[NCCPA Hopeful]

I’m so nervous for this section. I’ve been studying since August and feel like I have nothing down solid. I take the test October 3rd. I’ve been using Wiley. I get frustrated with the book sometimes because I feel like it doesn’t explain everything well enough, and I have to end up getting my old class textbooks up and reading better explanations. I’ve read through the whole book once now and have done problems. I’m now going through the book again but I feel like I’ve forgotten everything! There just seems to be so many formulas and computational problems. I had a friend who said her BEC test was more conceptual than mathematical but judging by the problems I’ve practiced that doesn’t seem like it could be the case. None of the material outside of corporate governance is easy for me grasp. The finance chapters are the hardest for me. There are just so many topics covered on this exam that don’t necessary relate to one another. I mean once I finished the finance chapters the first time around and moved on to the next modules, I forgot almost everything. As I’m going back through the modules now, nothing seems to have “stuck.” If I can’t remember the material, how can I put it in writing during the writing portion of the exam?

Sorry for the rant, I’m just frustrated and nervous about this section. Does anyone have any advice they can give me for these last 2 or so weeks of studying for BEC? I’d appreciate any help/advice.

[ShelahV]

BEC is an often underestimated exam. I saw someone put it best when they said it was a mile wide and an inch deep! My suggestion would be to do a review of each chapter or section in your study material (I did 3 set of 24 questions each using Becker). Then i'd do a review of 2 of the sections (3 set of xx questions) at a time until you get thru all your sections. Then do all of the sections a couple time . Then look back and see where you stuggled the most and do some more review on just those sections.

My last week or so I would write down over the course of a couple days the areas I kept getting wrong (for mee it was OH variances and IT stuff). Then I spent some time going back thru my book, rereading, take a few more notes, etc. Then more review of MCQ. But don't completely overlook the WC. I'd suggest do at least a couple simulations and may reading some additional answers. Maybe do it in between your chapter reviews for a change of pace. It will eventually make more sense – BEC has more formulas than you would like and practice will help.

Good Luck on your exam!

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[Anonymous]

Hey NCCPA Hopeful. I just took BEC a couple weeks back. Here are a few things that I learned from the process:

-First, don't worry too much about the writing section at all. I looked over a couple writing problems for about 30 minutes the day before the exam and I did fine. Just make sure you review how they are suppose to be formatted and you should be fine. You don't actually need to know what the answer to the question is, just talk about things that are related to it.

-Second, try and get through all the MCQ twice(I know it sounds terrible but it is not that bad the second time through) and make sure you learn from your mistakes on the MCQ. Write down the ones you get wrong if you need to. If you don't have time for this, just do a bunch of progress tests.

-Lastly, don't freak out too much. Just make sure you know the main topics that your course stresses. Don't worry too much about every little detail in the book.

You got this!!! 🙂

[Anonymous]

Hey NCCPA Hopeful. I just took BEC a couple weeks back. Here are a few things that I learned from the process:

-First, don't worry too much about the writing section at all. I looked over a couple writing problems for about 30 minutes the day before the exam and I did fine. Just make sure you review how they are suppose to be formatted and you should be fine. You don't actually need to know what the answer to the question is, just talk about things that are related to it.

-Second, try and get through all the MCQ twice(I know it sounds terrible but it is not that bad the second time through) and make sure you learn from your mistakes on the MCQ. Write down the ones you get wrong if you need to. If you don't have time for this, just do a bunch of progress tests.

-Lastly, don't freak out too much. Just make sure you know the main topics that your course stresses. Don't worry too much about every little detail in the book.

You got this!!! 🙂

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