[royalhat402]

I really prepared hard for the FAR exam. I passed BEC and AUD with little efforts. After today’s exam, my confidence was completely damaged. I thought I was good at financial accounting but I guess I was wrong.

I thought FAR would not be so hard but then realized that it’s just too massive. The materials covered are just too much. So I had to reschedule the exam twice because I thought it would be impossible for me to pass.

Today I finally took the exam and I was 80% prepared I would say. MCQs were not so bad. Same as always I couldn’t tell the difficulty level. The problem was that I was too careful on the MCQs and spent too much time on them. I left 1 hours for simulations.

OMG, the simulations I got were brutal. The questions just seemed odd. So I panicked and ended up left 2 questions unanswered and I was only 50% sure on the other questions.

I almost cried leaving the test center just because so much was going on in my life and I really don’t want to take the exam again. I would say that there is 90% chance I will fail but I still hope to pass. I really need this.

I think I am going to cry to sleep tonight.

BEC 93 2/28/2016
AUD 80 4/11/2016
FAR 78 5/16/2016

[livealittle]

don't give up hope.

you totally kicked it on the ones you have passed and you are half-way there.

BEC - 8/8/16
REG - 66, 77
AUD - 81
FAR - 9/8/16

[Claudia408]

royalhat402 – i feel your pain. i studied FAR for like 3 months and the SIMs were crazy brutal. they were some sort of evil modified version of the new DRS coming up except i have to insert my answer instead of having choices. i had 4 of these… i wanted to quit 15 minutes into the SIMs. i didn't though, but i truly feel i will be lucky to break 60. and no, i'm not one of those people who think they fail but get 90.

BEC 65, 71, 75
AUD 62, 70, 78
REG 67, 66, 65, 66, 64
FAR 68, 64, 73

BEC - 75 (3x)
AUD - 78 (3x)
REG - 67, 66, Aug 1
FAR - 54, Sept 8

[Tcohle]

Your test scores show you did well on other tests I'm sure you did fine

AUD - 84
BEC - 75
FAR - 76
REG - 87

Ninja Notes/MCQ/Book/Audio for all

FAR- 5/11/15 76!!
AUD-10/31/15 63, 84!
REG-7/12/16 72
BEC-8/31/15 75!! Perfect Score!

Wiley CPAExcel Platinum
Ninja 10 pt combo for FAR/AUD/BEC

[TBBG]

@royalhat402, I took the FAR exam last month and felt the exact way you feel. I left 1 hour for SIMS, left 2 SIMS completely blank and felt horrible about the others. To top it off, I felt awful about the MCQ's. I flagged at least 10 MCQ's in the first two packets and probably 14 in the 3rd testlet. I didn't even have a chance to go back and review any of my flagged questions in the 3rd testlet because the clock was quickly ticking. I was depressed for three straight weeks, telling my family and friends that all the time spent studying was for nothing, and there was basically not even a mathematical chance that I could have passed….. I got an 82.

Audit 86
BEC 75
FAR 82
REG 93

[Knight4CPA]

^—– that is quite crazy Poker… how do you even figure that happens lol

AUD: 70, 80✔ (Expires 1/18/2017 - / Ninja MCQ / CPAExcel MCQ)
REG: 61, 70, 75✔ (Expires 2017 - Ninja MCQ / CPAExcel MCQ)
BEC: 78✔(Expires 5/17/2017 - Ninja MCQ / Becker Flashcards / NinjaNotes)
FAR: 57 (just to get trigger time I scheduled 1 week after REG) Retake 5/13/16

[Anonymous]

@pokerandball – I like reading this! I am waiting on my FAR score and you are giving me hope! 😉

[Knight4CPA]

Isnt thats the truth ASU, hahah im feeling awfully confident now!

AUD: 70, 80✔ (Expires 1/18/2017 - / Ninja MCQ / CPAExcel MCQ)
REG: 61, 70, 75✔ (Expires 2017 - Ninja MCQ / CPAExcel MCQ)
BEC: 78✔(Expires 5/17/2017 - Ninja MCQ / Becker Flashcards / NinjaNotes)
FAR: 57 (just to get trigger time I scheduled 1 week after REG) Retake 5/13/16

[Anonymous]

@Knight4CPA – Right?! Keeping my fingers crossed…for both of us!!

[TBBG]

I know it sounds crazy! And honestly, I still have no idea how it's possible. I knew gov. and not for profit cold, so that definitely helped.. but still. I would love to see a breakdown of how I passed.

Audit 86
BEC 75
FAR 82
REG 93

[SomedayCPA2015]

I feel your pain! This was my third attempt at FAR after getting two 70s (with COMPLETE opposite score breakdowns, mind you) and I'm losing REG. This time around, I felt really prepared for the SIMS, but feel like I didn't pass due to the MQCs. I just don't even know what to do to pass this exam, and am so bummed out to go from 75% done to 50%. I'm just trying to stay busy and distracted until score release, otherwise I want to just cry. Best of luck, @royalhat402!

REG - Passed
BEC - Passed
AUD - Passed
FAR - Passed!!!! I have my life back.

[Martin]

After reading what philly4life wrote, and others in prior months, my only logical explanation is that there is a curve, philly4life probably did as bad as she thought, but many other students did a lot worst.

Through God all things can happen!

“You never fail until you stop trying.”
― Albert Einstein
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people;as I grow older, I admire kind people.
“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.”

FAR= 72-84
Audit= 73-82
BEC= 74-75
Reg=77

[royalhat402]

Crying and praying what happened to philly4life happen to me.

BEC 93 2/28/2016
AUD 80 4/11/2016
FAR 78 5/16/2016

[TrackStar]

That happened as well to me. Im taking FAR in July for the third time I decided to go at it at all angles this time thats why I am not only using Becker but now Ninja Notes and Ninja MCQS up til exam day. I scheduled it out as far as July 23rd to better prepare. I truly think the first time taking it I was trying to get a peek at the exam since this was my very first cpa exam. Then the second time I used Becker only. I was floored the second time because I just new I passed because I skipped the ones I did'nt know. But that was a huge mistake. I know know to be over prepared by purchasing more MCQS and Notes Notes Notes to get in a better review. We all fall it's just that you got to dust yourself off and do it again.

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with the problems longer" ~Albert Einstein ~

FAR (04/16/16)-61, (07/23/16)- Becker, Ninja Notes, Ninja MCQs
Reg (09/10/16) Becker, Ninja Notes, Ninja MCQs
AUD (11/05/16) prob. Roger, Ninja Notes, Ninja MCQs
Bec (TBD)

[Vanessachy]

If u did well on Mcq, you can still pass. I have heard some people didn't finish sim and did well on Mcq, passed the exam.

Far, 64 82
Reg, 60 86
Aud, 74 82
Bec, 70 81
Done done done! I did it!!!
Licensed CPA in MA, issued October 2016

Far 10/26/2015, 64, 1/4/2016, 82
Reg 7/10/2015, 60, 2/27/2016, 86
Aud, 5/9/2016, 74 (ouch), 7/26/2016, I cannot wait to take this test again
Bec, 6/10/2016, 70,9/8 retake

[Saraaa Li]

same experience, horrible sims and I only had 70 mins left . Did not have time for research question and one other sims. my mcqs were always short which I thought was a bad sign.

REG-84
BEC-76 (Thank you God!)
AUD-71,82
FAR-79 (what a surprise and I am finally done !)

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