[jeff]

This is for people taking their exams in the July/August 2010 testing window.

[suzzette1]

BEC is unpredictable exam. I thought it is easy but it humbled me. This exam will make you feel confident that you ace it but in the end it is very disappointing when you get your final exam result. Keep on doing the MCQ's and pray!

BEC 2/8/10 - 75 (studied hard & prayed less)
REG 5/15/10 - 88 (studied less but prayed hard)
AUDITING 8/9/10 - 79 (studied hard and prayed hard)
FAR 11/30/10 - 79 (studied hard and prayed hard) Thanks GOD! I'm DONE

[Ness]

I take my test a week from today and I just took my first practice exam using Becker and scored a 78.67, which is kind of scary since some of the questions were ones that I have already seen from the homework. For people that have taken the test and passed how do the Becker practice tests and scores relate to the REAL test?

BEC 7/20/10 88 (90 hours)
AUD 8/27/10 73 (65 hours), retake 11/22/10 81 (75 hours)
FAR 10/28/10 80 (157 hours)
REG 1/7/10 extended to 1/17/10 78 (130 hours) I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

MPoni123

Thanks for the good thoughts. Sounds like you are on target to master this exam. Hope you get a good exam. If it gets tense take a couple deep breaths to relax. It will calm you down help you to think more clearly.

[is.it.over.yet]

@Suzzette, love your explanations for your scores. haha. I have been praying for almost a year now and hope to see the light soon. I took REG yesterday. I feel i can never walk out of the exam confident, but feel I have a fighting chance. I am taking BEC 8/31- the last day of the window. If i'm lucky, it could be my last. Going to cram hard the coming weeks. Taking a couple of days off to breathe though! Good luck to everyone.

Looks like a mixed crowd as far as becker results? Hope the question stay on par with the becker questions for my sake.

FAR- 71, 87 AUD- 90 REG- 82 BEC- 8/31
“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring” St. Catherine of Siena

[oobaisi]

I just sat for BEC again (74 in the last window). I knew the information, but damn it if you don't get a ton of totally random questions. Fingers crossed I passed, but I got the same question twice and I know I got it wrong. The pathetic thing is the fact that it was such an easy question, and I realized my mistake as soon as I hit submit on that testlet…..damn come on 75!!! Time to study for FAR, assuming I passed BEC it's my last section.

AUD 82, REG 85, BEC 80, FAR 76, Ethics 98

FREEDOM!!!!

[itsmestacey]

oobaisi – Your post sounds exactly like what I was just about to write! I took BEC yesterday after a 74 last window. It was totally random. I got the same question twice as well. Some questions were really easy, some took me 5 minutes to calculate and some seemed like they were missing information or extremely weird (pretest?). I studied with Northern IL CPA review materials and honestly feel like there wasn't anything I could have done differently to help me answer the random questions. If I were to do it again though, I would probably make sure to know some of the ins-and-outs of Sarbanes-Oxley!!

IL Candidate: FAR - 76, BEC - 74, 76, REG - 8/30, AUD - October

[TrCPA30]

I sat for the exam this past weekend. Totally random questions. I agree with ^ itsmestacey.

I also dont know what i could of done differently to study for the exam. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping I passed.

[Ness]

I take my test tomorrow at 3:30, what did you guys do the last day to prepare. Did you take it easy or do tons of MCQs? I am planning on taking another practice test today to see how I do, but was unsure if I should just read my notes 3 or 4 times or do lots of MCQs or take it easy.

BEC 7/20/10 88 (90 hours)
AUD 8/27/10 73 (65 hours), retake 11/22/10 81 (75 hours)
FAR 10/28/10 80 (157 hours)
REG 1/7/10 extended to 1/17/10 78 (130 hours) I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TrCPA30]

@ Ness – I did a whole bunch of MC q's. I took a quick look over my notes but I mostly did MC q's.

There was not much calculations on my exam…since the questions were literally from every single chapter in the book. I'm studying with Becker material.

[MPoni123]

hi everybody! i took BEC today…i feel optimistic about it! i got a good chunk of different calculations, but was able to solve them either using the appropriate formula or backing into it using the answer choices! some questions were totally random and i never saw that topic in my study material (Becker or Yaeger). i did guess on a couple.

hopefully moving on to my last section, FAR, which i take aug. 31. here's to a month or so wait for our BEC score…

Ness – i would do m.c. questions and review your notes a few times. that's what i did last night and a few hours this morning before my exam. i also always review my notes in the car for 15 – 20 min before going into the testing center. the formulas were fresher in my head and i was able to recall them easier. good luck!

AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!

[MPoni123]

BTW jeff – i am SO HAPPY i ordered the Yaeger homestudy. i applied so many of Cindy's techniques to a lot of the questions, which i had no clue on how to calculate on previous exams. she is an awesome instructor! almost wishing i had yaeger for FAR, too but already ordered the 2010 becker stuff! i don't wanna listen to peter olinto or tim gearty anymore. haha

AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!

[Anonymous]

HI MPoni123,

I am glad to hear you felt good coming out of the BEC test. am rooting for you! I am taking AUD on Thursday.

CPABoston

[MPoni123]

hey CPABoston!! thanks 🙂 i have a good feeling about the exam so here's hoping! i used yaeger homestudy and it really helped me with a lot of the calculations i saw on the exam. either i figured the answer out using the formula or was able to back into the answer with the answer choices i was given. then plugged it into the formula to see if it would work.

good luck with AUD tomorrow!! did you already sit for REG? i am taking FAR on aug. 31, too!! hopefully my last section!! maybe i will see you in the FAR forum!

AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!

[MPoni123]

BTW, what city/town are you from again in MA? i forgot!

AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!

[Ness]

MPoni123,

Thanks for the advice, I too felt pretty good coming out the exam. I also had two questions that were absolutely not covered by Becker and did not even seem like they should be tested in BEC, hoping those were pretest questions. There were a few I had narrowed down two choices, but other than that I think I did okay as long as I did not do the common mistakes and pick the common wrong answer. Here is to hoping this first test is completely done with and receiving an awesome score around August 17th :).

BEC 7/20/10 88 (90 hours)
AUD 8/27/10 73 (65 hours), retake 11/22/10 81 (75 hours)
FAR 10/28/10 80 (157 hours)
REG 1/7/10 extended to 1/17/10 78 (130 hours) I'M DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Author]

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