[DZagt]

Wow. I’ve never guessed/not sure on an exam so much n my life. I saw a bunch of question formats that I did not experience on Becker or NINJA. Really disappointed, I felt like I didn’t have a chance man.I think I did ok on the WC, but other than that I BOMBED the MCQs. I was Avg 81/Trending 83 on NINJA (1700 questions) and average 85-90s on Becker progress tests. I was not prepared for that…also a lot of calculations!

AUD - 92
BEC - 90
FAR - 83
REG - 88

DONE!

[jms10101]

@DZagt…your experience was much like mine. Our scores are similar, we both obviously know what we are doing, and our tests measures scant little of what we were taught. Our saving grace may be that most other candidates are reporting similar experiences. But that exam was not a reflection of what we truly covered in our preparation.

AUD - 94
BEC - 81
FAR - 77
REG - 88

First Time Pass. No Failures on the Exams.

[DZagt]

I couldn't have said it better myself. Spent countless hours studying for things that weren't even mentioned. I probably put in close to 300 hrs studying total for this exam the fact that I can run into questions I've never seen is inexplicable.I dont expect to get everything right but I do expect to have SOME idea of what questions are asking even if Im not comfortable with the concept.

AUD - 92
BEC - 90
FAR - 83
REG - 88

DONE!

[misoc23]

I had a different experience. My calc questions I felt prepared for but all concept questions like IT and others matters were all over the place. Ended with a 74 🙁

[DZagt]

That sucks man. This was my hardest test hands down.

AUD - 92
BEC - 90
FAR - 83
REG - 88

DONE!

[misoc23]

did you only use ninja? I was using becker and ninja

[DZagt]

I used Becker and NINJA. Very disappointed, I think I used NINJA too much.

AUD - 92
BEC - 90
FAR - 83
REG - 88

DONE!

[thunderthor24]

Took BEC today too it was my first exam….I didn't have enough time to finish the last written response, not sure how it will be graded because I decided to write my closing paragraph and then come back to finish my last body paragraph. So my last body paragraph ends mid sentence.

With the MC I feel like mine went medium, then difficult, them back to medium

Similar to OP, I have never felt so unsure… Besides the hiccup on my last written, I feel as if I could've scored in the 90s or the 60s

[bigcore20]

So i took BEC back in Q3 (when the aicpa gives easier testlets and doesnt adjust pass rates), and got a 92. I can tell you this kind of thing happens a lot with bec, it's a junk drawer. I didnt think i passed but i got a pleasant surprise. Dont beat yourself up, it's the weirdest exam out of the 4 ans difficult to gauge. Based on your other scores you should be more than fine. Despite everything, people pass it more than any other one.

[LTTX]

I took it today too. I never felt so defeated about a test. I told my husband that I felt like I studied for the wrong test, because it felt like I guessed on half. I spent so much time with calculations on the MCQ's that I ran out of tine on the written portion. I had to write the 3rd one in 3 minutes.

Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised but I'm preparing for the worst.

AUD - 88
BEC - 78
FAR - 79
REG - NINJA in Training

Just keep swimming

FAR - 79 - 5/16/16
AUD - Aug 16
BEC - Nov 16
REG - Feb 17

[stephtoplinski]

Took BEC today for the first time. Really have no clue how I did. Written wasn't as bad as I expected but wasn't what I prepared for from Roger. The calc MCQ were mostly what I expected, although there were things I studied and then didn't see. However my IT corp gov and other random topics were all over the place and difficult. Not sure how to tell if I got a difficult after my med first set of questions.

[aaronmo]

I'm not going to bother describing the experience – it's an echo chamber. Lots of WTF is that? I definitely did feel the exam get harder in 2 and 3…so that's a good sign.

AUD - 96
BEC - 84
FAR - 89
REG - 86

Aaron and always remember, YMMV

I profit from your CPE frustration. You're welcome.

[alexio senchez]

I took BEC yesterday as well and probably had some of the same testlets as the OP. WC was not bad – all the topics were asking about common business situations, but I had little time to do them because it took me 2.5 hours to make it through all the MCQs.

Mostly, the MCQs were not long, but the majority of them required re-reading several times in order to understand what is being asked. I am strong in reading, writing, and comprehension, but these questions were something wicked.

Some of the terminology in the MCQs I had never seen before. Also, there were several MCQs where the introductory sentence/paragraph had NOTHING to do with the next one-line sentence question.

[NoCoast]

Took BEC this morning, and had the same reaction as everyone in this thread. I thought the WC was pretty easy, but the MCQ's were out of no where. Alot of topics not hit in either Ninja or Becker. Left the exam feeling very uneasy, but feel better now others had the same experience. I hope we all get some good news next week!

BEC- 77
AUD- 75
REG- 81
FAR- 76

FAR: 76
AUD: 75
BEC: 07/16
REG: TBD

[aaronmo]

Words can't express how much I want this to be over.

AUD - 96
BEC - 84
FAR - 89
REG - 86

Aaron and always remember, YMMV

I profit from your CPE frustration. You're welcome.

[So FAR So Good]

Pardon me if anything to follow is slightly incoherent. I've been drinking heavily since 3pm, which is when I finished that abomination of an exam.

What in THE WORLD happened this afternoon? If the exam I took this afternoon was BEC, then Becker's study material can be described as “BEC Lite” at best. About 15% of the exam was on topics that I've never even heard about, and that's even after searching through the Becker material after the exam. Another 15% was on topics that Becker covers, but not nearly in enough detail. They were COMPLETELY out of left field and rather difficult. But that's alright, Becker … you go ahead and talk about small topics for about 20 pages without really digging into any more complex topics.

I'm not going to venture a guess at how I did, lest I look like an ass if I do pass. However, I will lay out the facts. I flagged 34 total questions. Yes, you read that correctly. Nine on the first testlet, 12 on the second, and 13 on the last one. Even if I'm assuming that 12 of those were pretest, that's still only 38/60 questions. I didn't feel my testlets getting progressively harder, because they were equally as difficult to me. What's incredibly disappointing is that the reason I found the exam difficult wasn't because it included a lot of complex questions, it was because it included a large amount of questions that I didn't even have covered in my material, with responses that made it impossible to tackle them through process of elimination. At least the written communication topics were fairly straight forward.

TL;DR version – I seem to have experienced a similar exam as everyone else, and it pisses me the #### off.

AUD - 91
BEC - 85
FAR - 91
REG - 86

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F - 91 (6/5/2016)
A - 7/30/2016
R - 10/8/2016
B - 12/10/2016

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