I'm hoping the same thing! Going to be VERY discouraging to fail a third time. And my clock is ticking... I loose REG Jan 2.
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KCWilson
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I'm hoping the same thing! Going to be VERY discouraging to fail a third time. And my clock is ticking... I loose REG Jan 2.
(CPAambition)
HearnUC
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Just took auditing today.
1st test let - pretty easy, marked about 5 to verify
2nd test let - much more difficult. Ended up marking 4 of first 5, but started to ease up as I went through. Ended up marking around 8
3rd test let - difficulty in between the 1st and 2nd but marked about 5.
Sims weren't too difficult, ended up marking 3 to double check. However, I didn't get to research as much as I would have like because I only left myself 90 minutes for the sims. Definitely felt rushed towards the end. Next time I'll make sure not to spend too much time on the multiple choice. Feeling very indifferent towards my grade so im hoping June 7th gets here soon!
Lisa_Jane
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Best of luck to you on your Audit exam on May 25th! These exams take so much time to study and then you go into the exam and it is so difficult you just want to give up. Please don't! When you go into that exam work on the questions like your life depended on it- don't just give up. It took me 5 times to pass FAR and when I took the exam the last time, I thought I was failing. I thought the exam was too hard and I couldn't pass, but I just fought the negative thoughts and pushed on. To my surprise I passed and that gave me a lot of confidence. Now I'm studying for Audit and I want to pass that exam on the first try!
You have got to refresh your motivation for wanting to pass these exams. They are so easy for some people but so hard for people like me, and maybe you. That doesn't mean we can't pass, too. We might just have to work a little harder. I have found that the Wiley test bank is a great way to practice. Also, read and re-read the text material. I use Wiley and I think most of the courses are similiar. I am setting a goal of studying 12 hours per week, every week, up to 150 hours. That means studying, not staring out the window. To pass these exams you have to put in the study. Anyway, best of luck and keep at it!
Joel
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Just got home from the exam, and guess what................. the computers went down on us!!!!!!!!!!
they were trying to resolve it for about an hour and half but then it became 10pm so they said that we have to reschedule and they're unsure if we would be able to start where we left off or we'll have to start from scratch. Ouch that really . so I'm the mean time I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
Joel
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Just got home from the exam, and guess what................. the computers went down on us!!!!!!!!!!
they were trying to resolve it for about an hour and half but then it became 10pm so they said that we have to reschedule and they're unsure if we would be able to start where we left off or we'll have to start from scratch. Ouch that really . so I'm the mean time I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
Joel
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Just got home from the exam, and guess what................. the computers went down on us!!!!!!!!!!
they were trying to resolve it for about an hour and half but then it became 10pm so they said that we have to reschedule and they're unsure if we would be able to start where we left off or we'll have to start from scratch. Ouch that really . so I'm the mean time I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
littlenumberrobot
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@Lisa_Jane THANK YOU!! I am leaving home now to take the test. Thought I would get my mind off of everything by checking in on here. I feel confident in myself today. I am going to give it everything. It is all we can do, right? Hoping for the best!
Mikey89
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I just took AUD at 1:10 and finished before 3. The testlets did NOT get any harder and the sims were insane. I hate to be pessimistic, but I'm pretty sure I failed. I suck at AUD :(
OUCPA84
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Just got home from exam and:
1st testlet - Easy ish. Only marked like 4
2nd testlet - Hard marked 9 or 10 i think
3rd testlet - Medium marked 7
I mark ?'s for not 100% sure and have no ideas
SIMs were tough and if i fail, will probably be the reason why.
I don't feel like i completely bombed it but i don't feel like i did well. I put in around 80-85 hours so hopefully it was enough!
bugueydreamer
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Good luck to all who had just taken the exam. I am taking my second exam tomorrow, Saturday, May 26. I failed my first test which is FAR. I am prayinng so hard that i would be able to do it the first try even though i am cramming again. I have been putting at least 6 hours a day for the last week.
I discovered that it is possible to pass the board exam for as long as you take the time to actually study and focus on it.
Good luck to all!
wmalvino
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Took AUD today. Not too much to offer different from what others have said.
Synopsis:
MCQs = cake, TBS' = lame
MCQs:
The MCQs seemed ridiculously easily & did not get harder between testlets. Many of the qs were 1 sentence questions. (Coming from a Wiley book prep background for FAR as my first test where every question was 3-4 sentences this doesn't even compare.) And while some required analysis, it was the minority.
TBS':
The TBS' however were not that super. They were not extremely difficult but topically different from a lot of what I saw in the prep materials. Obviously, if you have the same type of TBS appear 30-40% of the time in your prep materials you figure you'll have at least one or two of those. This wasn't the case & instead I got about 2 or 3 I hadn't prepped for at all.
