I took BEC on 11/14 (yay for Sundays) and I felt that it was okay. I only had one week vacation to study for BEC, which I thought would've been easier for me than FAR (I took FAR 11/4). I was soooo wrong. Studying for BEC was MUCH harder than studying for FAR. While FAR is more voluminous, if you are fresh out of college, alot of the stuff you remember, if not the calculations at least the concept/topic wheras they don't scare you as much. For me, alot of BEC was like a foreign language to me. I did Cost Accounting in college, but it was taught differently. And remembering all the BEC formulas was definitely a challenge. I almost cancelled my exam but I didn't. I took the exam, and to my surprise, I did not feel THAT terrible about it. I feel like it could've gone either way. I felt good though, not crying as I was after REG, but not as good as I felt after AUD. I may have passed it after all…my fingers are crossed. My written communications were disappointing because 2 were heavily FAR related, so thank God I had just done FAR a few days prior and was able to remember some of the information. And Becker's MCQ's were actually harder than what I got on my exam. Unless I missed some tricks, I felt good about them. Whether I have passed or failed, the BEC exam has taught me that the CPA exam as a whole is very passable. As much as I walked into that exam wanting to cry, I was pleasantly surprised. And even with not knowing as much as I would've liked and not being as comfortable as I would've liked, I still feel good, so imagine had I REALLY felt comfortable with the material going in. I am just hoping and praying and eating lots of ice cream (my comfort food)until Monday rolls on by and I can find out my results.
How has the score release target date been thus far? Did they truly release on their “target” date for the first 20 days of the testing window? Because I don't want to get my hopes up about receiving my score on Monday only to be disappointed that they did NOT meet their target.
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