To Those Taking An Exam At The End Of The Month, How Are You All Doing?

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    Anonymous
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    I have FAR scheduled for May 29, feeling better as the review days go on, but need to have a solid Memorial Day weekend of studying to hammer everything home. How is everyone doing with their respective exams? What are you taking and how are you feeling about it?

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  • #555004
    jdtx1288
    Participant

    I am taking BEC on the 31st and am kind of sweating it. So far I am not sure why people always say this is the easiest. It is looking pretty difficult for me. It is my last exam so hopefully I can get motivated and pass….

    #555009
    jdtx1288
    Participant

    I am taking BEC on the 31st and am kind of sweating it. So far I am not sure why people always say this is the easiest. It is looking pretty difficult for me. It is my last exam so hopefully I can get motivated and pass….

    #555006
    HeartsMimiCPA
    Participant

    I'm right on schedule…and by right on schedule I mean i'm panicking as usual. I usually start reviewing and score poorly on the MCQ's. Things don't start clicking for me until maybe a week before the exam.

    AUD - 65, 89!
    REG - 70, 89!
    FAR - 78!
    BEC - 77!

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    #555011
    HeartsMimiCPA
    Participant

    I'm right on schedule…and by right on schedule I mean i'm panicking as usual. I usually start reviewing and score poorly on the MCQ's. Things don't start clicking for me until maybe a week before the exam.

    AUD - 65, 89!
    REG - 70, 89!
    FAR - 78!
    BEC - 77!

    Finally!
    Experience 06/30/15
    Ethics-Done

    VA Licensed 09/15/15

    #555008
    Lindrobe
    Member

    I am taking my last section (REG) on 5/27. I am a tax person and I think this section is pretty tricky, so I ramped up my study time after about one week from 20 hours a week to 30+ hours per week. It is killing me and I am pretty much just living on coffee, but I would rather put in the extra time than have to retake in July. Just the thought of that makes me want to vomit. Thanks for asking and good luck everyone! Thank goodness for the long holiday weekend!

    FAR 12/3/14, 87
    AUD 2/3/14, 90
    BEC 4/1/14, 88
    REG 5/27/14, 94

    Licensed CPA, Indiana

    "Successful people do things that unsuccessful people don't want to do"

    #555013
    Lindrobe
    Member

    I am taking my last section (REG) on 5/27. I am a tax person and I think this section is pretty tricky, so I ramped up my study time after about one week from 20 hours a week to 30+ hours per week. It is killing me and I am pretty much just living on coffee, but I would rather put in the extra time than have to retake in July. Just the thought of that makes me want to vomit. Thanks for asking and good luck everyone! Thank goodness for the long holiday weekend!

    FAR 12/3/14, 87
    AUD 2/3/14, 90
    BEC 4/1/14, 88
    REG 5/27/14, 94

    Licensed CPA, Indiana

    "Successful people do things that unsuccessful people don't want to do"

    #555010
    JamesBJames
    Participant

    I'm taking AUD on May 29th. If I study around 5 hours today, tomorrow, and Wednesday, I should be able to wrap up A5 and finish A6 right before scores are released on Thursday. Then I have a full week to go back and re-read the book (I forget so much about reviews and compilations and exactly what has to go into what report), do progress tests, and try the final practice tests.

    I feel like I'm getting this stuff fairly well. 75-90% on homework the first time through for almost every topic. Transaction cycles are definitely the hardest part so far, but after, like, 180 questions that talked about them, they're starting to become pretty understandable.

    FAR: May 1st, 2014 - 91
    AUD: May 29th, 2014 - 97!
    BEC: July 16th, 2014 - 91
    REG: August 29th, 2014 - 88

    Licensed December 2015

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    #555015
    JamesBJames
    Participant

    I'm taking AUD on May 29th. If I study around 5 hours today, tomorrow, and Wednesday, I should be able to wrap up A5 and finish A6 right before scores are released on Thursday. Then I have a full week to go back and re-read the book (I forget so much about reviews and compilations and exactly what has to go into what report), do progress tests, and try the final practice tests.

    I feel like I'm getting this stuff fairly well. 75-90% on homework the first time through for almost every topic. Transaction cycles are definitely the hardest part so far, but after, like, 180 questions that talked about them, they're starting to become pretty understandable.

    FAR: May 1st, 2014 - 91
    AUD: May 29th, 2014 - 97!
    BEC: July 16th, 2014 - 91
    REG: August 29th, 2014 - 88

    Licensed December 2015

    Feel free to add me on LinkedIn by clicking my username!

    #555012
    jennibfox
    Member

    Do you guys usually take the Final Exam Practice? Or continue to do short Progress Test?

    FAR - JULY 2014 - PASSED
    BEC - MAY 2015 - PASSED
    REG - AUG 2015 - PASSED
    AUD - AUG 31 2015

    #555017
    jennibfox
    Member

    Do you guys usually take the Final Exam Practice? Or continue to do short Progress Test?

    FAR - JULY 2014 - PASSED
    BEC - MAY 2015 - PASSED
    REG - AUG 2015 - PASSED
    AUD - AUG 31 2015

    #555014
    JamesBJames
    Participant

    For FAR I did both. I left myself a week and a half for final review and drilled 30-queston progress tests across all the sections for a couple of hours each day. I also went through all the AICPA released questions, which totaled to be around 400 questions.

    I did the first FAR practice exam a week before the test but procrastinated on the second one and did that the day before the test. I think it was all helpful, though.

    FAR: May 1st, 2014 - 91
    AUD: May 29th, 2014 - 97!
    BEC: July 16th, 2014 - 91
    REG: August 29th, 2014 - 88

    Licensed December 2015

    Feel free to add me on LinkedIn by clicking my username!

    #555019
    JamesBJames
    Participant

    For FAR I did both. I left myself a week and a half for final review and drilled 30-queston progress tests across all the sections for a couple of hours each day. I also went through all the AICPA released questions, which totaled to be around 400 questions.

    I did the first FAR practice exam a week before the test but procrastinated on the second one and did that the day before the test. I think it was all helpful, though.

    FAR: May 1st, 2014 - 91
    AUD: May 29th, 2014 - 97!
    BEC: July 16th, 2014 - 91
    REG: August 29th, 2014 - 88

    Licensed December 2015

    Feel free to add me on LinkedIn by clicking my username!

    #555016
    Frutch32
    Member

    Taking BEC May 28th. Took AUD May 5th. 23 days is a short window but wanted to try to squeeze it in before the close of the testing window. Keeping fingers crossed for good results on AUD on Thursday.

    FAR (1/15/14)- 92
    AUD (5/05/14)- 94
    BEC (5/28/14)- 85

    #555018
    Frutch32
    Member

    Taking BEC May 28th. Took AUD May 5th. 23 days is a short window but wanted to try to squeeze it in before the close of the testing window. Keeping fingers crossed for good results on AUD on Thursday.

    FAR (1/15/14)- 92
    AUD (5/05/14)- 94
    BEC (5/28/14)- 85

    #555021
    Frutch32
    Member

    Taking BEC May 28th. Took AUD May 5th. 23 days is a short window but wanted to try to squeeze it in before the close of the testing window. Keeping fingers crossed for good results on AUD on Thursday.

    FAR (1/15/14)- 92
    AUD (5/05/14)- 94
    BEC (5/28/14)- 85

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