[Anonymous]

Hi,

I just applied BEC & REG. I am thinking to take one in February and the other in March. Should I take REG before BEC, or the other way?
It looks like many people think REG is harder than BEC. How many weeks will be good for studying each of the two?
I currently use Gleim but I may add some other materials. Is Becker text good for the study of BEC & REG?
Are there any heavy tested topics in these two sections?
Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks Ninja forum.

[Tim]

I would take BEC first since there's a decent overlap between it and AUD that you just took.

FAR - 97 (10/12/17)
BEC - 95 (01/15/18)
AUD - 88 (04/06/18)
REG - 89 (11/16/18)

[jenpen]

I think BEC is harder than REG, but that's just me. I took REG first and then BEC this window, and since I passed REG and not BEC, I'd say that gamble paid off for me to be able to turn around and continue studying now for my rematch with BEC.

The first time I took REG I spent around 6-7 weeks studying. I used Ninja books and MCQs and felt well prepared. This time, I just hammered Ninja MCQs for about 4 weeks and still felt pretty prepared.

For BEC, I studied for about 2 weeks last year (full time, I took off work) and used Wiley. This year I studied for about 4 weeks and hammered Ninja MCQs. I did not feel prepared going into this exam, but I knew I was super weak on a couple key topics. Key topics to know here are COSO and IT.

AUD - 85
BEC - 84
FAR - 82
REG - 78

Ethics - 95
Licensed in IL & MO

AUD - 56 - 68 - 61 - 9/8/16
REG - 75
FAR - 7/15/16
BEC - TBD

Wiley CPAexcel and NINJA 10 Point Combo

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