[Anonymous]

NINJA Question –

Do you wait until you went through all of the lessons of your review course before tackling Ninja MCQ, do you do it as you go along, or some other way with flashcards? My study methods doesn’t seem to be working since I can’t pass FAR or AUD.

[Anonymous]

I got through all of the Becker lectures and homework before attempting ninja mcq. It gives you a better foundation that way. And the ninja mcq will reveal your weak areas. Which you can refer back to your textbook and read over again. For far I completed about 400 ninja mcq in addition to Becker. For audit I completed about 600-700 in Ninja again, in addition to Becker.

[golfball7773]

@Determined – I have seen a lot of your post lately and know that you are struggling. I know what you are feeling (not in cpa exam terms, but in general life) I have new light due to things changing in my life.

With that said, what is your study method? How do you learn best? What are you using (just ninja, becker, cpaexcel, etc)?

With those questions answered, myself and the community will be able to better help 🙂

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

AUD - 71, 73

BEC - 74, 86

REG - 77*

FAR - 57

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(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

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[Anonymous]

I am currently going through Roger lessons and class problems and do MCQ. And on the weekend, in addition the lessons and class problems, I go over the topics covered so far in his software. I plan to be done with all lectures and class problems by Thursday, May 16. And from Friday May 17 to May 29. I plan to just go over MCQ and sims and flashcards. I am also making my own flashcards as I go along through the lessons, class problems, and Roger's software MCQ.

[golfball7773]

how do you learn best? IE. how do things sink in?

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

[Anonymous]

By audio.

[Dantrick]

I did all the Becker stuff for AUD first before doing ninja MCQ. I failed but it was because I did not have enough time to study that I wasn't taking care of my three boys at the same time. Now for BEC I went one chapter at a time and did the Becker lectures and then went through the ninja MCQ and did no Becker MCQ. I don't know if it will work or not. I hate wasting money and time “experimenting” with how to study but I need to find the way that works for me.

[Oimie]

I was self studying from a Wiley 2013 FAR review book for a while before I realized my pace was too slow. I figured I can't keep stopping and Googling everything I didn't understand. So I bought Roger's course and went through all the lectures while taking notes on Microsoft Word. I only did the questions that Roger went over in his lectures. I finally finished the lectures a few days ago and signed up for the NINJA MCQ. I was surprised I was getting scores around the 40s cause I was more confident than I should have been. But my scores have been rising. It's around the 60s now.

Here's how I see it for FAR. Use the lectures and reviews to create a strong foundation for you. You can't possibly remember everything you read or heard, especially those little details such as what to disclose on the notes of the financial statements. For little details like those, just skim through it and try to keep it in mind if you can, and move on. But what you have to make sure you understand are the calculations and journal entries. Not only that, you have to understand the logic and connections for them. This way you can tackle the questions from any given perspective.

After that, this is where the MCQs come in play. Remember all those little details you skimmed through and forgot? By doing MCQs, they will start to stick to your head little by little. You will remember these details better this way because you are actually being confronted with a question. And for calculations and journal entry problems, they will be thrown at you at from all kinds of perspectives. As you do them, you will get familiar with the different perspectives that may arise and get better and faster at answering them.

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

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