How to cope up with exam failure

Pulkit Gupta

How to deal with Frustration out of Exam Failure !!

DEALING FRUSTRATION/FAILURE

(A) TWO SIDES OF A COIN – SUCCESS AND

FAILURE 

Well finally we have our CA Final and CPT results out on 21st January. Many of our CCI members changed their profile name on that day for e.g. Manmohan to CA Manmohan but there are always two sides of a coin. If 15 % of our seniors succeeded then it was not a very good day for rest 85 % of them. I remember some of the members posting topics like "I Lost" and "What to do next?” 

Well these are quite obvious reactions from their side and I can understand it as I myself has gone through that phase. We often relate two terms with such a situation - Failure and Frustration. 

The reason of failure differs from person to person. I can't guide you how to study and where did u lack as u r the best judge of yourself. But ya what I can share from my experience is how to prepare yourself again for the fight and cope up with result frustration.    

See failure and frustration are two things related to each other. Failure leads to Frustration. Many nice articles are posted by my friends for e.g. Never Quit by Resham on how to deal with failure. I will give you some suggestions on how to deal with the result frustration as you have very less time to prepare again for your next attempt and thus add to the points posted by some eminent CCI members....

(B) DISCUSS UR RESULT WITH YOURSELF ONLY

People say that in CA we get 6 months to prepare for next attempt but according to me you get 3 effective months only. 2.5 Months result ka wait karte hai aur 15 din result discuss karne mein ki hamare ilawa aur kaun fail hua hai...

Haan 2 Mahine toh hum nahi bacha sakte but these 10-15 days are very important. It is obvious that you will not feel like studying after a negative result but what is required is to analyze ur mistake and not to discuss the result or criticize ICAI.

Yaar ek baar ko maan bhi lun ki result % kam tha toh isse kya faydaa. I mean tum paas toh nahi ho jaoge. See these r just an excuse to convince yourself. Rahi baat discussion ki toh tumhare friend ko nahi pta ki tumne exam mein kya galti ki hai.

Some common discussion after results are:-

“Ek dum bekaar result tha”

"ICAI toh hume paas hi nahi karna chahti”

“Abe maine costing mein 80 ka sahi kara tha par 35 aaye” 

Yaar such discussion is of no use. If you have some pro with the examiner then you can apply for revaluation but till then you s'd make ur mind for next attempt and start preparing for it. So discuss ur result with yourself (i.e. to analyse urmistakes) and not with others.

(C) HOW TO DEAL WITH FRUSTRATION??

(1) Every Success story is also a story of a great failure. The only difference is that they never gave up. So don't get discouraged if it takes a little longer than you expected.

(2) Play Music that inspires you. Music is a great stress buster. Refer my Article Role of Music in CA

(3) Sit quietly in a natural setting and feel the beauty of nature. It will have you to relax your mind. It also teaches you lots of things. Refer my article Nature our true Teacher

(4)Talk to your best friend but not about the result but something else. It helps to build up your energy levels.We do absorb energy from others and friends plays a gr8 role in CA. Refer my article Role of friends in CA

(5) Ask yourself, "What is working in this situation?”. Your thoughts play a major role in ur success. What u gets has lot to do with ur thinking. For details refer my article Things you can learn from The Secret

(6) Stay Positive - Yes you can learn alot from your failure. It will tell you what not to do in your next attempt.  Taking a break and remembering to keep your sense of humor can also help. This time of frustration will pass. A positive mind is far more open to solutions and answers than a negative one that thinks it’s just “hopeless” and thinks “what’s the use?” A closed mind will not be able to see the possible solutions when they do come along. Stay positive.

Conclusion-

As with any problem, the solution is to figure out what your options are, decide on a plan, focus, and then take action. By using the above 6 steps, you should find that you’re running into fewer problems and feeling less frustration. Instead, you may find that you’re running into opportunities and you know exactly how to take advantage of them.

By

Pulkit Gupta

pulkit_1988 @ rediffmail.com

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CA SURENDRA KUMAR RAKHECHA

"Reasons of Poor Marks Scored in CA Exams"

-A Research on Study Patterns adopted by one student - with added flavor-

**Presented By – CA Surendra Kumar Rakhecha**

Specially written for caclubindia users.

Unbelievable marks are scored by most of the CA students. They think that we attempted the full paper; but marks are not up to mark – even 40s were not allotted ! 

Since nobody is there with whom they can discuss the reasons and correct the mistakes hence the mistakes are not found. These remain hidden.

The result is - the same result as the previous one – again and again. 

It is really a very unfortunate state for the students and their parents. Parents also can’t understand what are the faults with their children. But, if it analyzed with pen and paper; the mistakes can be revealed easily. 

