[fangruoyi]

Hi guys, I just took my Far exam on 1st of April. I used Becker and scored 71 and 76 on my Becker Final exams. On my actual exam, I feel all the testlets are about the same difficulty level and I can tell that I got a lot of them wrong… However, I left myself 1hour and 45 mins for SIM and I am very confident about sims. I ended up with 30 more minutes to spare so I reviewed my sims carefully.

My experience with Becker is similar to my real exam experience, I also did better on Sims than my MCQ and I always score 70%to 80% on MCQ.. Do I still have a chance to pass if I did terrible on MCQ but great on sims?

21-year-old try to pass all parts before turning 22!:)
FAR April 1st 2015 -88
AUD April 14th 2015 - 93
BEC May 30th 2015
REG Aug 25th 2015

[golfball7773]

Yes.

Take a look at this pdf. It breaks down the scoring percentages between MCQ and Sims

https://www.aicpa.org/BecomeACPA/CPAExam/PsychometricsandScoring/ScoringInformation/DownloadableDocuments/How_the_CPA_Exam_is_Scored.pdf

AUD - NINJA in Training
BEC - 86
FAR - NINJA in Training
REG - NINJA in Training

AUD - 71, 73

BEC - 74, 86

REG - 77*

FAR - 57

*expired

(I have been trying to become a CPA since 2013). only one test down.......

FAR: 63, 55, 62
REG: 65, 77*
AUD: Fail, 64, 71
BEC: 72, 74, 81

*expired

[fangruoyi]

Thank you golfball7773!

21-year-old try to pass all parts before turning 22!:)
FAR April 1st 2015 -88
AUD April 14th 2015 - 93
BEC May 30th 2015
REG Aug 25th 2015

[Anonymous]

I had the exact same experience. On my third FAR testlet, I was just shaking my head thinking it didn't matter because I felt I bombed the first two testlets, but I kept treading. Then came the sims, I felt I got maybe 2 or 3 of them right, but the rest were a crapshoot. I knew for a fact that I bombed at least 1 sim.

At the end of the day, I ended up with a 79. I scored comparable & strong on most of the MC except for financial accounts (I scored weaker) and sims I scored stronger. I underestimated by performance on MC, because I put more focus on the questions I guessed on rather than the questions I got correct. Also, it's always hard to gauge MC performance due to pre-test questions (which can be up towards a whopping 20% if your exam).

I actually averaged a 70% on becker's final exam too. All is not lost! Wishing you the best.

[fangruoyi]

Thank you Club300! Does the score report show how many MCQ you got right? I really hope I can pass Far on my first try, I studied really hard and I have planed the other 3 exams in the coming month too, I don't want failing FAR influence my plan for the other 3 exams.

I fell like I got over 30% of my MCQ wrong but I am pretty confident that I got the over 90% of the SIMs correct. I have been pretty good with journal entries and calculations but not so good with remembering the details like the differences between IFRS and GAAP or what to disclose…

21-year-old try to pass all parts before turning 22!:)
FAR April 1st 2015 -88
AUD April 14th 2015 - 93
BEC May 30th 2015
REG Aug 25th 2015

[y_u_no_pass]

Well that sounds exactly like my experience with audit and I got a 95. Missing 30% of the multiple choice isn't bad- especially if they got harder. And they may have gotten harder even if you couldn't tell. I think you have a good chance- good luck!

Florida CPA!
Took final exam 2/25/15.
Sent in Application 3/12/15.
Issued License 3/20/15.
Used CPA Excel solely for all exams.

[fangruoyi]

Thank you y_u_no_pass! I am taking AUD next week, do you have any advices for my final review before exam?

21-year-old try to pass all parts before turning 22!:)
FAR April 1st 2015 -88
AUD April 14th 2015 - 93
BEC May 30th 2015
REG Aug 25th 2015

[Anonymous]

@fangruoyi

My report doesn't show how many MC I missed, but it does say that I scored “Comprable” for MC and “Stronger” for Sims.

You may feel that you bombed the MC, but up to 20% could be pre-test, so that means up to18 or so questions didn't even count. And If you feel that you did good on sims, I think you're in a good spot.

[Anonymous]

It's a bell curve. If you thought they were hard everyone else did too. Same goes for easy tests.

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