[applesamsung]

What a let down… 53% on Becker multiple choice and 41% on SIMS. Anyone have any advice on how to proceed from here? Should I just grind multiple choice or should I review all of the material again? I also have Becker final review… Should I work through that book instead?
Side question. I finished the MC portion of the test in about 1:45 (Saw this as a recommended time on this sub). I finished the test with just under an hour. Are the SIMS significantly more time consuming on the actual test?
Any advice is appreciated!

[CH89]

Where are you at with your studies? If you did a mock exam after just going through the material and the assigned MCQs after each lecture, I probably wouldn't review all of the material again. I would probably start working on MCQs to sharpen your understanding of the material and those concepts. If needed, it's always okay to refer back to the book/lectures for any sections that are giving you trouble.

The simulations on the actual exam may be time consuming, or they may not be time consuming. It all depends on what kind of simulations show up on your exam. Best advice I can give would be to check out the AICPA sample test for the exam you are studying for. Those simulations, should be six, will give a general idea of what to expect. I highly recommend going through the sample test anyways leading up to your exam. The sample tests can be found here:
https://www.aicpa.org/becomeacpa/cpaexam/forcandidates/tutorialandsampletest.html

AUD - 84
BEC - 82
FAR - 76
REG - 79

What a journey! It took me 12 attempts, do not give up, keep going! Praise God!

Passed Exams: 8/25/2020

Licensed in Pa: 11/24/2020

[applesamsung]

Haven't done much review yet – I finished the material a few days ago. Will start working through mc. Thanks for all of the advice!

[Recked]

I would try and do the MCQs in 1:30-1:45 at the most.
The SIMs can be brutal for time consumption, especially given the volume of the source materials they provide.
Leave as much time for SIMs as you can.
That mock exam, after not having a final review, doesn't really sound that bad.
There is so much material you need to freshen up on before you take another mock exam, or the actual exam.
Just keep plugging away. Lots of MCQs and maybe the final review if you need to.
I did not use Becker so I can't comment on their SIMs. I know in my review course, if you got one part of a SIM wrong you got the whole thing wrong, so if your course doesn't used weighted % for SIMs that are partially correct I would not invest too much time, energy or worry into that score, but don't sleep on it for sure.

Memento Mori - Kingston NY CPA & EA (SUNY Albany 2002)

FAR-93 11/9/17 (10wks, 250 hrs, Roger 1800+ MCQs, Gleim TB 600+MCQs, SIMs)
AUD-88 12/7/17 (3 wks, 85 hrs, Roger 1000 MCQs no SIMs hail mary)
REG-96 1/18/18 (6 wks, 110 hrs, 1400 MCQs, no SIMs)
BEC-91 2/16/18 (4wks, 90 hrs, 1240 MCQs)

[Mick]

I use Gleim and found I my mock exams would be tough and based on the areas I'm weak in. For FAR and AUD, I scored between 10 and 15 points better on the actual exam than I did on my mocks. I'm hoping this holds true with REG, which I will find out about on the 8/25.

AUD 75

FAR 82

BEC 87

REG 79

 

REG 55,53
AUD 80
BEC 60
FAR 74, 70

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