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August 22, 2016 at 12:39 pm #815625
Jeff Elliott, CPA
KeymasterWe lost this thread in the forum conversion, so I'm piecing it back together via this Google Doc – which is cool because of the stat analyis.
Doc Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qxfKqNvZWrKtQ-VfVsy49otykmubeSHOeX4lJlGxVtc/edit?usp=sharing
Going forward, people can post their score info here and we will update it with each score release (once we have this doc updated from the past…there were over 1,000 posts).
Beginning with Tonight's Score Release… (everything else has been archived)
Please post your…
Section:
Trending Score:
Actual Score:
Additional Comments:Thanks Everyone!
August 23, 2016 at 1:19 am #816849Vanche
ParticipantSection: BEC
Trending Score: 85
Actual Score: 82August 23, 2016 at 1:20 am #816858Noche
ParticipantSection: AUD
Trending Score: 81
Actual Score: 86
Additional Comments: This was my second try at AUD. I took it the first time using only Becker and WITHOUT doing an overall review of the material. I literally finished reading and doing Becker MCQs for the last section of the AUD book the day before the exam because my NTS was about to run out. After I found out I failed with a 64, I purchased the NINJA MCQs and ONLY studied the NINJA MCQs. I did MCQs for about three weeks, and two days before the exam, drilled down on SIMs. I did not complete all of the Ninja MCQs (394 Questions Not Seen).August 23, 2016 at 3:28 am #817017mckan514w
ParticipantSection: BEC
Trending: 87
Average : 82
Actual: 71There really are just no words not sure I have it in me to study this section again…
And they ask me why I drinkBEC 71, 82
AUD 75
REG 75
FAR 61, 69, 83August 23, 2016 at 5:14 am #817050danner
ParticipantREG
Trending: 94%
Actual: 86%I sincerely think the NINJA MCQs are what gave me the edge to pass BEC and REG on the first attempts. I wish I'd gotten on board earlier.
August 23, 2016 at 8:30 am #817194cleanclassic
ParticipantAugust 23, 2016 at 8:39 am #817203Birdman
ParticipantSection: AUD
Trending Score: 79%
Actual Score: 87
Additional Comments:
Average Score: 73%
Question Attempts: 2345
Questions Not Seen: 267For AUD, I had taken it previously on 10/31/15, but it was a half-assed attempt (put all 4 sections on one NTS) and I got a 58. I have CPAexcel but didn't use it at all for Auditing, just did MCQs for ~40 hours of study time.
BEC is my last section. Sitting on September 2nd. FAR expires 04/17.
FAR- 74, 78 (10/2015)
BEC- 73, 88 (09/02/2016)
REG- 68, 88 (05/27/2016)
AUD- 58, 87 (07/21/2016)
Done and done!August 23, 2016 at 8:47 am #817221KSOZE
ParticipantSection: AUD
Trending Score: 93%
Actual Score: 81
Additional Comments: Average Score = 62% (Only used NINJA MCQ to study from scratch. Absolutely no other materials)
Hours: 78
Question Attempts: 2832
Questions Not Seen: 0CRAM this exam!FAR - 59, 70, 81
BEC - 80
AUD - 81
REG - 79August 23, 2016 at 8:52 am #817224TracyJ
ParticipantSection: REG
Trending Score: 75
Actual Score: 83
Additional Comments:
Average Score: 70%
Question Attempts: 1700
Questions Not Seen: 822August 23, 2016 at 11:32 am #817572Mohammed Hussain
ParticipantSection: FAR
Trending Score:69%
Actual Score: 87%
Additional Comments: Don't worry too much about your trending score–matters more what you were scoring leading up to the test. I was doing bad very early on, and that made it very hard to bring my score up. Also, don't get too caught up on the multiple choice. Just be glad that youre seeing it now instead of on the actual test.
