I basically used Wiley for all four parts. I think for Auditing and REG I used CPAExcel's MCQ's in a very limited capacity. I also made sure to use CPAExcel's interface for the research SIM practice on each part. For each part, they are unique and shouldn't be neglected.
For AUD, BEC and REG I took detailed notes from Wiley (I also took notes for REG from CPAExcel). As I was taking the notes, I would stop where prompted and do the MCQ's (all of them). After a first pass, I would rewrite my notes and then do a complete run through the MCQ's, writing down what I did wrong. Then I would try to do two more complete passes, focusing especially hard on anything I missed again.
For FAR, it was just too much information to do the notes like I did. I tried notes from CPAExcel, then Wiley and ended up with about 350 pages of notes between them and never got past 1/3 of the way through either part. So I stopped taking notes and I rewrote my Ninja notes and did the Wiley MCQ's two times. I ran out of time so I expected to take FAR and use it as a benchmark, never thinking I could pass it. But I did. As a frame of reference, I have been out of Accounting since 1999 and just re-entered the profession. So to say I was rusty is an understatement.
Wiley is the way to go if you are hard core enough to put the time and work in. There are no shortcuts in it. I've seen too many others use different courses which only suggested they work specific Wiley MCQ's and they all failed. Wiley's questions rarely test the same exact topic, they do gnaw at the edges from different directions. I felt very prepared using Wiley.
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