[Jamessemma]

I been grinding my study a lot especially as it got closer to exam date. I’m using Becker material and got ninja MCQ and been working on both. One problem I’m running into though with doing a progress test on all the material is that I’m scoring around 60% on my practice exams. I know exam is less than a week away and of course i will keep practicing to get better but I was curious if anyone was scoring bad on there progress exams and end up still doing fine on the exam. Since this is my first cpa exam, I’m not sure what to expect which totally sucks. Any recommendation? Or any helpful tip will defiantly be appreciated. Also how well were u doing on your practice exams as it got closer to test date? Thank you.

BEC: 82
FAR: 80
REG: 81
AUD: Last exam, end of may 2016.

Key to passing the exam is understanding the topic chapter and sections, not just memorizing what you read. The more you practice multiple choice, the greater chance you have to passing the exam.

[Anonymous]

There is a post that shows the expected grade on the exam based on the final Becker exams.

On straight progress tests you should be shooting for 80-90's.

Here are my Becker Final exam scores for BEC (not counting Written)

Becker Final Exam 1- 77.8%

Becker Final Exam 2- 72.2%

[Anonymous]

Three things I develop during the course of my review. First, learn the concept; second, practice to familiarize yourself on the structure of the questions; third, learn from your mistakes. No. 3 is also important especially on the final week. That means you don't have to worry on the 60% (things you already know), but focus on the 40%. Well, good news is that the 40% does not mean you don't know them all, it could either be, things you don't know or just careless mistakes. So I would focus on that 40% on the remaining days.

[kleon52]

Dont bother with practice exams.

If you have ninja mcq, just do mcqs. Try to trend 72-77%

Then go look at your report, anything below 60% go over the material again in your study program

REG: 80
AUD: 82
BEC: 83
FAR: 83
Finished Feb 2015, 5-6months

Ninja MCQ for AUD, BEC, & FAR

[Jamessemma]

Thank you everyone for the feedback. Not only it will help me but built up confidence which is what I need. My other question was I do pretty well on the Becker questions but not so much on the ninja. Seems like the ninja multiple choice gets a bit confusing at times but my questions is should I focus on ninja multiple choice more than Becker? (I'm guessing yes since I'm doing pretty well the Becker material already)

BEC: 82
FAR: 80
REG: 81
AUD: Last exam, end of may 2016.

Key to passing the exam is understanding the topic chapter and sections, not just memorizing what you read. The more you practice multiple choice, the greater chance you have to passing the exam.

[kleon52]

Ninja MCQ are harder for BEC, and you will start trending lower with it. For me, the questions on the actual exam felt easier than ninja mcq and I passed with an 83

REG: 80
AUD: 82
BEC: 83
FAR: 83
Finished Feb 2015, 5-6months

Ninja MCQ for AUD, BEC, & FAR

[JS867_5309]

I can't speak as to comparing NINJA and Becker, but when I switched to NINJA from Kaplan I felt like the questions were designed to test my knowledge and mimic the exam better.

I always aim to have a NINJA trending score of 85%. NINJA suggests 80%. I'm pretty sure I stuck around 80% in the last 3 weeks of studying with a 60% completion (I used the 2014 test bank so the details aren't available anymore). I did notice in the 2 days before that my trending score started to DROP, even though I continued to score around 80%. My individual topic scores got confusing as well, and my very patient fiance told me to just leave it alone. Instead I switched to flashcards or note review so the scores on the MCQ sessions wouldn't freak me out.

Exam:I'm done 🙂 🙂 🙂
REG - 71 (2/22/14); 67 (4/3/14); 74 (8/29/15); 83 (2/29/16)!!!
BEC - 72 (5/24/14); 85 (1/3/15)!!!!
AUD - 72 (8/23/14); 76 (10/15/14)!!!
FAR - 77 (5/26/15)!!!

Started in 2013 using Kaplan and failed REG, REG, BEC, AUD. Switched to NINJA suite in Sept 2014 and passed AUD...then BEC...then FAR!
REG took 2 tries but I finally got it in too!
I'm a hard convert - Using NINJA method with NINJA video/book/notes/MCQ

Education: Check
Experience: 3 months left! I hit 4 years on May 30 🙂

[mommyof3texans]

I just took BEC yesterday and didn't feel like the Becker mcq prepared me well enough for the actual exam. I have no clue as to how I did.

BEC - 02/21/15 - 82
FAR - 05/29/15 - 82
AUD - 07/09/15 - 93
REG - 11/14/15 - 80

All done!!!

[fightingforsanity]

@mommyof3texans Could you tell us as to why you think that? That makes me nervous since I'm only using Becker and will be sitting in a week. I'm so far from where I should be at this point.

FAR - ✓
AUD - ✓
REG - ✓
BEC - ✓

Don't give up!

[spinfuzer]

Becker Only – read each chapter, did questions, read each chapter again, did each question again and both practice exams. I felt maybe two questions weren't in the material at all (Reading + MCQ).

FAR - 08/08/14 - 93
BEC - 08/28/14 - 95
REG - 10/11/14 - 96
AUD - 11/30/14 - 99

[mommyof3texans]

I think I did nearly every mcq in Becker online and felt like a lot of questions were just very different. I had very few computational questions. I expected to need to exchange my laminated boards but didn't even use the two I had.

BEC - 02/21/15 - 82
FAR - 05/29/15 - 82
AUD - 07/09/15 - 93
REG - 11/14/15 - 80

All done!!!

[Anonymous]

I took BEC yesterday. It was my first section. (This is also my first post!) I've been working for a few years already and recently moved to a state where I'm able to take the exam with my qualifications. I had a lot of friends that struggled to pass so I put a lot of time in to prepare. I felt like I had seen most of the questions in Becker. The couple that were seemingly out of nowhere I just muddled through and figured I had enough of the rest right to be okay. I agree they were light on calculations. A couple topics I couldn't really grasp and gave up on didn't appear at all.

[Anonymous]

Becker Mcq are fine

[Anonymous]

I took all four parts just using Becker. I felt the only one Becker prepared me for was BEC. These tests are random so just prepare the best you can and expect the unexpected.

[joyflying]

I am taking BEC on Thursday too!!! Hearing that Becker does not prepare some people for their test is so stressful > <

I wish I can nail it!!!!

AUD - 91
BEC - 90
FAR - 93
REG - 94

The best is yet to come..

FAR - 93 (08/24/2014 - First down!)
AUD - 91 (11/21/2014 - Second down!!)
BEC - 90 (02/26/2015 - Third down!!!)
REG - 94 (05/29/2015 - Touch down!!!!!)

Here comes my touch down!
Certified in MA (08/2015)

[Anonymous]

I used Becker for my BEC studies and only supplemented with Ninja Audio. Otherwise, Becker was my primary source of study material. I thought it did a pretty good job preparing me for the exam if you weed out the details that you probably won't have to know for exam day. I pushed myself the week before my BEC exam and made sure I understood the fundamentals for each chapter.

One thing that really helped me with understanding the formulas and how they're applied was going through B1-B3 and writing out the examples they had in the book. Going through the examples step by step really helped me understand the process. And if I didn't understand where a number was coming from, why a formula was used, etc. I'd stop and consult the book/Internet for answers before I continued. It was time-consuming but so, so worth it.

Good luck!

[Author]

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