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Hi All, I recently retook Aud which was my final cpa exam. Up to this point I had passed the other 3 exams all on the first try with decent scores and didn’t anticipate that changing until my first shot at Audit. On the previous exams I hadn’t felt this type of unease but knew that there was some chance I hadn’t passed audit. My gut was right, and I had gotten a 71 on my first attempt. The first 12 hours were painful as I wallowed in my self-pity. Interestingly enough, it actually became really funny that I failed this of all exams because after-all I work as an auditor in public accounting. I spent the entire 2 weeks of winter break re-studying the material and really approaching it as meticulously as I could, because I was really determined never to retake this exam again. Fastforward to the actual exam day. Although initially nervous from the PTSD of failing this exam the first go-around I quickly gained confidence and was cutting through questions. I felt really prepared but I was scratching my head thinking how some of the questions were so easy. I even spent extra time re-reading the questions to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Even in the second mc testlet, I did not notice an increase in difficulty but I was carefully going through questions but not feeling particularly challenged. I was still surprised at how “easy” some of the questions were and hoping I wasn’t making stupid mistakes. Not sure if there is any point to reading into this but it definitely felt that way leaving the exam and left me feeling concerned. As far as the SIMS go, there were certainly a few that I did not feel great on so at this point I’m just hoping I crossed that 75 mark. I’m curious to see if anyone else has had a similar experience?
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