[jeff]

Wiley / NINJA “Servergate” Giveaway!

The What: 20 Winners … 10 Wiley Single Section Software pins winners (retail value $105 each) / 10 NINJA Study Guide Single Section winners (retail value $67 each).

The When: Friday September 23, 2011

The How: Post in this thread the following …

1. Your Score(s) from the July/August Window

2. The study material(s) you used

3. If you passed – a success tip to pass onto fellow candidates.

If you didn’t pass – something different you’re going to tweak the next time around.

Winners will be randomly chosen using a random # function in Excel and the corresponding post # in this thread will be the winner beginning with 10 Wiley winners and then 10 NINJA winners. For instance, if there are 100 posts, and I set the random cell generator between 1 and 100 and it picks cell 26, then the 26th post author will be chosen. I login per candidate only (and I can tell if you have more than one login) 😉

[pamdo]

1) REG – 89

2) Becker Self Study & NINJA Notes

3) Make sure you know your weaknesess and dedicate the right amount of time. The sims in REG were nothing like the becker ones but if you understand the concepts you should be able to answer them comfortably. Lots of mutiple choices and make sure to read the explanations to the answers. they help

REG - 89
FAR -66,73, 80
AUD - 84
BEC -67. 80

[Vidya]

1. AUD : 58 FAR 73 REG 72

2. Becker / Wiley

3. Concentrate more on Concepts & less on memorizing the answers 🙁

Work Harder than last time & score more than 80 !!

[LianaZC]

I took AUD and REG this testing window.

I took AUD for the first time and didn't pass – I got a 66 (very shocked, thought I knew the material and passed)

I retook REG – I got a 73 the last testing window. – and used Becker for both.

I did a LOT of studying and I think that to pass you really have to know the material like the back of your hand and that the becker qs didn't really help me as much as I thought they would.

[LianaZC]

I took AUD and REG this testing window.

I took AUD for the first time and didn't pass – I got a 66 (very shocked, thought I knew the material and passed)

I retook REG – I got a 73 the last testing window. – and used Becker for both.

I did a LOT of studying and I think that to pass you really have to know the material like the back of your hand and that the becker qs didn't really help me as much as I thought they would.

[Panda]

1) FAR (08/31) – 59 BEC (07/25) – Waiting

2) Gleim

3)Simulations hit me real hard.I am gonna supplement it with Wiley Online Course.Need to focus more on JE's and also work on time management

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AUD – 77

REG – Not yet Scheduled

[Nitisha]

BEC – 71

FAR – 70

Only Becker material used….. will get wiley cpa exam review

[keri]

FAR-63 BEC-?

Becker

Tried to squeeze FAR in with only two weeks of studying after live classes. Hoping it's my last one so I can spend all my time on it to be prepred for next window.

[kdp018]

1. FAR – 80

2. Becker/CPA Excel/Wiley

3. Perservance is the best advice I have. I got so upset because I could not get the study material down but I kept trying and eventually I remembered it.

[Peanut]

1. FAR 67 REG 80

2. Becker/Wiley

3. My advice for REG is read the ancillary at least 3 times. Take very intense notes during the lectures, pause frequently. Re-Write those notes for your final review. PURCHASE WILEY, I bumped my REG score by 20 points and I truly believe it was because of Wiley and my note taking. As you can see I failed FAR. I am going to take the exact approach I took when I had to restudy for REG. I will watch 2 lectures a day taking very intense notes (these will be LONG days…) I will work all of the MCQs. I will work all of the Wiley MCQs and give myself frequent quizzes. Good luck!

AUD 81 (X4) Previous scores 59, 72, 72
REG 80 (X3) Previous scores 59, 60
FAR 75 (X2) Previous score 67
BEC 79 (X2) Previous score 58

[jlee1106]

1 REG-81

2 Wiley book only

3 Do LOTS of MCQs!!

[sjerman]

1. AUD 86 – First test I took ever for the CPA Exam

2. I used CPA Excel as my base software and supplemented with Ninja Notes and Wiley MCQ's purchased from another71

3. Do lots of MCQs!! Also re-write your notes….Thanks for that tip Jeff!

AUD - 86
REG - 80
BEC - 76

[JCar]

1. AUD 97

2. Gleim

3. I made flashcards for every chapter/section the first time through, as well as doing MCQ and SIMS after each section. After the first time through, I went back and did it again. Initially I only used the Gleim book for the SIMS but about two weeks before my exam date, I purchased the online simulation wizard. FInally, for AUD I found that I had to really be careful and READ the questions. During practice of the MCQ I got many of them wrong by simply not paying attention.

FAR 5/23/11 76
AUD 8/8/11 97
REG 10/25/11 83
BEC 11/30/11 81

[TS4856]

1. REG – 72

2. Becker

3. Going to take notes and rewrite them! Plus more multiple choice q's next time.

[Anonymous]

FAR – 86

Becker Self Study & Ninja Notes

Use the research function to assist you with simulations during the exam if you have time. For my audit exam, I had an agreed-upon procedures report that I had to file in the blanks for missing words so I went and looked up the agreed-upon procedures report and there was an example with all the blanks filled in. I would have had no idea if I hadn't looked it up. Also, do tons of mcqs.

[JulzCPAalmost]

1) FAR – 66

2) Becker Self Study & NINJA Notes

3) Just fully dedicate yourself and believe you want it and can do it! I think I may have underestimated the need for review after going through each Becker section.

Colorado-NTS 4832
FAR: Waiting

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