[Gerg, CPA]

UWorld Roger CPA Review Question –

interested in getting everyone’s thoughts on each course. A little background: I took FAR & passed in January 2012 using the 2011 Becker self-study materials.

Also debating whether to get a full course or just a cram course. I will have 6 weeks to study. Obviously i will be supplementing with NINJA notes/audio & WIleyTestBank

FAR - 1/26/2012 - PASSED (78, but Lost credit), re-do 11/27/2013 - PASSED (87)!
AUD - EPIC FAIL, 71, 69; 68; 5/25/2013 - PASSED (85)!
REG - 10/1/2012 - 72; 7/1/2013 - 73 UGH, 10/1/2013 - PASSED (85)!
BEC - 2/28/2013 - PASSED (82)!
Licensed CPA!

Used Becker self-study materials (just this for FAR original & REG #1), WileyTestBank, NINJA notes/audio, and Roger cram course for AUD #5, REG #3 & FAR reboot. CPA!

[notebook8]

Thank you tough_kitty!!!! I failed REG because of tax and the SIMS, so I really hope Rogers can get me the pass I need. You definitely answered most of my questions! Quick question though, did you do the MCQ he assigned after each lecture or did you just the the Wiley section on the online test bank? I really dislike using the physical Wiley textbook. Also, did you read Rogers whole book and Becker's whole book or just parts? I just started and I watch the lectures and take notes, then read the book, then answer the questions. Is that what you did?

[tough_kitty]

@notebook8: No problem! Happy to help! I usually do it in the following order (for each chapter):

1. Watch the lectures.

2. Read the Roger textbook & highlight important parts & do the MCQs at the end of the chapter.

3. Take notes for the chapter (mostly in Excel file, and mostly I simply copy the most important info from the book, but I took handwritten notes for FAR, especially for journal entries).

4. Do MCQs from the Wiley Test Bank.

5. Repeat for all chapters.

6. Go back to the notes & keep re-doing MCQs in Wiley TB per topic.

7. Read the Becker book to see how much you already know and which topics you need to spend more time on.

Also, at some point there I read the Wiley textbook but I gave up at some point – I think I don't need to explain why 😉

Of course, that's an ideal plan….I didn't follow it completely…Some days I was too lazy to read/take notes, so I'd skip that part and watch the lectures for the next chapter instead, and then I'd have to catch up on reading/notes…..

I just made sure I understood all the topics when I kept re-doing the MCQs.

Since you already passed 2 parts, I am sure you have your own study strategies that worked for you! You might want to practice some SIMS, but the main thing is to actually understand the material…and with tax, it is important to make connections between the topics – different types of gains, assets, income, etc.

Also, find the AICPA released questions for 2013 and see how many you get right. You should get all the moderate questions right because they should seem easy for you. The hard questions are more challenging – even for me after I studied a lot – so it's a good way to practice tricky questions and see how they combine a few topics in one question (passive/active income/loss, etc).

Good luck!

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[tough_kitty]

@notebook8: No problem! Happy to help! I usually do it in the following order (for each chapter):

1. Watch the lectures.

2. Read the Roger textbook & highlight important parts & do the MCQs at the end of the chapter.

3. Take notes for the chapter (mostly in Excel file, and mostly I simply copy the most important info from the book, but I took handwritten notes for FAR, especially for journal entries).

4. Do MCQs from the Wiley Test Bank.

5. Repeat for all chapters.

6. Go back to the notes & keep re-doing MCQs in Wiley TB per topic.

7. Read the Becker book to see how much you already know and which topics you need to spend more time on.

Also, at some point there I read the Wiley textbook but I gave up at some point – I think I don't need to explain why 😉

Of course, that's an ideal plan….I didn't follow it completely…Some days I was too lazy to read/take notes, so I'd skip that part and watch the lectures for the next chapter instead, and then I'd have to catch up on reading/notes…..

I just made sure I understood all the topics when I kept re-doing the MCQs.

Since you already passed 2 parts, I am sure you have your own study strategies that worked for you! You might want to practice some SIMS, but the main thing is to actually understand the material…and with tax, it is important to make connections between the topics – different types of gains, assets, income, etc.

Also, find the AICPA released questions for 2013 and see how many you get right. You should get all the moderate questions right because they should seem easy for you. The hard questions are more challenging – even for me after I studied a lot – so it's a good way to practice tricky questions and see how they combine a few topics in one question (passive/active income/loss, etc).

Good luck!

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[notebook8]

Thank you so much!!! I am definitely going to follow your plan.

