[krokofilen]

Exam is on Friday. I’ve done pretty much all of the NINJA MCQs one round over the past 2 weeks, and have been working on random questions on a second round for 2 days now. So far I have finished about 500 of them on the second round, scoring an average of 81%. A short analysis of my failing 18%:

– 3 ppt = simple mistakes, avoidable on actual exam day (hopefully)

– 5 ppt = questions that are either odd or impossible for me to pick up in this short time frame = dead end

– 11 ppt = stuff I should know by now but failed on due to lack of knowledge

I felt pretty good about this since 81+3=84%, which is an OK score at this point (taking into account that some questions are “memorized” at this point, so deducting 5 ppt or so from this I suppose is fair to give an actual indication). Then I did the Becker practice exam today and scored 72%, which made me wonder;

Are the Becker MCQs that “different” and more “difficult”, as compared with the NINJA test bank? Are they more relevant for the actual exam?

If anyone who has used both Becker and NINJA for purposes of REG MCQs could share some views on this, it would be greatly appreciated. I still got 2 full days before exam, so I am thinking that I should perhaps ditch NINJA at this point and run 200 Becker MCQs a day or so.

Big 4 Audit Manager from Europe here to pass the CPA in the U.S. of A in 2014! Niiice!

AUD - 95 / Jul 15 / 130h over 4 weeks
FAR - 86 / Aug 14 / 240h over 4 weeks
(11 week break)

REG - 81 / Nov 14 / 200h over 4 weeks
BEC - 87 / Nov 17 / 30 h over 2.5 days

[krokofilen]

My current NINJA trending scores (just for 300 Qs though, I had my test bank reset):

Federal Taxation of Individuals 59%*

Business Law 81%

Fed Taxation of Property Transactions 86%

Federal Tax Process, Procedures, Accounting, 87%

Federal Taxation of Entities 87%

Ethics/Prof/Legal Responsibilities 88%

* average score 70%

Big 4 Audit Manager from Europe here to pass the CPA in the U.S. of A in 2014! Niiice!

AUD - 95 / Jul 15 / 130h over 4 weeks
FAR - 86 / Aug 14 / 240h over 4 weeks
(11 week break)

REG - 81 / Nov 14 / 200h over 4 weeks
BEC - 87 / Nov 17 / 30 h over 2.5 days

[Anonymous]

how many hours a day are you putting in? sorry I am only using becker so i can't give you any advice here but your results and time frame are impressive. do you write notes?

[CPAfit]

@kroko you're killing it! such an inspiration. Unfortunately I don't have Ninja but from what i've heard Becker test bank over prepares you. So i guess you're in pretty good shape good luck

[Lion_of_the_Rock]

I wouldn't run more MCQs to be honest. The actual test will be easier than NINJA MCQ. So far you've shown strong results and a lot of dedication so you'll pass unless they bash you with some pretty nasty individual tax sims.

Go forth and conquer, then drink a lot of beer.

BEC - 78
AUD - 75
REG - 74, 79
FAR - 75

You have to buy a ticket to win the raffle.

[Determined CPA]

Did you look at the new AICPA released questions?

A - 75
B - 78 God is good.
F - 77 Answered prayers.
R - 84! Done!!

Paperwork sent - waiting for license!!
Still on a cloud and in shock. Through God, all things will happen.

[krokofilen]

Thanks all for your input & kind words, much needed these times – just got home from a full day of studying, absolutely exhausted. Not used to this 8 years after graduating university, I can tell you! I put in 10-12 hours a day, and on top of that a few working hours (all though did put myself on out of office and most people know I am in a busy period for exam now, so did not spend more than max 1-2 hours a day last week).

Will try to focus on notes and individual tax tomorrow. Travelling across the pond on Thursday, so will have an 8-hour flight to New York with my notes too. Then it's action time! Being on European time means I will get up around 3 am on Friday. Exam is at noon, so will be 6 pm my time… hoping not to be too tired.

Will check out AICPAs same questions… from what I can recall, they're quite few? Any correlation between these and the questions currently being tested on the exam?

Big 4 Audit Manager from Europe here to pass the CPA in the U.S. of A in 2014! Niiice!

AUD - 95 / Jul 15 / 130h over 4 weeks
FAR - 86 / Aug 14 / 240h over 4 weeks
(11 week break)

REG - 81 / Nov 14 / 200h over 4 weeks
BEC - 87 / Nov 17 / 30 h over 2.5 days

[Martin]

I thought you could take the CPA exam in at least one the the European Union countries,but I guess i was wrong.

Through God all things can happen!

“You never fail until you stop trying.”
― Albert Einstein
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people;as I grow older, I admire kind people.
“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.”

FAR= 72-84
Audit= 73-82
BEC= 74-75
Reg=77

[krokofilen]

No, not possible at this point unfortunately.

Big 4 Audit Manager from Europe here to pass the CPA in the U.S. of A in 2014! Niiice!

AUD - 95 / Jul 15 / 130h over 4 weeks
FAR - 86 / Aug 14 / 240h over 4 weeks
(11 week break)

REG - 81 / Nov 14 / 200h over 4 weeks
BEC - 87 / Nov 17 / 30 h over 2.5 days

[Mika]

Good luck on your exam!

REG - 80 (02/13/2015) Roger + Ninja Flash Card + Ninja MCQ + Becker's Note
FAR - 84 (05/29/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Some Wiley book questions
BEC - 77 (08/27/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Half Wiley book questions
AUD - 87 (08/28/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Half Wiley book questions

[Author]

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