and F5 first time. Hope this gives you some ideas.

Good luck, I am sure you will do fine this time round.
Take care,
Ilona