[.]

I’m trying to study for BEC in a short amount of time, before Q3 closes. Test is on Friday. I have a feeling I will not be able to do all of the Ninja MCQs (1367). I was able to finish all of them for FAR, REG, and AUD. Probably not this time though….. I’m not able to do more than 200-220 questions per day.

I do the questions by topic and only do “new questions” normally. This seems to have worked on FAR & REG (still waiting on the AUD score). I’m thinking of just leaving the IT section for last and if I run out of time for IT, oh well. It’s 26% of the questions but only supposed to be 17% of the score for BEC (similar to business law on REG).

Note: This is after doing the reading and assigned questions in CPAExcel. I’m finishing off those tonight.

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

[Oedipus Tex]

Gleim prepared me very well for IT. For all of BEC really.

[Pete E. Rino]

I will have to see how Becker did when I take the test on Wednesday. Don't neglect IT. Everyone has been saying IT has been hit hard lately this quarter. That and COSO

[Ryan]

I used CPA excel and ninja mcq. 95% of the IT/COSO questions I was seeing for the first time. Very frustrating…

AUD - 93
BEC - 85
FAR - 85
REG - 85

 

[RE2PECT]

I felt the same as Ryan except I used Roger and Ninja. I also did a bunch of questions on cpareviewforfee and didn't see anything like what was on the exam.

"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."

Roger & Ninja

FAR: 75
AUD: 73, 81
BEC: 71, 73, 82
REG: 68, 82

FAR: 75 Roger & Ninja (notes/flashcards/audio/MCQ)
AUD: 73, 81
BEC: 71, retake 8/29
REG:

[SaveBandit]

Poorly. Used becker and ninja. Still passed, though.

AUD - 94
BEC - 86
FAR - 85
REG - 90

If you pray enough, you can turn yourself into a cat person.

4 for 4

FAR 85
AUD 94
BEC 86
REG 90

[MaLoTu]

I used Becker and got stronger 2 out of 4 times (yes 4 times) on the information systems portion, with the last 2 attempts being stronger; passing #4). I don't think any program truly prepares you for the weird questions they throw at you. I am with save bandit, Becker for BEC is not the best, but I don't have any other program to compare it to.

Almost always from my phone... please excuse my typos!

All 4 passed - 2016

CA CPA

[Duskfall]

Roger and Ninja MCQ didn't prepare me for IT or internal control really. I will find out if I passed on the 9th. It is very strange how foreign the exam was to me

• FAR - 81 - JUN 7th, 2016
• BEC - 85 - AUG 23rd, 2016
• AUD- 80 - OCT 5th, 2016
• REG- 77 - DEC 2nd, 2016

 

FAR - 07/07/2016 - 81
BEC - 08/23/2016
AUD - 10/05/2016
REG - 11/23/2016

[.]

The IT sections of CPAExcel….the terms just all sound like gobbledygook to me. Most of the internal control/COSO stuff is very similar to what I learned in AUD, so not too bad.

Got too exhausted last night to continue with “Strategic Planning- Budget and Analysis” Ninja MCQs, so I finished off “Corporate Governance” instead.

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

[Hurricane]

I think Wiley did a good job of preparing me for the IT stuff. They almost covered it too much. I was getting really tired of studying IT because I find it to be very boring.

AUD - 97
BEC - 88
FAR - 88
REG - 82

AUD - 96
BEC - 88
FAR - 88
REG - TBS

[.]

The plan in operation now is Finance/Strategic Planning/Operations Management from when I wake up until I get pooped out. Then I switch to IT/Economics a few hours before bedtime since they require less brain power and IT is just blunt memorization.

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

[bhunt815]

I thought Becker did fine preparing me for COSO, and it likely did a good job with IT but I don't think I valued IT enough to study it as much as I should have. I passed, but some of the IT stuff was like a foreign language once I got the test. I suspect it was all right there in Becker and I just didn't study enough though.

AUD - 79
BEC - 81
FAR - 84
REG - 78

Becker Self Study supplemented with Ninja MCQ's for BEC and REG.

Licensed CPA in Louisiana.

FAR 04/11/2016 - 84
AUD 05/12/2016 - 79
BEC 07/06/2016 - 81
REG 08/29/2016

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