I got a 67 on BEC and I am planning on retaking it in January. Has anyone failed and retaken BEC? How long did you study before the exam. Did you watch the lecture videos (I have Becker)? How relieable are the candidate preformance reports on strengths and weakness. I REALLY WANT TO PASS THIS SECTION ON MY SECOND TRY. I NEED HELP
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cmb2009
offlineMemberAs you can see, I took BEC once and made a 69 then again and scored an 82 so it's possible. The second time, I skipped the lectures b/c I just didn't have time to listen to them all again. I decided instead to re-read the book completely and take notes, then rework all questions and take notes on those as well. Turns out, the first time I was going through the motions instead of really understanding the concepts. Also, I printed off all of the IT updates in the becker knowledgebase and read through each of them (including the glossary, as painful as it was!). Without those, I probably would have failed again!
AUD-73,79; BEC-69,82; FAR-77; REG-83 DONE!Posted 2 years ago # -
atipton
offlineMemberI failed BEC twice. After failing the second time I switched from Becker to Yeager's BEC Cram. I had memorized the entire Becker test bank for BEC after studying every night for 3-4 hours for months. I found that switching study materials gave me a fresh perspective on the material and the Wiley book used im Yeager had different questions that I had never seen before. Good luck!
FAR - 79 REG - 73, 74, 83
AUD - 76 BEC - 71, 74, 80Posted 2 years ago # -
futureCPA86
I use Becker, but I am waiting for my score, hope it will be out next week. However, I do feel confident that I will pass. Nothing on the exam surprised me. I do have one issue with Becker especially for this section BEC. If I received the typical BEC exam, I think Becker goes way overboard on the difficulty of the BEC study material. As far as time, Becker recommends around 100 hours of study time for each section more for FAR of course. I keep track of all my study time and I did study do mutliple choice questions, practice final exams, doing progress test and reviewing questions I got wrong by reading the text when I hit the show text button in the software. I put in about 90 hours of this studying plus additonal watching of the lecture CDs. I am more of an audio/visual learner (hate reading), I must have watch the overhead variance section of B5 at least 10 times before I really grasped the material.I did fail AUD (73) with Becker because of an ad hoc study plan and did a 3 week cram after a 4 month break to study and pass FAR of going over the material from start to finish studying around 55 hours and concentrating on my weak areas and passed with an 81. It is possible to restudy the material, but concentrate on the concept of the questions and not fall into the trap of memorizing answers since the questions are never identical on the real thing.
Good Luck.
Becker - FAR 80, AUD 73, 81, BEC 76, REG 81 (2010) DONE!!!! IN LICENSED CPAPosted 2 years ago # -
NJTProadwarrior
offlineMemberI took BEC 3 times,,, 74, 74 and took it recently and have not received the score yet, but would be lucky if I received a 47.
I knew everything solid, inside and out, Business Structure, IT, Economics, Financial Management, etc., I was average, above average as compared to other candidates EXCEPT, cost/managerial accounting.... I studied 2 weeks on the cost/managerial accounting and did noticebly better the second round using Yeager.
Yeager uses Wiley books.
AUD- 79
BEC- 74, 74, anticipating complete failure
REG- not sure what to expect
FAR- 02/10AUD: 79 - BEC: 74, 74, 76 - REG: 80 - FAR: 81 = DONE!
THANK YOU JEFF!!!!!!
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glutenator
offlineMemberLee_IN, I am the opposite, I would rather read than watch the videos, which is how I studied. I found the Becker book terrible for BEC (but pretty good for REG, even though I failed). If I failed BEC (find out next week), I will supplement next time with Wiley. I may also switch to Wiley for FAR which I'm studying for now. I skimmed the Wiley books at Barnes and Noble and they seem more technical. The Becker books seem a little to much like a monologue, like a script from the videos, which is fine for the REG stuff, but for things with a lot of formulas, etc. it doesn't work well.
I'll Pass Eventually
REG (67, 66), BEC (79), FAR (5/26/10), AUD (August 2010)Posted 2 years ago # -
MPoni123
offlineMemberi sit for BEC somtime in january. I did sit for BEC in july first time around..but did not really study for it. i got tons of IT questions and a lot of cost accounting questions. Figures - IT is probably the most difficult area for me...i just don't get it! hopefully with me actually studying second time around it will be easier! i am using Becker software - for AUD i thought it was great and REG it wasn't bad...my exam on the other hand was ridiculous. i was definitely blind sighted!! hopefully by some miracle and amazing exam scaling i passed..??
