Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams

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When I started ACCA I couldn't find any info on how many hours I would actually need to study per exam while also working full time. So I tracked all my study hours for the year so others can get an idea. I added as much info as possible.

Here's my findings for 2024, for anyone who cares...

Exams
2023
FR Dec - 56% 110 hours studied (added for reference, not included in stats below)
2024
AA Mar - 63% 81 hours
TX June - 58% 70 hours
PM Sep - 51% 53 hours
FM Dec - 57% 57 hours 

The Stats (based on 4 exams taken this year)

• Total hours - 260 hours
• Study sessions (didnt log unseccesful ones) - 132 sessions
• Biggest day - 5.5 hours
• Biggest week - 18 hours
• Ave per week - 8 hours
• Ave weeks per exam - 7.5 weeks
• Most days in a row - 13 then 6 (13 is outlier)
• Days studied - 132 days
• Average study session - 2 hrs
• Most popular days - Mon/Tues/Wed/Friday
• Least popular day - Thurs/Sunday

Days studied
M 25 days
T 27
W 22
T 11
F 22
S 16
S 9

Hours per day
M 46 hours
T 46
W 45
T 18
F 53
S 36
S 18

Takeaways

• Study well at the start of the week, Thursdays see huge drop off
• Friday is popular but I often work 4 days so I am off work
• Sunday is pointless, often try study on Sunday but often fail to. Will take Sunday off from now on
• Didn't feel comfortable going into PM and FM exams having only studied 50 ish hours. 70 hours is propably what I need to feel comfortbale

My situaton / other notes

• Working in Scotland at a small practice
• Work 35 hours per week. We can condense our hours into 4 days so take Friday off. A few hours overtime required each week to keep ahead
• Commute 2.5 hours per day for work. Not ideal.
• I wouldnt say I have much of a life when I am in study mode. Long commuting time doesn't help that
• I don't have kids
• I study after work, not before
• Only logged successful study sesions. So if I sat down for an hour and didnt do anything, I didnt log the hours
• I use Kaplan study text and exam kit and self study
• Basically just followed this reddit post as structure of my study

Feel free to ask me anything or tell me I am mad for logging all of this haha

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