[Anonymous]

I am going through the material for AUD for the second time and it just doesn’t seem to be sticking with me. I am not doing terrible on the quizes but not great either. What study plans have worked for you guys when studying and memorizing AUD. I have Becker and have listened to lectures, read the book, and I have done all the multiple choice atleast once and twice thru A3. It just seems over whelming. How do ya’ll memorize so much information? I also have Ninja notes but I haven’t had a chance to use them too much because I am too busy doing MCQ.

Any advice is appreciated, my exam is October 3rd.

[Anonymous]

In my experience you shouldn't memorize, but learn. When you memorize you take a huge risk. First you need to be reading the Ninja Notes and your personal notes at least once a week. Also, are you writing down the MCQ that you miss or don't understand? If not, start. Finally, repetition is key. If you aren't struggling with a topic but just having issues retaining the information, I suggest not doing all the MCQ over one section. I would do a mixture so that your brain has to jump around. Repetition is key. If you focus on doing one section at a time, by the time you get to the last section, you won't remember the first few. Do MCQ over and over while writing down stuff that you don't understand. Sometimes it helps me to take ‘open notes' exams. Also, repetition is key 😉

[mla1169]

I found that writing and rewriting notes really engrained things better in my memory.

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! Transaction cycles are really confusing to me. And I am really worried about sims because I don't know what to expect. I'm going to start writing down the questions I miss, that will probably help.

[Anonymous]

Another question that is creating lot of confusion between existence and completeness – When the auditor has to check for unrecorded liabilites, he looks at the cash disbursements made subsequent to year end and goes back to the purchase orders, receiving reports and invoices. Isn't this tracing ( thereby checking for existence) rather than completeness?

[Goods]

Do chain MCs over and over until you want to end your life. Seriously. Over and over and over and over and over.

FAR - 72, 69, 88 (Nov 2012)
AUD - 89 (Jan 2013)
REG - 85 (Feb 2013)
BEC - 83 (May 2013)
Ethics - Passed

Becker, Wiley TB, Ninja Audio

[henryv]

@Deepika I think it's called vouching when verifying the journal entries/accounting data to source documents. Correct me if I'm wrong.

FAR - 92 02/2013
AUD - 90 05/2013
REG - 85 10/2013
BEC - 80 12/2013

I'M DONE. THANK YOU LORD!

[whatamidoing]

The first time through the lectures, I made my own flaschards and studied those daily as the lectures went on, and the information kept piling up. I put the ones I knew to the side. Throughout the first time through the lectures, I did progress tests (10Q each chapter) too. I always leave 2-3 weeks for final review: do all the MCQs again, keep studying my flashcards, and once I finish redoing each lecture's MCQs, I then just do 100Q progress tests for the last few days.

That method has worked so far for me.

F - 85 (11/2012)
R - 87 (1/2013)
A - 92 (2/2013)
B - 90 (4/2013)

DONE!

[Author]

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