[jeff]

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Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[TATI1012]

I'm on here because I just took the BEC portion of the CPA exam, and feel like Becker was a complete failure in preparing me for the exam. I studied for over 2 months, weekdays and weekends since I'm not working, and felt completely lost during the examination. I haven't received my results, but I'm 99% sure I failed. Everything I mastered and memorized was for nothing. I felt that I knew that book and flashcards from front to back, and maybe about 30% of what I had studied was on the exam. I'm considering Wiley or some other program. Any recommendations? I see from posts made around a year ago that other test takers had problems with Becker-BEC as well. PLEASE HELP!

[Marivy22]

@ PJ

I wouldn't say that Becker “the material” didn't prepare me well, but I can say that the MCQ's were not similar at all.

Done 😉
Class of 2012!!!!
Lots of prayers and hard work....

[Marivy22]

@ PJ

I wouldn't say that Becker “the material” didn't prepare me well, but I can say that the MCQ's were not similar at all.

Done 😉
Class of 2012!!!!
Lots of prayers and hard work....

[PJ]

Thanks Marivy. What state did you take the exam in?

Also, any words of wisdom as my exam is on Feb 24th…

Thanks again

[PJ]

Thanks Marivy. What state did you take the exam in?

Also, any words of wisdom as my exam is on Feb 24th…

Thanks again

[Marivy22]

@PJ

FL…

Words of wisdom…believe 😉

All the success on exam date to all!!!

Done 😉
Class of 2012!!!!
Lots of prayers and hard work....

[Marivy22]

@PJ

FL…

Words of wisdom…believe 😉

All the success on exam date to all!!!

Done 😉
Class of 2012!!!!
Lots of prayers and hard work....

[PistolPete]

It's the day before my exam. Feeling pretty good. I took the AICPA sample test, only missed one (of 5). Then did all the 2011 released questions…still feeling good, missed about 5 or 6 (of 40).

Still slightly worred about the WC, it seems to take me longer to formulate a decent response. I'm planning on leaving a little more than 45 minutes just incase.

Overall I don't really know what to review tonight. Doing MCQ is like beating a dead horse at this point. Think I'll just review COSO/ERM, IT, Internal Auditing, Econ and any formulas. I'll let you know how it went tomorrow.

FAR - 68, 79
AUD - 82
REG - 71, 71, 80
BEC - 76

CMA
Part 1: October 2013
Part 2: January 2014

[PistolPete]

It's the day before my exam. Feeling pretty good. I took the AICPA sample test, only missed one (of 5). Then did all the 2011 released questions…still feeling good, missed about 5 or 6 (of 40).

Still slightly worred about the WC, it seems to take me longer to formulate a decent response. I'm planning on leaving a little more than 45 minutes just incase.

Overall I don't really know what to review tonight. Doing MCQ is like beating a dead horse at this point. Think I'll just review COSO/ERM, IT, Internal Auditing, Econ and any formulas. I'll let you know how it went tomorrow.

FAR - 68, 79
AUD - 82
REG - 71, 71, 80
BEC - 76

CMA
Part 1: October 2013
Part 2: January 2014

[Anonymous]

@PistolPete

Good Luck, i am sure you will do good.

[Anonymous]

@PistolPete

Good Luck, i am sure you will do good.

[Anonymous]

@TATI1012

I would not try to memorize the material, but rather just try to understand it. A general understanding of why a forumla is designed the way that it is… Behind all of the material is logic, just make it logical. It's not about how many hours you are putting into the material, but rather what you are getting out of the hours that you are putting in… I haven't taken my BEC section yet, but from speaking with a lot of my CPA friends, this is the type of information that I have gathered. Many cantidates seem to want to be hopeful to see a question worded identically to the way they answered an MCQ from their preperation software; you probably won't. Although, if you truley understand the concepts then it will not matter how they phrase the question.

@Pistolpete

Let us know how it goes. I am sure you did great.

[Anonymous]

@TATI1012

I would not try to memorize the material, but rather just try to understand it. A general understanding of why a forumla is designed the way that it is… Behind all of the material is logic, just make it logical. It's not about how many hours you are putting into the material, but rather what you are getting out of the hours that you are putting in… I haven't taken my BEC section yet, but from speaking with a lot of my CPA friends, this is the type of information that I have gathered. Many cantidates seem to want to be hopeful to see a question worded identically to the way they answered an MCQ from their preperation software; you probably won't. Although, if you truley understand the concepts then it will not matter how they phrase the question.

@Pistolpete

Let us know how it goes. I am sure you did great.

[Anonymous]

Hi, guys, I am looking for some advices how I can improve the Corp. Gov and IT section of the BEC exam. I took it 3 times with 73, 74, 74. I used Becker. Thank you for your time.

Here is my report for the MC,

Score 73: Corp.Gov-Weak, Econ Concept-Weak, Fin. mgmt-Comparable, IT-Weak, Strategic Planning-Strong,Opr mgmt-Comparable

Score 74: Corp.Gov-Weak, Econ Concept-Weak, Fin. mgmt-Strong, IT-Weak, Strategic Planning-Strong, Opr mgmt-Comparable

Score 74: Corp.Gov-Weak, Econ Concept-Comparable, Fin. mgmt-Weak, IT-Weak, Strategic Planning-Strong, Opr mgmt-Comparable

[Anonymous]

Hi, guys, I am looking for some advices how I can improve the Corp. Gov and IT section of the BEC exam. I took it 3 times with 73, 74, 74. I used Becker. Thank you for your time.

Here is my report for the MC,

Score 73: Corp.Gov-Weak, Econ Concept-Weak, Fin. mgmt-Comparable, IT-Weak, Strategic Planning-Strong,Opr mgmt-Comparable

Score 74: Corp.Gov-Weak, Econ Concept-Weak, Fin. mgmt-Strong, IT-Weak, Strategic Planning-Strong, Opr mgmt-Comparable

Score 74: Corp.Gov-Weak, Econ Concept-Comparable, Fin. mgmt-Weak, IT-Weak, Strategic Planning-Strong, Opr mgmt-Comparable

[Author]

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