@CPA628, truthfully, I still don't know how I pulled that off!! I didn't put my study days in my signature to gloat but to encourage anyone who thinks they don't have enough time that it can be done! If it fall between attempting the exam or not attempting and losing your its/money, I say go for it!! Not to mean you should go into it blindly. What I mean is kill yourself for the few days you think you have to study and give it your all. I didn't have a choice. I am at a Big 4 and in our area, busy season doesn't end. I was given one months study leave to attempt 2 parts. At that point, I hadn't opened a book or looked at a lecture. I started my first day off – Saturday and I opened the library at 8 and closed it each night at 11 (sometimes 9 or 10 depending on closing time). Got a good nights sleep and started again the next day. I watched each becker lecture once and did as many questions as possible. For AUD i was able to do one lecture, including questions, per day and I truly felt ready. For BEC and FAR, I was freaking out. I was SO not ready but i didn't let that discourage me, I studied hardcore until the very end and the morning of the exam I did what was necessary to calm and relax myself. I think I have read somewhere from Jeff that these exams require a good deal of short-term memory. I am proof of that!! I memorized a lot. I know persons who study for one exam for 3-4 months and fail and my belief is they've studied too long. Your brain can never retain all the information from the first and second months. NEVER!! Which means you still must go over the material again shortly before the exam to utilize some of the short-term memory. So i say if you can use your short-term memory for 90% and pass, go for it!! I will say, doing it my way was EXTREMELY stressful. I had nervous breakdowns just about everyday – anxiety attacks, hyperventilating, you name it…lol. But I did not give up!! I went for a walk, breathed in some fresh air and started again. Now if you look at my signature, you'll see that this did not work for REG…lol
For REG, I passed through the power of prayer….lol.
GOOD LUCK!! And i know you didn't ask me, but I think the hardest exam was REG, followed by BEC, then FAR, then AUD. FAR was voluminous but the exam was not bad. REG, there is no sim that can prepare you for those on the exam, so i don't even think practicing REG sims is worth the time. I got a FAR sim on BEC, an AUD sim on FAR, and FAR sims on AUD….go figure…
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