Near the end of BEC is where I began hitting a big wall (it was my third section in two months). I am still struggling with FAR. I have 50 hours logged and still have to go through F9 for the first time. I sit on Tuesday.
I attribute my struggles to BEC 3 and 5 supplemental questions. After fighting my way through the supplemental questions I recall my brain being VERY fried. To the point of going to the counter at Starbucks to order a coffee and having difficulty getting words out of my mouth! Brain is just whizzing and swirling!
I will say a few things about the BEC supplemental questions:
– If you can get through them correctly at least once, you are going to be in good shape.
– Split it up. When I would sit down and try to work through all 150+ questions correctly it made me want to throw my Becker book and laptop out the window, and myself soon thereafter. If I remember correctly I would work through them once, go to bed, wake up in the morning and work through all of the problems I missed the first time.
You will notice that many of the supplemental questions come from the CMA exam. Many of the problems in Becker are longer/more detailed than what you will see on the CPA. There was not a single problem I came across in the exam where I had difficulty calculating the correct answer. Even if I didn't know the right answer/formula to use immediately, I could work through the problem a number of different ways and eventually come to the answer.
I worked through all of Becker's MC (supplemental and regular) one time correctly. I scored a 92 on BEC.
REG: 5/26 - 90hrs (Pass) AUD: 7/1 - 86hrs (Pass)
BEC: 7/22 - 72hrs (Pass) FAR: 8/31 - 56hrs (Wait)
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