[Jsmi77y]

I don’t know what it is about BEC, but its concepts and calculations are by far the hardest of any of the tests for me. I’m down to my last test and unfortunately studying it during busy season because I have to pass by the end of April. I’m reading through the book (it’s my second time studying it but lost most of the information I learned before) and things like Decision Making sections are extremely difficult to grasp for me. And equations are generally where I excel. What is it with BEC? Does the Roger book just leave out topics that help make it all click? The whole Absorption vs Variable costing and what amounts are added to inventory and how that all ties in with the GAAP F/S vs internal F/S is driving me mad. I’ve read that part 3+ times and it’s still awkward and unclear.

I’m going to keep pushing through the book and then just jam thousands of MCQ and eventually I’m sure I’ll get it. But what gives? Smallest book but most frustrating for me personally. It being my last test and all has me motivated but good gawd. Any suggestions?

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REG - 68 | 71 | 88 | 86
FAR - 72 | 74 | 79
AUD - 66 | 70 | 77
BEC - 62 | 74 | 80

Guess that means I'm a soon-to-be CPA!

[Anonymous]

you don't have lectures,right ?

[Jsmi77y]

@anasAG I did, I had Roger lectures (videos) and I've watched them all once a while back but not going to renew them. They helped clear some things up from what I remember, and if I can't grasp it by the end of my MCQ grind I'll likely renew BEC vids to help.

REG - 68 | 71 | 88 | 86
FAR - 72 | 74 | 79
AUD - 66 | 70 | 77
BEC - 62 | 74 | 80

Guess that means I'm a soon-to-be CPA!

[samdiegoCPA]

Same for me. All the rest you could eventually figure everything out and make sense of it, but BEC is just like HUH. to me.

AUD: 84
REG: 84
BEC: 79
FAR: 83

[Sudad]

You are not alone.

DONE!!!

[Anonymous]

Go on youtube and search susan crosson. She has a bunch of lectures on cost acct. They are great and FREE!

[mom2fourinpink]

I just took my first BEC test and scored a 59. I studied forever and am in the same boat. I used Yaegar and the wileytest bank but didn't really utilize it to the best of my ability. I am re-taking it in May and plan on spending the next 3 months doing nothing but the MCQ's…. I used KhanAcademy for the economics section and it really helped with some of the tough economic topics.

I hope you are right in that it's the hardest because it is my FIRST exam and it is such a struggle. Best of luck to you~

BEC - 2/13/13 (59) retake 5/15/13
AUD -
REG -
FAR -

[Partially Deaf]

Everything is relative. I was an economics major in college, so a lot of things were pretty much just a review for me. I put 3x more effort into FAR compared to BEC.

MBA Candidate - UCLA Anderson School of Management

REG 89 - 4/9/2012
BEC 88 - 5/29/2012
AUD 93 - 8/20/2012
FAR 83 - 2/4/2013
-All passed on the first attempt!

CFA Level 1 - Passed on first attempt in June 2014

[Jsmi77y]

Holy crap the IT section is ridiculous. You know, when someone knows IT and has to learn it because it's so incredibly dated. There's a problem.

REG - 68 | 71 | 88 | 86
FAR - 72 | 74 | 79
AUD - 66 | 70 | 77
BEC - 62 | 74 | 80

Guess that means I'm a soon-to-be CPA!

[missjones513]

BEC is deceiving. You would think it wouldn't be too difficult because it doesn't cover as much material as REG and FAR. But no, that section will eat you up and spit you out just like the other sections.

REG - 5/29/12 (64), 10/1/12 (74), 5/20/13 (75, expires 12/31/14)
FAR - 8/14/12 (64), 8/5/14 (75)
BEC - 11/19/12 (70), 2/25/13 (72), 11/21/13 (73), 1/21/14 (73), 8/30/14 (72), 11/24/14 (75)
AUD - 4/22/13 (65), 10/12/13 (79)

I'm done!!!

Ethics - Pass

[jokami]

I've said this before, BEC is the work of evil!!! The devil himself put his whole fortune (not just his two cents) to the making of the test.

Tomorrow is my fourth encounter with this little creation. It's going down!!!! (I hope)

B - 62, 70, 72, 79!!!
A - 68, 81
R - 70, 82
F - 84

"The limit to your abilities is where you place them" - Fortune Cookies

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