On yesterday evening; one 118 kg. PCC 3 times failed student came to me for help. Despite having best coaching in Surat, he was unable to draw the “line of best fit” (read Cost Accounting, if required) to get the success. On

discussion; he disclosed that he is unable to conclude where is the mistake. I asked him certain questions and the following facts were revealed. Since I noted each and every discussion in front of him; hence he was satisfied.  

The question-answer session was as under :

            Question                                              Answer

1. What is your major drawback      :   Lack of Concentration, Sir ! 

2. Why                                            : ?? 
                                                           (to know this; I have come here)
3. (From reaction of Q 2)-

 
I asked - because you think that
you have already read all the
materials                                            : Yes

                                                           
4. (Noting the misconception)-

Do you think that you are good in DT: No
 
5. (Judging his genuineness)-

a. Do you have any bike                     : Yes

b. When you learned riding,
  were you confident in a week?          : Yes, but……no....in a month, I think...

c. Whether learning was interesting     : Yes, of course !

d. When you learned it well; then I
think the Riding became boring           : No… it became more interesting.

e. Why                                               : ?? .. You know.. it is interesting !
                                                            (Why you ask such question?)
f. Do you agree that learning is 
interesting whatever is the area           : Ya 

g. Do you learn while you read            : ?? Can’t say….but may be…

h. You read subjects because these     : Ya
are in the syllabus                                 (What a foolish question?)

i. It means whatever you read;            : Something we  learn….
there is no learning                               (here “we” represents all CA students?)

j. Do you think – that “something”
is enough to pass                                 : ?? 
                                                             (Neither yes nor no)

k. (Looking to his weight, I presumed)

In how many activities you participated
in your school/college days                   : ?? 

                                                              (Not Applicable to me, see my weight !)

l. Say subjectwise marks you scored     : Not sure, but sure that these are poor. 

                                                             (Lack of concentration proved-See Q 1 !)


m. Give me your last Roll No.                : 16yz3 
(so that I can check on net)

n. I checked; but Name was different : …………..(loss of memory for time being)
(although Roll No. was correct 
which he told-he verified also)

o. I asked – It is not yours, then?          : Sir, try 16zy3

p. I tried                                                : and the attempt was successful !

q. These are the marks 
scored by you                                       : Ya, (consistently 30 to 35) 
                                                                (in all the subjects, all the time!) 

r. Do you come from English Medium?    : Ya 
                                                                (very fluent in English!) 

s. Where do you live                              : ( Replied )  

t. How many members are there            : Only 3 
                                                                (idiot question !)

u. Do you have friends who are
pursuing CA                                           : No

v. Do you use internet                           : Ya

w. Which sites                                        : ….just for chatting !


x. Do you know caclubindia                   : No 
                                                               (My club is different – it’s different !)

Although full alphabets were not covered in the questionnaire, but I concluded that the letters “yz” have been properly covered when I asked his Roll No. (See point number o above).

Not a single point was there where I could give him some marks ( although I am liberal, you can presume - from my above statement) Can readers tell me now where was he lacking ? 

Try yourself in all the above questions and note down your study patterns to discuss it in length with your friend circle…………... 

If we take the above questions as asked in an Examination, we will conclude that mostly he has given correct answers. 

Fully Correct : 1, 3, 5 (a, b, c, d, f, h, l, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w)
(Yes is treated as a correct answer)

Wrong : 4, 5 ( i, m)
(No is treated as a wrong answer)

Not Knowing : 2, 5 (e, g, j, k, n, x)
(?? .is considered as left unattempted)

(Readers are free to make any type of analysis…..but, I am sure that the result would be one and same).

On the above analysis; I ask one question; whether he should be declared successful merely because he has given most of the answers correct one and rest can be ignored…….

Sixer on Last Ball ! 

CA SUDHIR HALAKHANDI

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Awesome read, thanks for sharing Sir.. 

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thank you sir for sharing

Dil se : 

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I like my own creation :

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( Some people love their hair, muscles etc...etc... I love my work).

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"The Reasons of Poor Marks Scored in CA Exams" because it is based on REAL CASE STUDY. 

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( It was not written to insult someone because I find the same situations in many students. But still it is true that this one is the real example). 

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I find many students who don't remember even their roll numbers at the time of results are declared ! 

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If students study without gaining any knowledge ( as they feel in ISCA ); then surely it is no use of studying.

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Some of the more reasons of poor marks in CA exams are : Students don't update their study materials. 

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As I have suggested many times; by the time exams are due; many of the study materials become outdated and/or need some modifications. 

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After failing for 1 or 2 times; students read the same study materials and notes and they find the same results !

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Better change the strategy with individual guidance of some experts and then plan for studies.  

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I stress on Individual Guidance because each and every students has his own strengths and weaknesses. 

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Let's come forward and solve their problems joining our hands. 

Thanx to all of u fr such wonderful posts...!!

vry nce compilation bhaiya!!! helpfull for all!!!

thnx for sharing!!!!

thanks sir for sharing it...it really motivated us a lot