[payaza2000]

Studying for FAR in May; and honestly I have never in my academic career felt so frustrated. I got A’s in my intermediate accounting courses, so studying for the CPA exam with Becker and getting low scores on the Homework has been frustrating & at times emotionally draining. I got F1-73%, F-2-55%, and F3-65% from the optional review homework. Thanks for the rant.

FAR 5/6/2015- 84
REG 8/3/2015 - 87
AUD 10/25/2015- 69 1/20/2016 -75
BEC 2/26/2016- 80

Thank you God

[Oimie]

Are you new like me? I am also considering May for FAR but still waiting to get authorized to take the CPA exam.

FAR 85 June 2015
AUD 80 Nov 2015
REG 83 Nov 2015
BEC 79 Feb 2016

[CM]

You're not alone. I got so frustrated when I first started studying for FAR, and after failing twice I have felt like I'm not as smart as I thought I was.

AUD - 80
BEC - 73
FAR - 78
REG - NINJA in Training

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." Francis of Assisi

I really cannot believe BEC is giving me such a hard time.

FAR: 78 (5x)
AUD: 80 (3x)
BEC: 9/07/2016
REG: 12/06/2016

Failure is never an option.

"Faith in your own powers and confidence in your individual methods are essential to success." Roderick Stevens

[Anonymous]

Suck it up and keep going. I am still depressingly bad at F5, but that isn't going to stop me, and it shouldn't stop you either.

[nika_cpa]

just do as many progress test as you can. Make sure you study everything Becker tells you to highlight or underline…..because these will definitely appear on your exam. Becker HW and progress test are much harder and much more in depth than the actual exam. So if you are consistently scoring in 70s you should be fine!!

Becker self-study, Wiley Test Bank and books, Becker final review. NINJA MCQ bank and NINJA notes for BEC only!

AUD - PASSED!
FAR - PASSED!
REG - PASSED!
BEC - PASSED!

[Anonymous]

You really have nothing to worry about. You have two months to study and even with those scores you'd pass today (if the exam was those three chapters alone). Becker is much more difficult. It's kind of known that a Becker 70 usually means a 75 on the actual exam.

Remember that Intermediate was two semesters long and didn't include a lot of the CPA topics. You must need more time and patience because it's really only going to get more challenging. Remember that the CPA isn't a college class. It's a designation that's supposed to set us apart.

It will start coming together… I promise.

[mommyof3texans]

I just started F2 and got killed! I think I got a 59% on the first homework section of 109 questions (which took FOREVER to get through!)

Will be going back through that first long topic again until I get more comfortable with it.

BEC - 02/21/15 - 82
FAR - 05/29/15 - 82
AUD - 07/09/15 - 93
REG - 11/14/15 - 80

All done!!!

[Anonymous]

It sounds like a lot of you are just starting out with the CPA exam.

For those starting with FAR, you've made the right choice. Most people agree that it's the most difficult of the 4 so it actually makes sense to get it done first. The 18 month clock to pass all 4 exams doesn't start until you've passed 1 so by doing FAR first, you get that clock in your favor.

Now hopefully this will be a bit of a relief. Becker can be very difficult. Especially the first time you work the MCQ. Getting scores of 60%, 70% or even lower is completely normal the first time you work the questions. In addition, the optional MCQ is MUCH harder than the regular MCQ. If you can do the optional MCQ, you should be able to handle anything they can throw at you. Finally, most people also agree that Becker is much more difficult than the actual exam. Questions tend to be much more “wordy” and complex in Becker than they are on the actual exam. So, again, if you can handle Becker, you should have a good chance come exam day.

In addition, you are complaining about F2. Most people agree that F2 can be a soul crushing experience. Same with F3 and F5. Remember what I said above about everyone not doing well the first time through. Just keep that in mind, suck it up, and study hard. It's really all you can do.

Next up. Practice Tests / Progressive Tests. Some people love them and other people hate them. I'm in the hate them camp. My biggest problem with them is that you go through them and don't know how you are doing until you get done. Then if you miss a question, you have no idea why you missed the question or what you were thinking when you choose the answer you did. If I miss a question while learning and reviewing, I want to know right away that I missed the question, what the correct answer was, and why that was the correct answer and why mine was the wrong answer.

Last thing, grades in school mean nothing to the CPA exam. And I graduated from my master's back in May with a 3.98 GPA so I should know. The CPA exam is a completely different beast than college. For this exam, you spend months studying for one Pass/Fail exam with a broad range of questions. That's very different than the college environment.

Anyway, good luck with FAR.

[y_u_no_pass]

Seriously that isn't bad. I use CPA Excel, and I often score 50-70% on the homework. As long as you are understanding why the ones you got wrong are wrong, you are on the right track. Don't let the scores make you think you need to spend a lot more time with the subject. In my opinion the most important thing is to just get through every topic.

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.

[jesta81]

I averaged about a 70 on all the Wiley book questions and I always scored at least 10 points higher on the actual exam. So if you're getting a 70 or better then you have a really good chance of passing.

AUD (11/26/14) 84
FAR (02/04/15) 87
REG (08/28/14) 84
BEC (07/07/14) 71, (10/01/14) 83

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