[mckan514w]

Help guys! I am really lost on how to proceed with studying for my BEC retake- To give you some background I was trending at 87% with an average of 81% on Ninja and averaged 92% on my Roger’s test bank. I have worked all of the questions in both banks and many of them multiple times to where I now know the answers. I just got my “oh so EFFING helpful” breakdown of my exam from NASB and on EVERY SINGLE breakdown I scored “stronger”- seriously WTH??? I failed with a 71. Now I am completely lost on where to go from here. I don’t think re-watching videos are going to help and I don’t know if I should buy another test bank or not. Do I just keep hitting the MCQ’s with Rogers and Ninja? Look for another test bank? Bang my head against a wall until all of my brains ooze out? Any helpful feedback would be great.

And they ask me why I drink

BEC 71, 82
AUD 75
REG 75
FAR 61, 69, 83

and they ask me why I drink...

FAR- 61-next time I'll ask for lube instead of a calculator
REG-75- Never been so happy to see such a low grade
BEC- 8/11
AUD- 9/2

[FUBARFAR]

How is it even possible to get “stronger” in every category and not pass. I thought that the weaker, comparable, and stronger categories were based on candidates who scored between a 75 and 80?

AUD - 84
BEC - 88
FAR - 83
REG - 82

4 up 4 down!

FAR - 7/19/2016 - 83
BEC - 8/30/2016
AUD - TBD
REG - TBD

[mckan514w]

FUBARFAR trust me when I say I am as confused as you…. I thought like you did- that it was in comparison to those who scored between 75 and 80 which is why I am so perplexed on the re-take… and it really honestly makes me mad. My FAR was “weaker” in every single category. Its like do they just print stuff on there and send it out… none of it is helpful to me… and in this case makes me very angry.

And they ask me why I drink

BEC 71, 82
AUD 75
REG 75
FAR 61, 69, 83

and they ask me why I drink...

FAR- 61-next time I'll ask for lube instead of a calculator
REG-75- Never been so happy to see such a low grade
BEC- 8/11
AUD- 9/2

[.]

Did you use Ninja Notes? Maybe those might help. CPA Review for Free has about 500 MCQs.

FAR- 88- 6/16- (Ninja Avg. 74%)
REG- 89- 7/16- (Ninja Avg. 77%)
AUD- 95- 8/16- (Ninja Avg. 81%)
BEC- 82- 9/16- (Ninja Avg. 75%)
[Wiley CPAExcel + Ninja MCQ]

Finally licensed.

FAR - June 2016 - 88
REG - July 2016 - 89
AUD - Aug 2016 - review phase currently
BEC - Sep 2016 -

Wiley CPA Excel & Ninja MCQ

[FUBARFAR]

That's really strange… I might would call and inquire about that. I doubt anything gets done, but it would be nice to know what exactly is going on.

AUD - 84
BEC - 88
FAR - 83
REG - 82

4 up 4 down!

FAR - 7/19/2016 - 83
BEC - 8/30/2016
AUD - TBD
REG - TBD

[ShutUp]

Only the CPA exam… Do you think theyre punishing us for past pass rates? Whats going on here with BEC…

AUD - 88
BEC - 89
FAR - 89
REG - 80

I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast...

without any milk

FAR - May 23rd (24th, Prometric power outage) - 89 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)>⌐■-■
AUD - July 18th - 88 ┴┬┴┤( ͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬
BEC - August 29th (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
REG - TBD ಠ_ಠ

"You better cut the pizza into 4 pieces because im not hungry enough to eat 6!"

[dnob04]

Man BEC has been very strange lately

[ShutUp]

@dnob04 how much you wanna bet that the Q3 pass rates are near the rest of the tests rather than 57%

AUD - 88
BEC - 89
FAR - 89
REG - 80

I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast...

without any milk

FAR - May 23rd (24th, Prometric power outage) - 89 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)>⌐■-■
AUD - July 18th - 88 ┴┬┴┤( ͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬
BEC - August 29th (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
REG - TBD ಠ_ಠ

"You better cut the pizza into 4 pieces because im not hungry enough to eat 6!"

