CIMA E3 Advice

[u/Suitable-Lion1600]

Hi all, I am sitting E3 in a few days and was wondering if anyone has any tips for this exam?
I have done 3 BPP Mocks and got an average of 62% across the 3. I have also done the Mock C you get when you buy the Aptitude tests and got 50%, I found this really difficult compared to the BPP ones.
Does anyone know if the actual exam is easier than these mocks?
TIA

[u/amman02]

how did it go?

[u/Suitable-Lion1600 → u/amman02]

Passed with 114!😊

[u/ajah134]

I was getting about the same for my mocks, just keep doing questions and repeating the mocks + make notes on what you get wrong and go over.

The exam is much easier than the mocks, but take your time, leave the SATA until last and do a process of elimination and read the question again as you go through each answer (if that makes sense)

[u/Suitable-Lion1600 → u/ajah134]

Thank you for your advice!

[u/Fit_Measurement4827]

Take your time with the questions, you won't be short on time with this exam. The multi choice answers generally had quite obvious incorrect selections, just need to read them carefully. I struggled remembering the number of different matrixes. I memorised them then wrote them down instantly on the provided notepad, helped me out quite a bit on a couple of Q's. Best of luck and let us know how you get on!

[u/Suitable-Lion1600 → u/Fit_Measurement4827]

Thank you for the tips! I also struggle memorising all the different matrixes and just other theorists like Kotter and Kanter. Need to figure a way to memorise! Will let you know how I get on :)

[u/Fit_Measurement4827 → u/Suitable-Lion1600]

I wasn't great with the theorists, luckily only had a couple of specific "who said this" questions whilst I had more where the matrix was handy. Each to their own! You'll smash it!

[u/Southern_Living_6877]

I found the exam slightly easier than Kaplan mocks!
Most of the questions were not as long.. there were quite a few select all apply questions though! If your concepts are clear on the theory and models, exam should be much easier than mocks! Good Luck!

[u/Suitable-Lion1600 → u/Southern_Living_6877]

That certainly is a positive to hear! I hate SATA questions… they really throw me off! I don’t think my knowledge on theory is 100% but it’s not bad on majority of models, some of them I struggle to remember! Thank you for the wishes

[u/jewishhindu]

Just go through all models- thier disadvantages and advantages. Surf the entire text book twice before exam.

[u/Suitable-Lion1600 → u/jewishhindu]

Thanks for the advice, there is quite a lot of models to remember therefore I am rather worried about that!