[iwillpasscpa]

Congratulations to all who passed! I got a 72 in AUD using Becker. I put all effort – listen to the audio, read the book, did mcq and sims by chapters. In the last 3 weeks I again read the book, did the mcq and sims. I did not try to memorize the mcq and sims but tried to understand the concepts.

When taking the exam I realized that I am not so familiar with all the mcqs and I had to use best judgment.

What should I do different next time? I am not giving up but I am feeling helpless. Please help me.

FAR - 79
AUD - 72 / 85
REG - 85
BEC - 73 / 82
DONE!

[mochiiiii]

Becker has some really good charts over the differences between compilation, review, audit over the different types of engagements and whether it's a public or non public entity. Make sure you memorize that really well. Then go back over the MC and really understand each question and get a score of at least 93% on progress tests. I feel like taking FAR is like a prerequisite for Audit. A lot of questions, especially the simulations require pretty in depth knowledge over FAR. Know how to navigate the research tab. Becker lacks in this area because in the review, they don't give you the full AICPA professional standards. Most of the time you can find the answers to your simulations word for word in the research tab. Sometimes it's not what you know. You gotta employ a lot of test taking strategies to do well on these exams.

FAR - TBD
REG - 90 Q4 2014
AUD - 95 Q4 2014
BEC - TBD Q1 2015

[Anonymous]

I had lots of trouble getting past AUD and I watched the Becker videos enough that I could almost talk along with them. Here is the best advice I can give. I went to a live final review class in Dallas on North Central Expressway. The class is held on Saturday and goes from 8am to close to midnight. It is long and grueling. BUT IT IS WORTH EVERY MINUTE. The instructor used to have her own review class until Becker bought her out but she still gives you all the information from Becker and her personal review course. I drove 6 hours one way to get to it. There were people that flew in from as far as DC just for this class. If you attend the entire thing AND follow her instructions you will pass. I went from a 68 to an 83!

She does these reviews for every section except REG. I went to all of them!

FAR – 71, 75

REG – 75

BEC – 71, 81

AUD – 56, 65, 70, 68, 83

[Jamil2026]

Most of the people today failed in audit iam sure the q4 very

Difficult on audit

[leslie4real]

@iwillpasscpa, the fact that you got 72 proved that you probably studied well and as you said you did not try to memorize but understand the concepts. Now that i am done, i will try to help others as much as i can.

A very close to passing mark may be due to the following:

1. Time management: I know 4 years ago i failed REG twice because of time management. If you don't know a question make an educated guess and move on. Don't spend more than 3 minutes on one question and don't review the answered questions and mark as few as possible, when you want to review marked questions. I used to do a quick review of all questions on the exam and after the 1st testlet i realized the time was running fast. So after that i never reviewed the answered questions in a testlet.

2. Try to understand what the examiner are asking for. After this exam, i think you will be more familiar with the language and the way they phrase the questions. To be honest, i would not supplement Audit with any other materials. Audit is usually the easiest and to be fair to Becker, they do a really good job with Audit. You were so closed, so no point in wasting time with other materials. Reread the areas that are your weak and redo marked questions and mark not necessarily only hard questions but mark questions that tend to cover more than one thing. This is a good way to review.

3. What saved me on audit is this. I got two simulations where i knew nothing about. The first time i took audit i blanked and left two sims without answering but passed with a 75, but it expired so i had to retake it again. The same thing happened where i had two sims for concepts i have never heard about, but guess what this time i did not blank and i used the research tab. They were very specific concepts with very unusual specific words, so i typed in those words and use the “contain only” “within GASS” on the research section. And guess what a table with 3 columns was the exact replica of the SIMS and all the answers were right there. I now realize that the examiners know that we can't know everything, but like in real life, when we don't, we will have to research that. Just become more than familiar how to use the research tool in an effective way so you don't get dozens of articles and know how to narrow down the queries.

Hope this help. As the material is still fresh, i will also suggest you don't wait too long to resit.

FAR: 80
AUD: 81
REG: 78
BEC: 76

[lexisavannah]

If you feel like you got to the MCQ on the exam and felt uncomfortable I'd recommend getting another test bank of MCQs. I did that when studying for REG – I used Becker and did all the required stuff, then purchased the Ninja MCQ. When I started doing them, I realized they were a lot different from what I saw with Becker – not different material, but worded/set up differently. I feel like that helped broaden my ability with those questions.

Don't feel too helpless. You know you can pass! You came close, so you're not far off 🙂

BEC 7/3/14 - 79
FAR 8/30/14 - 64, 85 (used Becker and Ninja MCQ)
AUD 10/3/14 - 82
REG 11/25/14 - 85

[iwillpasscpa]

Thank you everyone for the feedback.For the retake how much should I allocate – schedule the exam in January or February?

FAR - 79
AUD - 72 / 85
REG - 85
BEC - 73 / 82
DONE!

[Author]

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