[payfields]

The first exam I tried was BEC at the beginning of the year. Using just Ninja stuff a some free multiple choice. I studied all in all around 20 hours and knew i wouldn’t pass but wanted to get my feet wet and get used to the exam. Ended up with a 70. Okay now i see how much i need to really study. I decided to take FAR as my first real exam.

I completed all of the Becker lectures, and about 55% of the overall questions. I think a little over a 1,000 per the software. Made some notecards and read over the notes and re wrote the notes once.

Studied all in all for about 3 or 4 weeks.

When i took the exam i thought i did okay on multiple choice and bombed all of the task based simulations except for the research and one other. I just didn’t feel confident at all.

I was pleasantly surprised to get an 82!

I read a lot of people saying do all 2,000 of the multiple choice over and over and do all the review exams and all that. Like i said i only did like 1000, once. Then no review exams or anything until I did the first 2 testlets of the final exam and had i think 52% on just those two testlets (client meeting cut me short). I did maybe 20% overall of the task based simulations, i just didn’t have the time.

Just wanted to share my experience.

Taking auditing in a couple of weeks so we will see how that goes.

[ItsStudyTime]

Nice work. It's good to hear that FAR can be done in a shorter period of time using study methods similar to mine. Good luck with AUD!

BEC - 10/01/2013 - 80 - Wiley books and test bank
AUD - 10/21/2013 - 78 - Wiley books and test bank
REG - 11/27/2013 - 78 - Wiley books and test bank
FAR - 01/13/2014 - 79 - Wiley books and test bank, Ninja Blitz

License Issued 03/17/2014

[ItsStudyTime]

Nice work. It's good to hear that FAR can be done in a shorter period of time using study methods similar to mine. Good luck with AUD!

BEC - 10/01/2013 - 80 - Wiley books and test bank
AUD - 10/21/2013 - 78 - Wiley books and test bank
REG - 11/27/2013 - 78 - Wiley books and test bank
FAR - 01/13/2014 - 79 - Wiley books and test bank, Ninja Blitz

License Issued 03/17/2014

[Anonymous]

Congrats, thanks to share!! 🙂

[Anonymous]

Congrats, thanks to share!! 🙂

[Dan T]

So you did no simulations for practice and passed? Do you recommend just doing MC questions then? Also did you use all the ninja stuff (WTB, notes, audio) or just one part of it as supplement?

I have actually read multiple instances where people leave some sims completely blank or bomb them and still end up with a respectable score.

AUD - 75 ☺
FAR - 65, 71, 70, 77 ☺
BEC - 80 ☺
REG - 73, 66, 79 ☺ 2/28/15

Done!

[Dan T]

So you did no simulations for practice and passed? Do you recommend just doing MC questions then? Also did you use all the ninja stuff (WTB, notes, audio) or just one part of it as supplement?

I have actually read multiple instances where people leave some sims completely blank or bomb them and still end up with a respectable score.

AUD - 75 ☺
FAR - 65, 71, 70, 77 ☺
BEC - 80 ☺
REG - 73, 66, 79 ☺ 2/28/15

Done!

[payfields]

I attempted a few (like10) but i did not study or complete any of them. I just didn't really have time.

I did spend a decent amount of time familiarizing myself with the research one though. I know for a fact I nailed that one.

I do not recommend doing what i did, i recommend studying everything as much as you can. I just wanted to let people know that if you don't have the time and cut out some stuff and get bad scores on a practice test doesn't mean you wont pass.

I read and then rewrote the notes, i did listen to some audio and blitz stuff but i think the notes helped a lot more. I did not use the wiley test bank i had the Becker stuff so i did all my multiple choice from there, and i only completed around 1000. I attempted about 1200 but only got 1000 of them completely correct. Took me a few times on a lot of questions. What i did was if i got a question right and i felt i actually knew it i never looked at it again. If i got it wrong i tried to do it again until i got it right. If i got it right but i felt as if i guessed at it or wasnt 10% sure i “marked” it and went back to it later and redid it a couple of times before unmarking it.

While doing the notes i didn't feel as if they helped any at all, even on the exam i didnt feel like i was pulling anything i remembered from the notes, but i can't dispute the score. I won't take the chance on saying it was only from becker, ill do the same stuff for the other sections and hope i come to a similar outcome.

[payfields]

I attempted a few (like10) but i did not study or complete any of them. I just didn't really have time.

I did spend a decent amount of time familiarizing myself with the research one though. I know for a fact I nailed that one.

I do not recommend doing what i did, i recommend studying everything as much as you can. I just wanted to let people know that if you don't have the time and cut out some stuff and get bad scores on a practice test doesn't mean you wont pass.

I read and then rewrote the notes, i did listen to some audio and blitz stuff but i think the notes helped a lot more. I did not use the wiley test bank i had the Becker stuff so i did all my multiple choice from there, and i only completed around 1000. I attempted about 1200 but only got 1000 of them completely correct. Took me a few times on a lot of questions. What i did was if i got a question right and i felt i actually knew it i never looked at it again. If i got it wrong i tried to do it again until i got it right. If i got it right but i felt as if i guessed at it or wasnt 10% sure i “marked” it and went back to it later and redid it a couple of times before unmarking it.

While doing the notes i didn't feel as if they helped any at all, even on the exam i didnt feel like i was pulling anything i remembered from the notes, but i can't dispute the score. I won't take the chance on saying it was only from becker, ill do the same stuff for the other sections and hope i come to a similar outcome.

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