[jeff]

I’ve had a few requests for April/May Study Groups…March will be here before you know it.

In order to take an early April exam, you should begin studying…now. 🙂

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[Anonymous]

I was originally going to take Reg but now I am leaning towards taking BEC end of May and Reg in Aug or Oct.

@ tito Whats your time frame for taking all the tests?

[titoav15]

@ayafzal78 looking to take Audit April 3 then try to take BEC by the end of April or take Reg and take it end of May… I think I need to 1 month for BEC and about 2 for Reg… reasonable time frame? Thoughts? Basically would like to get it all over with by the beginning of fall.

BEC: 5/21/14 82! PASSED HALF WAY THERE!
FAR: 4/2/15 80! Almost there!
AUD: 69, 74, 4/3/14 81! PASSED
REG: TBD

[ragepsn29]

@titoav15, I plan to take BEC after I take AUD. I feel I have better shot with BEC compared to REG. I was a little bit lost when I took tax class in college so I will save REG for last. I will probably have about 6 weeks learning BEC.

AUD - 65, 72, 70, 74, 81
FAR - 66, 71, 76
REG - 69
BEC - 80

[Anonymous]

@tito..that was my plan too. Take all exams by July and if I need to retake do that in Aug. However things did not work out as planned and now my last one will be Aug/Oct.

As for Reg I would recommend at least 6 weeks. Its more material than Audit and some sections can be hard.

[Anonymous]

I have a general question for anyone studying for auditing. I am using Yaeger and Wiley and am getting so frustrated. It seems like alot of the questions being asked are so subjective, especially the least likey/most likely type questions. Is anyone else feeling like this?

[smsingla]

@adam, I m right there with you. I am also using Yaeger and Wiley. The thing is I loved all their lecture videos for rest of the three CPA sections but Gary is just so boring. I don't like his way of teaching. Plus even if I understand some material, I am not getting any of MCQs right. My only hope is when I start reviewing all the modules, things will be better (that's what happened with all three sections) Right now I am at module 5 and planning to take test at the end of April. What is your plan?

REG 81
BEC 74,65,78
FAR 79
AUD 85 DONE!!!

[Anonymous]

@smsingla I am on the same pace as you. I'm half way through module 5 and was looking to test around April 21. I work in tax and have no audit experience so that may be a factor as well. I just feel like Gary isn't really giving us any insight. He skims the chapter and then just reads through the MC. I didn't care much for Phil either. To me Cindy was great, she really went into detail about the modules. I think I am going to just have to do more independent studying in addition to the lectures than I did before.

[funtiks]

A3 Engagement acceptance, planning and supervision is driving me crazy

I read it over 2 times

watched the lectures

and memorized my extensive notes

Start doing MCQs and score 40s…..

What chapter covers this info in Willey book? and ninja notes?

FAR - 76*, 73, 85
BEC - 69, 72, 78*, 80
AUD - 72, 71, 90
REG - 71, 74, 85

AFTER 3 YEARS I'M DONE!!!

[Anonymous]

I am mailing my out Application of Intent tomorrow. If my MS program adviser is correct about how quick my application will be processed (and, of course, there are no unforeseen hitches), I should be sitting for AUD the last week in May.

I took Audit II the first 8-weeks of this semester and am in Audit III now.

I have started going through the Roger AUD book (as well as the FAR book a little.) It is insane how much easier it is to go through the book being in the midst of my audit classes…..as opposed to having to re-learn stuff–which is what I am going to have to do for 60% of the FAR stuff. Or, worse, learn it for the first time.

[Anonymous]

Just got done with Audit Sampling…head hurting to say the least. Spent an entire day on that one topic

[Quinacridone]

I just have the Audit Sampling lecture done (no MCQs). I'm starting the homework now. I do audit sampling at work, but we do it a little different (sometimes we pull similar to PPS (for dollar value emphasis type items; but we also do A LOT of attribute related sampling – but the way we project is different). I could grasp some of what he was saying, but some of it was also foreign.

My A4 is still not as good as I want. I finished the 147 additional problems with only a 78% (in Beckers – A4 has to do with control risk assessments and types of audit procedures). I am thinking this stuff could easily appear in Sims on the test so I need to keep working in this section to get my scores higher and more fluent. Its going to be a full weekend if I want to get through both A5 and A6 this weekend!

After this test (if I pass), I'm going right into BEC. I opened the book today and saw that a lot of the first chapter is on (drum roll here) control risk! I'm thinking about doing something foolish and scheduling BEC for May 8.

REG - Nov 4, 2013: 88
FAR - Feb 27, 2014: 86
AUD - April 5, 2014: 91
BEC - May 6, 2014: 83

Florida CPA 24 July 2014
(Done in seven months - thank you Jesus!!)

[scarletknight91]

hey everyone! i was wondering what average score you all receive per mc section on becker? Through A1- A3 I've been getting around 80% per mc section, which has been much higher than what I got per mc section for Reg and Far, but im still concerned that for this exam, averaging around an 80% isn't enough.. any thoughts and responses would be great thanks!

FAR: PASSED
REG: PASSED
AUD: PASSED
BEC: PASSED

DONE

[Quinacridone]

I normally shoot for a minimum of 80%. If I get less than that, then I redo all of the MCQs before I go onto the next section. I consider 80% to show that I have a reasonable command of the subject. The problem with trying to shoot for perfection is that by the time I get to the end of the book, I've lost a lot of what I've learned in the beginning. I want to press on and get through all of the chapters as quickly as possible.

Once I finish getting through all of the material, that is when I start pushing myself for as much perfection as possible in all of the chapters (and any section that the practice exam shows I'm weak in, I go back and completely redo). To try to keep things fresh, I do a small sample of MCQs from each section that I've previously covered each night before I go to bed.

REG - Nov 4, 2013: 88
FAR - Feb 27, 2014: 86
AUD - April 5, 2014: 91
BEC - May 6, 2014: 83

Florida CPA 24 July 2014
(Done in seven months - thank you Jesus!!)

[lvr21]

Someone posted something on here and I can't find it and I'm not sure if it was correct.

There are four four different kinds of reports for BOTH issuers/nonissures:

Unmodified

Qualified “except for”

Adverse

Disclaimer

{R: PASSED!! (I passed one!)}
{B: PASSED!! (Halfway there!)}
{F: PASSED!! (1 left!!!)}
{A: PASSED(I am done!!)}

[ragepsn29]

@lvr21, Yes I think it was correct. There are 4 types of audit report.

-Unqualified/Unmodified

-Qualified/Modified

-Adverse

-Disclaimer

AUD - 65, 72, 70, 74, 81
FAR - 66, 71, 76
REG - 69
BEC - 80

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