Wiley for REG – over the top?

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    nataliamw
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    I just passed BEC (78) solely on the Wiley prep book. I thought it was way better than Becker, so when I moved onto REG, I naturally bought Wiley. As I was waiting for the book to arrive, I started studying from Becker (I have an old 2006 set). Now that I got the Wiley book, I think it’s way over the top with unnecessary details when compared to Becker’s REG. It uses complicated language, goes on and on about stuff so insignificant that I can’t possibly imagine to be on the exam and clouds my mind with dollar amounts that sure, are updated, but not tested on the exam. I think I may use Becker to study and Wiley to do the questions. Anyone else having similar (or opposite) experience?

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    @nataliamw

    You are correct on your assessment of the Wiley book. It is a great resource, but it is alot of material that will overwhelm you if you try to study it all. I would invest a good (and current) review course. The review courses offer a summarized and systematic plan to cover the most important information that is likely to be tested. For what it's worth, I used Yaeger and the instructor specifically said not to study everything in the Wiley book or read all of the chapters because you will get overloaded. Good Luck.

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    #587378
    Anonymous
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    Bump.

    I was just thinking the same thing. Using Wiley for REG. The level of detail is insane. I'm hoping the fact that they are over the top will make the actual exam seem easier.

    That was the experience I had with FAR. Used Wiley Book to prepare and thought the actual exam was too easy. Finished with 45 minutes to spare.

    Hoping the same holds true for REG. Fingers crossed…

    #587379
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    Wiley does have a lot of information for all of the exams, but having studied Wiley faithfully, I found that I could study Wiley in less time than people could study the lecture-based reviews (Becker, Roger, Yaeger, etc.) and that it prepared me for the exams thoroughly enough that I never saw a concept that was brand-new to me on the exams. That is why I'm a huge backer of Wiley – a review course that is efficient, thorough, and allowed me to pass all exams without any issues? How much better could I hope to get? 🙂 Yeah, it's a lot of information that you won't need, but no review course knows for certain which information you will need, so I'd rather have too much than too little.

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    Agree with @Lilla. They Wiley books are written very efficiently, i.e. dense. If you are disciplined and are comfortable with pure self study, Wiley is great. Add the Wiley test-bank and what you have is a great prep system.

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