[ThunderFan0]

Well I just got back from the AUD exam….

I went into this exam feeling the most confident I ever have. I got in the mid-80’s on my two Wiley exams I took yesterday.

Coming out of the exam was a different story….this is the WORST i have ever felt about an exam. Which makes no sense to me that the one I am most prepared for left me feeling the worst. Unlike other people on here….when I have come out of a test feeling bad I fail, and I have come out feeling decent twice…and those were my 2 passes.

On to what happened in the exam:

Testlet 1 = The questions were pretty tough….I had to go back to several of them…didn’t feel too great going into the 2nd testlet.

Testlet 2 = I couldn’t really tell if the questions were different or not(I am not really sure how anyone can in the AUD exam)

I felt decent about this one

Testlet 3 = See testlet 2

Simulations: WOW. I have never seen such obscure questions in my testing thus far. For the icing on the cake…I spent my last 20 minutes trying to find the answer to the research questions to no avail. I should note that I am usually solid on the research tabs…so this was super frustrating. I will be lucky if I got 10% of my simulations correct. I have pretty much no confidence in them. Nowhere in my study material was I told how to determine certain audit elements as high/medium/low.

I am devestated right now…I am going to have to retake this. I will probably fail REG for the 500th time in February and end up losing my BEC credit in May. I am losing the will to put up with this crap.

I could tell you all about auditing…and I have performed top notch work on several audits at my firm….but just because I can’t answer obscure test questions I cant be classified as a CPA.

I absolutely love that the passing rates keep dipping lower and lower every year. This testing process is a huge money making scheme and I wish someone would regulate it, because with the economy the way it is there is no way that competent people should be denied licensing and keep having to pay money to continually retest because of sketchy testing questions/grading procedures

Venting done(for now)

FAR - 74, 76
BEC - 77(expires 5/24/12)
REG 71, 72, 78
AUD - 69, 72, Retake 5/23/12...78!! FINISHED!!

[jenuno01]

You are absolutely right in every single word you wrote…you are preaching to the crowd here man.

Class of 2012

[Anonymous]

Great-I'm still recovering from the a$$ whipping I got from my FAR sims last week.

AND you have audit experience? Prior to opening my Roger book, the only thing I knew about auditing was how to spell it.

Looks like I might be facing another beat down down next month.

Well…good luck to you!

[Anonymous]

ThunderFan,

Do not get too worked up. Trust me, I felt the exact same way on my REG exam. I had prepared the most for it and felt like I would ace it going in…and it took all I had to hold my tears back before I was even through with the exam. I didn't know how to do any of the SIMS that I had, and left most of it blank. I was absolutely positive that I had failed 100% but I got my grade and passed. You never know…I even still check my grade 2 months later because I still don't believe it. Keep your head up!!

[Givemesleep]

oh crap : – O my ass whipping is coming up on 2/28.

Reg 11/15/2011 - 80
Aud 02/28/2012 - 81
Bec 05/31/2012 - 78
Far 08/31/2012 - 83 Do you believe in Miracles, YES !!!

CPA License received 10/2012 !!
CFE License received 04/2013 !!
EA License received

Givemesleep

[ThunderFan0]

@cole713 – thanks for the encouragement. I know you talk about your experience with the REG sims(they have beat me twice now) and the difference is that I think almost EVERYONE gets killed on the REG sims…so it evens out the playing field. But I have never heard about people having issues with the AUD simulations…which means that I am probably going to get a 52.

It's just super frustrating to get SIMS consisting of:

2 = FAR topics

1 = topic which had no coverage in any of my materials (Roger CRAM/CPA Excel/NinjaNotes & Wiley MC's)..I didn't get to complete this one

1 = topic receiving about 1 paragraph in my Roger Cram book.

1 = IMPOSSIBLE research question(I think I went through every possible AR/AT/AU/…)

1 = Somewhat tough

1 = easy

Has anyone else who took AUD this month had this experience at all??

FAR - 74, 76
BEC - 77(expires 5/24/12)
REG 71, 72, 78
AUD - 69, 72, Retake 5/23/12...78!! FINISHED!!

[Anonymous]

2 FAR topics, wow. It's getting “better and better”.

I had a very bad first experience with the AUD sims, so you're wrong in thinking people don't complain.

1 – FAR topic – impossible connection between a rarely tested FAR topic and rarely tested AUD topic

2 – totally alien audit sims

3 – sort of doable audit sims

1 – research, doable

I failed, cause I didn't even know the doable ones 😀

So, you have a chance!

[katiekanton]

Absolutely. Word for word your experience. I took it in November and wrote a whole long post about it. I was absolutely ready. I studied for 4 months. I got INSANE sims, and it was my first section. I almost quit right there. I left feeling very angry. I also had 2 far sims, one that probably resembled your “high/medium/low” one that I was like, “what the heck????” when it came up on my screen, as well as a sim that I had to use the research tab for, and in the research tab it said, “auditing [insert topic here for sake of disclosure] is so difficult that most CPAs will need the use of a specialist in order to audit https://forum.another71.com/forum/aud-cpa-exam/aud-exam-experience/topic/aud-disaster/reply/382258/” and there was very little guidance at all on it. Didn't stop the AICPA from giving me a whole sim on it though. Ridiculous. I absolutely agree it's a money making scheme with no oversight and zero accountability. That doesn't mean I think the only goal of the AICPA is to make money, I just think it's pretty high up on their list, and as the economy tanks I fear it will receive higher priority than turning out knowledgeable CPAs.

Having said all that, I got a pretty decent score, so maybe you will too.

AUD - 88
FAR - 90
REG - 85
BEC - 88

[hopeful_cpa]

that was my experience when i took it november… i had never been so upset as i was after i walked out of that exam. i ended up with a 67… i think i did better when i took it this month, but only god knows and time will tell.

i do completely agree with you that this is a huge money making thing lol… actually the worldwide passing rate is down to about 10-20% which is pretty sad.

BEC: Done
REG: Done
AUD: Done
FAR: Done

I'M DONE!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

@thunderfan – my SIMS sound EXACTLY like yours – you should read my post “my aud experience yesterday” I left there after an already awful day just fighting back tears. However, I am hoping for that passing score! Those SIMS were absolutely brutal and I sat there thinking where the hell was the review material on this?!?! …..

Here's to score release time… which can't come fast enough.

[Anonymous]

🙁

[pittyankee]

@ThunderFan0

” I am devestated right now…”

Let's just hope you weren't the one who prepared the audit reports in your “top-notch” auditing work.

[katiekanton]

@pittyankee (or whoever you really are, I have my own suspicions)

Your comment was childish, unnecessary, unhelpful, unsupportive, and unwelcome. If you can't act like an adult, please excuse yourself.

AUD - 88
FAR - 90
REG - 85
BEC - 88

[OnMyWayToCPA]

Agreed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

B - 79 PASSED (1/4 there!)
A - 77 PASSED (1/2 there!)
F - 79 PASSED (3/4 there!)
R - 83 PASSED (DONE!!!!!!)
Review Course: Lambers , Wiley and Ninja

[RedRage00]

I always find it funny that the people who say they almost cried walking out the testing center are the ones that always score the highest LOL

Texas CPA
Licensed, March 2012

[OnMyWayToCPA]

Agreed ^^^^^^^^^^^^

B - 79 PASSED (1/4 there!)
A - 77 PASSED (1/2 there!)
F - 79 PASSED (3/4 there!)
R - 83 PASSED (DONE!!!!!!)
Review Course: Lambers , Wiley and Ninja

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