I am a Becker student. If I have the opportunity to purchase Becker Final Reviews, do you recommend that I do so? How do they help? Do they just repeat what you've learned? What makes them worth the extra money? Thank you.
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whitesoxfancpa
offlineMemberThey repeat what you learned, but the great thing is that it's all spit back at you at once right before the exam. It's extremely condensed so you get all the important stuff in a short time span, as opposed to a regular review where it spans several days.
I personally like it. Plus there are some new MC questions, which never hurt.
AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88Posted 1 year ago # -
south0085
offlineMemberThat's awesome. Thanks for the info. I couldn't help but notice that you have really really good scores on each of your exams. If you don't mind, what is the secret to your studying method? If you would rather me send you a personal message, give me your email address and I'll contact you that way.
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whitesoxfancpa
offlineMemberNo problem.
Honestly, my method is to just do what Becker recommends, or darn close to it. For a particular Becker chapter, here's my study sessions (assume three hours each study session):
#1: View first half of the lecture, working multiple choice questions after each little lecture part. Don't worry too much about wrong answers, just get through them once.
#2: Same as #1 except second half of chapter.
(This method allows me to work the questions after the material is fresh rather than a day later after I watch the whole lecture. Doing that overwhelms me.)
#3. Read entire chapter, working questions after each part. This time around, really try to understand why the answers are what they are and understand why the questions I got wrong are wrong. At this point I've viewed the lecture, read the text, and worked each question twice and am starting to feel pretty decent about the chapter, hopefully.
#4. Repeat #4 for problem areas as necessary. Work questions a third time! Usually goes by much quicker.
#5. Work supplemental questions, do simulations briefly, review flashcards briefly. Review any problem areas and work those questions as necessary.
#6. Wrap up, do a couple progress tests, re-work supplemental questions, etc. Whatever it takes to help the material feel like it has sunk in.I do this basic routine for each chapter. Really, after step #3, it's pretty much a crapshoot, just working on whatever areas in that chapter I feel gave me the most trouble. But NO MATTER WHAT, I do each regular question AT LEAST 3 times, and the supplementals at least 1 time.
Then in my final review, I do the questions another time, plus the supplementals. So that's 4 times for the regular questions and 2 times for the supplemental questions AT A MINIMUM before I take the actual exam.
Then I use Becker's Final Review product to hopefully review all the big important stuff a couple days before the exam.
Hope that helps! Good luck!
AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88Posted 1 year ago # -
CPA Someday
offlineMemberI think what makes them worth the extra money is the "walk through" of the simulations and questions, and they give you more suggestions on how to attack the questions effectively, plus they add in a few more clues on how to remember things or how to think or do them differently.. Yes it is worth it!
REG 81; BEC 79; FAR 81!!; AUD 71, 92
Ethics 98
Illinois DOES post on Saturdays!!!Posted 1 year ago # -
south0085
offlineMemberwhitesoxfancpa -- I never told you thank you for this information....so thank you. I have a couple additional questions regarding your study routine. How many days does it take you to get from step #1 to step #6? Also, how do you study the simulations? Thank you again.
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