@mtaylo24 Everyone reacts differently to these exams – it could be that you got a bad batch of questions on a lot of your sittings, that didn't really test what you'd studied hard on. The more I read about people's experiences, the more I am convinced of the random aspect of the CPA exams. It's just impossible to compare oneself to any other test taker.
Gleim's BEC seems like it's way more thorough and complete than Roger's. I studied Chapter 1 of Roger and just gave up (switched gears and did AUD instead.) His BEC book is way slimmer than Gleim's and it does not cover nearly as much ground. And, he's known to not be good for BEC. Which I wish I'd known a year ago when I plunked down so much money for his course.
REG – I'm tossed up about it at this point but it's going to be awhile before I even take it anyway. My NTS (for all 4 exams) expires in August and I don't have time to do REG before
August. I am barely gonna be done with BEC. Then I have to re-take FAR (failed in January), before I totally forget all the stuff.
Gleim puts CIA and CMA questions on his CPA review courses? That's crazy. Yeah of course there's some overlap but c'mon, if the question isn't specific to CPA, don't recycle it.
I know Gleim has been out there for longer than the vast majority of us on here have even been alive but you have to keep the review courses current. He probably doesn't think he
needs to do that though because plenty of people still pass using his course.
People do say that Gleim is hell and I've seen a good number on here who said they messed up on the Gleim “Exam Rehearsal” (wth?? lol) and yet still passed the real exam because it was way easier than the Gleim one. Having sat for FAR and AUD now, and having seen Gleim's questions, I'm not surprised that people have a rough time on Gleim and yet still pass. Even though your scores aren't amazingly high, you've improved consistently.