How hard is ACCA & CIMA after AAT Level 4

Wongy
Wongy Registered Posts: 14 Regular contributor ⭐
edited June 18 in AAT member discussion
Hellllooooo I have just started Level 4 and am awaiting to sit my first exam FSTM...it certainly is a step up from level 3. I work full time, mother of 1 teenager and wife...40 years old, abit slow at taking information in..not the best at maths, infact terrible..but I am proud of how far I have come. I currently study for around 3hrs a day..and both days at the weekend... My mate at work who is so young not yet married with kids is doing ACCA..she studies from 7-9 in the morning,during her lunchbreak and from 6-1030 at night everyday...and again all weekend...she will be finished by December and has worked extremely hard..when I am studying by 8pm I am shattered and ready to chill out in front of the TV watching nothing..I do feel guilty that I am wasting time and forgetting what I have just learnt!!...I would like to continue with CIMA after AAT but am worried that I won't be able to put as much time in to studying as my friend, which I think I will need to as I am slow....but also because my brain does switch off and I am shattered...just wondered what everyone elses feelings are about how much study is required..when is too much too much or not enough?

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  • zebra246
    zebra246 Registered Posts: 56
    I used to work as a teacher.

    Your friend's study method sounds flawed, inadvisable or not true. Most of the key points that we gain from a study session are in the first half hour. After that concentration drops off as does retention. That is why breaks are essential.

    Stick to your 3hrs a day or less. Break it in to short sessions. Ensure you spend as much time on practice questions as you do on listening to lectures and reading up.

    Do not try to compete with your friend over who studies the longest. You yourself stated you have other duties in your life.
  • MichaelNorton
    MichaelNorton Registered Posts: 22 New contributor 🐸
    Time is important (would be surprised if you would get away with less than 15 hours a week) but seriousness of approach is too - for example I did all of my practice questions all of the time under exam conditions to time. But that was 21 years ago and every accountant once they qualify will tell you they are much easier to pass nowadays.

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