@yamar
It was an interesting experience. I am glad i did it.
If you're expecting a real classroom experience with in depth discussion into all subject, look elsewhere.
They basically have an instructor (mine were great) who has a tablet hooked to a projector and they go over a PDF of the book you have in front of you.
They go through it and tell you what to circle, underline, what to concentrate on, what isn't heavily tested, etc. They go over the material very fast and don't explain a lot.
They will stop and explain on some subjects that they deem important, or if you ask them to clarify on something. It's pretty fast and intense though. You don't absorb a lot, but if give you a good starting point.
Then you go back to the hotel and work on multiple choice questions until your eyes bleed. The classes are only MWF from like 8am to 5pm with a break for lunch and some 15 minute breaks in between.
They have independent study sessions and instructor led sessions at night and on the off days. Basically study halls, everyone is pretty quiet and mainly keeps to themselves. The professor will usually help in person,. by email,. or by phone.
I had two different professors, one better than the other. Both very smart with tons of real world experience. One actually used to audit a client that i now audit.
The best thing it did for me was give me time away from work and personal distractions. It made me push myself to get a sections work done because the next day we were moving on to the next. It's not really a teaching course, its a review course. But they will teach you subjects if you ask, and help you understand stuff you are already familiar with.
I took FAR and AUD and they were right in line, FAR ended one day and AUD started the next. Going back I may not have taken two sections in a row. I needed more time after FAR to finished homework. So i barely did any AUD work while i was there i just took really good notes and paid attention in lecture but only did FAR work when i got to the hotel.
I passed both FAR and AUD with just a little more study time after i got home. I don't think i would have passed without taking the class. It was my first time taking either exam. I had no prior study time with either of the subjects either. But i do have some real world experience. The only exam i took prior was BEC, and that was literally 2 hours of study time, and just to get a feel for the exam experience, I got a 70 with 2 hours of study time. I plan on taking that one last, and not taking Becker, just winging it on my own+ninja.
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