[OlintoJr]

I know that getting a “harder” testlet is supposed to be a good thing, but could this work against you if it’s too hard? My first book was super easy, and I definitely noticed a change in difficulty level by book 2. I had to guess on about 20/30 questions. I can’t see how this possibly works in my favor.

Book 3 was back to being relatively easy and my SIMS were ok (had a general idea on all questions but didn’t master any).

Anyone have a similar experience with difficulty levels changing so much?

How did you end up doing?

FAR - 11/30/14 -79
AUD - 2/19/15 -86
BEC - 4/09/15 -86
REG - 11/30/15 -87

I'M DONE! ITS OVER! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Future Ninja]

@OlintoJr how are you related to Peter Olinto? ^_^ I'm in the same boat. We'll see on December 9th. I'm not excited to see my score though. tentatively rescheduled this beast on January 5th.

AUD - 79 (expired) retaking July 28,2016
FAR - 76 expiring July 31, 2016
BEC - 85
REG - 74,74,74,74,59,70,

[OlintoJr]

@FutureNinja Unfortunately No relation. That guy is a legend!! A tentative reschedule is probably a good idea for myself as well. The fact that I had to guess on almost every question in book 2 is really scaring me. This is also my first test so I am not sure how the “curve” will effect me.

If it were a Becker practice exam I would say I would have got:

BOOK 1 – 85

BOOK 2 – 40-50

BOOK 3- 76

SIM 1 – 100

SIM 2 – 65

SIM 3 – 45

SIM 4 – 100

SIM 5 – 75

SIM 6 – 100

SIM 7 – 70

I guess we will see how this translates to CPA score on the 9th.

FAR - 11/30/14 -79
AUD - 2/19/15 -86
BEC - 4/09/15 -86
REG - 11/30/15 -87

I'M DONE! ITS OVER! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Determined CPA]

I bet your second testlet was filled with a ton of pretest questions. I wouldn't worry. Future Ninja you need to have confidence in yourself!!

A - 75
B - 78 God is good.
F - 77 Answered prayers.
R - 84! Done!!

Paperwork sent - waiting for license!!
Still on a cloud and in shock. Through God, all things will happen.

[OlintoJr]

@Determined CPA. I really hope so. I will keep you folks posted on the outcome!

FAR - 11/30/14 -79
AUD - 2/19/15 -86
BEC - 4/09/15 -86
REG - 11/30/15 -87

I'M DONE! ITS OVER! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[OlintoJr]

For anyone trying to compare becker practice tests to actual exams… I ended up with a 79!!!!

FAR - 11/30/14 -79
AUD - 2/19/15 -86
BEC - 4/09/15 -86
REG - 11/30/15 -87

I'M DONE! ITS OVER! WOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

[Yukkeko]

Felt the difficulty change for my FAR exam. 2nd and 3rd were significantly harder than the 1st. I had to guess 1/4 of the questions, but still got pretty high scores. For my REG and BEC, on the other hand, I barely noticed the difficulty differences…

FAR (4/14/14) - 97
REG (11/17/14) - 94
BEC (11/30/14) - 92
AUD (2/28/15) - 99
TEARS!

[JerseyJay14]

How do you typically know if the testlets are harder? Yesterday when I took it, I noticed the second was more difficult than the first for the most part. There were instances where the questions were almost like a paragraph…I've seen where people have said that's an indication of getting a harder testlet….so I'm hoping the second testlet was in fact “harder”. The third one I'd say was probably somewhere in the middle, there were easy questions which I answered in about 10 seconds, and there were others I needed to spend more than 3 minutes on before finally guessing.

Fingers crossed for that 75+ score on 2/4/15!

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