[jeff]

I have a question that I hope you can help me with…. I purchased the Becker CD’s and installed them on my PC. I have taken and passed all but one of the exams (BEC left).. I was checking to see if my software was up to date and noticed an expiration date of November 2013.. Does this mean my software ( downloaded from my CD’s) will no longer work after November….or will it no longer be supported but I can still take practice exams and do study questions etc?

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

[Amay]

Today I am realizing how important it is to follow the NINJA study plan. I have spent from 10AM to 7PM going over B1- Corp Governance and Managerial accounting (including equivalent units of productions problems which have been a nightmare!). The reason? I started “studying” in April and got through 2 chapters and didn't pick up studying again until mid-June. OBVIOUSLY I forgot how to do everything, which I thought I had nailed down at that point! Hoping that I can go faster through the other chapters since I did do them more recently….I know B2 took me a while when I started with it a while back but I hope it doesn't take me as long this time…I only have 2 more days before my test!

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[Amay]

Today I am realizing how important it is to follow the NINJA study plan. I have spent from 10AM to 7PM going over B1- Corp Governance and Managerial accounting (including equivalent units of productions problems which have been a nightmare!). The reason? I started “studying” in April and got through 2 chapters and didn't pick up studying again until mid-June. OBVIOUSLY I forgot how to do everything, which I thought I had nailed down at that point! Hoping that I can go faster through the other chapters since I did do them more recently….I know B2 took me a while when I started with it a while back but I hope it doesn't take me as long this time…I only have 2 more days before my test!

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[ROACH]

is anyone using Yaeger's/Cindy's way of doing variances? In theory it seems easy but its not easy to apply.

I might need to read over that PURE DADS one but I don't want to confuse myself more.

BEC: 66 | 69 | 7/23/2013
AUD: 8/28/2013
REG:
FAR:

[ROACH]

is anyone using Yaeger's/Cindy's way of doing variances? In theory it seems easy but its not easy to apply.

I might need to read over that PURE DADS one but I don't want to confuse myself more.

BEC: 66 | 69 | 7/23/2013
AUD: 8/28/2013
REG:
FAR:

[ZSRizvi]

I'm beginning to realize I need to pay closer attention to the questions and what they ask. -.-‘

BEC (July 2013)
FAR (OCT 2013)
REG (NOV 2013)
AUD (JAN 2014)

The CPA Exam is an opponent that not even the Fellowship of the Ring would want to come across.

I have a long...long...journey ahead of me.

[ZSRizvi]

I'm beginning to realize I need to pay closer attention to the questions and what they ask. -.-‘

BEC (July 2013)
FAR (OCT 2013)
REG (NOV 2013)
AUD (JAN 2014)

The CPA Exam is an opponent that not even the Fellowship of the Ring would want to come across.

I have a long...long...journey ahead of me.

[Anonymous]

@roach I started out trying Cindy's way, but I wasn't understanding it. PURE DADS worked better for me. That being said, I feel that I'm understanding the concept well, so when I'm using PURE DADS to do the calculation I'm also reasoning out the concept to see if the answer is making logical sense. I imagine everyone is different in how they understand things.

[Anonymous]

@roach I started out trying Cindy's way, but I wasn't understanding it. PURE DADS worked better for me. That being said, I feel that I'm understanding the concept well, so when I'm using PURE DADS to do the calculation I'm also reasoning out the concept to see if the answer is making logical sense. I imagine everyone is different in how they understand things.

[Jennifer241]

@ZSRizvi There is a term for that, we call it RTFQ – I have perfected that phrase, because I always misread the question, or think I know what it's going to ask me and get the wrong answer.

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

[Jennifer241]

@ZSRizvi There is a term for that, we call it RTFQ – I have perfected that phrase, because I always misread the question, or think I know what it's going to ask me and get the wrong answer.

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

[Anonymous]

@ZSRizvi and @Jennifer241 or even RTMFQ!! I write it on my scratch “paper” the minute I sit down for the exam. 😛

[Anonymous]

@ZSRizvi and @Jennifer241 or even RTMFQ!! I write it on my scratch “paper” the minute I sit down for the exam. 😛

[Amay]

LOL Just got what that meant! I need to apply this too!!

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[Amay]

LOL Just got what that meant! I need to apply this too!!

BEC: 73, 81
AUD: 85
FAR: 71, 77
REG: 74, 75...finally DONE! 😀

*This is my 2nd attempt at the CPA exam. For all of you who have failed this exam many times, given up on it, or taken a break like me, remember that it is still possible to finish what you started...failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently 🙂

[barelystayingsane]

I've seen some questions about variances on here. For those of you like me who did not understand the PURE SAD DADS mnemonic, below is a video I made for another Another71'er, showing how I learned variances in my cost accounting class in college. Hopefully, it's helpful! It can be used for any variance…the variance I'm showing in the video is VOH. It is somewhat similar to Becker's tabular format, although I've broken it into three inputs, which I find to be much more helpful. Not sure if this is the same way as other prep materials teach it, but I found this table more helpful than the ways Becker explained it. After working through a bunch of problems using the table, I am now able to visualize the table in my head and do variance problems much, much faster. Also, I apologize for my poor attempt at a YouTube video haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt2X6OOXBdc&feature=player_embedded

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