Waiting on REG score!!
_____________________________________________AUD - 84; REG - 11/30 waiting; BEC - 1/2010; FARE - mid 2010??
AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!Posted 2 years ago # -
Cowpatty
offlineMemberread alot work more questions then anything did the cram online.......passed I fumbled many of the questions looking back on it but in the end I passed......I guess if you fail it was because of those tricky brain busters
Aud 76 Bec 76 Reg 83 Far 2/27/2010Posted 2 years ago # -
Jeff - another71.com
offlineadmin"Question: does Yaegar use Wiley material to teach? I thought Yaeger had it's own materials. I am so confused."
Yaeger takes the Wiley book and weeds out the info you don't need to study for the exam. They lecture out of the Wiley book and use Wiley's questions as examples, which are from the AICPA.
I hope that helps,
Jeff
Posted 2 years ago # -
atipton
offlineMemberFutureCPA86 - I did a little of both. I made some flash cards on the areas I wasn't strong in. Then I also did almost every question in the book at least once. I also took a week off from work and studied 8 hours a day about 4 weeks before the exam. After I went back to work, I studied about 30 min in the morning before I went to work and then all evening after I got home. I knew I had to pass this exam because I'm going on a cruise in January and I didn't want to have to worry about it then.
FAR - 79 REG - 73, 74, 83
AUD - 76 BEC - 71, 74, 80Posted 2 years ago # -
Tim94111
offlineMemberConcentrate on Becker chapter B5 and B3. Those have the most material that people have not seen before. Don't go lightly on IT. Memorize all the formulas they give you in Becker. There is like 60 of them. It's a pain, but that's what you have to do. My exam report said I tanked the stuff in B5, I studied that and passed the second time, so the report is helpful. Only replay the lectures for the stuff that you do not understand.
AUD 70, 85 / REG 66, 85 / BEC 74, 80 / FAR 76 -->DONEPosted 2 years ago # -
MPoni123
offlineMemberpage 38 for BEC in Becker Chapter 1 (2009 edition). pass key box -- "...shareholders generally have no direct power to MANGE..." definitely not the first time i have noticed spelling mistakes!! funny...the study materials cost thousands of dollars and they can't afford to have someone proof read the book before it goes out? better yet...isn't it typed in word or something? that red underline does mean something! hmm.
AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!Posted 2 years ago # -
CPAWannaBe
offlineMemberI saw mathmatical error in one of my answer keys yesterday for L-7 FAR.
Becker has a "course update" on their website where you can get a copy of their corrections, but for the money they should have it proofread a little better.
REG - 75 (expired, retake July 2011)
FAR - 69, 64, 67 <-Becker, 80 <-Yaeger
AUD - 82 ETHICS - 100
BEC - 72 (retake May 2011)Posted 2 years ago # -
Fortune Cookie
Yes, I saw the Becker's supplemental for BEC IT and I even printed it. But I got to tell you, I never read a word of it becasue I have 7 years of software development experience and my undergrad and graduate degree were both heavy in Information Technology. Nothing in the Becker review or the BEC exam surprised me. I guess I was a little lucky. Sometimes it takes luck more than knowledge to pass these exams. At least it seems that way sometimes.
Becker - FAR 80, AUD 73, 81, BEC 76, REG 81 (2010) DONE!!!! IN LICENSED CPAPosted 2 years ago # -
Patrick909
offlineMemberI studied BEC and REG simultaneously, as I took them both in the same window. I studied a LONG TIME for both of those, as I felt they were my weakest areas.
BEC is tough. You can't gain points by BSing on a written communication, as it currently stands.
30 pages of supplemental info is overkill, IMO. They can only test so much. I only started to think I could pass this exam when I realized that I didn't have to know every single little thing in the book. If you think you need to know every little thing you see in the books, you are going to drive yourself crazy....and you'll lack confidence.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Sherriaf
offlineMemberHello Zena, I see that you took REG on FEB 19. I am planning on taking it in the begining of April. How long did you study for it and what advice would you give me for it. I am taking BEC Feb 27 and I feel well prepared. I am using Becker to study. Do you feel that Becker was enough for REG?
AUD 79 (EXPIRED) 86
BEC 69, 74, 75 (EXPIRED) Plan to take FEB 2012
REG 84
FAR 74, waiting.....?????Posted 1 year ago #
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