Liana, I used Becker without the final review for REG and was successful but I wasn't working full time either. I worked part time, doing taxes which gave me some practical application and then crammed from Apr 15 to May 11th. I watched the lectures twice, wrote out tons of notes and did MCQs and TBS. I read the book too. I guess I know that worked for me so I have my work cut out for me for FAR now since I have a month before I take that one but you can definitely do it.
Part of it is the luck of the draw, are the questions you guess on the pretest ones or the real ones? I thought I failed miserably when I walked out of there. I used all my extra time to go through the TBS I wasn't sure about and researched so I quit with literally only 16 seconds left on the timer.
So when you do go back to REG, review the areas you did well on based on the report you get and then really review the areas you didn't do so well on and make sure you do the supplemental questions.
Concerning Audit, can you post pone the exam until near the end of august? I postponed REG 2 times. Originally it was for Feb. Then I moved it to April and then to May. Postponing it and paying the 35 dollars to do so each time was more than worth it to have that extra time to study.
NASBA makes me cry.
REG - 84 May 2011, expires Nov 30 2012. Losing credit because AUD is a $#@#$
BEC - 76 July 2011, Expires Feb 28 2013. gonna lose it because of busy tax season work.
FAR - 74 July 2011, retake on Nov 30th.
AUD - 72 Jan 2012, 74 Oct 2012 <-- I hate you NASBA and AICPA
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