[jeff]

Welcome to the BEC CPA Exam study group for July & August 2018 exams. 🙂

Please introduce yourself & when you’re taking your exam (approximate timeframe).

BEC Study Group Links and Resources:

1. NINJA Monthly – Full BEC Course for $67/mo
2. How to Study for BEC with NINJA Only
3. How to Pass BEC in 20 Days
4. How to Retake BEC After Failing
5. Video: Study Advice for BEC
6. CPA Reviewed Podcast
7. CPA Exam Score Release Dates
8. NINJA MCQ Trending vs Actual BEC Scores
9. I Passed the CPA Exam!
10. I Passed BEC!
11. NINJA BEC Written Communications List by Topic
12. Free Downloads: NINJA BEC

[Anonymous]

@nomorestudying I couldn't tell at all and scored “Stronger” on MCQ for both AUD and FAR

[nomorestudying]

@mskcle

The sims were fair. As I felt after far, there wasn’t really anything I felt like I could have done or studied differently. I don’t feel like they were a sure thing at all. Praying for partial credit

[hopefulcpa2016]

9 study days left … not feeling so good about this section. Trying to make the most of these 2 weekends I have left to study. How is everyone else feeling about this section?

[DoubleBogey]

I'm about to pull my hair out. Just got a sim with NINETEEN different analysis questions. Took me 45 minutes to complete by iteslf. This is my last one but the motivation is gone and I feel like there's so much meaningless crap in this exam that I know will never come up in real life so that makes it even more difficult. Gotta push for 10 more days and squeak by. 2 month score release wait will once again be not fun.

[nomorestudying]

anyone else take it and feel bad about it? I left feeling like I failed. I know this feeling is typically a sign of passing for most exams, but I thought this one was supposed to be “easy?”
Hoping I get credit for my grammar and structure on the WC. I for sure flunked on quality of answers for that part.

[ES626cpa]

I, too, don’t feel good going in. My exam is scheduled for 7/23, although there is alot of time left, I feel like I haven’t been able to get any momentum. Good luck to those taking it soon! Please let us know how you felt after the exam!

[hopefulcpa2016]

I hope I can get a good amount nailed down today. Struggling with Financial Management and Economics. I don't want to have to take this part again. For me it absolutely is NOT the easiest part. The small book is deceiving.

[Anonymous]

Just took the exam, MC keeps getting harder. I tried to narrow things down. Simulation and essay was the most shocking of all. I never seen it this hard before. One good thing is that they allow excel sheets, but the formula don't get save for the next teslet. Good luck all!

[CPAchiever]

If English is not my first language, how can I best prepare for the WC section?

[zrula]

I emailed academic support regarding the same question. No answer yet! I also emailed them about the task 4 in B2-sim2, and the problem has an error ( it should say that average collection period is reduced to 20 days). They didn't explain to me why they used sales from the income statement to calculate average receivables instead of using the ending receivables in the balance sheet. If someone has an answer please share.

[Anonymous]

The full employment gross domestic product is 1.3Trillion and the actual gross domestic product is 1.2T. The MPC is 0.8. When inflation is ignored what increase in government expenditure necessary to provide full employment?

why we didn't use formula 1/(1-MPC) * 100B

Why is answer is 20B

[DoubleBogey]

@CPANNOYING This is because of the multiplier effect. If the MPS (1-MPC) is 20%. Spending will be returned 5 fold in the economy. so 20% * the $100B difference = 20B. Or 20B/.2 = 100B

[Anonymous]

Took BEC yesterday It was really long compared to the other 2 tests I've taken. I flew through FAR (2hr20min) and AUD (2hr35min), but spent 3h30min on BEC. I don't think anything was particularly difficult. SIMs were significantly wordier than the SIMs I saw on FAR and AUD. Took my time on the WC. Spent about 25min on each one.

[Anonymous]

copying what I wrote on another BEC topic:

I took BEC yesterday and walked away feeling terrible. Feeling a little better today but totally drained. I felt very good going in and knew the Becker book very well. My exam had much more IT questions than either of the two mock exams I took. I felt completely lost on many of the IT questions, so I don't believe Becker's IT section was the strongest. I was completely lost on one SIM on a Cost Accounting topic which I believe I was very strong on (and was strong on in school). I feel like I bombed that SIM. The other three SIMS seemed decent, but as someone mentioned WAY overloaded with data. I had 55 minutes left for the WC–only on one I felt like I could write intelligently on the material. The other two were intelligent ramblings. One of them was IT-related.

This was certainly the toughest of the 4 in my opinion, and I've felt worse after this exam than the other three. I feel like there were quite a bit of topics and questions in the exam that I was lost on and not as effectively covered by Becker at least compared to the other three exams and in light of my learning style.

Be sure to study IT.

[nomorestudying]

@ is it over yet

Wow I feel almost the same.
I thought I prepared for this fairly well and I took off work before the test for cramming.
Definitely not an “easy” test and I felt the same about the cost accounting and IT

[Author]

Replies