[Anonymous]

Having been through these exams more than I’d like, I was curious on what others thought is the toughest/hardest SIMs of all four exams.

[Anonymous]

Feeling relieved I'm not the only one feeling this way.

[Anonymous]

REG.

[spongfunk]

Reg. The MC on Reg is pretty easy but the Sims are just brutal.

FAR: 85
AUD: 80
REG: 78
BEC: 82

[Da Bears]

Agreed, I felt NIU lacked in ERM…..COSO was sufficient if you have taken AUD prior since it was covered heavily in that part of their review. Felt like a beast walking out of BEC, only time will tell though. Taking REG for hopefully my last exam I take for the CPA….you guys are scaring me!!

FAR- 8/14/12 91
AUD- 10/16/12 88
BEC- 11/07/12 92
REG- 01/05/13 86
NIU CPA Review

[kobebryant168]

REG, hands down. Absolutely crazy with that little amount of time

FAR sims? I left 2 blank and still managed to pass.

I have never seen people who left 2 sims blank in REG can pass

[Anonymous]

REG Sims are Hitler, Satan, that clown from the horror movies, the creepy kid from the Omen, the chick from the Exorcist with the spinning head, the guy from Psycho, Freddy Krueger, and a Dalek, all packaged into one gut wrenching, confidence killing, score stealing, money sucking, bundle.

[Maverick]

REG…REG…REG…makes me wanna geg. (I know, wrong spelling, but wanted it to rhyme.)

F - Passed...THANK YOU, LORD. GLORY TO GOD.
B - Passed...THANK YOU, LORD. GLORY TO GOD.
A - Passed...THANK YOU, LORD. GLORY TO GOD.
R - Passed...THANK YOU, LORD. GLORY TO GOD.

Ethics - 95

Licensed CPA

I COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT MY LORD. THANK YOU.

"According to your faith will it be done to you." Matthew 9:29

[RARCPA]

I have to agree with majority – REG

FAR 7/10/2012 - 93
AUD 08/28/2012 - 93
REG 10/16/2012 - 93
BEC 11/26/2012 - 88
ETHICS 12/01/2012 - 93
Done!!!!!!!!

[Trisha]

100% REG 🙁

REG 72, 86 and DONE!!!
BEC 80 🙂
FAR 72, 78 🙂
AUD 73, 76 🙂

[Anonymous]

Aud out of BEC and REG :

[mmcgrad1]

@ Da Bears

I think you're right that COSO was sufficient if you took audit first.I just think the presentation of ERM and COSO in the BEC section of their review wasn't the greatest. So if someone where to take that section alone, then they may not be as well prepared as if they had studied COSO under AUD.

Other than that topic (which I lump together as one topic since they are related) I thought the BEC material was fantastic and my score reflected this opinion.

NIU CPA Review Correspondence is awesome!

I passed all four sections on the first attempt

[Whatdidyou]

Most to least difficult (SIMS):

1. REG

2. AUD

3. FAR

4. BEC

REG SIMS, like the MCQs, were real difficult. A lot of guessing on my part. AUD sims sort of threw me off my game (hopefully not too much). FAR sims were difficult & easy at the same time. BEC easypeasy.

And for reference:

Most to least difficult (MCQ):

1. REG

2. FAR

3. AUD

4. BEC

But AUD & FAR are a LOT closer in difficulty than I expected.

Lowest score to highest score (AUD TBD):

1. REG

2. FAR

3. BEC

REG - Passed!!
BEC - Passed
FAR - Passed
AUD - Passed

Study Materials: Becker basic course

[Author]

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