[jeff]

Welcome to the Q3 2016 CPA Exam Study Group for AUD.

Some BLITZ videos to help your exams: https://www.another71.com/ninja-blitz

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

[Just_Trying_To_Pass]

A1 and A2 are killliing me. I am answering the homework questions fine, around 70-70% after lectures/reading. But I still feel really confused on what Im actually answering.

BEC: 70, 83
REG: 8/13/16
FAR:
AUD:

[HoosierCPA]

Neo, we will beat this exam. Sure those first few days after getting the results are tough to swallow but the pain in temporary. I did 90 questions yesterday and reviewed the 90 today to ease back into things. Starting tomorrow I plan on grinding it out. I am going to try and get through the entire Ninja MCQ's to see how it compares to Becker.

My first go around I took a lot of time trying to lay the foundation–understanding concepts, analyzing each question in depth, etc. This took a lot of time away from just grinding out questions. That's the technique I am going to go with this next month. I'm going to shoot for 600-800 questions a week and see where that gets me.

Hopefully 4Q Audit Study group is as active as this one because I have found it helpful to subscribe to this page and read up on every ones questions/concerns.

FAR - 78
REG - 72,74,71...please just go away REG nobody likes you!
BEC - 82
AUD - Aug 16

[Anonymous]

@just-trying-to-pass I had the similar experience with A1-A2, I was scoring in the 70's as well but wasn't sure about a lot of explanations. Hopefully it'll makes more sense going over it again during review haha

[aatoural]

Hopefully the forum stops kicking me out evrytime I link into AUD study group. Is frustrating. Any other link works just fine.:(

BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS

[aatoural]

When is your next go at it dtatham?

BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS

[HoosierCPA]

@aatoural great question. I was going to download Ninja MCQ's at some point today and see how many questions are in their bank and determine how long it'll take to get through them. As of now I'm looking at early October, don't have an exact date.

FAR - 78
REG - 72,74,71...please just go away REG nobody likes you!
BEC - 82
AUD - Aug 16

[aatoural]

Sounds like a good plan. I think Ninja has more than Becker, from what I've heard. Best of luck!!! 🙂

BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS

[HoosierCPA]

@aatoural yeah I believe you're right. Retakes can get tricky when using the same review material. From my experience with REG you will score in the 80-90% consistently but its always a battle knowing if you know the material or you just memorized the answer.

When are you taking REG? Maybe are review will overlap a bit.

FAR - 78
REG - 72,74,71...please just go away REG nobody likes you!
BEC - 82
AUD - Aug 16

[aatoural]

That's awfull. Becker doesn't have enought MCQs for review? I like more REG material than I did AUD, and I usually understanding it better. But I've learned that with these exams anything can be dificult. 🙁

I am planning on the end of October or first week of Novemeber. I haven't scheduled it yet. I am waiting to get my book this Wednesday to get back at it and schedule it. For some reason having a set date makes it easier for me to follow my study plan. So we will probably overlap at some point in October.

BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS

[HoosierCPA]

@aatoural no I think if you do the Becker material for REG you should be fine. Of all 4 exams REG material is my favorite to learn its ironic that I cannot pass it! lol. Those damn sims! I still haven't figured out how to prepare myself for them.

Sounds like I'll jump in on the REG review when you are 2 or 3 weeks away from your exam. Good luck with your studies. My best advice with REG is study the all the general rules and do not fret on all the phase outs. You may get 1 or 2 questions on phase outs but there are a TON of them that your time is much better spent in other areas.

FAR - 78
REG - 72,74,71...please just go away REG nobody likes you!
BEC - 82
AUD - Aug 16

[aatoural]

Oh no! more SIMS from hell? It is a nightmare becuase the SIMS on Becker don't seems as scary as they are in real exam. At least that was my experience with AUD. Thanks for the heads up on the phase out. See you in the REG thread!

BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS

[Theodore]

HI Guys. Just reading your threats. From my experience after taking FAR REG and AUD (pending score) AUD has been the toughest. It's a whole different language. It's a love/hate relationship with AUD.

@aatoural just make sure you have a general understanding with phase-outs, like dtatham said don't spend too much time on them.

FAR: 66, 76!
REG: 76!
AUD: 72, 9/7/2016
BEC: TBA

Don't Stop When You Are Tired, Stop When You Are Done.

[aatoural]

Thank you Rosy, I will do that!

Ironic but you guys are more helpful than the REG thread. hahaah

BEC - PASSED
AUD - 8/29/16
FAR - TBS
REG - TBS

[hasy]

Has anyone done the Roger's, NINJA, AND WTB? I'm about 402 left in NINJA, which I'll probably finish by the end of this week. I really thought it would be possible but doing 120 NEW MCQs a day is draining (especially when audit evidence hates me). Test is in 120 days, so I know once I finish NINJA, I'll have to start cranking it up.

Has anyone FOUND WTB to be reliable?

I'm currently 79/78 avg/trend. Is that bad?

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[sancasuki]

For REG, you really don't need to memorize all the bitchy little details. Basis is very important though. What I had problems with is confusing corporate vs partnership basis. Then S-corporations are like a weird cross between partnerships & C-corporations.

For some reason partnership was more intuitive for me. I didn't take much notes but I wish I had taken notes on that while I was reading the textbook. So you can compare corporate vs partnership. CPAExcel gave a good explanations for the tax part of REG but they gave very few examples. Without examples, it just goes through one eye and out the other. The simulations are very good for testing your basis knowledge, more than MCQs.

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