[Anonymous]

Took FAR today. I read people saying “first testlet was easy, second was harder,” etc. but for me, all of them felt hard. I am kind of discouraged because that means my testlets didnt improve. Also, I feel I got most of my government and nonprofit questions right, but for the other topics, I guessed on a lot of them. I’m not sure exactly but it feels like I only got somewhere around 60%-70% of the MCQ for other topics right. Also, for sims, I am fairly confident on 4 including the research sim, completely guessed on 2 of them but they were journal entries so there were opportunity for guessing, and completely bombed on the last 1 because you have to fill in numbers so there was not much opportunity for guessing.

[Anonymous]

theres no point in speculating. with aud my testlets got harder, with bec they seemed to get easier and with reg they were all about the same and i passed them all

[golfball7773]

no point in speculating…..how the heck do you know what they consider hard, medium, etc – just relax and look forward to a pass on June 9th 🙂

FAR: 63, 55, 62
REG: 65, 77*
AUD: Fail, 64, 71
BEC: 72, 74, 81

*expired

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the feedback. Honestly, I'm just frustrated at myself. For a lot of the MCQ I had, even if I had another month to prepare, I don't think it would've helped much.

[Anonymous]

I agree. I just took AUD and I never got that overly “wordy” testlet. In my 3 passed tests I have always gotten one testlet that was just wordy and had seemingly more complicated questions. Yesterday for AUD my testlets were much like the first time I took the exam. All like one or two liners with a few longer ones sprinkled in. Since it mirrored my first AUD fail I'm pretty depressed about it and anticipating a retake. I hope I'm wrong. I did notice that many of the released AUD AICPA “harder” questions are short one line questions, so I have a little hope.

I know I shouldn't worry about it , but I can't help it. If I don't pass I have no idea what else to do to prepare. It seems for many questions I can get it down to two answer choices, and then I probably choose wrong.

I also had questions , especially a few SIMS, that no matter how much longer I studied it wouldnt have mattered. Atleast we only have to wait a little over a week to find out.

[ibCPAsoon]

It's pretty subjective depending on what areas you feel more comfortable in.

For FAR, I felt the first 2 testlets were hard and the 3rd was EXTREMELY easy….it was actually a little unmotiviating during the exam since I thought there is no way I passed if im getting this easy of questions in the 3rd testlet and wanted to give up.

I surprisingly got an 88 on FAR.

Hang in there, you never know!

BEC - PASS JULY 2014
FAR - PASS DEC 2014
AUD - PASS FEB 2015
REG - PASS MAY 2015

[Determined CPA]

If your testlets didn't appear to get harder, then that's a good sign in my mind. It means you were well prepared!

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.

[y_u_no_pass]

I was one of the biggest people in predicting how my exam went. Until I took audit. I had the same experience as you, I thought they started hard and stayed that way- meaning they couldn't have gotten harder. I got a 95, so they must have gotten harder, and I must not have done too poorly. Try not to worry about it. There is a good chance it went well!

Florida CPA!
Took final exam 2/25/15.
Sent in Application 3/12/15.
Issued License 3/20/15.
Used CPA Excel solely for all exams.

[Tomato]

The AICPA says that it's possible to get a passing score with all medium testlets. It's still possible that you may have passed even if your testlets really did never get hard.

FAR 77 12/9/14
AUD 89 2/24/15
BEC 81 3/10/15
REG 71 5/27/15 83 8/25/15 (it's done!!!)

[wr8280]

I spent too much time during the test trying to assess if the testlets were getting harder. I psyched myself out because I thought they were getting easier, however, this was not the case and I ended up with a great score.

FAR- 82
REG- 93
AUD- 89
BEC- 88

You are smarter, more focused, and more brilliant than you give yourself credit for. Believe in yourself and truly know in your heart that you can do it.

[Mika]

what about your last 2 FAR exams? Similar experiences?

I have the exact feeling as yours. Didnt notice any increase of difficulty and praying for a pass on June 9.

REG - 80 (02/13/2015) Roger + Ninja Flash Card + Ninja MCQ + Becker's Note
FAR - 84 (05/29/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Some Wiley book questions
BEC - 77 (08/27/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Half Wiley book questions
AUD - 87 (08/28/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Half Wiley book questions

[Anonymous]

I guessed on a lot of government and nonprofit accounting the last two times I took it. I made sure not to make the same mistake this time.

[Last Chance CPA]

Govt/NFP got me over the hump…it's an easy 16-24% of the exam…

FAR - 76
AUD - 75
BEC - 75
REG - 76

Now I need some experience!!! And some networking...

[Anonymous]

I didn't feel my testlets getting harder but still passed with an 87. Very similar to my first experience, but this time I passed

[tcheney3]

Attempting to decipher the difficulty of your testlets, especially while taking the test, is one of the most ridiculous things you can possibly do. With my BEC and FAR tests I thought all of my testlets were easy and with REG I thought the last two were incredibly difficult. My results across all three were fairly consistent.

BEC - 82
REG - 86
FAR - 85
AUD - 84 and I'm out!!!!!
Ethics - 95
In Skynet's Honor:
Act I: Shutdown Skynet and prevent Judgment Day.
Act II: Add a comma and three letters to my title.
Act III: Time Travel and marry a young Denise Richards (and prevent subsequent plastic surgery),return to present.
Act IV: Serve as Successor to Elon Musk as CEO of Tesla.
Act V: Ensure Judgment Day has been stopped. Utopia achieved.

[cpagal]

Determined — How did you do?

FAR - 08/30/15 - 90
AUD - 11/12/15 - 92
REG - 01/19/16 - 82
BEC - 02/29/16 - 83

Passed all on 1st attempt using GLEIM (full program) and NINJA (MCQ only)!!!

Louisiana Licensed CPA

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