[Alexinytown]

Maybe it is just the materials I am using (Yaeger Homestudy), but compared to REG and BEC which were tolerable in the materials, AUD has been something I have been totally unmotivated to get through. Anyone else having this problem?

Whereas Phil would at least make things semi-entertaining and bearable with some of his comments, Gary is killing me.

I’m testing on 10/04 and will be doing an intense, focused study between now and then, and am just hoping to do well enough to pass this thing.

Alex

BEC-74,78(2/18/10) REG- 77(6/23/10)
AUD-66,82 (05/25/11) FAR-75 (04/01/2011)

[millerg]

I am doing the same and yes – I do find it boring.

I think reading the material in the book is more entertaining than listening to Gary read mc questions.

FAR 67, 73, 71, 76; AUD 61, 85; BEC 70, 77; REG 75

DONE

[magic_8_ball_did_i_pass]

YES!!!!!!!!

I am lurking this site as opposed to memorizing AUD. And I definitely need to be studying given my last aud score!!! I take my test on 10/17…here's to a 22 point jump!!!

IL - BECKER=============> DONE
REG - 80; FAR - 65,79; AUD - 53,78; BEC - 71,68, 75 (used becker and yaeger for 3rd BEC)Ethics 95

I'M GONNA CELEBRATE AND LIVE MY LIFE SAYING AYE OH BABY LETS GO!!!!!

[Anonymous]

how do you define boring? I am actually suffering and having lots of trouble retaining this information.

[Trevor]

I also used Yaeger for AUD. I did find most of it very boring, Gary is not a light up the room kinda guy… I feel that he is a good teacher although a bit strange. I used to watch my lectures at lunch with headphones, but the problem is you can hear EVERY noise!! and Gary makes a bunch of them lol. His coughing, hacking, and moaning/whatever that is drove me NUTS. He definitely knows what he is talking about and makes it stick, but man I could have done without all the noises.

BEC: 73,81(7/6/2010); AUD: 75(5/24/2010); FAR: 76(8/31/2010); REG: 77 (10/18/2010) - DONE!!!!

[Swati]

Same here…I can't focus its very boring. I agree w/Trevor about watching the lecture with the headphones and all those noise get annoying after a while.

@ Trevor – would you recommend watching all the lectures first then go back and review the material?

[Trevor]

@Swati – thats what I did… I watched all the lectures (took ok notes – not great). Then I did a bunch of MCQ's and in the areas where I knew I needed to know more I read through the book and the standards. I tried to read every chapter in the book – some more quickly than others. AUD was not very big so this was doable I felt. I spent the weekend before reading the book and my notes as well as doing MCQ's. Prior to that all I had done was watch the lectures, so about 50 hrs of studying I figure…

BEC: 73,81(7/6/2010); AUD: 75(5/24/2010); FAR: 76(8/31/2010); REG: 77 (10/18/2010) - DONE!!!!

[Swati]

@ Trevor – Thank you for the advice…that helps me out a lot.

[SFCPA13]

I've never been a fan of Auditing to say the least, but I'd study it anyday over REG. REG is horribly dry. I feel like I'm just reading random fact after random fact. Auditing is more of a mindset (learning how to think like an auditor). REG is just memorizing law and tax codes.

FAR-75, BEC-80, AUD-85, REG-79
Gleim Review

[75 CPA]

I hate AUD. I guess that is why I had to take it three times to pass.

However, Garland (Lambers) was a very exciting teacher. Garland raised my AUD score by 10 points to a 74. I did Gary's Yaeger Cram and finally passed AUD.

Additionally, Gleim will give those 3,000 questions that you need to pass AUD. Wiley has a lot of good multiple choice questions; however the questions are not organized as well as Gleim.

I liked studying taxation. I found REG a piece of cake with Dr. Phil Yaeger.

[Anonymous]

Being said that I am a second language speaker, also my schedule 10a-10p, all I can say AUD was very boring, basically Chinese language to me (I graduated in 2005, last aud class 2005). However, I am making a PASSION out of it. I don't know how exactly it will work, but I am 3 weeks to 4 in studying. In the beginning I was vaguely remembering the words (forget about definitions, meanings, classifications etc). I mean, never made sense to me. After a while, now it's getting better. I begin to distinguish… even know or have concepts if not memorized but… right there in my mind. The idea is (and please forgive me if I say something wrong…but I want to give back the outstanding- valuable motivation that I get on this site)… the idea is to MAKE IT A PASSION, to dedicate yourself to this material, ok? Basically, I love the concepts, I love the book, and the more I read, the more I like it. I don’t want to be just an accountant, I want to be a CPA. ))Otherwise, it’s hard. I am using the Becker, and Wiley –I love Wiley but it’s too detailed, but hei, why not. I am also going to be working with Gleim’s book, because I want to follow the Gleim MCQ.

[Anonymous]

And… I do also have retaining AUD info …disorder!!! But I keep on reading and reading. I guess lecture would be good too, but I don't want to spend extra moneys!

[Anonymous]

Isn't accounting boring in general? But I'm also studying for BEC at the same time, and I'd much rather be studying BEC right now instead of AUD.

[Trevor]

haha well I think everything can be boring, it just depends what exactly you are doing… I love my job, and it is definitely not “boring.” I am very busy and the tasks I have make you think quite a bit… I think if I was in GL then maybe I would be bored, but being in the tax department of a very large publically traded is treating me well…

BEC: 73,81(7/6/2010); AUD: 75(5/24/2010); FAR: 76(8/31/2010); REG: 77 (10/18/2010) - DONE!!!!

[Alexinytown]

It's encouraing to see I'm not the only one who feels this way about this section. I actually feel better and somewhat relieved. And yes, for what it is worth, I too would rather be doing the BEC material compared to the AUD material. It looks like this is something that will have to be muscled through. I wish the best of luck for those of you taking this thing, it is a bear.

BEC-74,78(2/18/10) REG- 77(6/23/10)
AUD-66,82 (05/25/11) FAR-75 (04/01/2011)

[Anonymous]

it's a monster, by the way…and definitely I don't like it ….hahaha…But I AM NOT GIVING UP…..hahaaha

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