[rknight21]

Ok I am curious to know how does some of my fellow text takers study and learn?? I just read a post where someone said they have a 2′ thick card notes for BEC and it had me thinking and made me nervous a little…. The thing is I almost never take notes. Literally!!! I have always rely soley on my memory. Admittedly for BEC I have a 3 page formula sheet which is really for reviewing minutes before my exam. Other than that I dont look at notes or formula sheets. I did that for AUD and passed. I am now 85% confident about BEC with a month to go and i havent taken any notes….. my thing is I have always had a good memory. some ppl find it scary…..

To prepare for my exams I intend on doing thousands of MCQ’s and rely solely on memory when necessary…. Are there anyone else that doesnt take notes and was still able to pass on the exams???

[Peanut]

@mla1169, what review course did you end up using? I've watching a couple of Rogers clips and have loved him and his teaching styles.. I saw him AFTER I had already purchased all 4 sections under Becker..

AUD 81 (X4) Previous scores 59, 72, 72
REG 80 (X3) Previous scores 59, 60
FAR 75 (X2) Previous score 67
BEC 79 (X2) Previous score 58

[mla1169]

Peanut I tried to go about this as cheap as possible (in retrospect it did cost me to do this, by 2 failed exams) but I am only using the wiley books and CPAreviewforfree.com. I think when all is said and done for my review for 4 exams I paid less than $150 but I really only started out on this to see if I could do it and wasn't entirely committed.

Actually for FAR, I didnt purchase a single thing. I used cpareviewforfree and then googled to supplement, by looking up on the aicpa and other official websites. I probably put more hours in than I would have had I used an official program but I am a fan of doing things the hard way….

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[smrichard]

I used to take notes religiously but that didn't help me and it just took up so much time. Now I just read and do hundreds and hundreds of MCQ's until I understand it.

FAR 82
AUD 81 (2007), 73, 80
REG 68 (2010), 76
BEC 58 (2007), 75 DONE!!!!

[Anonymous]

smrichard. welcome to Club MCQer.

[Anonymous]

I make lots of note cards, but I never really go back and look at them again. I think that just writing things down that helps me memorize. Also, lots and lots of MCQs.

[tulip]

@rknight21 – I never took notes. I relied heavily on MCQs for all 4 sections. I think working the MCQs and studying a formula sheet for BEC is a fine plan, especially if it has worked for you in the past.

BEC - 10/18/2010 - 79
FAR - 10/28/2010 - 82
AUD - 11/04/2010 - 73; 02/18/2011 - 86 - IT'S OVER!!!!!!
REG - 11/21/2010 - 83

[rknight21]

thanks tulip thats definately how i plan on doing it…. even if i fail a section i doubt i would even change my tactics…. i would just study harder

[herbert7890]

Everyone learns in a different way. I never wrote a single note for any of my exams and I passed them all on my first try. Instead, I used Becker premade notes (which are awesome for all sections) But that's just my learning style and I read each page from Becker 2-3 times and read Jeff notes for some sections also.

FAR 88 - BEC 86 - AUD 90 - REG 85

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