[NeedsA75]

I’m taking AUD in 3 weeks and I feel the pressure and stress squeezing the life out of me. This is potentially my last exam, pass and I’m done.

With the new exam around the corner and the daunting wait time for scores, along with the 18 month clock ticking down I feel like I HAVE TO get AUD passed the first time and the pressure and stress is really getting to me…

Sorry, I just need to vent. Anyone take AUD recently and have tips on what I should focus on? I’m terrified my SIMS are going to be random and I’m going to totally freeze up and bomb them on the actual exam.

I just hope this nightmare ends in a few weeks..

[fahad gulzar]

Audit is the hardest part for me. I have experience with FAR and BEC due to real work. I took it twice and a third time on Monday. But i think i failed. Just review heavily. Ninja MCQ in my opinion didnt help, definitely helped for BEC FAR and REG.

[Anonymous]

Lots of people are in the same boat right now…… All we can hope is that the gods will be smiling on us when we take these brutal exams and give us the 75.

[NeedsA75]

Adding fuel to the fire: “NINJA MCQ didn't help for AUD”

I've been primarily working NINJA MCQ in conjunction with Gleim. I still can't wrap my head around AUD being harder than FAR or REG but who knows..

[Track55]

Do Ninja MCQ's till you fingers bleed … then keep going. I did. Take unpaid time off work if you have to.

And the Ninja AUD SIMS suck. Gleim was better.

AUD - 74, 99 !!
REG - 74, 92
BEC - 83
FAR - 73, 86

Studying for Ethics exam

California candidate
Business and Industry

[mooseonloose]

I have less than three weeks left, that should be enough time to go over all the material. We got this!

[Spartans92]

On the same boat. Although I was close last round but really scared my score will drop this time rather than up. I really hope I won't get any FAR like SIMS or DRS. I was lucky enough to not get any DRS last time but couldn't escape the fate of having 2 FAR like SIMS.

BEC- PASS

[NeedsA75]

What do you mean “FAR like SIMS” ? I've heard that expression before but not sure what to make of it..

[emily0404]

The Ninja MC helped me raise my score from a 70 to an 85!!!!! I swear they were the BIGGEST help in me passing Audit. Focus in on the specific wording of the questions, that is where I felt I went wrong on my first attempt at it. And I all honesty the TBS on the exam were easier than the MC, like so easy I had to go over them 3 times because I thought I was missing something. Good luck!

[NeedsA75]

Thanks emily, that is reassuring!

Can someone explain this to me….Is the “Scope” section of the audit report the same thing as the “Management and Auditors responsibility” paragraphs?

[hasy]

I think if you understand FAR well, AUD should not be difficult. Understanding J/E helped a ton. Knowing Assertions IN N OUT. Financial ratios are important as well. You will have SIMs on either of those, trust. I don't know necessarily know about your time management but I finished AUD in less than 3 hours than the allotted 4, since there was practically no math. Leave ample time for using the AL, trust me, it helps and some of your answers WILL be in there.

Don't stress. If you don't know it in 2 minutes or less, move on.

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

[off_beat]

Hey guys, I in the same exact boat. I've procrastinated the entire month and just scheduled my exam for for the 9th allowing only 4 wks ( i know terrible). But now that it is so close, i feel like i need to reschedule but the results for April are given til august and dont want to wait too lone -/

should i just bite the bullet?!?!?!

[EZ_Sims_4_me_Pls]

definitely take it this quarter.

I took REG in Q4 of last year, and decided to schedule AUD at the very end ‘for the hell of it'.

I left myself roughly 10 days to study, and passed with an 80. You can do it.

[Spartans92]

@EZ, MY LORD! I have 5 weeks after a 74. And yet I still dont feel confident. How'd you do it?

BEC- PASS

[off_beat]

10 days!?!? how in the world!? please share!

[EZ_Sims_4_me_Pls]

unfortunately, there really is no special method that I used.

truth be told, I was very lucky. none of the concepts that I had trouble with showed up on the exam… at all.

people like to claim that luck doesn't play a part in the CPA, but when you happen to ONLY be tested on the things that you happen to know.. it's pretty obvious that you got lucky.

my gleim scores reflect that my understanding of key concepts was greatly lacking.

I took a shot in the dark, and was fortunate enough to hit the target.

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