Failed Aud again

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    Anonymous
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    73!

    Retake in April

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  • #330290
    Anonymous
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    Sorry to hear about your audit score. I know how you feel. I failed audit for the 4th time (I was in the first release this window) with a 72, failed with a 70 in November. The other two times were in the 50's back in 2010

    I'm retaking it April 3.

    #330291
    Anonymous
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    Thanks @bnrhilton , What material are u using

    I have Becker 2011 and Wiley Book

    #330292
    Anonymous
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    I used Becker full course (2010 test 1), yaeger cram (2010 test 2), wiley full course (test 3 and 4) and roger cram (test 4). Also have the ninja notes, and wiley test bank and ipad app. I printed all becker mcq's before it expired and have those in a binder as well for extra mcq's

    #330293
    gateway3601
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    @bnrhilton

    Hang in there, I just found out that I failed Aud for the 4th time as well, I am so discouraged right now. I am planning to take a few days off and restudy with vengeance this time. I am planning to order Yaeger since I've heard good reviews about it.

    FAR(61,73,73,74,76) REG-81 AUD(61,64,58) BEC(71,77)

    #330294
    yankeeaccountant
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    For me, Audit was the hardest exam to pass. I know alot people don't agree, but it is really tricky and it has so many layers. It took me 4x to pass it. I started off with Becker, supplemented with Wiley testbank, for #1(68) and #2,(62) then for #3(74) and #4(pass) I incorporated the Roger Cram and full course. I also used the Wiley testbank. What I usually start out doing is finishing all the Becker questions first, then move to Wiley. To me, I felt like the exam was most like Wiley. On the fourth try, I also used the Gleim free trial, and did all the quizzes, tests, and questions for the section they had. Overall, I felt like Roger did a great job of pointing out those nitpicky little details that always kicked my butt. He does use alot of mnemonics, but I also feel like he explains things thoroughly that you are not just memorizing, you understand the concepts better. I had to constantly reread my notes to hammer the details into my head…..I have to admit: I had an attitude problem with Audit. I feel like it is the work of the devil 😉

    Let yourself get it out of your system and then get back and get on the horse again. You will get it next time!!! Good luck to you.

    #330295
    Anonymous
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    For some reason I had the most difficulty with AUD too. I failed it twice with a 68 and 73. The first 2 times I used Yaeger with NINJA notes and Wiley's test bank. The third time around I only used the NINJA notes and test bank software because I had ebay'ed the Yaeger AUD program. I gave myself about a month to prepare. I read and rewrote the NINJA notes many times and I was getting 90%+ on every section on the software heading into the exam. In December of last year I finally passed and said goodbye to the CPA exam. Just keep at it. Eventually you'll overcome AUD

    #330296
    Anonymous
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    I failed AUD too and I was 100% sure I passed… I have no idea what happened.

    What else can you do but try again? Quitting is NOT an option…

    #330297
    Anonymous
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    I'm right there with you dtomasello. Just got my 2nd AUD fail score… a heartbreaking 74!! I'm trying to use all this fury I now have for the AUD section to fuel my studying for the next month. We got this!

    #330298
    Anonymous
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    74 for AUD 🙁 First time doing it. Apparently my MCQs were ‘stronger', but SIM was ‘Weaker'. Damn.

    #330299
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    I have a different perspective on studying. It worked well for me so I'll share it since I've never heard this style from anybody else.

    1. Go through all the lectures, make all the little highlights and notes. Just finish them as soon as possible. You shouldn't need them again if it all once you've already done them once.

    2. Re-read the book all the way through.

    3. Print out the MCQ's. Read the question, don't look at the answer options. Try to get the answer without looking at the answers provided. If it takes you more than 2 minutes, just read the answer descriptions and read all of them. When I first started studying, I tried to get every answer right and that's not the point. The Becker MCQ's are meant to help recall and supply additional fact nuggets that weren't explicit in the text. And if you're taking more than 2 minutes to recall, then you need to work on re-reading which would be provided by reading the answer descriptions. Mark the ones that are you giving you trouble and go back to them several times. Make additional notes and highlights on the questions so you can remember what gave you trouble last time and highlight particular phrases and fact nuggets from the answer descriptions.

    4. If you feel you need extra practice, try Wiley's software. CPAExcel gets a lot of praise on this site, although I've never used it. But by the end, I was able to do all the questions from memory without looking at the answer choices.

    Once I went through all the material, I used Jeff's NINJA guide and reviewed it for atleast a half hour every day to build up my recall. For example, when you get to the Pensions section in FAR, Jeff provides the high level stuff you must know, but a bunch of other things about pensions should be going through your head at the same time (like doing the actual calculations).

    I passed all my sections with only a week of 8am – 8pm study for each exam (with the exception of FAR because I couldn't get to 8 and 9). And the only way I was able to do that was not spending hours racking my brain on a questions where the answer descriptions and making your own notes are a lot more valuable.

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