[lostinwonderland]

I have AUD scheduled for March 4 and i’m way behind on studying. I took REG on Jan 21 and thought I would have enough time to squeeze AUD in before the window closes. However, REG was a monster for me and many times I fell asleep in the car at work while studying during lunch. My eyes/head would literally roll and I would close them for a second and would wake up to find i had fallen asleep in the car! I took a few days off to recover before jumping into AUD. But now my test is looming in 1 week and i’m stressed that I won’t be able to put in enough time to pass. This is my last exam and i really want to finish before Q2 because i’m sure i will lose my mind waiting until August for my score.

So far, I only have 30 hours of study time logged for AUD. We did some changes at work so i’ve been staying late almost every night working that. I keep track of study time with an app and only track when I have my first MCQ open ready to go and I stop the timer when I hit submit on the block of questions or finish a chapter, or take a food break, etc.

I have just finished reading the book twice (yes, twice!!) and i’ve done 430 MCQ. I’m using Gleim book and testbank. My MCQ average is 64% which isn’t terrible considering i’ve passed all my exams when my average was high 60s-70s in Gleim.

I’m spending the entire weekend studying- working MCQ, reviewing my notes that I’ve taken while working MCQ, and just purchased Ninja Notes that i’m going to read through as many times as possible.

Next week is a problem since we are doing month end close and we normally work until 9pm/10pm every night and I have a 1 hour commute. They are even nice enough to buy us lunch and have it delivered to our desk so that we can continue to work without needing to go buy lunch.

What are your suggestions to be as productive as possible in the short amount of time that I have. Focus more on MCQ or reviewing notes? As this is my very last exam, I am desperate to pass.

[RockLobster]

The two biggest, most important concepts in AUD, in my opinion, are knowing the structure of an audit report for all the different types of opinions, and knowing your transaction cycles. If you know both of these like the back of your hand, I think you're set for a good portion of the exam. Also, put some time into knowing what impairs independence and the difference between an audit, review, and compilation. I was super confident on all of those topics going into AUD and it helped immensely.

[shawn in VA]

Unless you are an auditor at a public accounting firm, you will need to put the hours in. I am in tax in public accounting, and I have taken the exam twice and failed both. 64, and 69. I got my &SS handed to me on the SIMS. I got 2 DRS questions. The rest of the SIMS were a nightmare (except Research I got that right).

I would put the hours in, esp in AUD assertions, reports, and internal control.
BTW I have sunk/wasted 200 hours combined in the 2 times I have taken it.

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