@IrieMon Actually, I took AUD 5 times in total. 🙂 Just to set the record straight there. AUD was my nemesis for a long time. It was my first ever exam and clearly the lowest score I've had. I took it again right after the first failure, and then didn't take it again for awhile. So life got in the way right after my first pass of REG, and kind of threw a wrench into a lot of my plans. I made a last ditch effort last fall to pass the exams before losing REG, but when that didn't happen I took the first half of 2017 off. Then went back to it.
So I took AUD first in July this year. And basically, all I did was hammer Ninja MCQ's. I was scoring higher than ever before and felt more confident on this section. Maybe my real world experience finally helped, but something just clicked and the planets all aligned and I finally passed it. I wish I could be more help, but really, I think Ninja did a great job preparing me. I don't study for SIMs (except for the practice AICPA exam), so I can't really help there. I feel like if you know the concepts well enough, you should be able to do the SIMs. Evidence is something that will eventually make sense, but IC just sucks no matter how many times you deal with it.
Just keep pushing, you'll get there!!!
AUD - 56 - 68 - 61 - 9/8/16
REG - 75
FAR - 7/15/16
BEC - TBD
Wiley CPAexcel and NINJA 10 Point Combo