[hwasup7]

Just took BEC today for the first time. Ridiculously hard… how did everyone else in Q3 do?

[ageis0101]

I took it. I had one SIM I had no idea on and made up answers for (hoping for pretest); otherwise, I thought the test was fair. That SIM was on one specific concept that I didn't even remember seeing in the Becker book, though it was there when I looked for it afterwards. I still would have never guessed it to be so important when studying.

I had a tough time and underestimated the test, and am hoping I scored enough points to put it behind. I wouldn't call it ridiculously hard, though.

WC's weren't bad at all.

[shawn in VA]

what did you guys think of the Writing Communications? were they fair?

[hwasup7]

WCs were quite hard for me. First one was very clear as to what it wanted me to talk about, second one less clear, and third one I had no clue on what to write about.

[HoldMyBeerCPA]

I had a very similar experience for my exam back in Q2. Definitely felt like the hardest test I ever took. Maybe it was a mix of under-preparation and poor time management.

I felt as if the WCs were fair, I just ran out of time and only managed to write three sentences for the last WC (please let that one be the throwaway WC).

I would not be surprised to see a score of like 58, but I believe in miracles and will continue to think that I squeezed by with a 76.

[ageis0101]

WC's were fair. I feel pretty confident in my performance if it was graded by a person, and am hoping the computer treats me right. One was pretty broad that I knew the answer but couldn't come up with much jargon to ensure the computer knew what I was talking about.

The other two were pretty clear as to what was needed, or at least provided enough direction.

I made sure to tie in as many buzz words as I could, without completely looking like I was BS'ing the problems. “those charge with governance, risk appetite, aligning strategy, SOX” (I left Sarbanes Oxley out, as it got the red-squiggly and didn't want to lose points for mis-spelled words. Not sure if I played that right…)

[shawn in VA]

Ageis-

Did you take in Q3? Were the WC's at least on BEC topics ? I got screwed last time b/c my WCs were on AUD and REG topic and one on BEC.

What did you think of SIMS? Were they doable? Lengthy?

[ageis0101]

Yes took in q3. I had one topic that could have been considered AUD but definitely had BEC application, not unreasonable, and I was at least somewhat prepared for all of them.

SIMs were doable. One was very short but focused on one area I was unprepared for (but should have been), the others were all fine. One was very lengthy. I didn't do as much sim practice as I should have, but being the last test I was taking in a pretty short period of time, I was burnt out and allowed it to get the best of me. Looking back, should have drank another red bull and stuck with it – we'll see in September.

WC is only 15% of the overall points now, with one throw-away (which is presumably one that crosses out of BEC).

[shawn in VA]

Agais (or whoever else took BEC in Q2/Q3)

How much time should one allocate to the SIMS ? I think there is 4 SIMS?

You mentioned a lengthy SIM? Was it at least easy content wise? I find cost accounting to be difficult concept esp variance analysis.

[shakil127]

Did you get SIMS that does not require any calculation?

BEC-77
AUD-66,72,82
REG-66,64(Q3 2015),80 (11/30/2015)

[hwasup7]

I did 90 mins for MCQ, 60 min for WC, and remainder for TBS. Simulations were both calculation based and logic based.

I used the words ‘ridiculously hard' becoz the amount of IT questions and ECON questions I encountered on one of the teslet was uncanny. If you recall a lot of people were saying there were loads of IT questions when the new exam format first came out and now “it's all even; no more excessive IT questions”. Nope, there were a ton of IT questions that were not covered in my review material (becker). .As to ECON, I literally got one questions on ECON… how even…

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