[lampy44]

Hey guys.

I am in my last week of new information (government). I am planning on finishing up by Thursday and having exactly 2 weeks of review.

I am starting to try and lay out a plan only to be completely overwhelmed by the amount of information I have covered. I attempted to not let the information overwhelm me as I was studying by sticking to the “little bit at a time” approach. I felt like I was really grasping concepts and moving forward with strides.

Now that I am entering my review phase, I am just realizing how much information I need to commit to memory and gain true understanding. Little things are falling through the cracks and I dont know where/how to sufficiently review. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have committed so much time to this exam I would be on cloud 9 if I could pass.

I am using Becker and Ninja. One idea I had was go back through Ninja notes and correlate it to my Becker materials. Then make a running study guide and add supplemental information I have from becker. I dont know if that’s making too much work for myself and not applying it enough. Then just hit as many MCQ as I can through Ninja. In addition remake flash cards and just study them…

Scheduled for October 26th.

[M123]

2 weeks is a long shot for me but you may have more efficient absorption (too bad this isn't a BEC thread har har 🙂 )

I don't think it makes sense to correlate Ninja to Becker. I think Ninja is already in the “groupings” of the exam, no? Doesn't sound like a value add to me.

What I would do entering review is read ninja-notes to establish the frames of the house. Then do about 200 questions ( I like buckets of 30). Then reread notes. An inquisitive and confused mind will find new nuggets or they will make more sense. Keep doing a few more hundred questions. Then read the notes again. From that point on – MCQ and a few sims to calibrate on time management. I did 1200 MCQ for FAR and easily could have done another 200 to be more comfortable. So say 1400 questions conservatively. That's 47 sessions. I did 3 per day of 30 for FAR == 16 days.

Plus you need a day to zen and heal a bit from all the MCQ. From my math – I'd push it out a bit in the window but aptitude is everything and I have admittedly less for FAR.

Let us know how it goes.

AUD - 77
BEC - 81
FAR - 77
REG - 81

REG - 1. Becker only - fail (forgot to study depr - oops); 2. Becker only - Pass
FAR - 1. Becker only - fail; 2. added Ninja Notes and MCQ - Pass
AUD - 1. Becker videos; Ninja Notes, Audio, MCQ, Becker Notes - Pass
BEC - 1. Ninja Notes, Audio, MCQ, Becker Notes - Pass

[lampy44]

@M123 interesting. I was thinking I would correlate the two because Ninja seems to skim some details. I have really liked it as you’ve said to set up the house but Becker seems to fill that house with extensive details. I am totally on board for reading notes and nailing mcq. I think that will be a huge part of preparation.

I am not working so 2 weeks of prep time from what I can tell seems like enough time without being too much and losing information. Thinking a module a day. Can’t believe I’m heading into Review mode already.

[M123]

I'm with you on the detail vs. boiling it down. I can tell you a couple or 3 anecdotes.

Leases and bonds – Becker provides loads of detail but I would never have “gotten” it without Ninja notes (and a few dozen MCQ on the topics).

Consolidations – CARINBIG – one of Becker's flagship mnemonics – makes a mountain out of a molehill. It's so much easier than their explanation. If they didn't spend so much time “deriving” their mnemonic they could explain the underlying concept.

Not FAR but BEC – the explanation of modified accrual accounting is preposterous in Becker. It explains some transactions but doesn't really connect the dots. With their 5 or 6 pages of content on the topic, it could be boiled down to about 10 bullet points and then examples.

So detail is not always the kind at least I want. YMMV .

Sounds like you're on a winning plan so that's just for fodder.

AUD - 77
BEC - 81
FAR - 77
REG - 81

REG - 1. Becker only - fail (forgot to study depr - oops); 2. Becker only - Pass
FAR - 1. Becker only - fail; 2. added Ninja Notes and MCQ - Pass
AUD - 1. Becker videos; Ninja Notes, Audio, MCQ, Becker Notes - Pass
BEC - 1. Ninja Notes, Audio, MCQ, Becker Notes - Pass

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