[jeff]

	AICPA Target Date	NINJA Date
October 1 – 20	November 4	November 3
October 21 – November 14	November 24	November 21
November 15 – November 30	December 9	December 8

Note: The NINJA Date is a perfect 9 for 9 in 2014.

Blog Post: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-scores-results-release/

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[Anonymous]

Whoa, those are extremely low scores. I wouldn't rush into taking AUD until you know much more of the material. Do you use the WTB or Ninja MCQ? If so, what scores are you getting?

[peskypole]

Decided to check my score one final time last night before going to bed. About 10:30 pm PST. Passed AUD with a 98. So exciting! Now I can focus on the final two and get them done with.

FAR - PASSED!! - 95
AUD - PASSED!! - 98
REG - PASSED!! - 93
BEC - PASSED!! - 90
Licensed CPA
Just a couple of thoughts I tried to remember as I went through the journey of passing the CPA exams:
Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

[Anonymous]

I found out this morning that I passed FAR on my 5th time taking it!

I used Becker the first two attempts (but never left myself enough practice time at the end), the next two attempts I couldn't bear to listen to Gearty anymore, so I just studied the Becker book and wrote notes and flashcards and memorized formulas and rules.

On my 5th try I did nothing but Ninja MCQs for about three weeks…. around 1800 question attempts total. My weakest area was apparently Governmental and Not-for-profits, because the MCQs really zeroed in on those. My average score was 64, my trending score was 71, and I passed with a 77.

So, Ninja kicked my butt over the finish line!

[zoc1]

PASSED AUD WITH AN 80!!!! ONE MORE TO GO!! CAN'T HIDE MY EXCITEMENT!! 🙂

REG - 83
FAR - 76
AUD - 80!!!
BEC - 76!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Green Diamond – It seems Becker isn't working for you. You aren't too far off. I used becker as well but I got the Ninja notes/audio and would listen to those during my free time. I admit I didn't extensively use them for AUD as I did for FAR. Still helped though. Since I didn't want to pay for more review material, I signed up for free 24 hr access for AUD with Wiley/CPA Excel and just did MCQ's for a whole day just prior to exam day. Different flavor of questions and that's what probably helped. Good luck!

[soyanks]

@ Green Diamond.

I failed AUD first two times by using Becker.

For all other 3 sections, i passed on my first try with Becker but for some reason, i kept scoring 73, 74 with Becker on AUD.

Switched to CPAExcel Wiley Study Guide for AUD and I ended up with 84. Cant be happier

FAR - 86
REG - 85
BEC - 90
AUD - 84

[Anonymous]

Missed on FAR with a 69. I know that I have weak areas and I'm sure my score report will identify those accordingly. I definitely had doubts that I would pass them all on the first try and this just confirms that this will be a long journey with bumps in the road.

I'm looking forward to getting back after it once I have taken BEC.

[Anonymous]

@Bon thanks for sharing your experience with FAR. I am in the same situation… I sit for the 4th time for FAR on the 25th of this month and with three weeks to go before exam day, I have been reeling and unmotivated. Finding out this morning that I passed REG, I immediately purchased the Ninja MCQ for FAR. I have heard nothing but good things and yes, after listening to the Becker lectures and going through motions in their questions I felt it was time for a change. I am going to pound the Ninja MCQs until my head hurts. It is encouraging to hear you can pass by using the Ninja products. Here goes nothing!

[jsim85]

@cpain2014 and @Greendiamond

I used Yaeger for AUD. I failed with a 68 in May. I was super discouraged and didn't get motivated until the end of August. I purchased the Yaeger cram course to quickly review everything. And honestly I started from the very beginning the 2nd time around. I focused on MCQs and SIMs that was recommended by Yaeger (instead of ALL questions in the textbook). I found myself getting the same questions wrong over and over and decided to make index cards to memorize those I couldn't grasp. That helped a lot! I was writing down financial ratio formulas every night for 2 weeks before the exam. I was also writing down the Management Assertions at least once a day for 2 weeks as well. For some reason I struggled with the Management Assertions. I made sure I did the MCQs and SIMs released by the AICPA (questions were on the back of the Wiley textbook). I re-read every question I got wrong and read the textbook explanation. If it was something I felt was important, I wrote it down on an index card.

The topics I struggled on might not be the same topics you've struggled on, so I would suggest using index cards for the topics you struggle on and review them once a day until you know it. I'll be using the same study method for FAR. I hope this helps and good luck. Hang in there!

AUD - 68, 85
FAR - 75
BEC - 74, 76
REG - 80

[Anonymous]

@crafty29, best of luck to you! My FAR scores were also high 60's before this last sitting. I hope Ninja gives you the boost you need, too.

[FutureHokieCPA]

Passed FAR with an 80! A number has never looked so beautiful.

FAR-72,80
AUD-74,88
BEC-89
REG-72,82

[FutureHokieCPA]

@crafty29–I think you will be shocked at how much Ninja MCQ helps you. Good luck!

FAR-72,80
AUD-74,88
BEC-89
REG-72,82

[whitneymarie]

Woke up at 6:30am to find out I passed REG with a 77!!!! Couldn't be happier!!!!

AUD 81

FAR 80

REG 69, 77 OH HAPPY DAY!!!

BEC 11/20/2014 LAST ONE TO CONQUER!!!!

[Anonymous]

Found out past midnight last night that I passed FAR with an 88!! I just used CPAExcel and studied full-time over a period of 5 weeks. I wouldn't recommend taking that route, but since I wasn't starting work until the beginning of October I decided to knock FAR out in a short period of time and it worked! One more exam to go!!

[Panda Love]

OMG i passed REG!!!

Thank you God!!

You guys have no idea how happy I am!!!!

i had to retake this sucker a total of 5 times but i was not gonna give up!!

Good luck to everyone waiting!

All i can say you guys is, do no give up no matter how hard this exams are you are stronger than them.

God bless you all!!

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