Moving forward after a failure

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  • #1741214
    MantisAlfredo
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    So, failed my first section, FAR, by 5 points. Don’t have any other exams scheduled yet, have been studying for Audit for about a week. How would you guys go forward? Should I stop Audit studying and just go back to FAR? Continue with Audit? What are everyone’s experiences?

    AUD - 78
    BEC - NINJA in Training
    FAR - 88
    REG - 81
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  • #1741229
    Nate
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    I would personally go back to FAR, if you got a 70 then you aren't that far from passing. A refresher and learning some of the topics you struggled with should be more than enough to get a 75. I say schedule FAR ASAP and get it out of the way while you still have most of the material fresh in your brain.

    AUD: 54 (10/31/15); 83 (12/02/17)
    BEC: 70 (01/31/16); 90 (07/02/17)
    FAR: 73 (10/03/15); 88 (02/17/18)
    REG: 83 (06/09/18)
    AICPA Ethics: 91 (06/28/18)
    Licensed: 08/16/18
    #1741238
    Recked
    Participant

    Go back to FAR asap.

    Memento Mori - Kingston NY CPA & EA (SUNY Albany 2002)

    FAR-93 11/9/17 (10wks, 250 hrs, Roger 1800+ MCQs, Gleim TB 600+MCQs, SIMs)
    AUD-88 12/7/17 (3 wks, 85 hrs, Roger 1000 MCQs no SIMs hail mary)
    REG-96 1/18/18 (6 wks, 110 hrs, 1400 MCQs, no SIMs)
    BEC-91 2/16/18 (4wks, 90 hrs, 1240 MCQs)

    #1741242
    NYSCPA
    Participant

    I would keep study FAR till I Pass then move on to the next section

    FAR- Passed

    AUD- Passed

    REG- Passed

    BEC- Passed

    #1741247
    Go.For.Broke
    Participant

    @Mantisalfredo , Normally, I would say continue with AUD, take AUD, then go back to FAR. That's what I did. However, I had been studying AUD for 4 weeks when my failing FAR score (73) came out. I therefore continued with AUD, took it, and then went back to FAR.

    Since you've only been on AUD for 1 week, I say count your losses and jump back to FAR.

    AUD - 77
    BEC - 75
    FAR - 78
    REG - 77
    Finished.  Praise be to the Almighty!
    #1741284
    Nikki374
    Participant

    I think you should go back to FAR and study it while it's still somewhat fresh. There is still plenty of time to schedule it in the second quarter. Just make sure that you won't lose your Audit NTS.

    Never give up!

    FAR - 84 (11/13/17)

    AUD - 82 (5/3/17)

    REG - 75 (1/27/18)

    BEC - 75 (4/29/18)

    Surgent CPA Review only

    LICENSED IN OH

    #1741286
    tygolfer
    Participant

    100% go back to FAR. Also, don't go into it thinking you only need 5 more points. What you did on your first exam means nothing towards how you will do on your next one. Good luck!

    AUD - 92
    BEC - 84
    FAR - 77
    REG - 89
    MDS CPA Review and Ninja MCQ for final review 2 weeks prior to each exam

     

    #1741616
    jeff
    Keymaster

    This may help: https://www.another71.com/failed-cpa-exam-how-to-recover-and-pass/

    AUD - 79
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 76
    REG - 92
    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS)
    NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE | Another71
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