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   Zaiitz3
   

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   Wow, I was hoping today was going to be my lucky day. Took my first CPA section today (AUD), and the MCQ's were good. I didn't think I was doing all that great until those wonderful LONNGGGG questions came along. The simulations though, wiped me out. I got two research questions (yay!) which I probably aced, but all the others were just HORRID. I felt like I should have taken FAR first to prepare me for AUD.... Is there any chance of getting a passing score with getting three simulations right and for all the others, just partial credit?

   AUD 04/02/12 74, 88!!!!
   FAR 05/30/12
   BEC 07/12
   REG 08/12 (hopefully will be done by the end of August 2012)
   
   “It always seems impossible until its done.”

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   Posted 6 months ago #
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   CPAexammom
   

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   @Zaiitz3: I passed FAR at 80, and blew off 2 SIMs, so I was able to finish 5 SIMs out of 7, and for sure I made enough mistakes on those 5. I am sure you did well. Good luck!

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   Zaiitz3
   

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   Thanks CPAexammon! Wow, that's AMAZING to know!

   AUD 04/02/12 74, 88!!!!
   FAR 05/30/12
   BEC 07/12
   REG 08/12 (hopefully will be done by the end of August 2012)
   
   “It always seems impossible until its done.”

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   yankeeaccountant
   

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   @zaiitz3

   Everybody feels worse immediately after the exam, so don't beat yourself up. Congrats on having your first exam done! Now onto to FAR. I hope to hear good news from ya in the near future! Good luck.

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   Don't get too down. A lot of us (myself included) have felt like we bombed a decent portion of the SIMS and ended up doing perfectly fine. They can say SIMS are worth 40% all they want, but after all the "analysis" they perform on the scores, I have a hard time believing that.

   On FAR, I felt OK on the multiple choice and completely horrible on the SIMS. I left one completely blank! Somehow I ended up with an 89. Take a break from all your hard work (or move onto the next section). You'll probably find that you did just fine. Best of luck!

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   Yvonne570
   

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   Yes, don't know where in the world they came up with the sims. But sounds like you should be okay.

   AUD - Passed:)
   FAR - Passed:)
   REG - Retake TBD
   BEC - Missed by 3 points Retake TBD

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   hopefulcpa28
   

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   I have given up analyzing on my exams. The first one I took, I felt horrible....I didn't feel comfortable on MCQs and guessed on almost all sims (except research) and got 71. Yes, a failing score, but def. higher than I expected it to be since I bombed almost all the sims.

   Next two, I felt okay on both...and still got 72, and 73. I felt so happy coming out of AUD and got 73...I have no idea how they grade these things.

   Don't worry about it, and move on to the next one.

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   Yeah - I took the same day --- those sims were HORRID. Some of the stuff I didn't even know how to answer and guessed. I though the MC were a bit hard too by Testlet 3 - I was like what is going on! Nonetheless, I know what to look for now. It was a pretty tough audit exam I thought. But agreed with hopefulcpa28, move on to the next!

   Posted 6 months ago #
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   cah2c
   

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   You really can't go by your feelings after the exam. I felt awful after both of my exams taken thus far and ended up not just passing but doing pretty good.

   FAR- 89
   AUD- 99
   BEC- 86
   REG- 94
   
   DONE!!! (ok, except for the Ethics Exam)

   Posted 6 months ago #
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    Zaiitz3
    

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    Thanks guys, the good news, I'll know around November 21st how unreliable my feelings are about the exam ? :)

    AUD 04/02/12 74, 88!!!!
    FAR 05/30/12
    BEC 07/12
    REG 08/12 (hopefully will be done by the end of August 2012)
    
    “It always seems impossible until its done.”

    Posted 6 months ago #

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