Taking 4 Sections in 6 Days - Page 2

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    Nate
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    Hello all,

    I’ve spent a lot of time lurking on the forums while avoiding studying and figured it was time for me to contribute. Here is some of my preparation experience and a few study tips.

    I have been studying full-time over the summer. I did an internship during the busy season, saved all of my money, and have generous parents that let me stay at home for free. If you have the opportunity to study this way I definitely recommend it! I can’t imagine doing this on top of a full-time job.

    I applied for my NTS and it took 11 weeks and one day to get it back. I called and emailed twice. Every time I got a prompt response but it did nothing to speed up the process. Make sure to apply as early as possible! Because of this, I am now having to take four sections in six days in order to fit the exams into Q3.

    Becker is all I have used to study. Overall, I feel the material is very good. Specifically, I find the explanations to the MCQ’s (including the see lecture function) and the Skill Master videos for the TBS’s to be very helpful. I don’t find the lectures very beneficial. To me, it seems they just read what the book says. If you decide to watch the lectures, I recommend watching them on 1.5 or 1.75 speed. It saves a lot of time and it is still easy to keep up if you pay full attention.

    Here are the details of my approach to each section so far:

    FAR – Watched all of the lectures, did all of the skills practice, did all of the MCQ’s, TBS’s and practice tests, watched all of the skill master videos. Then did progress tests in sets of 30 to review/keep the material fresh. Did 6,626 MCQ’s total with progress tests trending at 87% correct. Practice test scores: 1 – 71%, 2 – 77%, 3 – 87%. Areas that make me nervous are non-monetary transactions and deferred income taxes.

    AUD – Read the textbook, did all of the MCQ’s, TBS’s and practice tests. Then did progress tests in sets of 30. Did 4,816 MCQ’s total with progress tests trending at 91%. Practice test scores: 1 – 87%, 2- 78%, 3 – 92%. Sampling is the area that makes me nervous.

    BEC – Read the textbook, did all of the MCQ’s, TBS’s and one practice test. Then did progress tests in sets of 30. Did 3,965 MCQ’s total with progress tests trending at 90%. Practice test score: 1 – 85%. IT is the section I am worried about.

    REG – Did all of the MCQ’s and TBS’s twice. Then did progress tests in sets of 32. Did 4,757 MCQ’s total with progress tests trending at 90%. Worried about non-monetary transactions and AMT.

    Overall, I find hammering MCQ’s and reading the explanations the best way to study. I cut out more and more of the other stuff as I went along. For REG, I only read the textbook when I used the “See Lecture” function in the MCQ’s. I also stopped taking practice tests because I feel the results either stressed me out or made me overconfident. When it comes down to it, you don’t know what material you will see on test day and you have to prepare for it all.

    I will keep hammering progress tests and then go over my weak sections in detail as my final review. I am nervous to sit for all sections so close together but feel I am well prepared–just ready to take them finally!

    Hope this helps and best of luck to everyone on their exams!

    AUD - 99
    BEC - 93
    FAR - 97
    REG - 95
    😁
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  • #1983014
    Pork Flavored Bacon
    Participant

    Congratulations on your achievement. On to the next challenge!

    FAR - 75 | REG - 87 | AUD - 82 | LAW - 81

    #1983167
    Preksha
    Participant

    @Nate Congratulations! I'm in the same boat as you were and I will definitely follow your study technique! Thank you! 🙂

    AUD - 77
    BEC - 85
    FAR - 90
    REG - 88
    " All you need is the plan, the road map and the courage to press on to your destination"  - Earl Nightingale
    #1983230
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Dang man.. I wish I had your tenacity for studying. If i just actually buckled down I'd be done already. Best of luck!

    #1983242
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Congrats on achieving the all-illusive EWS, much less in 6 days. You definitely put in the work, but you are a very gifted person. Whoever you are going to work for is lucky to have you.

    #1984220
    geevee
    Participant

    Congrats Nate!

     

    AUD - Passed, 2018-June
    BEC - Passed, 2018-August
    FAR - Passed, 2018-September
    REG - Passed, 2018-September

     

    "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13

    #1984289
    Recked
    Participant

    Well done!!!
    Nice scores!!

    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)

    #1984319
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Wow-you should be in the CPA Guinness World of Records-that's amazing! Congrats on being done!

    #1984787
    Nate
    Participant

    Thanks everyone!

    AUD - 99
    BEC - 93
    FAR - 97
    REG - 95
    😁
    #1984802
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    so awesome! congrats!!

    #1984973
    Cheeks Malone
    Participant

    This is pretty damn impressive. Being able to not work and purely study is a huge key to passing all these exams on the first try.
    However, 4 exams in 6 days is insanely impressive. How you kept that amount of knowledge in your brain for all four sections at once is awesome.
    Great job my dude!

    AUD - 86
    BEC - 82
    FAR - 86
    REG - 82
    Ethics - 100

     

    "We lib a play anutha day."

    -Farmer Fran

    #1984994
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    So Adam, eating some humble pie? Try not to be so rude next time…and congrats to you Nate!

    #1985027
    Cheeks Malone
    Participant

    I just added up all of my study time – approx. 1,100 hours spent on Wiley. That's approx. 45 days. While the task seems crazy big, if you're not working and you can just study all summer, this is possible…not advisable 🙂 but possible.
    Again, great job OP!

    AUD - 86
    BEC - 82
    FAR - 86
    REG - 82
    Ethics - 100

     

    "We lib a play anutha day."

    -Farmer Fran

    #1987808
    Madhav
    Participant

    @NATE is this real or Fake?

    AUD - 76
    BEC - 75
    FAR - 76
    REG - 77
    FINISHED.    "If I can do it, so can you".- ME.

    LEO MESSI:GOAT

     

    Ethics: WA: 93, AICPA: 93

    #2003963
    CPA2be
    Participant

    @Nate, your scores are impressive. Congratulations!
    The fact that you attempted all 4 sections in such a short period and scoring all above 90s is admirable. Even if you retain all the information, one still feels pressure of the exams (and you had 4 to deal with), but you managed to pull it off with confidence and how!
    Your study plan and confidence showed that you had put in all effort and dedication that was required for such great scores.
    Congratulations again!

    AUD - 84
    BEC - NINJA in Training
    FAR - 92
    REG - 91
    Consistency is the key!
    #2004557
    Nate
    Participant

    This is far more impressive than getting all 99's when taking a section each quarter, 4 sections in 6 days with those scores? I didn't even know that was possible. I'm definitely at best the second best Nate on this forum! Way to go fellow Nate, incredible accomplishment!

    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
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