Used Yeager and Ninja MCQAugust 23, 2016 at 12:18 pm #817734Anonymous
InactiveSection: FAR
Average Score: 64%
Trending Score: 79.80%
Actual Score: 77%
Questions Attempted: 2376
Questions Not Seen: 116
Questions Not Answered Correctly: 584
Total Time: 112 hours
Average Time: 2 min. 49 sec.Additional Comments: My exam was on 8/1/16. I used nothing but Ninja MCQ (I had Ninja Notes, Audio, and the Book but I didn't really use them much). I started doing MCQ's on 6/26/16, averaging about 70/day (I was able to do more on the weekends, less on weeknights as I was working full time). I would take time after each question to make sure that I understood why the correct answer was correct and why the wrong answers were wrong. The explanations for most of the questions were very helpful. I also did about 20 SIMS, when I was about 10 days out from the exam. The SIMS weren't super useful because they aren't very similar to the ones on the exam (minus the research question) and there is no DRS SIM, but they did help me to confirm that I had a decent grasp on the material. On exam day, I felt like I knew a decent amount of questions, and I knew enough to make educated guesses on ones that I didn't know. I didn't feel good about any of the SIMS except for the research and DRS, but apparently I did well enough on them.
August 23, 2016 at 12:33 pm #817770Nancy
ParticipantAugust 23, 2016 at 12:39 pm #817782jolien
ParticipantSection: AUD
Trending Score: 68
Actual Score: 85
Additional Comments: I used Becker for lectures and Ninja MCQ for practice on second trial. I didn't pass with Becker material first time, but passed on the second time using Ninja MCQ. I didn't get to Review phase in Ninja MCQ.August 23, 2016 at 6:19 pm #818475kingpasty
ParticipantSection:REG
Trending Score:84.17
Actual Score:83Done!!!! Thank you so much Jeff I know Ninja MCQ was essential to my success in passing all 4 sections on the first attempt. Big believer.
August 23, 2016 at 8:44 pm #818733OlintoFanClub
ParticipantSection:FAR
Trending Score:76%
Average Score:71%
Actual Score:72
Total Attempts:917
Q's not seen: 1005AUD - 83
BEC - 83
FAR - 85
REG - 87August 23, 2016 at 8:57 pm #818751AccountantPinkHair
ParticipantBEC
trending 84%
average 75%
questions attempts 2,758actual 73%
Onwards to BEC attempt #5… 🙁
BEC 60, 71, 71, 73, 81
AUD 72, 81
REG 60, 78
FAR 71, 78Licensed CPA in Texas
August 23, 2016 at 9:25 pm #818799Anonymous
InactiveBEC
Trending 83
Actual 66Based on the score disparities I'm seeing unlike before I think NASBA is making changes (without our knowledge) because of Jeff's success rate with candidates…..IMHO
August 23, 2016 at 9:45 pm #818847Anonymous
InactiveSection: REG
Trending: 70
Actual: 86
Additional Comments:
Average Score – 66
Total Questions – 1509
Questions Not Seen – 685
This was a retake due to my first score of 76 expiring. The first time I used only Becker. For my retake I used my Becker book and Ninja MCQ.August 23, 2016 at 9:45 pm #818850H.Bonaventure
ParticipantFAR Round 1
Trending 58.6%
Average 51%
Question Attempts 1175Actual 74
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FAR Round 2
Trending 64.4%
Average 63%
Question Attempts 1284Actual 80
August 23, 2016 at 10:16 pm #818895Double-entry Deviant
ParticipantSection: Audit (2nd time)
Trending score: 93%
Actual score: 67%
I completed all the questions, re-did all the questions I got wrong until I answered each question right, and completed all the SIM's and reviewed the SIMS I got wrong.
This score is lower than my last exam I took in early June – scored 73%. I'm disappointed but not going to give up.
Double-entry DeviantAugust 23, 2016 at 11:59 pm #819057CPA788
ParticipantFAR – 3rd attempt – but 1st attempt with NINJA MCQ
Trending: 75.8%
Average: 66%
Actual: 78Friggin A – Jeff – I'm so happy you don't even know. But you do. Hi-ya.
