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Hearts sell out 20k allocation
 in  r/ScottishFootball •  9d ago

They do 

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Hearts cross 18,000 tickets sold for Scottish Cup Semi Final vs Aberdeen
 in  r/ScottishFootball •  9d ago

Sold out now. Over 20,000 sold 

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Simon Jordan not a fan of the Open Goal podcast it would seem 🤣
 in  r/ScottishFootball •  13d ago

Wank, wank, good guy, wank

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What's something you love in other countries and that you don't find in Scotland ?
 in  r/Scotland •  24d ago

We not got quite a lot of trees? 

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Best sequence to do Applied skills exams?
 in  r/ACCA •  Jan 27 '25

me too, best order imo

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Jan 17 '25

Awesome. Well done - I also got 57. Clearly less studying means better marks haha  

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Meteor.
 in  r/Edinburgh •  Dec 22 '24

Fair enough 

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Meteor.
 in  r/Edinburgh •  Dec 22 '24

Get out the city. Can see shooting stars all the time 

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Isn't that a walk?
 in  r/RunningCirclejerk •  Dec 19 '24

I walk 13 minute miles

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 08 '24

Yeah sure, I will dm you

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 08 '24

I think PM and FM were the hardest for me. There seemed to be more complex content to have to remember 

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 07 '24

30 jeezo. I could not do that haha. How do you think it went?

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 07 '24

To be honest, I don’t think my exam went very well. I didn’t feel comfortable going in and hadn’t studied enough. So maybe I won’t give the best advice haha. Hopefully I scrape a pass!  I have only ever used the Kaplan exam kit and go through as many questions as possible. I have never completed the book. I haven’t used study hub but I feel more people are using that these days  There is a link in the post, that’s basically the study plan I follow 

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 07 '24

Ah nice, thats cool. Yeah its still called APM - one of the harder professional papers I think! Was going to try avoid that one lol

Never heard of a fractional CFO! Let me know if you have jobs going...

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 07 '24

No I just did it on google sheets! Each day I studied I put how much I did. Simple enough to make yourself

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 07 '24

You will see my first exam I studied 110 hours, a lot more than the next 4. That was becuase I read the kaplan study guide, took notes as I went and also did end of chapter practise questions. I think that was a lot of wasted time as you say.

The following 4 exams I just read the kaplan study text over about 2 weeks. Getting a feel for the content, making brief note of things to refer back so. Then I started the practise questions. It does mean I am pretty shit at answering stuff at the start becaue you don't actually know much (depending on how good you are at remembering what you read - I dont think I am). You eventually get through it though and it has worked so far.

I found this reddit post very helpful for structuring studying here. I basically follow that. I will add that link to the post.

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 07 '24

Its quite tough. I definitely question my life choices when I am in the thick of it. As I said, when I am in study mode I am not doing much else outside work because I am pretty knackered.

I also currently live at home and get a lot of help from my parents so I am not sure I would be able to do it without them. They make my dinners/make sure I have food for lunches/pick me up from library etc. It is a huge help.

I have bought a flat near my work so will move into that in coming months so that will cut out long commutes and makes things easier for sure.

When I am studying after work I would always take a short break, maybe go a walk, and then go straight into studying either at work or at nearby library. I never go home after work then start studying becuase after the long commute I am then not starting until quite late in the day and I basically dont have the motivation. Maybe you could do the same? It does mean I get home quite late but at least when I am home, I can just chill

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Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams
 in  r/ACCA •  Dec 07 '24

I'll post again this time next year

r/ACCA • u/thats-me-away • Dec 07 '24

Study Hours Summary 2024 - 4 Exams

98 Upvotes

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

27 comments

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Brendan Rodgers on away allocations: "We must have the richest league in the world because I see stands that are empty. So clubs must be full of money that they don't need the people in the grounds and the stadium."
 in  r/ScottishFootball •  Dec 06 '24

The source is maths

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Best Bakery to order a Cake
 in  r/Edinburgh •  Nov 30 '24

A la carte, Bruntsfield

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FM group chat
 in  r/ACCA •  Nov 18 '24

Me pls

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First time to Scotland. Once in a lifetime weather I hear. Took this on Friday.
 in  r/Scotland •  Sep 01 '24

Once in a lifetime seems a bit much

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[Request] Curious, how accurate is this?
 in  r/theydidthemath •  Jul 28 '24

It’s wrong. Doesn’t cover enough of Scotland

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This popped up on my phone
 in  r/iphone •  Jul 11 '24

Allow