[Anonymous]

If I want to pass on my next REG attempt, I need to seriously consider finding a way to improve my long-term memory. Small details that are important to remember for this exam keep slipping away. For example, PHC test, S Corp requirements, Sec 179, Startup/Organization Costs, etc…. Yes, I can study those now and have them memorized by the end of the day. In fact, I know these now. But when I start to study my weak areas and try to become proficient there, I start to forget simple things. One day, I’ll do a set of practice questions and get a question on the PHC test. And I’ll be like, “Oh, I knew this.” So, that small little thing that I used to know has to be looked over again in order to put it back into my memory. And the cycle will keep going. I remember details and later on when I try to study new stuff, the old material gets tossed out of my brain. And so on…. As you can see from my REG grades, I’m not studying enough. I need to studying everything and remember everything. But my brain refuses to cooperate. Half of the people that take this test each window can pass this, so this shouldn’t be THAT difficult. Not sure why this keeps happening to me.

Is there any way to prevent this from happening. How can I study and store this stuff in long-term memory so I never forget it?

Just one more test to pass and I’m a free man. I want to do this!!!

[overapplied]

Study it right before you go to sleep. You tend to dream about things that you were doing right before going to bed. Just google “sleep learning dreams”. That is why I always study for the 2-1/2 hours before going to sleep. Eventually you will start having accounting dreams … which is a good sign. It took about 40 or so days for me to start having FAR dreams (that I remembered when I woke up).

Oh and it also helps to study things in context… For example try to relate the concept you are learning to something else in your life. Otherwise you are just blunt memorizing without anything to relate what you are learning to (which will quickly go away).

AUD - 75 - 07/06/2012
FAR - 72, 74, 82 - 05/30/2013
BEC - 84 - 01/16/2013
REG - 60ish, 84 - 08/16/2013

CISA - Passed

[Anonymous]

Sleep is the best way. That is when you brain moves items from short term memory to long term memory. I passed REG and BEC with sleep, all the SIMS and MCQs I could humanly process and an essential oil blend called “brain power”.

[overapplied]

Heh… I just realized this thread is over a year old…

AUD - 75 - 07/06/2012
FAR - 72, 74, 82 - 05/30/2013
BEC - 84 - 01/16/2013
REG - 60ish, 84 - 08/16/2013

CISA - Passed

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