[numbercruncher220]

Hey everyone,

So I have about a week left before my AUD exam, and I’m starting to get really nervous as I just got a 66% on the first practice exam I took 🙁 I have not yet reviewed, just gone through the lectures and plan to do a chapter of review a day until the exam. Is there hope for me to pass? And any review suggestions from anyone??

Thanks!

[AGI]

Well. There is always hope to pass. Let say if you know half of the question on the exam and half of the question on the stimulation, you will pass.

Personally, I always find the MC question less difficult and the stimulation more difficult. If you had previous experience reading real law and accounting documents, and you are sort of okay in eliminating choices, you will find yourself guessing 25% of stuff right. (So that means you only need to know 25% of the stuff). By the way, when I mean law and accounting documents, I am not mean passing REG, I mean the real ones.

For MCQ, I would suggest you go over the board topics. Don't mind the real picky ones, since you are in a real hurry. Read carefully on the wording of the question, 75% of the chance it already suggest the answer. Really read it 3 times before you pick an answer. Now, when you read the answer, usually the first 5 words can give you a general feeling if it is the correct answer. If you read the answer and you are like…”Er…what does it mean”… it means it's not the right answer…

Also, be careful on answers that contain “ALL, No, Must”.. how often does the law state that 100% of the thing is right? Almost never. Try to pick the most general answer you see…

As far as stimulation.. I think they are a total different thing compare to MCQ. I can score a 85% on MCQ and score a 5% on stimulation. I don't think there is any quick way to get stimulation. But since you are in a hurry, I would suggest don't spend too much time thinking what's the right answer, just go straight to the answer and try to figure out why the answer is such and such. It's the fastest way to learn. Memorize it and pray on exam day you got the ones you know…

By the way, I would just focus on doing questions. I would do as many different question as I can. I don't mean repeating the same testbank over and over again. I mean doing question on different testbank, or even random question you see on the web. (from any random website).

Of cause, if you are suck on a topic. Don't flip the book. Ask someone, search for answer online… Flipping the book is time consuming…

Why don't you reschedule the test?

New York - NYC
Passed CPA Exam (11/2014)
In search for a position in NYC that will fulfills the license requirement.

[RIST]

I'm not sure its PANIC TIMME just yet.

You have a week. I took AUD in 3 weeks total and cramming so much in really left everything on the tip of my brain come exam day. Your final week might well be productive. Although I hear this is the opposite for some people, you might be like me.

Plus, I've always scored over 10 points higher on my real exams when compared to my practice exams. Failing the practice exams is common. Most people do.

[AGI]

@RIST

I agree that it's not panic time yet. A week is long, especially if you are doing full time study and you can stick with the long hours.

I don't think everyone can study AUD in 3 weeks. Especially if you had no experience in audit or you forgot everything from school already.

I am not sure if anyone will be able to score 10 points higher on their real exam. It depends on luck, material study and even on the level of practice exam you use. I agree that most people their practice exam! But if you are taking an exam that is close to the level of the test (and not a real difficult one), you are going to have a problem.

Anyhow, I would have to say.. Taking the test had nothing to do with what you study…..

If the test want you to pass, you will pass!

New York - NYC
Passed CPA Exam (11/2014)
In search for a position in NYC that will fulfills the license requirement.

[Anonymous]

Did you score a 66 on a Becker final practice exam? If so, those are notoriously much harder than the actual exam. There's an entire thread devoted to this topic (search for it) and you will see a LOT of people who have scored 10-15 points above what they got on their final practice exam. I scored in the 60s on my AUD practice exam and got an 81 on the test, scored an 82 on the FAR practice test and got an 86. Seriously, if you got a 66% don't sweat it. Those tests are graded by percentage correct vs incorrect which is not how the real exam is scored and also, sometimes you'll get a sim wrong simply because you entered a journal entry in the incorrect order and so Becker counts it wrong when it actually isn't.

[NicoleL]

If you are doing Becker finals, you should be fine especially if you have some time to review. I scored around a 69 on my BEC final one day before the actual test and ended up with an 87. With Becker, I'm averaging about 15 points higher on the actual than the final…that being said, AUD is the only that I haven't done.

FAR - 93 (YAY!!!!)
REG - 93 (Double YAY!)
BEC - 87 (Whew!)
AUD - 96 (DONE!!!!!)

[Kimboroni]

There is definitely hope that you can pass. You have a whole week left! Just really buckle down on reviewing your weak areas. Pay attention to what is going wrong– is it from not reading the question carefully enough, and are there patterns of pitfalls that you can watch for? If so, you can see where to improve.

Also try not to pay too much attention to scores on practice tests– they will sap confidence and distract you from the main focus, which should be learning the material.

What I do is use my resources when I answer MCQs so that I am always learning the correct info and never just guessing.

I was getting low 70s in WTB just before AUD and passed quite nicely. So there is hope.

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

[lude4life13]

If you understand the concepts you'll do just fine. I believe I scored in the 50's on Becker's exam the day before my audit test. However, I felt like the questions weren't as straightforward as they should have been, and I understood why I got the questions I got wrong. Becker goes really into detail with the audit questions and one small little detail can throw you off and make your practice score look horrible. I passed the next day with an 89. I also had a similar experience with BEC in terms of a low practice score/good actual score.

[numbercruncher220]

Thank you all for your suggestions and advice!!! It is much appreciated. Fingers crossed this next week is adequate prep!

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