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March 8, 2013 at 10:40 pm #176551

MintsRGood
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After putting in around 160 hours, 2000+ MCQS, 150+ SIMS, 7 full practice tests the week leading up to the exam (results from 80-90%), daily Ninja Audio, weekly Ninja Notes, a complete read through and notes/outlines prepared of every chapter in Becker Text, a Wiley test bank average of 88%…I found out this afternoon that I FAILED AUDIT AGAIN. I actually did worse this time than the last, I’ve gone from a 71 to a 68. I was calm and collected at prometric and left feeling like I had a strong chance of passing…I almost fell over to see a 68 after working so hard. I AM SO ANGRY.

I have no idea what I could have done differently or why this happened. I didn’t slack off one bit and was proud of the effort I put in this time around. I feel SO incredibly angry and very confused as to what I did wrong.

Where do I go from here? Should I retest ASAP in April? Should I obtain new materials? Any feedback or ideas on how to approach Audit differently are tremendously appreciated.

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

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March 8, 2013 at 10:47 pm #411200

Anonymous
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Did you use/try to use the AL for the AUD sims? If you didnt I'd strongly suggest doing so. I found one of mine word for word. Good luck next time, go green!!

March 8, 2013 at 10:52 pm #411201

MintsRGood
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Thanks CPAYE! I had found 4 of 7 in the AL tab, so I'd left feeling like I'd hit the lotto 🙁 Hopefully the Michigan board will send me the comparative report against candidates who passed and I can see if I was weaker on MCQS vs. SIMS…although with a 68 I feel like I must have sucked at everything!!!

Good Luck to you as well and Go White!!!!!! 🙂

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

March 8, 2013 at 11:10 pm #411202

Anonymous
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@Mints I would suggest taking AUD asap and do not change review materials. Stick with what you know.

Sorry about your score. Hang in there.

March 8, 2013 at 11:11 pm #411203

mdrobbin
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Sounds like you are doing everything right, the feeling must be beyond frustrating. One thing that I have found useful for me is, when going through the Wiley Test Bank, every time I find an interesting fact nugget or get a question wrong, I keep a word document open at the same time and constantly type those notes out. I keep a separate Word Doc for the concepts that I continue to get wrong and I consider very important… that file I title “Critical Review”. This is all on top of my handwritten notes when I'm going through the videos.

Leading up to the AUD exam I hammered MCQ and read NINJA Notes probably 6-8 times through and focused STRONGLY on my notes over things I got wrong on the test bank.

These exams are so darn tricky and I feel for you right now. Perhaps my method of taking notes at the same time as going through the MCQ's will help… that's the only thing I can think of to offer advice. Keep your head up and keep plugging away. Good luck.

FAR - 2012 - PASSED (YAEGER)
AUD - 2012 - PASSED (YAEGER + NINJA NOTES)
BEC - 2012 - PASSED (YAEGER + NINJA NOTES)
REG - 2013 - PASSED (YAEGER + NINJA NOTES + NINJA AUDIO)

ETHICS - 2013 - PASSED

DONE!!! Thank you A71 for all the support! Hiya!!!

March 8, 2013 at 11:24 pm #411204

MintsRGood
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@candothis Thanks for the feedback on the retest! I wasn't sure if I should move onto another topic or take another stab as soon as the window opens again!

@mdrobbin Thanks for the fact nugget strategy, I will give it a try over the weekend! I learn best from writing things up/note taking, so I can certainly implement that going forward in the next few weeks.

Thanks again for the advice, I really do appreciate it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

March 8, 2013 at 11:31 pm #411205

wendywhite
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auditing changes from here – you'll have to update your materials.

FAR 11/2012: 80
AUD 2/19/2013: 90
REG 5/14/2013: 76
BEC 11/2013: 85
Ethics: 100
Waiting on the packet....

March 8, 2013 at 11:37 pm #411206

Futile
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@MintsRGood: Ouch! I am so sorry for you. 🙁

I used some of everything to study for AUD and found that some courses covered some areas better than others, so I actually think it's good to at least supplement with some other course. I think what helped the most was going through the CSOs and fleshing them out with my notes. That way, I knew I was studying everything.

The AUD exam isn't changing until July, so I'd definitely try to get it in before then, since you're already familiar with things the way they are now.

