[Anonymous]

Hi all. Anyone using Surgent CPA Review? I’m new to the forums, but I’ve often browsed through everyone’s exciting news. I’ve got FAR and AUD under my belt, REG on the horizon, but BEC is giving me ulcers. I took BEC this morning for the third time and I keep walking out of that exam so bewildered. I don’t feel like my testlets get harder as I’m going through the exam, but I also feel like I am answering the questions correctly. The first two times I took BEC I got a 74…which brought me to the verge of tears, and last time I got a 71. I keep getting in the 90’s for all of my practice exams (not factoring in the 15% for the written portion which I always have scored comparable on for the exam).

I just don’t know if I’m overreacting because I don’t feel like the exam got harder, or if I should be concerned that I’m going to have to take this stupid part for a fourth time. Has anyone else had a similar experience with BEC?

[Gatorbates]

Yep. To me, BEC was my nemesis. 71, then 73, then FINALLY a 79. Each time I felt equally confident (or unconfident) about how I did. I never moved on to the next section until I finally passed this one. I LOATHE BEC.

Licensed Florida CPA:
B: 71, 73, 79
A: 83
R: 78 (expired), 77
F: 74, 74, 80

It's finally freaking over.

[wowurrcool]

You may benefit from supplementing with something like Ninja Notes. I used Becker 2012 for BEC last window and found that a lot of material that appeared on my exam was not covered in the study material.

FAR - 87 (7/19/13)
BEC - 82 (8/29/13)
REG - 86 (10/18/13)
AUD - 91 (12/06/13)

Becker. Licensed VA CPA 12/31/13

[Anonymous]

I've been using the Surgent CPA Review. I mean, after the lectures and whatnot I feel like I understand the material pretty well, and I do great on the practice questions, but yea, I still keep pulling scores on the actual exam that aren't up to snuff.

[Anonymous]

I scored high 80's and felt no difference in the difficulty of the testlets whatsoever. maybe you should work on your writing if you're only scoring comparably (assuming there's another term than ‘comparable' for a better writing score).

[Anonymous]

I scored high 80's and felt no difference in the difficulty of the testlets whatsoever. maybe you should work on your writing if you're only scoring comparably (assuming there's another term than ‘comparable' for a better writing score).

[Anonymous]

Nah, the writing is my best section. If anything it's the detail in the writing which I had way more of this time around. I dunno, we'll see I guess. I just want this part behind me.

[Anonymous]

Nah, the writing is my best section. If anything it's the detail in the writing which I had way more of this time around. I dunno, we'll see I guess. I just want this part behind me.

[vanadium3]

bec can be passed due to “luck” if you keep on scoring around the mid-70s range. theoretically if you can pass WTB questions above 80% without memorizing answers you can pass bec by a tiny margin. if you know certain topics you are unfamiliar with (ie equivalent units/capm/etc.) i'd focus on those.

it's better to understand all topics than know 70% of the material very well as each question weighted differently. say if there's 1 question on cost accounting and you answered it wrong, you'd probably fail as it's worth 20% of your grade. it doesn't matter how good you did in other areas.

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