Power Weekend of Dec 3rd & 4th

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Started 5 months ago by jomarie
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It's going to be a crazy weekend between Christmas party tonight and my daughter has a birthday party to go to tomorrow, we are going to be on the go go go, but if I find spare time I will watch a few lectures. Who is with me??

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!
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Posted 5 months ago #
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I'm all in!!!! Have about 5 hours in already today. Re-doing ALL MCQ's for Chapter 1, and started Chapter 2 of the review process. BEC is going down! What's your plan of attack JoMarie?

AUD 59, 72 :( 72 AGAIN :( :(
REG 59, 60, 80
FAR 67, 75
BEC 58, 79

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So far I've finished BEC chapter 1 lectures. I started chapter 2 last night. Now that my older daughter is at a friends and the little napping I'm going to watch some lectures. Hubby's working today so it's just me and the girls until late this afternoon. Hope the hubby doesn't plan on coming home to a clean house....LOL

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

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Good morning to you all! Today I am hoping to get a good 8 hours of AUD in and maybe 1 hour of FAR. I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. :)

FAR - 5/31

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Peanut

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@pacific1, 1 hour of FAR? Did you not feel so good after your exam on the 30th? :/

AUD 59, 72 :( 72 AGAIN :( :(
REG 59, 60, 80
FAR 67, 75
BEC 58, 79

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@peanut - no I don't feel things went well with FAR and if come next week I find out I didn't pass I will be studying for both AUD and FAR at the same time and test for both the first part of January.

FAR - 5/31

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Peanut

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I was 150% sure I failed, and I passed (granted by the skin on my teeth). If It makes you feel better, FAR has the BIGGEST curve out of all of these exams. You might be surprised. The SIMs feel really hard during the exam--during my first exam I walked out without finishing any SIMs-scored a 67. Now try to tell me that my exam wasn't curved a serious amount! Then this time around, all of my MCQs were one liners, the questions never got more difficult, and I squeaked by. You just never know! Focus on AUD for the week until score release, it deserves your undivided attention haha

AUD 59, 72 :( 72 AGAIN :( :(
REG 59, 60, 80
FAR 67, 75
BEC 58, 79

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@peanut, thanks so much for that! I was having the same issues, my questions never got harder so kept thinking oh this isn't going well but I kept at it. With the SIMS two of them I had no clue what they were actually asking me to even do so to hear you didn't even get your SIMS done and got a 67 that gives me some hope. I am praying I pass, but preparing myself that it might not happen. Last night I even had two different dreams, one I scored a 75 and I was over the moon happy and then the next one I scored a 68...I will keep my fingers crossed for the 75!! Thanks so much for your post. :)

FAR - 5/31

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It took me three hours yesterday to finish the third chapter MCQ in Topic one of BEC. Too much calculations..Also watched a movie with my hubby yesterday and felt extremly guilty of wasting two hours after that. Finished Topic two and MCQ.

I wanted to register for my REG for end of FEB at the prometric site but cannot, do I have to wait for my results????? I am positive that I failed it .

FAR: Pass
AUD: Pass
REG: 11/30/11
BEC: 01/07/12

FAR: 5/31/11 Passed
AUD: 10/08/11 Passed
BEC: 01/07/12 Passed
REG: 11/27/11 Got kicked in my....Retake 2/27/12

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@pacific1, Ahh I hate CPA dreams! Last score release before I got my FAR score, I had a dream that the AICPA gave out a "range" for your actual score. My range was 50-52! Haha, that's how convinced my subconscious was that I failed.

@mmen, I know exactly what you're talking about... That topic took me almost four hours! So many calculations! Not to scare you, but B5 was pretty bad as well :/ I'm starting to re-do all of the MCQs now. I understand your guilt as well, if I do anything at all besides studying I feel guilty. If I go have a "bitch fest" with girlfriends over a bottle of wine, the entire time I feel guilty and can't really enjoy myself. About your re-registering for a part, you can't register until 24-48 hours after the release. So, even after you get your score there is usually a 1-2 day lag before it will let you pay to register for the section

AUD 59, 72 :( 72 AGAIN :( :(
REG 59, 60, 80
FAR 67, 75
BEC 58, 79

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Acct

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Good luck studying!! Hope you all have an accomplishing day!

....Passed....
FAR - April '11
AUD - May '11
REG - July '11
BEC - November '11

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I've been having score release dreams too! My FAR experience is pretty similar. Questions did not seem to get harder, yet I marked quite a few. SIMs weren't terrible. 2 were completely off the wall, 3 I was pretty comfortable with and I got lucky with 2 research! But I am bracing myself for a retake and planning to take end of February if I pass REG or undecided if I don't pass either.

My plan is to get through module 36 lectures and MCQs by Monday.

Good luck to everyone this weekend and for those waiting on scores this week!

~Melissa
BEC 08/29/2011.....81
AUD 10/31/2011....76
FAR 11/28/2011.....70 Retake 02/27/2012
REG 01/17/2012

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Haven't gotten much studying done this weekend. Well, this bit of a headache doesn't help. I drank a bit last night. It's funny how when you don't drink much and then when you do, I only had 4 beers last night, it hits you. Nothing a little coffee and Motrin won't take care of. LOL. Well I think tonight after my girls have swimming and we have dinner I'll watch a few lectures.

Since I sat for FAR, I'm actually having a hard time getting back into the studying grove. Once I start, I'm good, but actually starting is the hard part.

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

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eatrunCPA

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jomarie- motivation has been scarce for me too. I know I need to get a strong head start in order to enjoy the holidays but tax is so different than financial. I have to use my NTS for REG by January, but I feel like my unknown FAR score is an obstacle. Props for attacking the exam with a family at home. I can't imagine!

~Melissa
BEC 08/29/2011.....81
AUD 10/31/2011....76
FAR 11/28/2011.....70 Retake 02/27/2012
REG 01/17/2012

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jomarie

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eatruncpa - you know what also what I think is the problem. The unknown FAR score. After this week, I think I'll be ok. It's going to be a LONG week!!

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

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jomarie

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I can't believe it but I just finished watching BEC 2 with Roger. I'm halfway through the lectures already!! Go me!!

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

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katiekanton

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@Peanut

I thought about you during my exam. I'll be honest, before I sat for AUD, I really wondered how anyone could just walk out of the exam "without even trying" (my words, not yours, and I'm sure not a fair assessment). I didn't think you were lazy or dumb, I was just hoping you were one of those shaky people who spook easily and get all overwhelmed at the drop of a hat. I got to my sims testlet and scrolled through all six (had one research) and said, almost out loud, "Holy crap, this is what Peanut was talking about. No freakin' wonder." Halfway through trying them, I seriously thought about just choosing random answers and leaving. If I hadn't had three hours to research them, I would've been SOL. Considering hardly any information was in the auth lit, I still may be.

AUD - 88 - using Bisk, and btw, Bob Monette ROCKS
FAR - 90
REG - 85
BEC -
Ethics - 100

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