[JennFutureCPA]

Hi, I am new to Yaeger, which I am using for FAR. I took AUD in Feb using Gleim, which required a totally different study strategy since it didn’t include any video.

I just was wondering what some of your approaches have been and how you managed your time.

For example: How did you learn the material? Did you watch all of the videos and do the homework/take notes as the videos played? Or did you watch the videos and take notes for each module, then work out the homework by yourself afterwards? Did you read the book, or just learn from the lectures? How did you utilize the instructor handouts? Did you have the FAR notes from this website, and if so, did you wait until the end to use them as a review?

Any feedback is appreciated, since I am new to this review program.

[Anonymous]

I have used Yeager CPA Review (2009) for the whole process (passed AUD and REG on one try) and recently sat for FAR last week:

As for my study strategy:

Utilize everything,, the handouts are great, especially the ones that the instructors Cindy and Gary use…

For the videos, I would watch it, take notes, link it with the book (make highlights, reword it in my words, expand on the examples ,if it was incorporated into the video) and work out the multiple choice and simulations as the instructors went along.. Sometimes they did not use the book and I relied on the lectures and handouts alone.. If they skip sections in the book its OK, I find that you will have to sacrafice some very minor topics to best utilize time on the more weighty topics. It has sometimes taken me up to 2+ hours to go through one video..

As for the multiple choice,, I do as many as I can and I try to get the answer and handwrite one or two sentences about why that answer is the answer, so the concept sticks in memory..Don't get too worried if you can't decode some of the long-winded explanations [edit, in the Wiley book], get the main point and move on…

For government accounting,, my best suggestion is to use different highlights, ex. yellow for general information,,, red for non-accural based accounting (i.e for governmental funds) and green for accural based accounting (govt wide entity stmts, proprietary funds and fiduciary funds) as you go along…

Good Luck!!!

[75 CPA]

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