I took FAR on 4/5/11. Felt pretty good about the MCs, I thought that all 3 testlets were medium to medium/hard. I probably will end up not passing because I got steamrolled on the TBS. Overall I feel that I got 3 maybe 4 out 7 TBS's right. Not too good. Probably will end up up in the infamous 70-74 range.
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CPAMan
offlineMemberHow the heck do you have time left when you finish FAR?? The questions require a lot of calculations and are time consuming to answer. Ugh! Now, I feel stupid. I so failed my FAR test last weekend.
FAR: 52, 66, 73, 61, 89
AUD: 47, 87
BEC: 80
REG: 64, 74, 84
DONE!!!!Posted 1 year ago # -
MM23
offlineMemberanother exception? lol...i don't know how they were able to maybe they are all fast takers...i'm certain that a majority of people taking FAR don't have that much time to spare...don't worry about it..we won't be getting our scores till june 30th anyhow, no point in worrying about it now..
dont feel discouraged....eventually we will all pass
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ChiTownExcelAddict
offlineMemberI finished FAR with 45 minutes left. Used 20 minutes to check the simulations. Left with 25 minutes remaining. I am glad that I wasn't the only one who finished the exam early. I couldn't tell if my testlets are getting harder. All of them are about the same difficulty. 5-7 are straight forward questions, and 20-23 are wordy. 7-8 IFRS questions altogether, I am expecting it will be more for the next two windows. I really hope wordy means the questions are getting harder. Because I was hoping my testlet # 3, for all 30 questions they would all be wordy... but I got 5-7 questions that are straightforward, which worries me.
Oh and, since international applicants will be able to take the CPA starting June, 2011, I am only assuming that it will be harder to pass the CPA in the future since you're actually competing people who are used to study in a pressured/stressful environment (Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, India). This is just my hypothesis. I really hope I would be wrong on this one. If AICPA is grading the CPA independently among international and local candidates, it would be interesting to see how the grading scale will be affected by that.
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CPAMan
offlineMemberI finished with only 5 minutes left, lol. But that's because I took my time with the questions. Everytime I knew a problem and was able to answer it, I kept double checking to make sure there were no tricks because sometimes, these questions are too good to be true. I spent an hour per testlet. Oddly enough, 1 hour was just enough time to complete all 7 TB Sims. I was almost worried when I only had 1 hour left after the 3rd testlet, lol. Turns out, 1 hour was just right.
FAR: 52, 66, 73, 61, 89
AUD: 47, 87
BEC: 80
REG: 64, 74, 84
DONE!!!!Posted 1 year ago # -
Celeste
offlineMember@CPAMan & MM23-I'm having the hardest time forgetting about my FAR exam on 4/2 and switching gears to studying for AUD lol! I had maybe 8 min left at the end to finish one simulation (got it to balance :) then finally called it quits with only 2 minutes to spare. It was my first exam (since 2003) so I don't know what to expect...I really feel for those who have to study it all over again, and I feel like that may be my situation after June :-( I'll be looking for all of your good news around score release time!
FAR - 88 (04/02/11) Wisconsin
AUD - 72 (05/28/11)
REG - 54 (10/01/11) Ouch, even worse than my guess of 57!
BEC - ?? (11/26/11)Posted 1 year ago # -
MM23
offlineMember@celeste
are you talking about a cash recon tbs? hmmm you and i might of had the same exam...what materials are you using for audit? its gonna be hectic around score release time...i hope the best for all of us...if i dont get it this time, i'll get it next window. now i need to focus on audit cant go 0/2 this quarter need to bat at least .500 lolPosted 1 year ago # -
Celeste
offlineMember@MM23I have the Yaeger HomeStudy for all four parts, how about you? I'm hoping the passing rates are better next window! That's awesome that you've already passed REG and BEC!
FAR - 88 (04/02/11) Wisconsin
AUD - 72 (05/28/11)
REG - 54 (10/01/11) Ouch, even worse than my guess of 57!
BEC - ?? (11/26/11)Posted 1 year ago # -
MM23
offlineMemberrealistically speaking if people study only whats posted, then they are destined to fail...every exam is different, you just don't know what your gonna get...so banking on whats posted is not such a good idea imho. at the end of the day you gotta know everything...
