FAR – do I have a chance?

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  • #1574980
    Ralphie Dos Nachos
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    I’m 3 weeks out from exam exactly.

    In ninja mcq, I’m doing very good in conceptual framework (93% trending, 88avg)
    Gov’t and NFP I’m doing pretty well in

    BUT I AM DOING HORRIBLE IN THE 2nd AND 3rd sections (30-50%)

    I don’t know what to do my last 3 weeks if I can get some advice that’d be great.

    Fortunately my entire department is taking off for the last 2 weeks prior to my exam so I’ll be able to study full-time.

    FAR - 76

    AUD - 89

    BEC - 84

    REG - 86

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  • #1575262
    Ralphie Dos Nachos
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    FAR - 76

    AUD - 89

    BEC - 84

    REG - 86

    #1575272
    Scared-cpa
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    Three weeks is plenty of time to get everything down to a science, especially if two weeks are of full-time studying. For my FAR retake, I studied a month using Ninja MCQ exclusively and you can see it paid off for me. I read somewhere that Jeff said to try to get 70% average in each area. If you're not familiar with certain areas, lower percentages are expected early on in your review. After a while, through seeing questions asked in different ways over the same topic, you will begin to understand the reasons behind a certain problem. Be sure to read any definitions and explanations provided at the bottom of each question when it scores the question for you, I found these to be extremely valuable. You'll be surprised how much you learn by doing MCQs through NINJA, especially if you really take the time to understand why the answer is right and others are wrong. When I sat for FAR and passed with an 82, I was averaging 70 overall and trending 86ish. When your average and trending are so far apart in percentages, it usually either means that you're (1) memorizing the answers or (2) sucked it up at the beginning and have continuously improved over the time you've been studying. When this happens, you'll usually score somewhere in the middle of your two percentages like I did.

    Good luck!

    "The more I practice, the luckier I get."

    FAR - 67, 82 (Expires 07/31/18)
    AUD - 68, 79
    REG - 75
    BEC - 82

    Wiley CPAexcel + Ninja

    I cannot believe I am done.

    #1575274
    Scared-cpa
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    And remember, if you can pass FAR, you can pass all of them 🙂

    "The more I practice, the luckier I get."

    FAR - 67, 82 (Expires 07/31/18)
    AUD - 68, 79
    REG - 75
    BEC - 82

    Wiley CPAexcel + Ninja

    I cannot believe I am done.

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