I did find my research question after a lot of looking (of course on an obscure topic). And I used the authoritative literature tab even for the non-research qs per advice on here. I was able to confirm maybe 25-35% of those qs using it.
Overall:
Hopefully passed - probably just being paranoid. AUD is my strength but I never want to be too cocky on these. The testing authorities don't play around. Possibly I will feel better after a few mixed drinks. Now the waiting game begins & REG prep which may be the end of me...
GirlAcct74
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Took AUD today and I'm just returning from the bar. I think it was a good experience; but only the exam score will tell. So I was rolled through the MCQs and finished those in less than an hour. I swear the questions were so similar to the Gleim questions. So I took a break before starting the TBS. Who knew there were 7 of those jokers? Seriously? So I had roughly 3 hours to spend on SIMs. Thank goodness for the Authoritative Literature because I would have been screwed on most of them.
Wishing for a 75.
Tootsie
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I just got done taking AUD for the second time. This time the exam was much harder. I think the testlets were all medium/difficult. Did not have easy testlets like I did with BEC. The sims were not bad at all. I got most of my answers from the literature tab. Hoping for a passing grade. Good luck everyone! I am off to Las Vegas for a week!! :-)
Elinks75
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I just took the exam on May 25th. I found the most trouble with the multiple choice. Marked 8 questions, then 10 questions, then 9 questions. I did find that the 2nd testlet was tougher than the 1st testlet, so that should be a good sign. With the sims, I was able to find the full answers in the literature for 3 of them with the other 3 I would say I got about 75%, and pretty sure on the research question. Seems like everyone is pretty much in the same boat most of the time with problems with the sims, but comfort on the multiple choice. Hopefully I am able to separate myself and gain these extra points on the sims. I am not confident until I see the grade, but won't let it get me down. Now on to Regulation. Good luck to everyone else.
(mdrobbin)
CPAorDIE
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I took Audit several years ago and passed but it expired :-/ . I'm back at it again and sat for Audit again more than a week ago. I am not confident. The first testlet seemed easy, the second increased in difficulty but I couldn't tell if the third testlet was more difficult than the second. I absolutely underestimated the simulations. If I fail, it's because of those darn things! I am 100% certain I accurately answered two very simple simulations. The last 5 simulations sucked-big time. I am guessing I scored poorly on the last 5. :( Come on June 7th!
littlenumberrobot
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Took AUD Friday. I feel good about it!
1st testlet - EASY
2nd testlet - more difficult. Had questions I never heard of before, hoping they were pre-test ones.
3rd testlet - same as 2nd, maybe a little more difficult(or I could have been just getting tired!)
SIMS: I was blessed with 3 SIMS I could answer directly out of the authoritative literature. The other ones were medium - hard difficulty. Topics I knew about, but didnt have a strong foundation in.
Glad to be done with this exam. Taking a couple weeks off as I am maid of honor in my BFF's wedding. Then FAR in August!
ZachS
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I took AUD Saturday, I thought it went okay. The MCQ were a breeze and the SIMs weren't too terrible, I had 2 questions (besides the research one) that I used the literature to answer the entire question, and all but one I used the literature to help me answer parts of the question. What got me is that the MCQ were extremely easy compared to the SIMs, unlike REG where I thought both MCQ and SIMs were difficult. I think I did well enough to pass it though, I will find out soon enough though haha
mtcpa
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Just took AUD today for the first time. Left with 1.5 hours on the clock. MCQ's had some tough questions, but my strategy is 1. Don't second guess myself and 2. If you don't know it, pick an answer and move on. It's worked for me so far. SIMS were much easier overall compared with the other exams. One in particular was a bit tough, but most of them were straight forward. One of them I felt like was a joke, as you could find the exact answer in the Authoritative Literature tab! I don't think I aced the exam at all, but I feel like a passing score is very possible. Good luck everyone!
(BDO-Baby)
lateralus ag
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Took AUD yesterday morning. Felt the same about this one as the other two, which means I have absolutely no idea how I did. I don't mark questions unless I don't answer them. Taken too many MC tests in my long career as a student and one thing I have learned, don't go back and recheck.
Spent 8 weeks studying, roughly averaged 25-30 hours per week.
Hoping for the best.
2 of the SIMS were EASY. 1 Research question was easy. 4 of the SIMS were HARD....like I had no idea on one of them.
The exam was scheduled for 4 hours I think....I left with almost two hours still on the clock. I am an awfully fast test taker, so that wasn't too bad, but 2 HOURS!! I am a nervous wreck......this next couple of weeks is going to SUCK,,,
Now the waiting begins.....
