How many hours a day on the weekdays plus weekend should I be studying for Financial? What do you all study? Just take notes from book and flash cards? A lot of problems to or what? Pass BEC in July and don’t want that credit to run out. Any help you can give would be great.
what study tools did you use to pass BEC? how many hours a day/week were you able to study? If you passedBEC, I would utilize the same study methods and study schedule for FAR, except obviously you will expand the number of total hours you put in. I did 20/hrs a week (3 hrs M-F, 5 hours on Saturday) for about 11 weeks for FAR
F- 7/13- 84
R- 10/13- 79
A- 11/13- 99
B- 1/14- 86
Licensed in PA- 3/20/2014
This exam ALMOST defeated me back in 2006-2008, but I came back and WON!
what study tools did you use to pass BEC? how many hours a day/week were you able to study? If you passedBEC, I would utilize the same study methods and study schedule for FAR, except obviously you will expand the number of total hours you put in. I did 20/hrs a week (3 hrs M-F, 5 hours on Saturday) for about 11 weeks for FAR
F- 7/13- 84
R- 10/13- 79
A- 11/13- 99
B- 1/14- 86
Licensed in PA- 3/20/2014
This exam ALMOST defeated me back in 2006-2008, but I came back and WON!
I currently work in a CPA firm and I take the exam February 1st. So basically I work 40-45 hours a week right now for BEC I did Becker and a few note cards but I felt it was a little different since it did have the writing portion of the exam.
I currently work in a CPA firm and I take the exam February 1st. So basically I work 40-45 hours a week right now for BEC I did Becker and a few note cards but I felt it was a little different since it did have the writing portion of the exam.
I used Roger CPA review, and including lectures, reading textbook, taking notes (mostly in Excel), and practicing MCQ with Wiley Test Bank (topic by topic 3-4 times each) it took me about 150 hrs.
Make sure you understand all the topics and know the JEs very well. That should help you with the simulations more than practicing multiple simulations….but you should practice at least a few. Good luck!
FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14
I used Roger CPA review, and including lectures, reading textbook, taking notes (mostly in Excel), and practicing MCQ with Wiley Test Bank (topic by topic 3-4 times each) it took me about 150 hrs.
Make sure you understand all the topics and know the JEs very well. That should help you with the simulations more than practicing multiple simulations….but you should practice at least a few. Good luck!
FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14
6 hours a day? That's great if you don't have a job, or kids, or MBA classes. Not realistic for many people though. I was very lucky to squeeze in 2 hours a day but it did the job.
6 hours a day? That's great if you don't have a job, or kids, or MBA classes. Not realistic for many people though. I was very lucky to squeeze in 2 hours a day but it did the job.
I plan for 7 weeks of study, and adjust for any life events. My schedule consists of 1 hour for lunch, 1 – 2 hours at night, and 8-10 over the weekend. In reality though, I put in about 120 hours for my last AUD exam, and the rematch for BEC was about 60 hours. I was getting burned out with BEC, but did get lucky and passed. I know my scores would have been better with 150 hours, but sometimes it just does not happen.
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