[Anonymous]

While studying for bec I feel like it’s going to be a breeze. Between college, far, reg, and audit, I feel like this is the third or fourth time seeing this material. I’m not sure why some people take the tests out of order. Does anyone else feel like bec was a breeze? Am I in for a rude awakening on test day? It seems like almost every subject was tested also on another exam accept maybe economics which we probably all took in college.

[Anonymous]

Besides variance analysis, I feel very comfortable after my first pass-through. I also graduated in May.

[h0wdyus]

There are quite a few horror stories on here for BEC. I would not take it easy till I see the passing score.

FAR - 81 29th Aug 2013
AUD - 84
REG - 82
BEC - 89 29th Aug 2014
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[stoleway]

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REG -63│ 84!!
BEC- 59│70│ 71 │78!
AUD- 75!
FAR- 87!

Mass-CPA

[stamata]

Felt pretty similarly as I just graduated college. I'm taking BEC this week. It was pretty easy just understanding most of the material for me. If you took finance, econ, audit, and cost classes in college most of it is just review. The only trouble I'm having is really memorizing ALL of it, especially the formulas or other things that you just simply have to memorize. Ex. After thinking I knew econ well enough I didn't really go back to study it, now I'm looking at it and blanking on factors of supply or differences between capital and current account.

AUD - 76
BEC - 86
FAR - 78
REG -73, 69, 86! DONE

[Anonymous]

BEC is probably the most underrated exam out of all of them. People really underestimate the difficulty of this one. It's easy to run out of time, to fail due to being a poor writer, or just failing because you don't expect to see questions are tricky as the ones that can be tested. I wouldn't underestimate it.

[acamp]

I studied two weeks for BEC, including a trip to an amusement park the day before the exam LOL. I felt it was a very broad exam that covered a lot of topics, none of which went that deep.

That said, my undergrad is in finance, I enjoyed and did well in econ, and my master's included a lot of random management courses, so I think I had a pretty good foundation going into it.

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Ninja + Wiley Test Bank: [FAR - 81] [REG - 76] [BEC - 88] [AUD - 73](doh!)

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[Anonymous]

I thought it was easy but only got an 83, so I guess not THAT easy.

[rfc63]

These exams cost too much money for me to treat them lightly.

[JamesBJames]

BEC's a little underrated because of this mindset, but… well, yeah, I think it's easier than FAR and REG (and, debatably, AUD). It's the test that people spend the least amount of time studying for and it has the highest pass rates by a wide margin.

I feel like the WC part of the exam stabilizes a lot of the scores, too — I think most people with failing score reports have a comparable rating in WC.

At any rate, I bet AUD blindsides people more than BEC does.

FAR: May 1st, 2014 - 91
AUD: May 29th, 2014 - 97!
BEC: July 16th, 2014 - 91
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[Anonymous]

@James

AUD is getting me pretty fired up. It is such an easy topic that they have to throw every MC test word game in the book at you.

[Anonymous]

Agree Darcer- AUD has the easiest concepts and information to learn. However, learning how to take the test is the obstacle.

[tobiasfunke]

I felt like I had a pretty bad case of senioritis heading into my last exam (BEC). I'd seen most of the material in college and just ripped through the text. Then when I started doing questions, I was down in the 55-60% range. I had to focus and really apply myself during the questions, but I brought my averages up to low 80s before my exam. The material is pretty straightforward, there's just a lot of different subjects.

I do feel like you have an advantage taking BEC last. I picked up a lot of “easy” points from having done other sections first. That being said, it was the easiest exam experience by a long shot. Not even comparable to REG or FAR.

Some people think it's hard, and they pass. Some people think it's easy, and they pass. Really tired of the “OMG it was easy that means you failed” nonsense people post on here. If you prepare well, do plenty of questions, you'll be fine. Trying to read meaning into your feelings about the exam and how that correlates to your score is dumb.

FAR-84
AUD-90
REG-86
BEC-Please let it be over on 8/21.

[gt5717b]

REG and FAR are hard because of the volume of information you have to retain for each. It can be overwhelming and your success is somewhat determined on how well you absorb information. There seems to be a more normal distribution of scores with these two exams.

AUD and BEC are more polarizing. People generally do very well or very bad. Either the material clicks or it doesn't, which is why you see some people repeatedly fail both while others say the exams were easy and pass with minimal study.

REG - 89
FAR - 84
AUD - 73, 86
BEC - 89

GA Licensed CPA

[Gatorbates]

Do NOT underestimate BEC … the little sh*t.

Licensed Florida CPA:
B: 71, 73, 79
A: 83
R: 78 (expired), 77
F: 74, 74, 80

It's finally freaking over.

[h0wdyus]

@gatorbates .

:))))

FAR - 81 29th Aug 2013
AUD - 84
REG - 82
BEC - 89 29th Aug 2014
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