Seven (7) tips for passing exams for every one particularly students of accountancy who're afraid of passing exams :-)

1. How to pass exams?
7 useful tips
Malik Mirza, FCCA, ACA, MBA
http://wisdomfrombooks.com

2. Point to remember
One of our teachers told us: You have whole life to
study but only six months to pass this paper.
So, concentrate on understanding what examiner
wants.

3. Tip # 1:
No limiting belief please!
 Remove the limiting belief that you can’t pass.
 If you believe you can pass or you believe you
cannot pass, you are right.
 I have seen students under the impression that
examiner is their enemy. Please don’t think so.
 Pass percentage might be low, but students do pass
their exams. So, don’t think that you will be in a
failure category ever.

4. Tip # 2:
Understand the structure of paper
 First of all, understand the structure of paper – is
there any marks allocation for a particular topic?
 Secondly, if there is marks allocation, is examiner
following it? The best thing to do is to review the past
five papers.
 What is the key topic i.e. examiner’s favorite? Is there
any article by examiner in the Students’ Accountant
or any other relevant student magazine? Study that
topic and prepare for it, even if you don’t like it!

5. Tip # 3:
On taking notes
 Prepare for exams by way of ‘notes’ which you can recall
quickly at the time of taking exam. This will help in two
manner. First, when you write, you are in better picture of
giving your mind instruction through written letters.
Secondly, you can revise from your notes instead of
opening the book when exam day is near. Here is my
strategy for taking notes:
 Take a paper and turn it in landscape format.
 Put three columns in landscape form.

6. Tip # 3:
On taking notes
 Once done, take synopsis of a chapter in smaller fonts
and the language which you can easily understand.
 Write bullet points, important concepts and key ideas
which you need to remember.
 These notes should be used at the time when paper is
on head and you need to revise whole subject in two
to three hours.

7. Tip # 4:
Remembering / memorizing key
ideas and formulae
 One of the key ideas to memorize ideas e.g. formulae,
is to write them in small charts and hang it in front of
your bed.
 See those formulae daily before going to bed and
rising up.
 Use different colours and markers.
 Believe me, in my statistics paper, I was recalling the
formulae in the exact colours which I wrote on charts.

8. Tip # 5:
Exam practice
 Practice mock exam – be your own examiner.
 Take any past paper and solve it as a mock exam.
 Solve past paper in the time allocated in exam. Think
you are in exam hall and solve the paper accordingly.
 Check your paper and give yourself marks.
 See how are you performing in mock exam and be
sincere to yourself.

9. Tip # 6 & 7
 For tips 6 & 7, please visit:
http://wisdomfrombooks.com/how-to-pass-e
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Feel free to provide your feedback!
Good luck!