[Anonymous]

Hey All,

I’ve taken BEC on July 13th and took a week off from a bad stomach flu (thank goodness I felt the nasty effects after the exam, I took pepto-bismol and used the restroom right before the exam). I started on July 20th.

It’s now July 31 end of the month, but I’ve only gone through the Becker lectures of Chapters 1 through 5, and there’s 10 total lectures. I’ve gotten through the FASB Codification, Revenue Recognition, Installment/%-Completion/Cost Rec, Fixed Assets, Depreciation, Marketable Securities–Cost, Equity, Acquisition, Leases, and Bonds primarily in these chapters. I’m sitting here at a Starbucks hammering chapter 3, 4, and 5 homework questions so I can move on to Chapter 6 (pensions). I have not yet touched Government/NFP and Pensions as of now.

On August 13 (first day at Big 4), I am flying out of state to Orientation and will be there til the 22nd (includes full time training). I get back to my hometown on the night of August 22, and I report to my home office August 24.

My original plan was to take the FAR exam right before I start, so I can really focus in on my professional career. Now, I have doubts I can finish learning and reviewing all the Becker material in time for the exam (aiming for Aug 10, 11, or 12).

I have NO obligations from now until I start on August 13 (no kids, no work, nothing), so I can study all day, full time. Do you think this will be enough time for me to take the exam before I start, or should I reschedule to the end of the month?

Even if I reschedule til the end of the month, I doubt I can put it any significant/meaningful study time because I will be already working full time and I have no idea how my days will look like now that I am working full-time, so maybe I can squeeze a couple hours at night but definitely no long study sessions or anything. I will also need to consider that I’m also learning on the job so I have to deal with Big 4 training AND study for FAR. Idk if that’s gonna really help me if I reschedule.

What do you guys think? I’m looking for any insights…

Thank you.

[hvansaders]

Just going off the information you posted, it took 11 days and you are half way through the material so another 11 days would put you through all of the material, but without a final review. I would schedule your exam after orientation. You will get out around 5:30 each night and can study then and since it falls over a weekend you will probably have one of those days off so you can use that to study. Once you start working you dont know your schedule, but you probably wont be working too late right away. I think if you get through all the material before orientation and then use the rest of the time for reviewing you should be ok.

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