[Jasminekoko]

Hello to all,

I found out that my score on BEC was 72 yesterday, I’m devastated. I passed on my first try back in 2008 when they didn’t have WC. English is not my first language and it was tough on WC. I took Becker advised to allocate 45 minutes for WC which didn’t turn out well for me. Should I allocate more time for the WC? I spent a lot of time on MCQS, mostly rewrite numbers on scratch papers, wasting time, was not time efficient during the exam. I have just bought CPAExel + Becker, and planning to retake it in January. I need to pass BEC and FAR by 4/15/15 or have to retake AUD. Please kindly advise on restudying methods for BEC, WC. I’d greatly appreciate.

[govtec]

English is also not my first language. I went with the Yaeger self study program. In the lecture they tell you how to setup your response to WC. It's broken down into a minimum of 3 paragraphs (intro, main support response, conclusion). Use key words on the topic and question that they are asking from WC. This is how it is initially computer graded.

WC is worth 15%, compensate for your weakness in WC by scoring higher on the MCQ. This is how I passed WC on the 3rd try. I did really bad on WC on the first try and got burned with a 74. On my second attempt I didn't do well enough on MCQ. I finally nailed it on the 3rd try and scored in the low 80s and completed all 3 of WC with a perfect score.

BEC - 12/13
FAR - 5/14
AUD - 8/14
REG - 2/15
Passed 6 of 6 CLEP Exam

[univegabw]

Gotta agree with @govtec, and I'll be honest the 2 times I took BEC and failed I scored “Stronger” on the written section. I didn't necessarily know the answers, but I took the approach of rewriting what was asked, addressing everything in the statement, and throwing a bunch of “buzz” words against the wall. If they asked about cost accounting I didn't care what it was focused on I made sure to write about Actual Overhead, Budgeted Overhead, cost drivers, or whatever I knew on the topic that day I was testing. I'd still try to answer the question directly, but if I didn't know the answer at least I proved I knew something I suppose. Mine were not that long either. 3 paragraphs up to 15 sentences probably total for the entire memo.

Seriously, although it is worth 15% I don't think it is worth studying directly for, but maybe looking over the normal MLA format of a paper and try to apply that style to your writing. Introduction, body, conclusion. In my conclusion I was rewriting what I said in the body in a summarized format, restating what was asked.

I hope this helps a bit. Good Luck!

A- 53, 55
B- Passed!
F- Not Yet Taken
R- 1/17/2015

[Anonymous]

Here's something I tried, but might only work if you give yourself enough time:

When I came across a MCQ with some good vocabulary or buzz words, I wrote them down on my dry-erase board. Now again, this only works if you're comfortable with your time. I tend to quickly go through MCQ so I had ample time; at least an hour for the WC. But the goal is to dump as many terms into your answers so that the computers might pick up on some of them.

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