CPA exam: Done!

Thank You, Lord.

March 9, 2013 at 12:56 am #411207

MintsRGood
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Thanks guys!!! I am going to retest around April 16th and put in 110% yet again and hope it pays off.

I appreciate the feedback and good luck!!!

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

March 9, 2013 at 1:23 am #411208

henryv
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@wendy I know it won't change until June 2013. Where have you heard that info?

FAR - 92 02/2013
AUD - 90 05/2013
REG - 85 10/2013
BEC - 80 12/2013

I'M DONE. THANK YOU LORD!

March 9, 2013 at 2:12 am #411209

MintsRGood
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I'm going to purchase my NTS as soon as my 48 blacklisting expires and refocus! I'm going to stay away from the online test bank for a week or two…perhaps I became overly familiar with the questions and didn't genuinely understand the core! I picked up the 2013 Wiley Textbook on the way home from work and perhaps a different presentation will help.

Thanks everyone for the feedback!!!!

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

March 9, 2013 at 2:20 pm #411210

Anonymous
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Mints,

I also failed.

Here's the playbook I'll be following for the next 3 weeks:

https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/aud-how-i-earned-24-additional-points

March 9, 2013 at 5:57 pm #411211

jamesb
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how do you do “2000+ MCQS, 150+ SIMS,”?? if you would do just 1000 MCQ and 50 SIMS…then you might get some quality study….just my 2 cents

AUD: TBA-
FAR Done
BEC Done

Becker
NINJA for AUD

March 9, 2013 at 6:35 pm #411212

NVCPA
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All my buddies that work in tax passed the first time, yet I am an auditor and have had no success.

I am a sincere believer that success greatly depends on the set of questions and sims you receive on your exam. If you were to take it the day after (with a different mix of MCQs and sims) you probably would have passed. Keep your head up.

You will crush it this time!

FAR - 80
AUD - 73,73,73,82
BEC - 84
REG - 73, 81

Ethics - Done

Experience - Enough for a bunch of us to get certified.

DONE! Thank god for this forum!

March 9, 2013 at 7:44 pm #411213

mla1169
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With the ninja notes, did you rewrite them? When I took aud the 3rd time, I gave myself 30 days. I rewrote 10 pages/day (rewrote a total of 3x) and did 100 mcq's per day. I didn't bother practicing SIMS, because I figured thr AL made them a “gimme”. It definately improved my score!

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

March 9, 2013 at 10:23 pm #411214

MintsRGood
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Hi Casey, I'm so sorry to hear that we are in the audit rematch boat and that you were so close! 🙁 It's such a rotten feeling to see any number between 70-74. I also love that thread by MCLKT and will be implementing some of her techniques as well! I'll be checking in on the Audit study group page and I'm sure you will too. When are you scheduling Audit in April?

@JamesB Unfortunately I have learned the hard way with this go around that completing a massive arbitrary number of questions completed does not necessarily yield a pass. I thought that by doing every MCQ and SIM in the online bank at least twice (which is how you hit 2000+ MCQs in 8 weeks, its about 80 per day) would give me the edge needed to pass. Looking back on it now, perhaps I was memorizing the Q&A rather that truly understanding the concepts…it just really sucks to find this out the hard way. I do agree that quality is more important than quantity in this case and have learned a valuable and expensive lesson going forward.

@NVCPA Thanks!!!!!! I am very anxious to receive my candidate bulletin to see what fell apart because honestly I don't even know where to start. Best of luck to you on your Audit rematch!!! When are you testing again?

@Mla1169 Your jump in audit score is awesome!!! I wrote out the ninja notes by hand once but after writing up the entire becker text, I ran out of steam the rewrite of the ninja notes for a second time. I had thought, incorrectly, that reading them weekly and listening to ninja audio would compensate. I love your idea of 30 days @ 10 pages per day to yield 3 rewrites! I am going to start writing up Ninja notes this weekend and get back on the wagon!!! I'm going to lay off the test bank for the next 2 weeks. I picked up the 2013 Wiley Text and am going to complete the modules and see how I stand up to new MCQS to figure out where I am truly weak on these topics!

Thank you all so much for your feedback, I really appreciate your input and support!!!!!

Good Luck Everyone!!!!!!! 🙂

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK
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