http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke Powered by Another71.com en-US Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:45:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/search.php http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-16577 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:25:02 +0000 Sherriaf 16577@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>Well I didn't meen to discourage you, I pray that you will pass. I am not going to wish you luck becuase that is not what is going to help you pass - but instead, it is all that hard work and detrmination you put into it. </p> <p>I am taking the BEC exam again on FEB 27, I am using Becker and Yeager this time, and yes please let me know when you find out about your score </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-16564 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:50:48 +0000 skiw97 16564@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>oh man Sherriaf... tough blow... I'll let you know how I did as soon as they post the results. If I got a 74 I may break something, all those late nights, coffees, note card reviews, etc etc. I just wanna know what goes through these peoples heads when they are deciding what q's to put on the exams. They arent even "book smart" questions, just total off the wall gibberish. </p> <p>Anyway, I see you are from Michigan, GO BLUE </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-16558 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:56:13 +0000 Sherriaf 16558@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>skiw97 - You have no idea how I feel about the way you described your BEC exam expreience. "IT IS LIKE YOU TYPED MY THOUGHTS" - I felt exactly the same way you did after taking that killer. I thought I was going to nail it but got a shocking 74 :(( </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15962 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:08:47 +0000 Hopeful_in_NC 15962@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>This is just my $0.02 worth, but I think that the Wiley books do a much better job of preparing you for BEC than the Becker review materials. I used both, and I found that the Wiley questions more closely resembled what I saw on the exam. In my opinion, it's well worth the $50 to get the Wiley book and churn through the questions, especially the IT section. </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15960 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:54:29 +0000 dobat 15960@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>I was a finance and accounting major in college so the financial stuff was really basic stuff, but if I didnt know the material I think becker did a good job. just know how to discount cash flows like cash flow / (1+discount rate)^T where t is how many time periods(years or if somehting compounds semi annual its t=2 for 1 year since 2 periods in a year) you are discounting it. and know wacc and capm. wacc is very simple if you think about it its just the weighted cost of capital....whatever % in debt you have times the cost of debt (a %) plus the % of your cap structure in equity times the cost of equity (another % or rate). </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15844 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:30:39 +0000 strider4216 15844@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>that's comforting to hear dobat, I'm taking Becker right now and I was worried I'm wasting my time with these questions...how did you feel Becker's financial section prepared you for the test? There's so much random crap in this chapter and so many random formulas to learn, the only reason I'm questioning how much time to put into it is that I remember one of the Becker instructors told me they don't have actual CPA exam questions for finance, and they (Becker) made them all up like they do for their final exams. </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15841 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:23:13 +0000 dobat 15841@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>maybe i got lucky but there were only a few questions that I felt becker didnt prepare me for and that was probably because I didn't do all the required homework/appendix reading. Only about 2-3 questions on the exam were like new material that I had never seen. </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15806 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:41:03 +0000 skiw97 15806@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>sounds like everyone is going to struggle with it, so hopefully our work experience and the fact that we put in the time will put us ahead of the curve!! I was very disappointed with what I was tested on. I just wish I could understand what these people are thinking with some of the questions when compared to what the main points of the material are, if that makes sense. I have 5 years of big 4 experience, another 1.4 years at a regional firm, and studied my but off, and a lot of the stuff was easy to learn because I have applied it so often throughout my work experience. There were just a lot of Q's that I said "you have got to be kidding me" </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15796 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:08:00 +0000 JCobian 15796@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>I had the same experience when I took BEC on Jan 5th. I took AUD in Oct and felt like Becker really prepared me for the test. I ended up getting a 95 and I barely knew a thing about auditing before I began reviewing. I studied Becker's BEC material inside and out. I was getting 80's on my practice tests, I knew all of the concepts and formulas and I have an MBA. However, my test seemed sooooo screwed up, like it was a joke or something. The IT portion was really out there. Plus, I used Becker, the supplemental material online, and Wiley to study IT. It was all pointless because I had to guess on most of the IT questions. It was just a weird/bad test. </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15500 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:39:53 +0000 Jeff - another71.com 15500@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>Please make sure your comments after an exam are compliant with the AICPA's rules in regards to exam disclosure.</p> <p>-Jeff </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15499 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:47:56 +0000 PursuitCPA 15499@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>I took BEC with becker the 2nd time and failed </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15498 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:49:11 +0000 strider4216 15498@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>my professor at college told me specifically becker cpa questions for BEC are much harder than the actual test, and for the finance section it will be too hard for you to even worry about because becker has no idea what they will test...apparently BEC is very new (the type of questions they ask) so becker had to take an educated guess in preparing their MCQ </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15496 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:56:10 +0000 cmb2009 15496@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>I am sure you did better than you think! I have been there though, so I know how it feels. There have been a couple times I wondered if I was taking the right exam! But just fyi, you may have broken some disclosure rules...just in case you cant' find your post...it may get deleted. :) </p> http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/just-took-bec-and-wow-what-a-joke#post-15494 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:22:32 +0000 skiw97 15494@http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/ <p>I used Becker, did all lectures, followed by questions, went back, did questions again, while doing note cards frequently.</p> <p>I then went through and redid the B5 lecture, and then did all 140 b3 supplemental q's and 195 b5 supplemental questions. </p> <p>I continued to do the questions, marking the difficult ones, reviewing book for gray areas, etc. I also did the two final exams becker offers (which are a complete waste of time bc none of the questions were anything like the exam questions). By the time I was ready to take the exam, I felt comfortable I had mastered every single chapter and understood every question (well, not all of them, because some give wrong explanations or are just ridiculous).</p> <p>I was very frustrated throughout the exam today. SOOO many irrelevant and stupid questions. I can understand that they want to be tricky and get you thinking outside the box, but there were just so many questions that were not in the becker course or anything near it - and that were just so dumb.<br /> I was honestly expecting to walk out knowing I got over a 90%. Depending on how my educating guessing went, I would say I'm in the range of a 65-75. Best of luck! </p>