[c1oth]

mckan, how did you feel after taking the test?

[mckan514w]

@circadian malfunction- thanks for those tips! especially the cpa exam review for free one. I did buy the ninja notes last time but didn't really utilize them as much as I did my own notes so I will also be hitting those.

@FUBARFAR- I actually did call this morning after I posted this and got a no satisfaction, make my blood boil, BS double speak about stronger could mean weaker depending on the quality of questions and standard deviation of the percentile and if I had any questions I could go to their website for further reading…blah blah blah – So I took it to mean that maybe I did stronger on the easier questions never getting to a hard testlett to get maximum points… man honestly I don't know. And yet they want to preach to us about transparency…

@c1oth- I walked out thinking I did fairly well- or at least “good enough to pass”- to be honest I was BEYOND devastated when I got my score… in fact I was stunned I had failed. I honestly don't know what more I could have done last time around which is what makes this time around so difficult.

And they ask me why I drink

BEC 71, 82
AUD 75
REG 75
FAR 61, 69, 83

and they ask me why I drink...

FAR- 61-next time I'll ask for lube instead of a calculator
REG-75- Never been so happy to see such a low grade
BEC- 8/11
AUD- 9/2

[Ib]

May be you did not do well on written communication. Many people fail even if they are stronger on MCQS but poor on WC

AUD - 87
BEC - 78
FAR - 79
REG - 81

Licensed CPA in MA, OCT 2016

FAR 79
AUD 87
BEC 78
REG 08/31/2016

[c1oth]

Thats got to be the craziest explanation, that stronger could mean stronger- on weaker questions.

[RE2PECT]

Just goes to show that nobody has a clue on how this exam is graded. I also got a 71, but was comparable on mcq's and weaker on WC. Scored weaker on operations management and strategic planning, comparable on IT and economics, and stronger on governance and financial management. I didn't feel like my testlets got harder on my first attempt and actually thought I did worse than a 71.

For my second attempt I felt like the second testlet was harder and the third wasn't as hard, but more difficult than the first. Had a ton of random IT questions that I never heard of and some weird COSO questions as well. I felt like I did better on the WC this time, but I had one that was straight from FAR and had no clue how to answer. If that wasn't a pretest then I'm screwed because I barely answered it.

The thing that really bothers me is that they know what review courses most people use and what they cover, so why even ask about things that aren't mentioned in any of them?

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

Roger & Ninja

FAR: 75
AUD: 73, 81
BEC: 71, 73, 82
REG: 68, 82

FAR: 75 Roger & Ninja (notes/flashcards/audio/MCQ)
AUD: 73, 81
BEC: 71, retake 8/29
REG:

[Ib]

Techincally speaking you could do well on MCQs but weaker on WC and therefore fail this exam. I would suggest you to also focus on WC section for your retake and plan proper time allocation for WC.

AUD - 87
BEC - 78
FAR - 79
REG - 81

Licensed CPA in MA, OCT 2016

FAR 79
AUD 87
BEC 78
REG 08/31/2016

[ShutUp]

@IB553, if I'm not mistaken you get a “stronger, comparable, weaker” score for all parts – including WC. if McKan actually got stronger on all parts then it probably wasn't WC. And even if they were stronger in MCQs it would be very unlikely they got 0 points on WC. Just my two cents. I would focus on COSO and IT,, and use outside resources to learn these topics… obviously the exam materials aren't quite working (for anyone taking BEC really.)

AUD - 88
BEC - 89
FAR - 89
REG - 80

I ate a bowl of nails for breakfast...

without any milk

FAR - May 23rd (24th, Prometric power outage) - 89 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)>⌐■-■
AUD - July 18th - 88 ┴┬┴┤( ͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬
BEC - August 29th (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
REG - TBD ಠ_ಠ

"You better cut the pizza into 4 pieces because im not hungry enough to eat 6!"

[Anonymous]

whaaat. i'm sorry dude. CPA exam confirmed rigged

[Author]

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