Need advice, Reg retake

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    mitchmatch
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    I just walked out of REG, i flagged around 8 on each testlet, and i coulnt figure out any of the sims except the research questions. Any one have any tips on how to go about studying for a retake? I mean i completly bombed this test, i used Beckers and ninja mcq’s. I have did thousands of questions and i see that i was no prepared neither did i truly understand alot of things. For example Beckers briefly touched on Liquidations in regards to corporations. Well my luck their was so many questions. Any one have any advice on how to restudy, any advice would be realy helpful. Any one had a terrible score and then passed after, i would love to hear your story.

    FAR-76 First attempt.
    AUD-79 First attempt.
    REG-79 First attempt.
    BEC-79 First attempt.

    Done!

    BECKERS

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  • #745670
    ktyx
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    i hear you!!! took REG today as well. I thought i studied hard enough for it but i couldn't seem to be able to answer any of the sims. the level of difficulty was not there but they were very specific, which made it the worst!!! crossing fingers for a miracle!

    "A journey of a thousand miles begin with a single step" - LT
    " Your dream doesn't have a expiration date, take a deep breath and try again"

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    F ☺✔
    R ☺✔
    Doneeee Dec 2015

    #745671
    OlintoJr
    Participant

    Liquidations was actually a pretty important topic in Becker IMO. If you need to retake, I would say make sure you study chapters 1-4 IN DEPTH. So in depth that you know everything (including the lightly covered topics). Any one of these small topics in Ch 1-4 can end up being a SIM… and then it will not seem like such a small topic.

    While 5-8 are also important, these are the chapters I would focus only on “major areas”, skim the rest, and then get back to Ch 1-4… yes you will see lots of MC from Ch 5-8 but if you miss a handful it wont be a big deal.

    FAR - 11/30/14 -79
    AUD - 2/19/15 -86
    BEC - 4/09/15 -86
    REG - 11/30/15 -87

    I'M DONE! ITS OVER! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

    #745672
    Miso_Soup
    Member

    Hi Everyone! I also feel decimated by the SIMs. I took REG today too. I actually didn't think the MC were horrible (well I should preface that once work got in the way I was forced to skip business law — which hurt. It was very well represented on my exam) – but all the tax questions were not so bad. BUT THE SIMS.

    I am still speechless. I felt so frustrated that I couldn't figure out anything with the AL. I think if I could have had a decent showing on the SIMs I may have passed.

    FAR - 8/17/15 - 82
    AUD - 10/26/15 - 87
    REG - 11/30/15
    BEC - 1/2/16

    #745673
    SiXiam
    Participant

    Did anyone else get questions about when tax returns are due with automatic extensions for a variety of entities?
    It was a sim and it totally screwed me up. I really only remember Becker talking about extensions once. Certainly not something I would need to memorize. The literature didn't have the answer, other than the number of months for an auto extension for c corps.

    BEC Passed
    REG Passed
    AUD August results
    FAR August results

    BEC: 80
    REG: 75
    FAR: __, ?/2016

    #745674
    McBreairtyJ
    Participant

    Took REG today, too! All I can say is wow… >.<

    FAR - 90
    AUD - 99
    BEC - 96
    REG - 92

    CPA Candidate since June 2015
    CMA Candidate since March 2016
    D&T Auditor

    #745675
    SiXiam
    Participant

    Wow good or wow bad? I'm thinking good with your previous grades.

    BEC Passed
    REG Passed
    AUD August results
    FAR August results

    BEC: 80
    REG: 75
    FAR: __, ?/2016

    #745676
    McBreairtyJ
    Participant

    @SiXiam

    Wow as in it was awful! Glad we only have to wait 9 days to find out.

    FAR - 90
    AUD - 99
    BEC - 96
    REG - 92

    CPA Candidate since June 2015
    CMA Candidate since March 2016
    D&T Auditor

    #745677
    SiXiam
    Participant

    @McBreairtyJ
    No way. Your grades are amazing. You passed.
    Me, if I follow my pattern, I need a second try!

    BEC Passed
    REG Passed
    AUD August results
    FAR August results

    BEC: 80
    REG: 75
    FAR: __, ?/2016

    #745678
    McBreairtyJ
    Participant

    @SiXiam

    Thanks so much, but it was definitely the hardest of the four for me. Fingers crossed for both of us.

    FAR - 90
    AUD - 99
    BEC - 96
    REG - 92

    CPA Candidate since June 2015
    CMA Candidate since March 2016
    D&T Auditor

    #745679
    patelhj1
    Participant

    @McBreaityJ what study material are you using? I just took REG Saturday hopefully I passed so I can move on to FAR!

    PASSED ALL CPA EXAM AUG 2016

    BECKER / NINJA MCQ

    BEC 78 08/2015
    REG 71 11/2015, RETAKE 83 01/2016
    FAR 75! 5/2016
    AUD ? 8/2016

    Becker with Nonstop NINJA MCQ
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    #745680
    McBreairtyJ
    Participant

    @patelhj1

    I'm using the Becker Self-Study only.

    FAR - 90
    AUD - 99
    BEC - 96
    REG - 92

    CPA Candidate since June 2015
    CMA Candidate since March 2016
    D&T Auditor

    #745681
    z91
    Participant

    Took REG yesterday too. I also due to everything going on was forced to skip the business law sections, but studied well in 1-4 on Becker. I agree, MC weren't awful, I flagged the law ones and then went back to them after I got all the tax MC answered. I don't think the law ones were too awful, looking back I got a lot right just taking the time to read through them carefully.

    BUT THE SIMS.

    My god.

    Let's all hope for a Christmas Miracle.

    AUD - 87, September 2020
    BEC - 83, December 2019
    FAR - 86, May 2020
    REG - 85, May 2019

    REG - November 30, 2015 - 87
    BEC - February 5, 2016
    FAR- TBA
    AUD- TBA

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