Hi everyone – I just started studying for BEC earlier this month and I'd like to share something that may help to reinforce what you are studying in BEC.
Remember, BEC is the exam that tests us on how the economy works and how businesses operate. It'the “Big Picture” and why we do FAR, AUD, and REG. BEC requires you to “step in the shoes” of the Owner/CEO/CFO/Upper Management of a business. The material, from what I can tell, is from no less than 7 college courses, including micro, macro, cost acct I & II, AIS, financial mkts, financial management, etc. They aren't just testing us on this material because they want to make our lives difficult.
The better you understand these topics, the easier it'll be when you're the CPA who's also the CFO of a Fortune 500 company!
If you don't have a job between 6am-11am, I recommend watching two business TV shows. CNBC's Squawk Box from 6am-9am (if you're awake), then Squawk on the Street (9am-11am). Squawk on the Street in particular, because it's the show that's on when the markets open at 9:30am.
These two shows live and breathe the topics in BEC. I'm in no way suggesting that you are going to learn enough from watching these programs that you don't have to read your BEC book, but I can bet that if you watch them, even for say 1hr per day, you will learn something that will help you to better understand the concepts that BEC tests you on.
The more you study for BEC and the more you watch these shows consistently you'll suddenly find yourself able to follow along with the topics the news anchors are discussing and realize how much information you really do know!
FAR - 75 (Q3/2014)
AUD - 70 (Q4/2014), 73 (Q1/2015), 78 (Q2/2015)
REG - 75 (Q1/2015)
BEC - 77 (Q2/2015)
DONE!! 6/11/2015
CPA Licensed 6/19/2015 (FL)
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