Eskimo Brothers
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Took Aud yesterday morning as was completely blown away. The MCQ ate me alive. Marked 10, 12, and 11 in the first 3 testlets. Questions were nothing like I have seen from the Wiley Test Bank. It wasn't until the 3rd testlet that I started getting ones I understood. The SIMS weren't that terrible. Nailed 4 of them, 75% on the other 2 and the last one had no clue what it was about (pretest?).
Complete opposite of my FAR exam last month. breezed through the multiple choice. AUD questions just goes to much into detail, since there is a small amount of information available. tons of most/least questions. Not looking good for a passing grade, but on to REG.
Keely
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I had the complete opposite experience as EskimoBrothers (funny name by the way...I guess you watch The League! Me too!). The MCQs were simple, and some were even identical to what was in the Becker HW. Unfortunately, I did not study enough, and the SIMs were horrible. Not horrible in a way of, "I have absolutely no idea what to do." Horrible in the way of I didn't see any opportunity to utilize the Research tab (except for the Research sim of course), and they were just so freaking vague. I got really mad about the whole thing, because I was thinking in my head how I could put up a valid argument for at least two of the choices...so I had a hard time figuring out which to choose and ended up just guessing. I should've practice applying my knowledge in the Becker sims more. I have a feeling I'll be seeing this test in July. Ugh.
Bobby Soon2BCPA
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I took AUD at the Prometrics site in Westbury, NY yesterday at 9:00am and felt confident with the multiple choice, averaging a question a minute. However, as I was switching the testlet to progress to the simulations, the entire testing facility crashed!!!! We were told they lost "network connectivity". After speaking with/e-mailing numerous individuals at Prometrics and NASBA, there is no word on when I can reschedule, they said they will get back to me within 5 days. Has anyone ever experienced this? I am wondering if they will extend the test window into June as the Prometrics staff mentioned. If so, it won't make it as bad.... I guess.... Soooo frustrated!!!!!
Consagrado
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The MC started on Medium and the next two got rather difficult. The sims were another story. At first glance the sims looked really easy but for some reason I dont feel Becker prepared me enough. The Becker ones were harder but the exam its self was so easy looking it was hard. I also had a very unique spread of sim parts. Thats all I can say about it but it was very strange.
When-will-it-end
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Took AUD yesterday...1st testlet not too hard. 2nd one harder and 3rd one leveled off. Simulations where OK. I was fine with simulations because I had 2 hours to work on them after taking a short bathroom break. I am more concerned on the MC though...
This was the 2nd time I took this exam. I did not feel lost like the first time. I felt OK after the exam as well--not like life was drawn out of me. Kind of a similar experience as with REG in 2/28/12(which I passed after 2nd attempt). So based on my experiences with cpa test taking, I do well when I am feeling as though I know the material as opposed to feeling lost, even though I did not know every question. Hard to know though, especially b/c everyone says that grading gets harder for AUD and BEC. I am a little anxious because I know for sure I missed some questions and am worried that I missed more than what I think I missed.
I initially used Becker to study. My Becker study experience did not turn out as good. I failed all four parts while studying with Becker. I feel as though Becker does not have enough simulations. A friend of mine shared with me the Ninja Review notes and the Wiley MC and simulations. So I did better when I combined Becker book (because the highlights help with emphasizing important parts) with Wiley study material. It worked the first time I combined the two. I am hoping it also works for the AUD part too.
Anyone has any idea about how well people do on the AUD exam? If people do generally well that raises the curve and my chances of passing get slimmer.
Best of luck to all!
OUCPA84
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Within the rules---I had two research SIMS
Does this necessarily mean 1 was for sure a 'test'?
The remaining 5 SIMS:
2- not sure but not lost
1- lost
1- pretty confident
1- nailed it from the lit
bobooh15
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I had two research as well OUCPA84, not sure if that means one of them was for sure a pretest?
Exam went well for me, as I'm pretty sure I went from medium on testlet 1 to hard on 2 and 3 (probably).
Sims weren't bad, found two directly in the Auth Lit, and nailed the research questions. The other sims were moderate difficulty, but I think I got a decent portion of them correct.
I slacked a little bit in my audit studies due to finishing my final semester in school, but tried to make up for that in the past couple of weeks, hopefully it was enough! Now on to BEC!
Eskimo Brothers
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I also had 2 research questions. hopefully they both are scored as I had one sim from outer space and I had no clue how to do and the literature gave me no help. lol.
Maybe the sims are like the multiple choice in that the questions are scaled based on difficulty. research arent worth as many points other sims. I dont know, test is playing mind games. One minute I think I failed, the next I think its going to be close. WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT? lol
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