CantTakeIt
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I agree. A 2 week cram session might be calling it tight. Just don't try to rush through the material because it wont work. If you really focus, then I have faith in you! At least everything will be fresh in your mind.
Any suggestions on what to have for dinner the night before the big exam? haha Burrito or Pizza?
dobat
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You can definitely study and pass BEC if you have 2 weeks without work to study. Heck even if you were working you could pass after 2 weeks with only weekend and nights. There is really only 1, maybe 2, hard chapters in bec...assuming you were a business major in college and took the general business classes. Using becker, Ive studied about 2 weeks and take my test tomorrow and feel ready. half a day of review lol lets hope im ready.
MPoni123
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hey jeff - if i sign up for the club 75 and want to watch the BEC CRAM (on the 23rd and 24th)...will it be archived so i can watch it at a later date? i won't be able to watch it on those days and i really want to watch it to help me pass this exam! i am having trouble understanding chapter 3. (i do not get finance at all)
thanks!
vishvesh
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hey MPoni123......chapter 3 of BEC seems like a monster at first, the best way to crack it is to go over the material over and over again......the first time i did it i felt that the entire chapter was not connected at all......but when i worked it the second time i got the flow of the chapter and when i read it last week....it seems preety okay.....
since you are using becker, would suggest understanding those 140 supp questions...they are hard but i guess necessary to make sure you get the chapter........will let u know how heavy there are on the exam when i give it next week....
hey connieCPAin2010...just had a question regarding the exam......did you feel the time was adequate?....I felt the becker exams were just too long.....
connieCPAin2010
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MPoni123 - Chapter 3 is heavily tested. Know the concepts but try to nail down the basic formulas too. If you understand how and why the formula works, you will be ok for both types of questions. I recommend stepping back and just taking a piece of Chapter 3 at a time until you feel comfortable with it. I took a long time going through Chapters 3 & 5 and was glad I did.
connieCPAin2010
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vishvesh - I finished BEC with 2 minutes left on the timer. At that time I felt good that I had reviewed all my marked questions and had answered everything to the best of my ability!
Just try to get through the testlets in about 45 minutes each, that way you have a little extra time if you are slower on one of them its ok. Doing that, I never felt rushed so overall I think the time was ok.
MPoni123
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thanks vishvesh! i definitely plan on reviewing the 140 supplemental questions. i usually do all of those during my 2nd review of the material. i started chapter 4 today and am 1/2 way done and so far so good. i want to finish chapter 5 by friday so i have a week and a 1/2 to review. i think that is plenty of time to go over the information and then focus on the stuff i am still having trouble with. good luck with your exam next week!!
connie - thanks! i did terrible on the multiple choice first time around for chapter 3. i just don't get what they are asking and what formula to use and have no clue how to approach it. i think i make it more complicated than it has to be because when i see the answer i'm like...that's it?! lol. how is your REG studying going?
CantTakeIt
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Well... my test went EHHHH lol. I went in super confident. But man, BEC has a way of hitting me where it hurts. I knew 1/2 of the questions for sure. The other 1/2 I'd say were educated guess. Everyone, PLEASE know your IT. My advice if you're running out of study time, know Ch1 of business but don't spend too much time there and the same with Ch 2 which is Economics. With Ch 3 and 5... know it. Know Contribution Margin, NPV, budget variance (even though I only had one lol), and FIFO/Weighted Avg Equivalent Unit Inventory ones and just be familiar with the rest of it. and KNOW YOUR CH 4 which is IT!!!!
I just hope I pulled out at 75!!
connieCPAin2010
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Ok, it's only been one week since I took BEC but it seems so long ago. I'm going to go crazy waiting until the middle of February for that score! I'll guess I'll turn to my REG studies to keep me busy. LOL
MPoni123
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luckily for me i sit for it at the end of january...so i will only have to wait about 3 weeks until we get Wave 1 scores!!! in the middle chapter 5. i am giving myself a goal to get through everything by tomorrow and then have 2 weeks to review!
good luck studying for REG connie!
PJL - are you using Becker? i would just keep going through the multiple choice over and over again until you really understand how they are calculating everything. maybe rewatch the lectures or certain parts that you are having trouble with. also, i am going to the Yaeger BEC cram to give me some extra help.
connieCPAin2010
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MPoni123 - I wondered where you were today! LOL
2 weeks to review will be great I think. I only gave myself a week to reveiw due to procrastinating (and the holidays and the kids...)
Did you use Becker only for REG? How many weeks did you study? You got an awesome score.... I'm ahead of my study plan right now which is great because I know I will lose steam at some point!
MPoni123
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hahaha connie!! i am here :) besides you and me nobody else is talking! yes i did use Becker for REG and i gave myself about a month? (i had taken REG last summer with minimum studying..only making it through the lectures) so i didn't have to watch any of the lectures again so that saved me time. i think they gave me a gift with that score because my exam was extremely difficult. definitely know chapter 3!! i at least finished the exam, which was good. maybe you could do the Yaeger CRAM for REG that jeff is recommending? i ordered it for BEC!
CantTakeIt
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I used Becker to take REG as well. I was lazy and didn't really cram until the last 2 weeks. I got an 80 so I'd say it works. I knew it all inside and out by the end though.
I agree! the wait for scores is getting to be already and I only took BEC on Saturday lol
MPoni123
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i am going to have to review SO much for chapters 3 and 5. i am doing awful on the multiple choice, too. i honestly don't see how the exam could have some of these questions on them. they are so in depth and confusing!! i took cost accounting in college, but clearly i don't remember it! connie and canttakeit - did you find the computations on your exam to be as in depth as becker??
zena
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MPoni123, for my exam I did not find the chapter 5 computations to be as in depth as those in Becker. I was pleasantly surprised at how basic they were. I don't know if I just got lucky but I that's what I got.
connieCPAin2010
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The computations on the exam were not as complicated as the Becker questions. I did what CPAinSC said above. I wrote the formulas out on notebook paper and reviewed them often. I already had them in my notes, but keeping separate pages with just the formulas to review was helpful.
When you are doing the MCQ, make sure you know what they are asking you for. If they are looking for say, breakeven units in $, write that formula out before you tackle the amounts in the questions. That helped me not to get overwhelmed with the MCQs.
MPoni123
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thanks for the advice, guys!! that is a good idea to write the formula out first and then use the numbers i need in the question. (this requires me to actually remember the formulas!!) good idea to write them down separately!
vishvesh
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okay guys...here goes.....going to be leaving for the exam in half hour.....will keep you posted on how it goes!!...
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