[Heidi-O]

I’m a little worried, and my exam date is this Sunday. I have read the posts on the Reg Exam experience and am getting concerned – to put it mildly. Although, I am quite pleased to see that many of you have passed!! (Yeah for the Killers of REG!!) I have been doing exams in Wiely and in Becker – I average between 80 and 90 – but I have seen these questions before. If I focus on the sims – the evil component stated by everyone – should I focus more on Wiley than Becker? I’m using Becker 2012 and have adapted the answers to the 2013 amounts. But I know Becker – very well. I made a 71 on my first REG, then a 74 on my second and I WANT to pass. I don’t know the Wiley sims that well. Any advice? I just want to be DONE!!

FAR Aug 2012 79
AUD Oct 2012 84
REG Aug 2013 87
BEC Jan 2013 80

[Anonymous]

@ heidi-o… I have noticed that wiley sims and becker sims has some overlap so if you do all of wiley you'll see a repeat in becker. I am taking my test tom and Im so scared of SIMS, feel like i have a decent shot at the MCQ but SIMS require a more deeper understanding of the material which worries me. Though I cant talk from experience since I never took REG, If for your past 2 fails you were weaker in SIMS i think you should focus on going over your notes/material to make sure you understand the whole picture and do SIMs in the areas that you are weaker.

[mmp3]

Heidi-O: I can only speak about Becker since I have not used Wiley. Two of my sims were very similar in format to what I had seen in Becker. I got 2 research questions which worked against me because I had trouble finding one of them and it was probably the one that counted. One sim was a format I had not seen before but a topic that was covered very well in Becker. And then there was one on something I was familiar with but had not practiced enough. I had sort of counted on not getting a sim on it, my own fault. As you can see I still made a great score and I am not complaining. I know there are many on this board who use a variety of study materials. I was always afraid to muddy the waters with trying to study too many different ways of doing things. So far Becker has been good to me. Your test is Sunday I would stick to the material you are comfortable with and just keep reviewing it. That's just my opinion.

FAR 92 (2/27/13)
AUD 99 (4/18/13)
REG 93 (7/5/13)
BEC 92 (8/12/13)

Becker Self Study

[Heidi-O]

CPAwanabe and MMP3 Thank you for your input. My first fail (a 71) I was weaker in sims but very strong in m/c. My second exam (74) I was stronger in sims but weaker in m/c as I was scared to take the exam (literally shaking). It's probably all mental at this point. I should just continue with what I am doing and move forward with a positive attitude. Thank you for your input. 🙂

FAR Aug 2012 79
AUD Oct 2012 84
REG Aug 2013 87
BEC Jan 2013 80

[Anonymous]

heidi-o – Im not sure but are the sims available in the released questions from the aicpa?

[blandrover123]

I had a SIM that looked exactly like one from the 2013 AICPA released question but with different numbers

[Heidi-O]

Sims are in the released questions and I have the 2013 released questions. Oddly, it's easier for me to do the sims when they are in paper in front of me than on the screen. All I have to do is look at the question and then look at the printed sim – on screen, I tend to write everything out on that little board they give you.

Thanks for your help guys!! Off to the sims!!! 🙂

FAR Aug 2012 79
AUD Oct 2012 84
REG Aug 2013 87
BEC Jan 2013 80

[Anonymous]

go get em!

[mbbransc]

HAHA! Just wanted to mention I too have REG left and have failed 2x with a 71 & 74. Odd. I did poorly on the SIMs both times though.

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FAR - PASSED
BEC - PASSED
AUD - PASSED
REG - 74
<sigh>

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