Interview : Student Cleared IPCC after 9 Attempts

Interview : Student Cleared IPCC after 9 Attempts

Mr.Govind has cleared his CA IPCC after multiple attempts. He as agreed to give a short interview on his prolonged success.

Whats your reaction when you finally cleared the exam?

I can’t describe my feelings in words. I have been waiting for that moment for 4 years and that should the happiest moment in my life.

Did you face any pressure from your family or friends to move on and take up any other course?

No, my family and friends have been extremely supportive through this entire episode. The only pressure i faced is from my relatives and neighbours. 

Every Diwali they kept asking me what am I doing and for the past 4 years, and I have been telling them the same answer and few made me feel very embarrassed.

Then i realized that, People who care about you don't laugh at you. If they are laughing at you, they don't care about you and so, ignore them in the first place.

What went wrong in your previous attempt? What changes did you make in this current attempt?

With every attempt I kept realizing one mistake each. The basic error in judgement is to prepare my exam from wrong books. 

In this attempt, I prepared from ICAI Study Materials for most of the subjects and I could say that this is the sole reason I cleared my exams.

Another big error is just going through practical problems without practicing them on book. 

By simply looking at them, it looks like you get them, but after going to the exam hall, I was unable to complete even one full question. 

So I learned that subjects like Costing and Accounts should be practiced with pen and paper.

Also, it is very important to read a topic five times, rather than reading 5 different topics. Whatever the topics I completed, I made sure that I have at least 3 revisions.

For Tax, I concentrated more on Amendments part and completely studying Bare Act.

In Law, I thoroughly prepared Ethics and Communication first and then completed Business Laws.

Only after that, I prepared Company Law. Company Law is an important topic, but, to score good marks you have to stress on Ethics and Communication.

I used to watch 'The Shashawnk Redemption' movie whenever i used to feel low. It gave me lot of confidence and hope.

CA Final is much harder than IPCC. What’s your plan to handle it?

You are absolutely right. If I have taken this many attempts to complete IPCC, It will be extremely difficult to clear CA Final. 

But, as I was telling you earlier, now I know my mistakes. If there was a time machine, I would go back in time and will be clear the exams in first attempt only. 

I hope I am fully ready to deal with that.  

Any words of wisdom for students?

Don’t prepare both Groups unless your target is an All India Rank or you are very confident. Believe in yourself. I don't want my fellow students to make the same mistake i have been doing.

If you are feeling difficult to clear First Group, study for second group, which is relatively easy and clear it first. This gives you an enormous confidence, which you can use to pass first group.

I found out that, In western countries, people are still studying in colleges and settling down after 30, but in India, as soon as someone reaches 25, people call it end of the world.

Development is not just watching Hollywood movies and speaking English, its thinking more maturely like them. So, don't put pressure on students.

If you have taken an interview of me few years back, i would have spoken very childishly. All the failures has brought me lot of life experiences and strength.

Now, i am mentally so strong that, even if i never clear CA Final, i will get into some business and keep going.