Anushka730
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@RinaL - Looking at your AUD score, would appreciate if you could please share your study material/tips for AUD since I have not been able to clear for the second time now and will try to take again in Oct/Nov testing window. Currently studying for BEC using Yaegar 2009 material.
thanks
RinaL
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@Anushka730 - So I used Becker to study for all the different sections. I did the FastPass program. In terms of studying for AUD, I suggest avoiding memorization. What you want to do is really understand how the different controls and other elements in audit work together and affect each other. I think most people try and memorize everything instead of understanding how they work and as a result it bogs them down in answering questions because they have to pull up whatever they've memorized and then they're not sure it's right. If you understand the material, it is far more valuable. I know that after studying with Becker, I was able to finish the exam with 35 minutes to go; so I left early. I have worked in audit (a few years ago) for 8 months, so that might have helped me since many audit concepts are kind of abstract to those who haven't had the opportunity to apply them. Best of luck next time around.
workingforaliving
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Okay, I'm new at this forum thing, so please forgive anything I do wrong. Have some info on how the NC board does its grades. They actually do mail the grades out to us within one business day of receiving them from NASBA. Sometimes there is a delay because of when they get the grades (like if FedEx shows up at 5 pm). Sometimes there is a delay because a CONGRATULATIONS letter has to be signed. They do NTSs by email but not grades because of some kind of restrictions put on them by the people that run the board (not the people who work there). Some of the customer service isn't all that great depending on who you talk to but the receptionist has been helpful to me and I have talked to the director (?) too and he (Mick? Mike?) was nice and said to let him know if I had any more problems with the person in exams.
cpagirl1986
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Meant to say....glad to hear I don't have to wait too long. I want to reschedule BEC asap if I didn't pass. I crammed to take BEC in this testing window because I was sure I failed FAR. But it turned out that I passed FAR, so all that worrying was for nothing. Just have to pass BEC and REG before 5/31/2011 because I can not take auditing again especially with the international incorporated into the materials.
GSU Josh
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The AICPA loves to start score releases on a MWF schedule and has been pretty late in the month with releases recently (started on the 18th this month). I would predict the BEC release for September to be either the 15th, 17th, or 20th. Most likely the 17th or 20th. Meaning NASBA people would have their scores either Monday night (20th) or Tuesday night (21st). Looks like I'm not the only one waiting on BEC to be done with this thing. I sure hope it's over. Considering I only marked about 5-10, 10, and about 5, I'm hoping that's enough to pass. I know it will be close for me, but I just hope I got that 75 so I can finally put those letters behind my name! Test was a little strange for me, quite a mix between very easy and very difficult. Don't know if I really feel good or bad about the test. Good luck to everyone.
Jeff - another71.com
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Wave 2 Score Release Prediction Dates:
http://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-results-scores-july-august-2010-wave-1/
big shot cpa
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Just took BEC and it wasn't that bad except that it sucked! Haha, just kidding. I went in as unprepared as one can be. I never read B-5 but I did go over the highlighted stuff twice. Plus, I didn't do any of the MCs for B-5 nor did I do any of the supplemental question for any chapters. But I can proudly say that I could figure out most of the B-5 questions on the exam, they weren't too difficult, just common sense allocation/variance stuff. There were about 5 questions I just picked a number for because I didn't even know what formula to use or my calculation just didn't match their choices. However, I hope I can somehow get that 75! I'm so glad this window is closed now, ahh. Going on vacation tomorrow and will try to forget this horrible 2 months. Expecting 3 scores in wave 2, hope AICPA gets it out soon!
Aldo526
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I just took BEC yesterday and this exam keep getting worse. They keeping comming up with questions, especially in the IT section, that even a person with a doctorate degree in IT wouldn't know the answer. Same goes for the international trade section. I got several questions not covered in Becker nor Gleim. Hopefully I did well enough to pass.
