[QueenCPA]

Hi All,

I just took REG and Oh my gosh! I think I failed 🙁

Its sad that I might have to retake this test with the new format.

Breakdown

MCQ’s were fair overall – marked a bunch, guessed on a few, but was confident on most.

SIMS! Oh my God – those sims were brutal 🙁

Research was good although I spent 20 mins to find the answer but I am quite sure about that.

The other 5 sims , I don’t know what to think. Totally guessed on one without any reasoning.
2 out of the 4, I was 60% sure but the other 2, may be 40-50%.

Has anyone had a similar experience and still ended up passing ?

Please advice!!!!

 

"And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful .Yes, make our efforts successful"

Amen 🙂

[shawn in VA]

I barely got by with a 75 and had a similar experience – this was last year. Felt okay (not great) on the MCQ. Sims completely brutal but def. got the research right. A couple of SIMS I probably got 50/50, the rest were educated guesses (no blind guesses).

I would say you are right on the borderline

AUD - 84
BEC - 81
FAR - NINJA in Training
REG - 75

AUD - 84

BEC-  81

REG-75

FAR- TBD

[cpaMD86]

@QueenCPA I pray that your performance pushed you through to a 75+.

The SIMs are what worry me as well heading into my test day. I go back and forth w/ actually doing practice SIMs, and wonder if the practice will even be useful. :\ I've been practicing them in Ninja, Wiley, and Roger.

AUD - 80
BEC - 80
FAR - 82
REG - 79

Be willing to be inconvenienced for your conviction.

Roger/Ninja MCQ/Ninja Notes

FAR: 9/3

[garciarb]

My REG SIMS were insane and I had convinced myself I had failed. I ended up passing with a 76 on the second try. Don't sweat it – you may be happily surprised.

BEC - 81
AUD - 79
REG - June 2016 (Thanks Nasba!)
FAR - ugh

[QueenCPA]

Thank you all!

I am just hoping the one I guessed 100% on is Pre-Test.

Any other person had a similar experience and passed?

 

"And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful .Yes, make our efforts successful"

Amen 🙂

[WVUCPAHopeful]

@QueenCPA- I took the exam today and had a similar experience. I didn't have to flat out guess on the SIMs, but I certainly did not feel 100% about any of them. I am pretty sure I got the research question, but who knows. Fingers crossed we did enough today to squeeze by!!

Were you able to your the Authoritative Literature for any of them? I had enough time where I could use the AL to help me figure out the answer or at least a very educated guess.

AUD - 86
BEC - 76
FAR - 82
REG - 79

These exams make me want to switch professions! 😊

[Anonymous]

My experience was similar to you.

2nd Attempt(Took in Feb – 2017)

SIMS :
1 SIM – All answers correct
DRS – Ran out of time – Not able to complete it.
Research – Took 20 minutes. Not sure whether correct or not
3 SIMS – Random topics and took a wild guess.Just filled some figures.
Scored 86.

1st Attempt(Took in Dec 2016)

SIMS
Research was correct.
DRS – I think partial correct.
4 SIMS – Wild guess. Don't even remember the topics.Just filled some figures.
Scored 72.

MCQ's did well in the second attempt and poorly in 1st attempt. I felt SIMS was the same 1st and 2nd attempt.

Hope you will pass. All the best 🙂

[JBeaty0507]

My experience wasn't exactly like yours (I felt better about sims and worse on multiple choice) but it is the only exam I could have literally broke down and cried during the middle of. I feel like your feeling coming out of the exam doesn't necessarily constitute how it went. I know it's hard, but no need to worry about it until you get a score. When I got my passing REG scored I was so excited!!

AUD - 87
BEC - 89
FAR - 85
REG - 78

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

[QueenCPA]

Thank you All!

I am seriously hoping for a miracle.

@WVUCPAHopeful: I was able to use the AL for some of the sims but I totally ran out of time and couldn't find anything pertaining to the sim I guessed on 100%.

@esenthil: Hopefully my testimony will be similar to yours

Any other person had a similar experience and was surprised with a passing score?

March 8th needs to come quick!!!

 

"And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful .Yes, make our efforts successful"

Amen 🙂

[QueenCPA]

Hey Everyone!

Thanks for the support !

Ended up with 83!!

 

"And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful .Yes, make our efforts successful"

Amen 🙂

[nk522]

I started crying during the REG exam, left the center and cried even more…ended up passing. I feel your pain right now, waiting is the worst part but with these exams it's really hard to predict your score.
Wish you the best of luck!

AUD- PASSED 11/16

BEC- PASSED 12/16

REG- PASSED 1/17

FAR- PASSED 3/17

[Anonymous]

Congrats @QueenCPA 🙂

[AMERICANDREAM]

I just checked my score. I thought I had failed badly but passed with an 88… Similar thing happened to me with FAR. My REG breakdown is as follows:

1st testlet: felt easy, but I was not confident with my answers. I thought to myself “hmm, these look too easy…” but kept going.
2nd testlet: did not get difficult at all, so I thought I didn't do well on the previous testlet.
3rd testlet: got a bit difficult but couldn't really tell.
SIM: out of 6 questions, I was confident with half of the questions (including research). But the other 3 questions, I wasn't so sure (I knew I didn't do well on 1 of them). I just tried my best, relaxed, tried to remember the concepts I had picked up from my study and finished the exam.

I guess my point is: YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET.

AUD - 92
BEC - NINJA in Training
FAR - 90
REG - 88

If you think you failed, you passed.

[Wannafree]

@QueenCPA congratulations !you are giving hope to others.

WannaB

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