Is it possible to study for BEC in 3 weeks using BECKER 2010? I will appreciate all of your comments.
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michelle119
offlineMemberI studied for about 4 full time weeks but took weekends off (about 140-160 hours in total) and felt that I was prepared. I used Becker 2010, but thankfully most of it was review for me since I just graduated in May. I haven't gotten my grade back but I think you should be fine if you put in the time and use your hours wisely.
FAR 7/2 - 88
BEC 7/30 - 87
AUD 8/27 - 80
REG 11/12 - 96Posted 1 year ago # -
michelle119
offlineMemberI think I did well, but it all depends on the quality of hours you put in. If you can put in 140 hrs+ and do quality work during that time you should pass, but I didn't see too much jump off at me that wasn't covered in Beckers.
FAR 7/2 - 88
BEC 7/30 - 87
AUD 8/27 - 80
REG 11/12 - 96Posted 1 year ago # -
FL_CPA2010
offlineMemberchristian2823 - I think it's possible, but highly unlikely depending on how long you have been out of school. I studied for BEC for 5-6 weeks using Becker 2010 and my score says it all........................
I've been out of grad school for 2 years.REG 79 (Becker); BEC 63 (Becker) 70 (Yaeger); AUD 66 (Becker; 11/30 - Becker); FAR 11/24 (Yaeger/Wiley)Posted 1 year ago # -
dewey42000
offlineMemberChristian,
I am in the same boat, I just scheduled BEC for August 31 and began studying today. I plan on putting 100 hours in before the exam. I do plan on skimming chapters 1 & 2 and focusing most of my time on 3-5. A majority of my time will be on the MC questions and not too much time in the lecutres (I have went through them once); though I will probably refer back to the book often during the MC questions to make sure I fully grasp the concepts.
AUD - 77
FAR - 68,71,80
BEC - 74.69,75
REG - 69,83Posted 1 year ago # -
koliver
offlineMemberIt is definitely possible.... I had 13 days to study for BEC and passed. Its not like I got in teh 90's but passing is passing. I would make sure and not slack on any of the chapters beause you never know what your test will be like. And make sure to put in good quality study hours. Good luck!
FAR: 78 BEC: 79 REG: 86 AUD: 74, 83 DONE!!!Posted 1 year ago # -
veena
offlineMemberHi Guys..............
Does anybody knows about Becker class procedure? I want to attend live classroom for my one of the steps but I have to wait till Oct but before attending the live class I have a chance to attend the online class for the same step at the this month end.Now my main question is there any possibility that I can attend the online class now and after a month I can attend the live class? Do I need to pay the fees again or I can just attend the live class? And do I need to enroll in advance or I can enroll before a week when classes are going to start( I am asking for both online class as well as live class)???
Need suggestions plz help me out and thank you in advance............Posted 1 year ago # -
dewey42000
offlineMember@Veena,
I took the Becker live classes early this summer on Saturdays. These did not work well for me, as I do most of my studying and prep time at night and have a hard time tuning in for 8 straight hours. For the Becker live courses, you just have a proctor pressing play for the videos, which I found relativley easy to do on my own. There is no additional benefit to the classes other than they keep you on Becker's pace.
@Christian,
How is BEC coming along? I started the material yesterday and am fairly confident with chapter 1. Are you still sticking with the skim 1 & 2 and focus in on 3-5?
AUD - 77
FAR - 68,71,80
BEC - 74.69,75
REG - 69,83Posted 1 year ago # -
dewey42000
offlineMemberI have already been through the lectures via live classes. So I went through and did all the MC questions and for the ones I got wrong I went through the text and reasoned why I got them wrong. Though on the first time through I was around 80%. I will do that for Chapter 2 as well.
AUD - 77
FAR - 68,71,80
BEC - 74.69,75
REG - 69,83Posted 1 year ago # -
Idrathergolf
offlineMemberI definitely think it is doable. I prepared for BEC in 16 days (72 hours total). This gave me time to go through the Becker material including all supplemental questions once, and a review of each chapter. My review did not include doing every MC again but I could do 50 question tests on each chapter.
My score will dictate whether or not BEC is truly doable in 3 weeks.
I prepared for REG in less than 3 weeks and scored in the high 90's. I think any section can be prepared for in a short period of time if you have seen the material in class and retain information well.
REG: 5/26 - 90hrs (Pass) AUD: 7/1 - 86hrs (Pass)
BEC: 7/22 - 72hrs (Pass) FAR: 8/31 - 56hrs (Wait)Posted 1 year ago # -
nolifecpa
offlineMemberi am starting to fear BEC. I was confident in the beginning w/ B1, hw scores were in the high 80's low 90's on the 1st pass and thought it was a joke. started getting lower scores in B2 but didn't worry cuz didn't read whole chapter, thought next pass will be better. B3 is where i started losing it, so much calcs and nothing retained. B5 even worse, scored in the upper 40's low 50's on avg. haven't gone through B4 yet, ima just read that a couple of times cuz it's just vocabulary. i know becker hw is harder than the actual exam but scoring in the 50's is not helping my confidence at all.
anyone else going through this???
REG-65,71,74,73,70 (2/23/12)
BEC-60's,60's,69,71,76 (7/2/11)
FAR-67 (TBD)
AUD-54,60's,65,83 (2/26/11)Posted 1 year ago # -
MPoni123
offlineMembernolifecpa i went through the SAME exact thing with becker. i think becker doesn't do a very good job with BEC and that is why i ordered Yaeger homestudy. i understood the material sooo much better after they taught it.
a lot of the calcs in becker are from the CMA exam i think, but in my opinion, why even have them as MCQs? you will not see questions that complicated and in-depth on the exam. i was completely lost with Becker in chapters 3 and 5.
chapter 2 i wouldn't worry too much about because it is only 8 - 12 % of the exam.
AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!Posted 1 year ago # -
dewey42000
offlineMemberMy AUD final exam scores were Exam 1 - 62 Exam 2 - 69 Exam 1(2x) - 79 Exam 2 (2x) - 89
I was not sure on what to think walking out of the exam though. I know my second testlet was harder than my first, but my third seemed to be the same difficulty as my second? SIMs Research were easy points, not sure on the writing though. So I am hoping to be done with AUD.
AUD - 77
FAR - 68,71,80
BEC - 74.69,75
REG - 69,83Posted 1 year ago # -
nishvik
offlineMemberHello Everyone,
M planning to give my cpa exams as well ...Read so much about the 2011 changes & found that BEC is the one which will be changing the most ..So wanted to give a try on BEC in 2010 in late november...
I have done my bachelors in commerce & MBA both from India and still have not gone for evaluation process & as I am on H4 I dont have a SSN and the other proof of Identity ie Driver licence ....
I am in VA & pls if someone could help me with state that do not require ssn.....
I really want to give the BEC exam and I am not working so can devote max time to study....
Please also recommend me the books I should go for ...
Your replies would be a great help to me...
Regards,
NishvikPosted 1 year ago #
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