Cumulative Average of 95.5 but no Elijah Watt Sells Award - Page 5

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  • August 4, 2013 at 4:01 am #179086
    Scottso990
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    Many of you may be familiar with the famous Elijah Watt Sells Award. It is probably the most sought after and most respected award given in the accounting profession. Last year 39 out of 92,000 candidates or .04% won the Sells Award. The award is so respected that some firms, including mine, give a $20k bonus to any employee winning the award.

    The award is bestowed upon candidates who have obtained a cumulative average score ABOVE 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, completed testing during the 2013 calendar year and passed all four sections of the Examination on their first attempt. What annoys me is many websites including Becker’s website states that the award is given to candidates averaging 95.5% or higher. But obviously this has not merit

    Yesterday I received my grade for AUD, my last exam section. I received a 99. A score that I really did not expect and although I was happy about this it’s bittersweet. This brought my cumulative average to EXACTLY 95.5%. In the 99th percentile and borderline EWS award, but close does not mean anything. It’s very discouraging and this is pretty much me venting.

    I plan to talk to as many people as I can about this issue. Im curious how common it really is. I am also going to try and see If I can appeal my lowest score BEC. Hoping that a review of my writing section could increase my score. (Please God)

    Anyways, I am happy to be done with this journey, took me about 7 months while going to Grad School to complete the exam. Although very time consuming, this beast is doable. Good luck to everyone! Hopefully there will be a miracle and I will somehow win the EWS award. I have always dreamt about winning this award, and not even for the check. Ill keep this thread updated as I took to various people at the AICPA, State Board, and NASBA

    REG - 95
    FAR - 96
    BEC - 92
    AUD - 99

    DONE

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  • August 15, 2013 at 2:00 am #586053
    Scottso990
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    No luck on the score review — No change…damn

    REG - 95
    FAR - 96
    BEC - 92
    AUD - 99

    DONE

    August 15, 2013 at 2:09 am #586054
    mmp3
    Member

    @Scottso: that's too bad I was really hoping it would work out for you. Still, they are awesome scores you should showcase on your resume.

    FAR 92 (2/27/13)
    AUD 99 (4/18/13)
    REG 93 (7/5/13)
    BEC 92 (8/12/13)

    Becker Self Study

    August 15, 2013 at 2:20 am #586055
    peetree
    Member

    I'm with @mmp3, @scotts definitely should put your cumulative average on your resume as those are some impressive scores.

    FAR 02/21/13 - 95
    REG 07/02/13 - 87
    AUD 08/02/13 - 94
    BEC 08/30/13 - 85
    Ethics Exam - 90

    Illinois candidate awaiting his license

    Used Becker Self Study | Ninja Audio | Becker Flash Cards | Ninja Notes | Wiley Test Bank

    August 15, 2013 at 2:27 am #586056
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Scottso – I'm so sorry to hear your rescore wasn't successful. I was really rooting for you on this.

    August 15, 2013 at 3:23 am #586057
    Scottso990
    Member

    Thanks for the support guys I appreciate it! That's a good idea I think I will put that on my resume.

    Good luck on the rest of your exams!

    REG - 95
    FAR - 96
    BEC - 92
    AUD - 99

    DONE

    August 15, 2013 at 3:45 am #586058
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Aww… This sucks!! I was really hoping for good news for you. I am sorry it didn't work out! 🙁

    August 15, 2013 at 5:06 am #586059
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Bummer.

    August 15, 2013 at 4:40 pm #586060
    noodles
    Member

    I'll still worship you!

    I only have a 99 on Audit but I'm still damn proud of myself. Doesn't hurt to have that ego booster har har har.

    August 16, 2013 at 5:16 am #586061
    higher_flyer
    Member

    Damn. Had high hopes for one tiny point. Sorry man!

    REG 95 Aug '12
    FAR 95 Dec '12
    AUD 99 Apr '13
    BEC 94 Jul '13
    CA PETH 94 Oct '13

    August 16, 2013 at 5:21 am #586062
    acamp
    Participant

    Weak, I was really hoping to see them bump you up by a point!

    Ninja + Wiley Test Bank: [FAR - 81] [REG - 76] [BEC - 88] [AUD - 73](doh!)

    Becker Videos: [AUD - 82]

    California CPA

    August 16, 2013 at 5:08 pm #586063
    newuseracc
    Participant

    Can you people who are getting in the 90's on all sections please tell us how you studied!?!?!?!

    Also what advice would you give to someone who has 2 weeks left until they take FAR?

    August 16, 2013 at 5:08 pm #586064
    newuseracc
    Participant

    Can you people who are getting in the 90's on all sections please tell us how you studied!?!?!?!

    Also what advice would you give to someone who has 2 weeks left until they take FAR?

    August 24, 2013 at 9:41 pm #586065
    higher_flyer
    Member

    Oh. Wow. Got a 94 on BEC. Seems too good to be true. Gulp.

    Thank you to everyone on the forum for your advice and insight. So glad to be done.

    REG 95 Aug '12
    FAR 95 Dec '12
    AUD 99 Apr '13
    BEC 94 Jul '13
    CA PETH 94 Oct '13

    August 24, 2013 at 10:45 pm #586066
    txcpa13
    Member

    @higher_flyer CONGRATULATIONS!!! I'm still waiting for Texas to release scores…I don't have a good feeling.

    I am extremely happy for you though! I hope you did something to reward yourself!

    AUD - 99 (5/2013)
    BEC - 93 (5/2013)
    FAR - 97 (7/2013)
    REG - 94 (8/2013)

    August 26, 2013 at 9:16 am #586067
    txcpa13
    Member

    94 on REG! Totally worth the 4am alarm!

    AUD - 99 (5/2013)
    BEC - 93 (5/2013)
    FAR - 97 (7/2013)
    REG - 94 (8/2013)

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