How to Prepare for CA Exams
Much has been said about how one can prepare for CA. The course material along with the exam pattern makes it one of the most difficult exams to pass in India. But if approached systematically, much more productivity can be achieved with the same efforts.
Before moving on to the exact topic, I would like to tell you a little about myself. I am an average student like most of us, however, I was able to pass the CA exams on the first try in just one session. However, in doing so, I realized that there are certain small plans that we can make that go a long way in final exams. Not all of us are endowed with the big brain, but whatever little we have, we have to use it to analyze our strengths and weaknesses and then work in a way to overcome that or, at best, avoid them. I adopted the same strategy in my preparations, let me elaborate on some of the methods:
1. Map:
has. This is one of the most initial requirements. Our study plans must be done well in advance, and the same must be done as soon as possible, that is, from the moment of registration for the exams.
b. The plan must take into consideration all our weaknesses, the plan must never be very aggressive, and rather it must be quite conservative only. For example, even for the topic that you are sure you need fewer days, then you should also put enough margin for some contingencies.
vs. No matter what happens, once the plan is finalized, you should stick to the plan, you can improve the same and make some extra time, but you should never cross the timeline.
d. The schedule can be done as follows:
Yo. Macro planning: must be done on a general basis at the subject level. The following may be suggested milestones:
1. Course Coverage: Initial months should be allocated to cover the course, based on your preference and ability; one can cover many topics at the same time or one topic at a time.
2. Review 1: This should be done in 50% of the time needed to cover the first coverage of the Course
3. Review 2: This should be done in 50% of the time it takes to do the first review.
ii. Micro Planning: This must be done for each theme. Analyze the scanner for each topic and organize the chapters according to their importance. When we say important, it means evaluating the effort to be made in each chapter against the benefit of it. I used to divide the number of pages in that chapter with the expected ratings of that chapter. This is used to tell me the most efficient chapter, i.e. the chapter where I need to spend the least amount of time but will get the most points. This also helps to cover the maximum course, at the end the remaining chapters; they are the ones that if they are not covered, they will not cause major damage.
2. Review: Review is one of the most important aspects of exam preparation. All of us are not the same, so we have different memory retention capacity, however, most of us require to do a review of the entire course on the night of the exam. Now this is an important thing, if you haven’t tried to do a full review at least once, earlier in a day, you’ll have a hard time covering the same thing on exam night. Therefore, when making the overall exam plan, be sure to plan your learning curve so that the last review before the exams start is done in a single day, ie no more than 24 hours. Once you’ve done this kind of review, you’ll gain a lot of confidence that you really are prepared for the exams, and this confidence will be based on real facts, rather than some proper guesswork.
3. Notes: Notes are very important from a review point of view. Just remember, what you’ve studied all year doesn’t matter, if you can’t review the same. You need to know all the things you need to review, and this is where your notes will come in handy. Not only is the fact that the notes important, but more importantly the familiarity with the notes. If you use someone else’s pre-printed notes, then that won’t be as fruitful as your notes. Making your own notes for all subjects will take a lot of effort, but we are not talking about one of the most difficult exams. There are many ways to prepare notes:
has. Mark/Write on books: Simply mark/underline the part you want to review; You can also add your own comments about the book. By doing so, you will be able to review the entire book in no time. But if you are marking in the book itself, assign a number to the pages you are marking on, this will help make sure that in later revisions you don’t miss anything, and will also let you know how many pages you need. actually need to review.
b. Taking notes: This is one of the most tedious and Herculean tasks, but also the most rewarding and satisfying. Making your own notes is like writing a book, in your own style just for you. Reviewing notes in your own handwriting is also faster than bookmarking. The best part of doing this is the reuse value of said notes, some of the audit notes I did in CA Inter, were used in exact form and manner in CA final, or some economy notes in class 12 were very helpful . at CA Foundation. These notes also help you in your graduate work.
4. Simulation: There are many things for which simulation can be done, some of them are:
has. Exam Time: You should plan your study hours in such a way that your brain is most active during the time of day when the exam is to be written. For example, if the exam time is from 10:30 am in the morning, then in your daily schedule, you should start your study around 7:30 am. Nothing can be worse than not being able to attend to work correctly because you feel sleepy, or because your mind is not at its best at the time of the exam.
b. Writing: Practice writing a lot, this will not only help improve your typing speed, but also develop the stamina to write. Many must have experienced pain/stiffness in the hands when writing the exams, this is due to the lack of writing habit.
vs Fictitious Documents – Just try to attend some of the test documents in exam conditions, if possible. I’ve never practiced this, so I won’t be able to go into detail about it.
5. Estimating Grades: Some of us are in the habit of estimating the grades we will get on the paper we just wrote. Never do this. Estimates thus made are not useful at all, as whatever the result of your estimate, you will have excitement or sadness in your mind for the next job. Both will hurt your preparation, the best approach is to just forget what happened, whatever you wrote on the exam was the best thing you could have done in that situation, and once you’re out of the exam room, nothing can be done about it. the same. However, the review of the next role is in your hand, so make sure you don’t screw up what’s in your hand, for what’s not in your hand.
6. Weighting different topics: Many of us have a tendency to focus on one particular topic to get more points and less on others. This is a risky approach though if it works then you’re done but in case it doesn’t work you might be screwed in no time. Give all your subjects the time they deserve, because in this approach of strengthening one subject, in case you fail on that particular subject then you are doomed and at the same time even in case you can give your best shot in that subject, then you can also fail the exams because of the other subject, which has not been given adequate time. However, in case you spend the required time in all subjects, you can get passing grades in all of them and any or all of them can give you the required aggregate.
7. Single group vs. both groups – Here again it is based on individual preference, but trying both groups is better than single group, this is due to the following reason:
has. Hey, why do you want to prolong the test, both groups will mean that you have successfully avoided six months of prolonged study.
b. Career: Initially, whether you realize it or not, but both groups at the first try give you a lot of mileage, and this gives your career a lot of advantage, and this advantage continues for a long time. After six years of qualifying too, consultants are still asking if you have qualified on the first try of a single session or not.
against Money: Think about being able to win six months before
8. First try: Never underestimate the importance of the first try. The first attempt comes from the only ones in life, and do not miss this opportunity. Your career will depend a lot on this; those who have the first attempts are mostly able to get the premium in the job market.
The above points summarize my experiences of studies in AC, I hope you can find some of them good enough to run.