NK19
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I'm very happy that everyone else got the feeling of "WTF?!" when taking BEC. I took it 8/31 & will say I'm among the rest of you. I thought it was an odd mix of easy & hard, so I'm hoping I didn't blow the "easy" ones. I know I got one wrong for sure that I should have gotten right. I had some ramdom SOX stuff that was never covered by Becker & one question in particular that I couldn't even figure out what they were asking & so didn't even know how to BEGIN calculating the numbers. I guess we'll all know our fate pretty soon. I really hope I pass this one because I'm retaking FAR next cycle (failed it by 1 point). I also felt that even if I studied another 10 hours, it wouldn't have helped.
hazeyCPA
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Hey everyone,
I just finished my Masters in Accounting this summer and I am not starting with my big 4 firm until January so I figured I would try to get BEC out of the way. I Passed AUD and was still waiting for my FAR results when I realized, I should probably sit for BEC before August 31st and start studying or else I will be pretty board when I get home. Anywho, I did my Becker self study lectures and final review for 3 weeks straight and felt good about the material going into the exam with the exception of some cost accounting issues and some NPV things.
In my opinion, I think the Becker Final Exams are harder than the actual exam; nonetheless, some of the questions on the real exam were absolutely ridiculous. I looked up the “fringe” questions after the exam and I ended up getting a bunch of them right - but they were so far out there that they had to been pre-test questions. The test had a lot of calculations that I thought I did right but the answer seemed “too good to be true”. Overall, I think I did fine. After taking AUD and FAR I thought I did not do as well – then again, those tests use progressive testing while BEC does not.
REG is my last section, I think I’m going to take it November 3rd (this way I have a lot of time to study, and I am going to have to wait until mid/end-November to find out results anyway).
What was the point of this rant, ummmmm, oh yeah – did anyone pass BEC this window have a similar BEC experience? It’s kind of hard to tell on BEC.
Mmm …Bacon Egg n Cheese.
Thanks!
RinaL
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@hazyCPA- My exam seemed way easier than the Becker practice exams. I felt over prepared. I studied the material over a 2.5 week period total (watching the lectures and doing the homework and taking some progress tests). I left feeling like I killed the exam (meaning I came out very confident). So just waiting for this final grade. Not really worried about it at all. I think perhaps those of you who said you had difficult questions had a different set of questions than I did. I feel like I was well-prepared for the questions I got. Anyway, good luck! Can't wait for these grades to get posted. You would think multiple choice questions would be graded quickly. But apparently they like to make us suffer.
Patrick
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I agree, Becker final exams were way harder than the actual test! The actual exam seemed way easier. I too must have had different questions than others because there were not many calculations, and the other questions were straightforward. I think Becker prepared me very well.
steveo
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i agree.. i used becker too and thought the exam was alot easier than the becker tests/questions itself.. makes me a lil worried i didnt do well even though i walked out with alot of confidence... we'll see though.
Dan
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Everyone who had some "weird" questions on the BEC Exam, I had the same thing happen to me. There are pretest questions, about 15% or 6 questions per testlet if your testlets were 30 questions, that are NOT counted towards your final score. These questions are ones that are brand new or are used for statistical purposes. I know I had some off the wall questions that are pretest and I know will not count toward my score, so I was able to write those off!
kobebryant168
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@ Dan
I really saw some weird questions on the exam, and you mentioned 6 questions per testlet, meaning there are 18 questions will be omitted? I thought there are only five each, is that mean regardless you answer them right or wrong, you don't get the scores?
Are the pretest questions all appear at the beginning of each testlets or they are mixed up?
Thanks!
Good Luck!
BEC- 8/29/10
FAR- 11/26/10
vaponte
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The count down for the score release already started. I am anxious to know if I passed this test. There were plenty of weird questions in the first test let, but the second and the third one were as ease as to peel a tangerine.
GSU Josh
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There are 5 pretest questions per testlet on BEC, and they are not scored. So your score is calculated using a total of 75 questions. The pretest questions are randomly assorted throughout the exam (5 per testlet, though).
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