5 Weeks to go….BEC, FAR or REG???

FAR is def out of the question that test is the BIGGEST beast of them all!. I actually like studing for REG but I don't know how I did! BEC is the worst!!!! I hate that topic and my test is in 7 days. So with all that I said I would say what are your strenghts and weakness?? Law is borning but doable and I find taxes interesting. But there are TONS of calulations in BEC and I see a few duplicates from my studying of FAR. So my vote is REG!

I agree with Kandis. BEC is doable in 5 weeks. REG and FAR are not doable unless you study full time.

Since BEC is the only one I passed, I say go BEC. Studying for FAR right now and smaller chance you could feel successful in passing in only 5 weeks. Just my opinion. Haven't taken REG, but as everyone else says on here, it's difficult too. BEC wasn't too bad in my opinion and if studied effectively, could be passed in 5 weeks.

Not at all. Almost completely different topcis. I actually like BEC more because the majority of the topics are conceptual and not computational. I can read and memorize and understand all day, but when you start throwing figures at me, that's when I personally get messed up.

With BEC, it's all about economics, IT, capital management, CORSO, and other random topics. It's not so run together like AUD, REG and FAR.

@praying_for_75 – I think BEC can be done in 3 weeks if you can commit to making studying your full time job. Assuming you can study approx. 6-8 hours per day, I think you should be fine. Devote your last week to 8-10-hour days full of review and MCQs until you go cross-eyed and don't worry so much about the WCs as you can't truly prepare for those. Just make sure you leave yourself plenty of time to craft a solid memo and proofread it. Above all, make sure you repeat the key language contained in the question (to prove you're “on point”). After that, it should be a sinch.

This was mainly my method except I studied about 4 1/2 weeks at 6 hours/day.

Thanks! I'm impatiently waiting on the AUD score…it's hard to believe I may actually have it by the end of next week!

I'm using NIU Correspondence CPA Review (cpareview.niu.edu) for all 4 sections and I felt very prepared for the 3 sections that I already sat for. I wasn't sure how well or poorly I did walking out of the exams but I was certain that I passed. Hopefully that same feeling will be right about AUD.

Happy studies and good luck with BEC! Another word of advice, make sure you're solid on Corporate Governance and COSO. I'm certain that was what put my score in the 80's.

If you take Aud first, it will be helpful for IT and COSO on BEC. But if you are strong on Finance, Eco, and Cost accounting, you can give BEC a try. Five weeks are a good amount of time if you study fulltime. I only spent 6 weeks for FAR which is the longest time I spent on any sections that I have taken. I vote for Aud, or BEC.