@neaux2135 I have been doing the MCQ and TBS over each section as I go, just not cumulatively. Is this bad? I appreciate your recommendation for NTB. It seems like the MCQ aren't as lengthy as those in the individual sections. Would you say, in general, that the actual exam's questions are more simple than most questions in study/review material? I apologize if this is an inappropriate question. I'm not asking about any topic or question in particular, so I don't think it is violating any rules.
@cat_garfield I personally would not consider four weeks enough time, but that's just me. If you had just failed, I feel like that would be adequate. For example, if I fail on the 14th, when I get my score on the 21st or 22nd, I will begin studying again and take it beginning or mid-January. But most information would still be fresh in my mind – I would just reread weak areas and do the review. But since it has been since August that you've even looked at the material, I would start from scratch. Maybe you can do it in four weeks if the material comes back to you quickly, but if you're using CPAexcel, the 1,000-page book would be hard for me to get through in four weeks including studying.
@KSOZE Thanks for your response! It seems that's the general consensus. From what I've experienced, though, most questions seem to be on the short side in NTB. Is this true or have I just not gotten into it enough?
@garydegiovanni I haven't touched WTB yet except for literally ten questions just to see what they were like. Would you recommend me working through them all anyway or just skip it and use only NTB?
@accountingisfun It's funny how that works! Sometimes things like that just stick in your mind! I don't work and my graduate courses are online, so I'm really not in my car much except maybe 20 minutes a day total, so I've never considered Audio. However, I do have a 2-hour drive to the closest Prometric so maybe I should get audio lol. I agree though that some things just stick in your mind and I am definitely one of those people who need to keep my brain active right up until the exam.
Thanks everyone for your replies! I really appreciate all of them, it makes me feel like I have support in this exam since I don't personally know anyone in the accounting field at all. It can be frustrating sometimes just having everyone say “I will be fine” and to “not worry about it”. I appreciate their support and confidence in me, but jeeze…sometimes that's just not what I need lol.
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