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September 9, 2016 at 1:41 pm #831217jueporoParticipant
how long does it usually take? I am studying full time.
What study material did you use? what’s the best one?FAR-81
AUD-88
BEC-75
REG-1/26/17A: 64 71 88!
F: 72 69 65 81!
B: 70
R:
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September 9, 2016 at 1:52 pm #831289Just_Trying_To_PassParticipant
I had a busy summer before I started full-time. Moved a girlfriend across the country, enjoyed my last summer of freedom at our cottage, played plenty of golf and drank. I was “studying full-time” but I don't think I qualified for that. I started studying for REG the last week of June after I passed BEC. I took the test Aug 31, after delaying it about 2.5 weeks (Assurance 1 training sucked the life out of me). There were about 3 times within that span that I totally stopped studying for 5 days at a time (don't recommend). So if I were to have stuck to a disciplined plan I would say 6 weeks is GENERALLY enough time. I passed with an 83 and used Becker.
BEC: 70, 83
REG: 8/13/16
FAR:
AUD:September 11, 2016 at 5:22 pm #833482AnonymousInactiveI work full time and studied six to eight weeks per section. Banged out one per window and took breaks in between. I could have compressed it but I need to get one year of experience for the license so why rush?
September 11, 2016 at 9:38 pm #833698monikerncParticipanti worked full time and studied a few hours a day, all day on weekends, took all but last two friday nights off, for 8 weeks. i had about 110 hours on ninja mcq dashboard and read the ninja book. used other sites that i googled, some youtube videos, and the AL.
exam mcq's were very straightforward and as expected – the sims were leftfield. got an 88 first attempt.
it took awhile for basis concepts to really kick in for me for all the entities. once that happened, the rest of the review was repetition of concepts and calculations.AUD - 93
BEC - 82
FAR - 76
REG - 88How have you been?
Ninja book and MCQs and the forum, all first try! 2016
Licensed State of Montana April Fool’s Day 2020
State of Colorado June 2020 - AICPA Ethics 93
Experience was the worst part of the journey for me. You?
If you want things to change you have to do something different.FAR 7/25/15 76!
AUD 10/30/15 93
BEC 2/27/16 82
REG 5/23/16 88!
Ninja Book and MCQ and the forum - all the way!!!
and a little thing i like to call, time and effort!
if you want things to change, you have to do something differentSeptember 11, 2016 at 10:33 pm #833752mtaylo24ParticipantIve been studying Regulation since last November…working full time w/ needy kid, wife, friends, family, and coworkers (and auditors), its completely subjective…
Studied from Nov 20 to Feb 15 focusing on Reg and only Reg and got a 55 (Gleim)
Studied from May 10 to May 27 and got a 69 (Gleim and the Wiley book)
Studied from Aug 7 to Aug 27 and got a 74 (some Gleim, mostly Ninja)I'm stuck in CPA hell, so I wouldn't rely on my opinion much
CPA (2017)REG: 75
BEC: 76
FAR: 77
AUD: 78
CMA (2019)
P1: 380
P2: 360
AUD - 1st - 60 (12/12), 61 (2/13), 61 (8/13), 78! (11/15)
REG - 55 (2/16) 69 (5/16) Retake(8/16)
BEC - 71(5/16) Retake (9/16)
FAR - (8/16)September 11, 2016 at 10:55 pm #833758.Participant6 weeks, not working. I'm not the most efficient at studying and my brain hurts if I try to shove too much in it at once, so you probably could do it in 4-5 weeks. I used CPAExcel/Ninja MCQ and passed. If I were to do it all over again, I'd probably use Gleim or just Ninja. Becker is too expensive and I don't watch videos, so I wouldn't use Roger.
FAR- 88- 6/16- (Ninja Avg. 74%)
REG- 89- 7/16- (Ninja Avg. 77%)
AUD- 95- 8/16- (Ninja Avg. 81%)
BEC- 82- 9/16- (Ninja Avg. 75%)
[Wiley CPAExcel + Ninja MCQ]Finally licensed.
FAR - June 2016 - 88
REG - July 2016 - 89
AUD - Aug 2016 - review phase currently
BEC - Sep 2016 -Wiley CPA Excel & Ninja MCQ
September 12, 2016 at 4:52 am #833845melody_pinaycpaParticipantI studied for 3 months and 6 days. My plan was to study 2-3 hours on week nights and 4-6 hours during weekends but it was not the case because work has been very demanding lately which includes working on weekends most of the time and bringing a flash drive home to meet deadlines. I was using Ninja as my main review materials then I switched to Gleim (for this retake) and occasionally used Ninja notes and book (thanks to free update).
FAR - 88
AUD - 86
BEC - 82
REG - 73, 70, 82FAR (Apr 2015) - 88
AUD (July 2015) - 86
BEC (Oct 2015) - 82
REG - 73, 70, retake Sept 2016September 12, 2016 at 11:00 am #834007bhunt815ParticipantI work full time and have a family and I studied for 6 weeks and passed it. I passed it with a 78, but I passed it nonetheless 🙂
AUD - 79
BEC - 81
FAR - 84
REG - 78FAR 04/11/2016 - 84
AUD 05/12/2016 - 79
BEC 07/06/2016 - 81
REG 08/29/2016September 12, 2016 at 1:19 pm #834151AnonymousInactiveI passed REG with an 88. I feel like I put more time into REG than I did for FAR.
I used Gleim , which I feel did a great job of preparing me. The SIM's in Gleim were really difficult compared to the real thing in my opinion.
September 12, 2016 at 2:18 pm #834220SkiBum1990Participant“the mind can only absorb as much as the seat can take!”
–I'm currently studying for REG/working full-time…dreading the SIMS from hell on October test day.. *sigh*
B - 79
A - 68, 70 (UGH)
R - Oct
F - Nov"The mind can only absorb as much as the seat can take"
"The mind can only absorb as much as the seat can take"
B - 79
A - 68, __ (got bumped from Aug 4 release to Aug 23-THANKS AICPA)
R - Oct
F - Nov (HA! 1 month to study working full-time; love NTS rules)September 12, 2016 at 2:30 pm #834232shakil127ParticipantI failed REG twice before passing it in the last window of 2015. The First time I failed because I only studied 40% of all Becker material and did not study business law at all. The second time I failed because of a family crisis and took the exam anyway since it was already paid. The third time I studied 80% of all tax MCQ in Becker once and 40% of all business law MCQ. I study really slow but take the time to know why an answer is correct or wrong. In my third attempt, I also used the Becker Final review which was paid by my employer and it summarizes all the concepts nicely for the last week of the exam. One of the thing I personally found very important is to be able to go over every concept before the exam. Since there is so much material, the challenge is to remember all different concepts. I found Ninja Note and audio to be very useful.
AUD - 81
BEC - 83
FAR - 78
REG - 78Need to pass REG and AUDBEC-77
AUD-66,72,82
REG-66,64(Q3 2015),80 (11/30/2015)September 17, 2016 at 9:46 am #837865Determined24Participant@bornontheblue
I am currently at chapter 3 in Gleim. The info seems a lot. How can I work through their 20 series and zoom in on what's to really know?
How did you memorize all that for the exam and How long did you study for per work day and weekends ?
I feel like I am running out of timeAll or Nothing -
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