In fact, when I studied for AUD and BEC, I had a similar plan.

1. I watched the lectures while highlighting
2. I carefully read the chapter,
3. Did the MCQ and some SIMS.
4. After I was done with Becker I did every mcq in the Gleim test bank in random order. That took a few weeks.
5. I also wrote the Ninja notes twice and read than at least 5x while doing tons of progress tests.
6. Continuing to do progress tests, I carefully reread Becker until a few days before my exam and then just kept reading the Ninja notes.

Writing my plan just made me realize something. I didn't do half of that for neither REG nor FAR. No wonder I didn't pass either of them. In fact, I remember thinking that the Gleim test bank was now too big for these sections and that there was just too much material for me to learn in the same 6-8 weeks PLUS I started a new job.

I'm going to stick with Roger now and maybe not do the ENTIRE gleim/wiley test bank and practice more SIMS. I hope I can do all that in 6-8 weeks.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[notebook8]

Thank you so much!!! I am definitely going to follow your plan.

In fact, when I studied for AUD and BEC, I had a similar plan.

1. I watched the lectures while highlighting

2. I carefully read the chapter,

3. Did the MCQ and some SIMS.

4. After I was done with Becker I did every mcq in the Gleim test bank in random order. That took a few weeks.

5. I also wrote the Ninja notes twice and read than at least 5x while doing tons of progress tests.

6. Continuing to do progress tests, I carefully reread Becker until a few days before my exam and then just kept reading the Ninja notes.

Writing my plan just made me realize something. I didn't do half of that for neither REG nor FAR. No wonder I didn't pass either of them. In fact, I remember thinking that the Gleim test bank was now too big for these sections and that there was just too much material for me to learn in the same 6-8 weeks PLUS I started a new job.

I'm going to stick with Roger now and maybe not do the ENTIRE gleim/wiley test bank and practice more SIMS. I hope I can do all that in 6-8 weeks.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[tough_kitty]

You are very welcome! And, YES, starting a new job while you are studying for the exam doesn't help…..I started a new job 3 weeks ago too, while TRYING to study for AUD…..I covered most steps for AUD chapters but haven't touched anything for the last 3 weeks and I need to practice MCQs and study my notes, etc!!! So, I hear ya!

Also, I listed all the topics from Wiley TB on an Excel spreadsheet starting with those with the minimum number of MCQs, so I could see clearly which topics required more practice and I had 4 columns for my progress: attempt 1, 2, 3, 4 where I wrote the % of questions I got right, so I could easily see which topics I needed to work on some more.

Sounds like you have PLENTY materials to study with! Now just gotta find the TIME! You and me, BOTH! 🙂

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[tough_kitty]

You are very welcome! And, YES, starting a new job while you are studying for the exam doesn't help…..I started a new job 3 weeks ago too, while TRYING to study for AUD…..I covered most steps for AUD chapters but haven't touched anything for the last 3 weeks and I need to practice MCQs and study my notes, etc!!! So, I hear ya!

Also, I listed all the topics from Wiley TB on an Excel spreadsheet starting with those with the minimum number of MCQs, so I could see clearly which topics required more practice and I had 4 columns for my progress: attempt 1, 2, 3, 4 where I wrote the % of questions I got right, so I could easily see which topics I needed to work on some more.

Sounds like you have PLENTY materials to study with! Now just gotta find the TIME! You and me, BOTH! 🙂

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[tough_kitty]

@notebook8: I just remembered, for FAR you should do the MCQs from Wiley textbook for govt acct & NFP. I felt like the test bank didn't have enough question for these topics but didn't discover extra questions in the textbooks until the day of my exam.

I did stronger on all MCQ topics but non-profit.

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[tough_kitty]

@notebook8: I just remembered, for FAR you should do the MCQs from Wiley textbook for govt acct & NFP. I felt like the test bank didn't have enough question for these topics but didn't discover extra questions in the textbooks until the day of my exam.

I did stronger on all MCQ topics but non-profit.

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[notebook8]

@tough_kitty..thanks for letting me know that!! I didn't even know they had different questions. When I pass this test, you're going to be one of the first people I thank =)

[notebook8]

@tough_kitty..thanks for letting me know that!! I didn't even know they had different questions. When I pass this test, you're going to be one of the first people I thank =)

[tough_kitty]

FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

[tough_kitty]

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FAR: 81 (May 2013)
BEC: 81 (July 2013)
REG: 83 (August 2013)
AUD: 82 (November 2013)
California CPA since 1/30/14

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