[jeff]

I am taking BEC May 29th. I will start studying once REG is over (tomorrow!). Hope this one isn’t too bad!

[killaking]

me too i am taking it on thursday

FAR: 7/17/10 missed exam FML reschedule 8/29/10-77 EPIC!
REG: 5/31/11-73 SMH, 8/31/11-85
BEC: 4/15/10-72 : retake 10/3/10-80
AUD: 11/28/10-74, 02/27/11-71 FML, 8/1/11-80
Ethics 10/22/22-80, retake 11/28/11 - 88

[needmyLIFOback]

Hopeful- overall, I thought the Becker questions were much harder (especially the Cost Accounting questions). The problem I had with Becker is that they did not cover many of the IT topics that I saw on my exam. But other than that, I felt like I was well-prepared. Good Luck on your exam!

FAR-99, AUD-99, BEC-91, REG-(5/29)

[killaking]

what about the economics needMYlifeback?

FAR: 7/17/10 missed exam FML reschedule 8/29/10-77 EPIC!
REG: 5/31/11-73 SMH, 8/31/11-85
BEC: 4/15/10-72 : retake 10/3/10-80
AUD: 11/28/10-74, 02/27/11-71 FML, 8/1/11-80
Ethics 10/22/22-80, retake 11/28/11 - 88

[Anonymous]

I take my exam next Wednesday, and am pretty much freaking out!!!!

[FL_CPA2010]

I am so glad that I am not the only one freaking out about Becker chapters 3 and 5!! I am taking BEC for the first (and probably not the last) time on Monday 4/19, and I couldn't feel more unprepared. I thought that Becker prepared me so well for REG…I know that I aced the MC and my problem was with the weird sims that I had never seen before. I'm doing the final review software this weekend, and I hope it helps. I bought the Wiley BEC book to help out with chapter 3, and it does, but it's still a mess. I highly recommend supplemental material for this section of the exam if you are using Becker. However, I am a little more hopeful thanks to the folks that said the actual exam questions are easier and less wordier than the Becker questions. I have my chapter 5 cost accounting questions to knock out tonight, so it will be back to feeling like an idiot again 🙁

Good luck to everyone who has already sat!!

REG 79 (Becker); BEC 63 (Becker) 70 (Yaeger); AUD 66 (Becker; 11/30 - Becker); FAR 11/24 (Yaeger/Wiley)

[south0085]

FL_CPA2010 – God as my witness you are not alone in this battle. I am right there with you. I take BEC the first of May and I am absolutely feeling like an idiot. Chapters 1,2, & 4 are not too bad. However, chapters 3 and 5 are killing me. I just can't seem to get it to stick in my brain. It's like I know what to do on each question, but if they worded it a different way, I don't know if I would be able to answer it. I don't know what to do. I though about purchasing some Gleim questions but I'm not sure. I did chapter 3 for the second time the last 2 days and it's getting a little easier. But chapter 5 is killing me. Good luck with everything. You are not alone.

[FL_CPA2010]

Thank you south! I thought about rescheduling, but I start my Becker audit class on Tuesday, and the exam at the end of May. I figured there was no sense in postponing it since it would have to wait until the next window anyway. I might as well sit and make an attempt at a 75. Worse case scenario I have to retake it at the same time I would be able to reschedule for.

REG 79 (Becker); BEC 63 (Becker) 70 (Yaeger); AUD 66 (Becker; 11/30 - Becker); FAR 11/24 (Yaeger/Wiley)

[hopeful_cpa]

i'll tell you guys that the material for those sections makes no sense… its very strange.

FL_CPA: hows the wiley material going for you?

BEC: Done
REG: Done
AUD: Done
FAR: Done

I'M DONE!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hopeful_cpa]

who has done all the supplemental questions for becker chapters 3 and 5?

BEC: Done
REG: Done
AUD: Done
FAR: Done

I'M DONE!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

What is your review technique…I have been doing MCQ from the software…20q quizzes, reviewing notes…what else?

[hopeful_cpa]

i have gone over all the lectures, reviewed all the formulas, done all the mcq's about 3 times. chapters 3 and 5 are the difficult ones, but 3 isnt so bad.. i just need to remember how to attack the questions. chapter 5 is a little different because a lot of it still isnt making sense and i have my exam this coming friday on the 23rd.

i have done all the supplemental questions from all the other chapters except for 3 and 5. i think i am not doing them because of time constraint now as those questions would take me forever and i wont have time to really know the other material.

any advice?

BEC: Done
REG: Done
AUD: Done
FAR: Done

I'M DONE!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

hopeful_cpa

I am in pretty much the same boat as you, I test on Wednesday, I am using Yaeger, I have done the qestions in the book 2x, reviewed all of my notes, pretty much have all formulas down, have done 20question quiz on each chapter using software, and am now doing 20q quizzes on all of the chapters combined. As a whole I am scoring in the high 60's to lower 70's.

How are you scoring?

Any suggestions on how to get my scores up?

[hopeful_cpa]

CPA-Valenz: i am doing pretty well in all the sections except for the financial management (doing ok) and the cost accounting. I am doing pretty well on the theory aspects of the questions but am struggling on the formula ones.

my scores are in the high 70's to low 90's depending on what section i am doing.

i felt the same before my REG exam in january and thank god i passed that one.

i have yet to do the final exams for BEC with becker, today is focused on tackling cost accounting and all the formulas.

hopefully i can get this down by the end of the night and then i can get a good 4 days of review after work this week.

i dont know how the yaeger material is set up, but with becker they give an explanation on why the answer is what it is after you answer the question. if i get it wrong then i make sure to read what the explanation is and try to just memorize that.

BEC: Done
REG: Done
AUD: Done
FAR: Done

I'M DONE!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FL_CPA2010]

@ hopeful: I have used the Wiley book very sparingly. I started using it when I got stumped on a Becker question. But then I got stumped all all the Becker questions, so I gave up. I just jumped right to the final review in Becker, and that is really good. It really explained how to use the formulas in Ch. 3 and 5. Now I know how to use them, but I can't remember them all 😡 I am already mentally prepared for retaking this exam in July.

@ hopeful: I didn't do ANY supp Q's for any chapter in this section. I did them all for Reg, and I nailed the MC…take that with my BEC experience and you should probably do the supp's if you have time. I didn't really have the time. Just do as many MCQ's as you can, that is the key bc eventually the concepts will sink in and you will remember the formulas from repetition.

My exam is at noon tomorrow…pray that I don't have to turn to Mr. Yaeger (or Jager, lol) for a July retake……………………………

REG 79 (Becker); BEC 63 (Becker) 70 (Yaeger); AUD 66 (Becker; 11/30 - Becker); FAR 11/24 (Yaeger/Wiley)

[FL_CPA2010]

Oh yeah, and I did both Becker final exams and got a 47 on one, and a 50 on the other. And…the Wiley impact audio is excellent for business formations, econ, and I.T. – FYI 😉 Acceptable for finance and cost.

REG 79 (Becker); BEC 63 (Becker) 70 (Yaeger); AUD 66 (Becker; 11/30 - Becker); FAR 11/24 (Yaeger/Wiley)

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