[Oneday]

I studied for this AUD exam for 4 months FULL time, when combining all three attempts…At least 6 hours a day.. usually more..

My score did go up from 60 to 70 on my second attempt.. but this time the exam felt very vague and difficult overall..

I wasn’t sure if the answers were correct. Difficult to nail down to two choices…I really need to pass this as it’s been a year since I started full time studying.. I need to start look for a job in few months and I really want to say that I passed at least three parts done..

Can anyone help me how you got over the let-down feeling when u found out that u failed more than 3 times?

[Stilgoin]

I think you should do the Ninja MCQs and trust the software. Stay at it until you have seen all questions and are trending at least in the 80s. Every time I have failed, I was trending low and I knew better. I knew I should have studied more- I was just hoping to squeak by. I told someone else this- go 30 MCQs at a time, and if you are missing a terrible amount, click on your best scoring section and do 30 to restore your confidence and feel better, then hit the hard ones again. I could do around 150-200 AUD Ninja MCQs per day, but with FAR, I have to kill myself to get 150 in a day. Most of the time I stick to 100 and it takes me around 5 hours. When I was so sick of MCQs I wanted to hurl, I would write the Becker flash cards or some other thing such as the outlines until I was ready top do more MCQs. You sound exhausted- is there any way you can take a day or a weekend off? It will help you have better focus when you go back to studying. Also, print a calendar and schedule yourself like 60 MCQs per day. That way, you can mark off your goal as accomplished and you will feel better. If you do more, that’s great, but if you meet your goal every day, you will slowly help restore your confidence. Much of these exams is psychological and being able to handle the pressure to prepare and pass. You will pass!!

B | 62, 78
A | 73, 67, 79
R | 82
F | 59, 59, Waiting

Ethics | 93

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
~Winston Churchill

“In a world full of critics, be an encourager."

[Oneday]

Thank you for the help.. Although I am terrible at following schedule, I guess I have no other option to try it..

I tend to spend too much time after I find out the answer to each MCQs — seeing why its wrong or what I should remember, etc. I'll try to do that after I go through every questions this time..

[melissahoff]

It is so easy to feel down and out with each fail, and let yourself feel those feelings for a day, and then just move on. If you keep focusing on the fail, you might psyche yourself out (I know I did MANY times). Find something you can learn from this, what can you do differently going forward. I learned how to study differently, how I learn best, how to handle the anxiety, how to stop crying at the testing center 🙂 what to study, when I should study, how much I need to study to pass, how much stronger I am than I thought, how much smarter I am than I thought.. there is so much to take away from the process. Take a lesson and focus your efforts on that instead of the fail. I have learned so much about myself through these exams that has helped me in every aspect of my life.

And don't be so hard on yourself, it is a difficult test!! Keep your eyes on the prize; where there's a will, there's a way. You got this.. we all got this!! The only situation where you wouldn't become a CPA is if you give up.

AUD - 74,72,74,73,67,80
BEC - 69,80
FAR - 50,51,50,74,71,79
REG - 69, 72, 81.. and I am DONE...
Ethics-93

[jonnybgood2321]

Just stop trying to memorize things 100% before moving on. The key is repetition. Each time you go over something its adding another layer of foundation. Just trust that you don't need to remember every detail right way. this worked for me. Its like paining a portrait, the artist starts with the face shape, then the eyes , then continues to get into more detail lik eye lashes. same way the mind works.

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[Thomahawk88]

I'm on the home stretch waiting on my last exam, and from my experience I've realized that it is WAY more important that you read the notes, slides, flashcards, etc. Study those and use the questions to review the reading.

It sucks to read and it's a lot more comfortable to just do questions all day, but you need to see the big picture and how all these things connect and work together in order to feel comfortable with the exam.

I've failed my last two exams by 1 point (passed on next try), and by 2 points on AUD (first attempt). Failure is apart of this process and life in general. We're all scared. If you don't think I'm having periodic heart attacks every time I refresh my Gmail inbox you're dead wrong. The fact that you're scared means that you did something worth while. I remember being devastated after failing AUD my first try bc I was convinced I passed, but after I accepted it and started planning my next exam I felt a wave of relief and euphoria. At the end of the day we all just have to keep moving, the CPA Exam is not the last challenge you'll have in life, but it will help you be able to deal with adversity and it will get easier the more you work at it.

STEPS OFF SOAP BOX

[END OF RANT]

FAR - 68, 78
BEC - 78
REG - 74, 77
AUD - 8/31/2016

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