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kevin_bacon
offlineMember@MM23
no one ever said they are only going to study whats posted. you posted you had a bank recon for a tbs so im going to study to make sure i understand bank recon's in detail for my test in may. I may or i may not get that tbs but if i do, i thank you in advance :)
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Jeff - another71.com
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cathyzq
offlineMemberMy friend only spent 2.5 hours on finish FAR and she passed last year. I took 3 hours for the whole exam in April 1st(1 break between the 2nd testlet and 3rd testlet) and I feel confident since it's just the problems as same level as what I practiced as usual from Wiley test bank. My another friend took 20 minutes for each testlet and 1 hour for simulation, but he is genius and I am convinced that he could pass.
I already registered Aud in May 27. I just started to review this part. I dont know if I have enough time because I will be super busy in the coming months till May 10. The review materials I used are Yaeger Review and Gleim MCs. If anyone, in this forum, would give me some advice how to prepare Aud efficiently and effectively, I would highly appreciate it. Since even I have read through the whole module and watched the video instructed by Gary, I still have no idea how to use "common sense" to do the Multiple choice or Test based simulation.
I passed finally for the last 4 months in my first try!!!My normal life returns!Posted 1 year ago # -
CPAMan
offlineMemberDrod57- The Sims were on topics I studied, only some of them were harder than I expected. There was even one in particular where they were playing so many dirty tricks throughout the question. I hope I spotted all the tricks. If I did, then I got that Sim all correct. If not, then I'm in trouble. The Research questions were very straightforward. Not sure why people thought they're harder now.
My advice is study EVERY module in the Wiley book. Do not just pick and choose what you think is more important. Study it all. It's painful to do that, but they make this exam where you absolutely have to know everything and know it well.
FAR: 52, 66, 73, 61, 89
AUD: 47, 87
BEC: 80
REG: 64, 74, 84
DONE!!!!Posted 1 year ago # -
cathyzq
offlineMemberI am trying to read every problem very carefully and follow all steps as required by Gary-extensive reading for each module, so thats why I just finished 3 modules and even though I still have no enough time to make my flashcard for previous modules. I really enjoy taking FARE but I hate the procedure to prepare AUD. Anyway, I still think I will pass AUD in my first attempt! No kidding!:)
I passed finally for the last 4 months in my first try!!!My normal life returns!Posted 1 year ago # -
magster
offlineMemberThe time limit always scares me with FAR and all the calculations...not sure how people can walk out with more than an hour to spare........
I am sooooo stuck in lala-land with the darn EPS and DEPS; I do not think I will ever grasp all of it lol. Why does everything have to be soooo complicated. All these word problems remind me of math in school: "A train travels due east and 5 people are on the train going 45 mph, 7people get on and 3 people get of including a baby, the train conducter's hair is brown......what is his wife's name?" That is how I feel reading these questions....a bunch of distractors and by the time you figure out what they want you are so overloaded with info that you have to re-read the thing again and after all of that think about how to get to the answer; and including calculatiions have an amazing 1.5 minutes per question. WOW!!!!
REG - Passed
FAR - Passed
BEC - Passed
AUD - 2-25-12 PASSED - DONE !!!!!!!! WOOHOO
*** One day I will get my life back.... maybe today is the day ***Posted 1 year ago # -
hhiccd
offlineMember@magster
I am one of the ones who took FAR last testing window and finished the test with 1.5 hours to spare. I am usually a pretty fast test taker but I am by no means brilliant (and I am being truthful, not humble). What has always worked for me is to not over think the questions. I do not mark questions for review. I either know it or I don't and if I don't I take my best guess and move on. I pretty much took the same approach with simulations. I was incredibly lucky with FAR as I felt all my simulations were very straight forward and pretty much what I expected. Can't say the same for REG as those simulations were horrible but I still filled out what I knew, guessed at the rest and prayed for the best. Don't know if that is a strategy you would be comfortable with but it may help if you struggle with time management. Good luck!BEC 11/2009 87
AUD 10/2010 75
REG 11/2010 73, 2/2011 80
FAR 02/2011 85
Licensed FL CPA as of 10/5/2011 Yay!!!Posted 1 year ago #
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