[jeff]

Guess I’ll kick it off!

Scheduled to take BEC on 4/19. It’s my last test so I’m putting as much study time in as I can. If I pass I get promoted, if I don’t pass I don’t get promoted, so the pressure is on!!

Good luck to everyone taking BEC this quarter!

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

[Melans]

Hello all! I start studying this week for BEC. I have attempted various parts of this exam several times over the past few years. Hoping it goes better this time. Started off with what I thought would be one of the easier sections, so I could get a win and hopefully stick with it till I finish all of them. I feel like I have been dragging this CPA exam along WAY too long, ready to be done with it and move on with my career.

I am opting for Becker's online class this time versus self study maybe the extra structure will help me out? It does seem to go really fast, and needs at least 30 hours a week. I work full time. Any thoughts on juggling it all? Anyone else gone this route with a full time job? Any input is welcome, I feel overwhelmed at the moment.

AUD 7/30/12 73; 12/2/13 85
BEC 7/19/13 81
REG 8/2/14 83
FAR - Jan 2015

[Anonymous]

Why is it so hard to concentrate. Am I alone here tonight or are there more souls with me? lol.

[Tenkeyz]

@Melans – You can do it. I work full time for a large financial institution, I have a wife and a two year old daughter so I understand making the time to study can be difficult. I have been taking the Becker live classes and what I've been doing on the weekdays is studying for about an hour and half before work, get in another 30 mins over lunch and then study for another 1 hour and half after work or in the evening. Over the weekend I try to get about 6-8 hours in on Saturday and another 4-6 on Sunday. It takes time, commitment, and to be honest you have to be a bit selfish but if it were easy everyone would be a CPA! I've had a couple of misfires before I got “serious” and made passing the exam my top priority. When I passed AUD in January I proved to work, family, friends and myself that the time I had been putting in and will put it is worth it. Hope this helps and best of luck to you.

B-70 70 81!
A-77!
R-79!
F-67 73 69

[Journey to Fate]

Getting back on the BEC train tomorrow. Finished audit and going after BEC after getting a 70 in February. Any advice? Rewatch lectures or no? Testing on 5/31

BEC- 67, 69

[MintsRGood]

JTF we have the same testing date for BEC! Glad to see you in the BEC group!!! I'm getting all my materials in order this weekend and making a study schedule to get going on BEC, although wondering about auditing is starting to eat at me! 😉

What materials are you using to study?

REG: 75 DONE 🙂
AUD: 61, 71, 68, 92 DONE 🙂
BEC: 76 DONE 🙂
FAR: 72, 74, 79 DONE 🙂
Licensed Michigan CPA 🙂
-Some people dream of success...others wake up and work hard for it!!!
-The cowards never start and the weak die along the way!
-You better work, b***h!
-Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.-JFK

[Melans]

@Tenkeyz – Thanks, Before work is impressive. I was thinking at lunch and after work for 2-3 hours. and then on weekends for as much as I could stand it, or as much as I was honestly absorbing info. Specifically using weekends for lectures and practice tests (as I would have more un-interrupted hours). I plan on even getting a slight head start today before the class technically begins.

And this time, I feel so done with attempts that go awry, I am hoping pure frustration fuels me to the end. And actually passing one I think will really help.

AUD 7/30/12 73; 12/2/13 85
BEC 7/19/13 81
REG 8/2/14 83
FAR - Jan 2015

[Journey to Fate]

Hey mints! Hopefully we are both moving forward from a pass on Audit!

I am using Becker, Wiley tb and ninja notes. I got a 70 back I'm Feb. what about u?

BEC- 67, 69

[whatamidoing]

One week to go. I'll be banging out 100Q progress tests the next 7 days and cramming the formulas and IT.

F - 85 (11/2012)
R - 87 (1/2013)
A - 92 (2/2013)
B - 90 (4/2013)

DONE!

[Tootsie]

I finally finished the awful B2 and have been doing B3 today. It's crazy how I got through 20 pages this morning. I guess because I actually understand NPV, cash flows, etc. I feel like doing a happy dance! How's everyone's studying coming along?

FAR - 76
AUD - 88!!! DONE!!!!!!!!
BEC - 76
REG - 77

never, never, never give up

[Anonymous]

Guys I am having a hard time correlating Becker to Wiley MCQ for BEC. Some chapters / modules are a snap while others it takes forever to pinpoint the topics. for instance; Becker Chapter 3 .. Its all over the place in wiley book. anyone have this issue? suggestions?

Also does it seem like Becker just drags it out and focuses on needless content while Wiley condenses it but hits with much harder questions.

[sdgh1826]

Any suggestions with a week left? I'm going through the homework for the third time, averaging in 80%-90% for B1 – B3. I really feel I need to hit Wiley's IT questions again. Just nervous that I might forget the formula's if I don't keep doing their MCQs (I did make a compressed formula sheet). As messy as B6 is, it's an important chapter.

This is my second take for the section. Scored a 100% on three of Becker's writing sims but was rated as “Comparable” on my score report. I feel I'm understanding the concepts behind the computations better than last time, but this exam is sooo “out there”.

What would you guys do? Nail formulas (again), IT later, do progress tests? I have Wiley TB and Ninja Notes. Hopefully no OT or any drama at work for this week. Thanks everyone!

Becker 2012, NINJA notes

[Jennifer241]

Cram studying for BEC, which I plan to take on May 14th. Had a lot of things happen, but am going to get this baby done in 3 weeks! Corp Gov is a pain! Onto Economics

AUD - Jan 9,13 Pass
REG - Aug 30,13 Pass
BEC - Oct 26,13 Pass
FAR - Dec 4,13 Pass

Licensed CPA in the state of Oregon

[sdgh1826]

*Ooops.. correction: formulas (just one of the few things a power weekend does to you)

Becker 2012, NINJA notes

[Fading Novel]

It's time for me to board the BEC train after taking REG last week. I am scheduled for May 31! I havent even peeked at the material yet but please tell me it's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Thanks.

FAR - 85 (CPAExcel with Ninja Notes), 71 (CPAExcel)
AUD - 79 (CPAExcel w/Ninja Notes)
BEC - 77 (CPAExcel w/Ninja Notes)
REG - July/August 2013, 74 (CPAExcel w/Ninja Notes & NO COFFEE during the AM test!)

[ORcpaHOPEFUL]

Anyone else hating BEC? I feel like it's all of the stuff from college I hated crammed into one test. It's been two weeks of studying and haven't gotten through Rogers book once yet. Uuuuugh! It's also hard when I'm DYING to know my audit retake score from April 5th 🙁 booooo

FAR: PASSED!! 64, 68, 79 on 2/27/13!
AUD: PASSED!! 73, 93 on 4/5/13!!!
BEC: PASSED!! 75 (phew) on 5/24/13!
REG: PASSED!!! 77 on 8/7/13 I AM DONE!!!!!

Experience: got it!
Ethics Exam: PASSED on first try (what a waste of money)

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