BEC - 74, 77 (Becker only)FAR - 72, 71, 78 (Becker+NINJA)
REG - 69, 59, 69, 72, 76 (Becker+a private tutor+NINJA+Gleim free trial+seriously anything else I could review)
AUD - 77 (Becker only)
CA candidate
August 24, 2016 at 9:00 pm #820080passthisthing
ParticipantFAR
Trending: 70%
Average: 61%
Actual: 75Spent a month of lecture, reading, watching youtube on some of the trouble topics, and made intense notes. Started hitting the MCQs during second month. This was the first time I used NINJA MCQs, so I just jumped right in. However, as others have suggested I should have went topic by topic until I saw all the questions. Seeing different variation of the same type of question helped drill things in my head (I'm doing this for REG now)
I feel the NINJA MCQs prepared me for MCQs on the exam. The exam SIMS on the other hand are just…hmm, what's the word I'm looking for? I felt I did OK on the SIMS, yet that was weakness according to the report (the rest were strong with two comparable) – and that's probably why I just squeaked by (I'll take it nonetheless).
Going through NINJA was painful (the careless mistakes, the gotchas, and the ‘wth are you asking me' moments and last but not least Governmental). However, I'm glad I went through that pain as I feel it helped me gain a bit more confidence and helped pick up some points where I don't think I would have gotten had I not used NINJA.
September 4, 2016 at 8:40 pm #829594hawkgolf12
ParticipantSection: REG (8/9/16)
Trending Score: 67%
Average Score: 66%
Questions Attempted: 421Actual Score: 81
Additional Comments: I got done completing all Becker materials of REG before I moved on to the Ninja MCQs. As you can see by the questions attempted, I didn't have much time to do the Ninja MCQs. Although my average score and trending score are relatively low, I felt like I really knew the concepts and that carried over to the actual exam. Ninja MCQs are a really beneficial study aid to Becker and I highly recommend.Side Note: I'm taking Audit this coming week and would like to bump this thread as I'm curious of how others did on the actual exam compared to their Ninja MCQ results for Audit.
REG - 81
AUD - 74, 88
BEC - 79
FAR - Sept. '17September 5, 2016 at 12:40 am #829636startupcfo
ParticipantFirst attempt BEC
Trending Score: 74
Average Score: 70
Real Score: 87872 MCQs, all 40 SIMS attempted once.
Additional comments: heavily advantaged as I have a finance background
AUD - 93
BEC - 87
FAR - 77
REG - 77------------
Corporate finance leaderSeptember 5, 2016 at 12:47 am #829638startupcfo
ParticipantFirst attempt REG
Trending Score 73% (though I think this is artificially high)
Average Score: 64%
Actual: 70
Question Count: 730 and a minority of the SIMSAdditional Comments: Went in with less than 35 hours of prep, bombed the sims. Rematch 3 months later in a few days, hoping for a pass this time.
AUD - 93
BEC - 87
FAR - 77
REG - 77------------
Corporate finance leaderSeptember 9, 2016 at 3:49 pm #831640ShutUp
ParticipantGood call @birdman93
BEC –
Trending 81
Average 74
Questions ~2770
Actual… 89!We're on to REG, grand finale
AUD - 88
BEC - 89
FAR - 89
REG - 80I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast...without any milk
September 9, 2016 at 4:27 pm #831733arsenal926
ParticipantSection: FAR
Trending Score: 82
Questions: 1576
Actual Score: 84September 9, 2016 at 5:49 pm #831844Larry
ParticipantAUD
Trending: 83
Average: 82
Questions: 2861
Questions not seen: 297
Actual Score: 83AUD - 83
BEC - 76
FAR - 78
REG - 82Licensed in FloridaSeptember 9, 2016 at 6:48 pm #831943REG-FTW86
ParticipantREG
Actual Score = 80
Trending = 78.67%
Average = 76%
Total Question Attempts = 795
Total Time = 20:51^^This was my 3rd attempt for REG. I reset the stats when I studied again so overall I did more MCQ but for this 3rd re-take I did the above. I didn't touch MCQ until after I got through the entire NINJA Book (Used 10 point combo for this re-take). The lowest trending average for any section was 74%.
AUD - 78
BEC - 77
FAR - 77
REG - 80"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." Thomas A. EdisonHow bad do you want it?
September 9, 2016 at 6:49 pm #831949thebigguy1992
ParticipantBEC
Trending: 91
Average 75
Questions not seen:0ACTUAL: 79
BEC - 79
FAR - 62,73,76
AUD - 70, 88
REG - 83 -
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