FAR stayed easy :'(

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  • #1499620
    LD
    Participant

    My test totally stayed easy the whole time! Has anyone has that happen but still passed? Sims were brutal, ifrs, govt, drs, the works! I’m doomed :'(

    AUD - 83
    BEC - 85
    FAR - 80
    REG - 75
    Done!! Woohoo!
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  • #1499626
    mckan514w
    Participant

    Hang in there- perhaps it was a case of you knowing the material better / more than you thought so it just didn't seem hard for you. Good Luck!

    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

    #1499628
    hasy
    Participant

    Ditto. You don't know until you know.

    AUD - 83
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 83
    REG - 78
    BEC - 80 (Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB)

    FAR - 72; 83 (Roger + NINJA MCQ)

    AUD - 83 (Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB)

    REG - 52; 78 (Roger + NINJA MCQ)

    Ethics - 68, 96 (how I dislike you)
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    This forum is more addictive than drugs. Still returning after licensure.

    Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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    BEC 80 (10/23/15)
    FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
    REG 52 (4/28/15)
    AUD (9/9/16)

    Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

    #1499652
    letsrun4it
    Participant

    I think a lot of people on here perceive a little too much. You don't know whether a section is easy-medium-hard. You don't. You're guessing.

    AUD - 86
    BEC - 85
    FAR - 76
    REG - 78
    DONE!

    BEC: 85
    REG: 74, 78
    AUD: 86
    FAR: October?

    #1499677
    LD
    Participant

    @letsrun4it true I'm assuming they weren't hard because they weren't very long at all. Pretty straightforward definitions/calculations. I didn't come close to running out of time. So either I'm a genius or I failed 😿

    AUD - 83
    BEC - 85
    FAR - 80
    REG - 75
    Done!! Woohoo!
    #1499761
    ipadminihalf
    Participant

    I had this happen on AUD and FAR, where I had sort of a mind trip because I thought it didn't get “harder”. I even finished FAR (2nd & passing attempt) with 40 minutes left and thought I was doomed. It is quite possible that you know the information well enough that the “harder” questions made no difference to you. With REG and BEC where I felt they got noticeably harder, and I ended up getting higher scores on AUD and FAR, go figure.

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    REG - 2/19/16 - 77!
    BEC - 4/16/16 - 79!!
    AUD - 6/04/16 - 84!!!
    FAR - 8/31/16

    #1499766
    Gary
    Participant

    I stopped halfway through the exam and almost punched a wall because I was sure I failed, and I did fine. Don't worry about it!

    AUD - 89
    BEC - 84
    FAR - 89
    REG - 90
    AUD - 89

    FAR - 89

    BEC - 84

    REG - 90

    YES!

    AUD 8/18/16
    FAR 11/16
    BEC 1/17
    REG 2/17

    #1499938
    LD
    Participant

    thank you everyone! i really appreciate the reassurances!

    AUD - 83
    BEC - 85
    FAR - 80
    REG - 75
    Done!! Woohoo!
    #1500114
    rossch201
    Participant

    I had a weird test experience… The MCQ were a mix of hard/easy.. but there were some simple calc mcq's that I just could not get the answer on the page to… not sure if I just forgot a step or what.. just very very weird.

    Also my SIMS were INCREDIBLY easy… like spooky weird easy.

    really easy

    #1500121
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I took FAR today as well and had pretty much the opposite experience. MCQs were like “Seriously, wth!?” The TBS (even DRS) didn't seem too bad. We'll find out in just over a week! Hopefully we both nailed it and can move on!

    #1500133
    rossch201
    Participant

    I thought the SIMs were oddly easy? One of them was so simple, I kept trying to figure out WTH I was missing, but with everything provided I couldn't figure it out. It was just basic I guess.

    #1500273
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    These tests are beyond strange. I quit trying to figure out the logic behind them a long long time ago. But anyway yes, in answer to the OP's question, my FAR testlets were all of easy questions. It got easier and easier as I went along. By the time I was done with those 90 questions, it was like a voice was saying to me “You didn't do well, so we didn't give you anything harder or your head might've exploded.” I got some easy SIMs but I didn't do well on them enough to pass. Or, maybe I did do well on them and the MCQ killed my score. Who knows. But yeah, if you think you got three easy testlets, you probably did. And if you did, it simply means that you have to do very well on the SIMs in order to pass.

    I don't know if this was your first attempt at FAR or your first exam ever, but at least now you know what to expect if you do have to re-take it. Yup, people underestimate the number of IFRS, Govt, and Nonprofit questions and that's why they test on them the heaviest.

    To be very honest, my enthusiasm for getting the CPA just seems to be less and less every day. I don't have much incentive or motivation to keep at it, but since I've paid for the review course and the exams already (I foolishly paid for them all at once, so I have to take them all this year)….I might as well just keep going, in hopes that someday I do find the motivation that I pretty well lost after finishing the FAR review course. I'm glad I'm not one of those twentysomethings whose life and career are riding on passing the CPA exam.

    #1500367
    evyng15
    Participant

    Hi,

    I took FAR earlier this month and passed. I actually thought all of my testlets were easy since they were all comparable to one another (while sims were definitely on another level… couldn't even answer research smh). There were a few questions that I saw on all three testlets (different numbers but exact same concept) and it was in my third testlet when I realized that I had screwed them up on the first two HA… but I ended up scoring stronger in multiple choice in general, and specifically in all categories except for governmental which I scored comparable in.

    Out of all four exams, AUD is the only one where I really had a good grasp of how I was doing (thought I did well, ended up doing well). The other three, I could have sworn I had gotten all easy testlets but ended up passing them all, always scoring stronger in multiple choice as well (but always comparable in sims HA).

    So keep your head up because you never know 🙂

    #1500379
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I got “Stronger” in Govt and Nonprofit and still failed FAR. Too bad they could not have given me a 75 just because of that!! Although, what does Stronger/Weaker/Comparable even mean in the grand scheme of things? Absolutely nothing. So why do they give us a score report with that useless information? Because it is meaningless, just like the rest of the exam. There's no rhyme or reason to any of it.

    #1507879
    LD
    Participant

    I just checked and found out I got an 80. full disclosure – I left the test with 2 hours and 15 minutes left on the clock. Goes to show you, you really just don't know until you know!

    AUD - 83
    BEC - 85
    FAR - 80
    REG - 75
    Done!! Woohoo!
    #1508040
    Wannafree
    Participant

    @Lczarnecka congratulations !! can you please give some details how you managed to finish in less then 2 hours ? I am slow taker and want to know how you managed SIMs because I need 2 hours for SIM ?

    WannaB
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