[Mariners68]

I know this might sound a bit crazy, but has anyone here just used the Becker Final Review to study with and gotten results with it? I figured there’s almost 1600 questions with the homework and simulations in AUD, why not just use a condensed version that goes right to the facts with the final review? Please let me know what you guys think, any information would be helpful!

 

 

[Anonymous]

Using JUST the final review?

I wouldn't recommend it. The more exposure to different types of questions puts you in a better position to correctly answer the MC and ultimately pass the test. There were a fair share of questions in BEC and AUD that were very similiar to Becker with a fact tweaked here and there. It pays off to do as many MC as you can.

For AUD, I drilled MC day and night doing progress tests and answered pretty much all the HW MC (even optional). I ended up scoring Stronger in all AUD MC sections, save for 1 where I scored Comparable.

[Anonymous]

There's a woman on here who accidentally used only the final review for BEC and got like an 86. And it was her first section! I would never recommend it but she proved that it's totally possible. Plus I've always told people that I credit the final review for my passing scores…

Still, I could never recommend it.

[mommyof3texans]

Well…. so I was the woman brooks303 is referring to and here is a bit more on my experience. Don't ask how it did not occur to me there was an entire set of books I was missing but at some point AFTER I took the exam I figured out I had not gone back into my account to have the regular books shipped (I originally deferred them in order to get the updated version).

On exam day, I walked in rather confident (I had NO idea I didn't have the study books) but left feeling like I had failed as it seemed I did not recognize most of the questions on my exam. Somehow I managed to get an 82 though I could not tell you how that was even possible!!

I would not recommend only going with the Final Review books, especially as I'm going through FAR with the real books. There's no way I would even have a chance w/ that section using Final Review only. I think BEC might be a fluke just because of the nature of the material.

BEC - 02/21/15 - 82
FAR - 05/29/15 - 82
AUD - 07/09/15 - 93
REG - 11/14/15 - 80

All done!!!

[Anonymous]

Still though, you totally rock for pulling that off

[CPA soon]

The time you save on reading the book you will spend on reading the questions and their explanations to understand what is going on. The questions go through all the material so if you take notes while working mcq you can do it. However you will end up spending more on reading mcq and you could get lost when they go through details. If it was a retake I'd say no problem but I wouldn't recommend it.

FAR - 71, 68, 74, (8/31/14) 78 ✔
REG - 67, 71, 71, (10/18/14) 78 ✔
BEC - (11/29/14) 86 ✔
AUD - 73, (4/4/15) 86 ✔

I can't believe this is over! 2 years and 3 months..

[Author]

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