[Bluetoothray]

Here be my results from Audit. Anyone had a similar situation who did something “specific” to fix their weak areas and win?

Understanding the engagement – Comparable
Understanding the Entity – Comparable
Procedures and Evidence – Stronger
Evaluation and Reporting – Weaker
Accounting and Review Services – Comparable
Professional Responsibilities – Comparable
MC – Comparable
Sim – Weaker

[cwlanders]

Here was my breakdown for my 74 before I passed:

Understanding the engagement – Stronger
Understanding the Entity – Stronger
Procedures and Evidence – Stronger
Evaluation and Reporting – Comparable
Accounting and Review Services – Comparable
Professional Responsibilities – Comparable
MC – Comparable
Sim – Weaker

I improved 5 points by adding Ninja MCQ's. I worked hundreds of questions a day in the two weeks leading up to my test to make sure I really understood the concepts. I realized that I had really just been memorizing the answers to the becker questions and not actually understanding why the answer was what it was. I am of the belief that if you understand the concepts and can do well on the MC section then you should be able to do well on the sims since that is just applying the concepts. That's the only difference in my studying so far for Audit and FAR after failing them. Without Ninja MCQ's I got 74's (twice on audit), with Ninja MCQ's I have passed both.

BEC - 91 (2/29/16)
AUD- 74, 74

[Bluetoothray]

I used Ninja MCQ for Audit. I guess i didn't do enough questions. 🙁

[waffle_house]

Looks like you were weak on the SIMS. Why not just work on those?

[Finally_a_CPA]

I am a firm believer that these reports are useless. Review whatever you feel are your weaker areas.
Here's a good example of why I think these reports are useless:

This was my report
Understanding the engagement – Comparable
Understanding the Entity – Comparable
Procedures and Evidence – Stronger
Evaluation and Reporting – Comparable
Accounting and Review Services – Comparable
Professional Responsibilities – Comparable
MC – Comparable
Sim – Weaker

I got a 75. If you look at cwlanders report, based on that, you would think he/she performed better than I did yet got a 74. It was probably a different testing window but still, I think they
throw people off.

[Iceman6]

I took AUD so many times, and every time I got weaker on SIMS. The one time I passed I absolutely crushed them. Id say run through all the SIMs at least once to get a feel for what they might ask. Know ratios and some FAR stuff because you might get a SIM on that

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