Results are out

Well the results for the audit papers are out, it seems that F8 had more passes compared to fails, but then there are cases of students getting the dreaded 49 marks.

For those that got a pass, well keep up the good work, those that took P7 and graduated - welcome to ACCA membership.

Overall do not despair if the results are not what you expected, since many factors can contribute towards the marks that hold in your hand. The following are the main contributors
1. Effort allocated for studying
2. Mental state at the exam date
3. Spots
4. Perception of the paper (hard/easy)
5. Reading and understanding the questions
6. Lecturer

If you go the ACCA Forums, there is a lot of discussion regarding the lecturers and whether they can help you pass the paper - answer will be yes and no, since there are so many other factors that impacts your ability to pass.

So making a correlation analysis between pass and lecturer is dangerous, since if you do that, it would imply that student passing is dependent on the lecturer and nothing else.

So, now that you know what are the factors that can contribute towards the marks, you should plan to move on with a better view of reality.

I would emphasis the need for some of you to sit back and reflect the journey for that marks, what is it that you did well and what is it that you had done poorly to improve yourself for the future.

The results should be a reflection tool to inform you on what to do for the future.