Hey all…
I took Audit on August 29th and it was a strange animal. I would predict that I'll be studying for this one again. Was just going to throw in my 2 cents about the exam.
For one, I used Becker and did EVERYTHING and did it all pretty well. Studied two chapters per week then had 10 days to review. There wasn't a section of the book that I couldn't get at least a 70%, generally closer to 80-90%, on regarding practice tests. I also hand-wrote notes from the book on basically anything they highlighted or had you underscore/write. I used this same strategy for FAR when I took it in July and I got a 92 on that exam.
Taking this exam was a frustrating experience. There was A LOT of material on the MC portion of the exam that I felt Becker did not emphasize or cover at all. Additionally, maybe 50% of my MC questions were from the same chapter in Becker, and not necessarily the one you'd think. Obviously can't say which, but overall I was blown away by the MC section in terms of how “off” Becker was regarding what to study.
The Sims were either so easy I could've done them after taking my Audit class in college or unnecessarily complicated due to the vague instructions. I obviously don't have my score yet but I'm certain my performance on the MC will drag my score dangerously close to a 75, if not below. There's another thread here where others emphasize the surprising difficulty of the exams first testlet of MC questions, so I don't believe it was just my exam.
My point of this post is, don't take this exam lightly. I had heard it was the easiest, maybe on the level of BEC. I didn't let that effect my studying though and I still got hammered by the MC. Good luck!
FAR- 92 (7/25/2014)
AUD- 93 (8/30/2014)
REG- 93 (10/10/2014)
BEC- 91 (11/10/2014)
Using Becker self-study only. Working full-time.
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