2014: Help analyze my Practice Test Scores

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  • June 18, 2014 at 10:01 pm #186402
    Anonymous
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    I finished going through the material early last week and have spent about a week of reviewing and these were my scores (a 61% average I believe). My test is on July 1st and I still have about a week and a half to review more. Any advice/suggestions/should I move my test back another week?

    Testlet #1 – M/C Questions – 50%

    Testlet #2 – M/C Questions – 60%

    Testlet #3 – M/C Questions – 70%

    “Accounting Changes” Tab – 75%

    “Nonmonetary Exchange” Tab – 70%

    “Accounts Receivable Allowance” Tab – 50%

    “Earnings per Share” Tab – 34%

    “Recording Lease” Tab – 50%

    “Recording Lease” Tab – 57%

    “Reporting” Tab – 50%

    “Research” Tab – 100%

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  • June 18, 2014 at 10:04 pm #576822
    Mamabear
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    If you aren't in danger of your NTS expiring I would move your test back to July 19th or 20th. You'll still be in the first wave release, with less wait time and it will give you 4 more weeks of review. If you had more scores in the 70s I would say you might be ready to take it, but with so many lower than the 70s I think you need more time.

    CPA Exam - Finally DONE (November 2014)
    BEC (08/10/13) 80
    AUD (08/24/13) 65 (11/13/13) 85
    FAR (04/12/14) 81
    REG (07/19/14) 69 (11/29/14) 87!!

    June 18, 2014 at 10:16 pm #576823
    Anonymous
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    7 weeks of review just seems like a ton. Right now I am studying 40-50 hours a week and have gone through some material twice (F2, F6, F8, and F9). I've put in about 210 hours since the beginning of May plus another 70 in me before my test date. I can move it back another week or more but would another 40, 80+ hours on top of the 70 I already have schedule make a difference or will there be more harm then good done?

    June 18, 2014 at 10:22 pm #576824
    Kimboroni
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    If you can study full time, I would think that from now until 7/1 would be adequate to bring up those weak areas.

    Depending on the person, it might be enough for part-time studiers as well. I know that I can do a lot of successful cramming in the last couple of weeks. It becomes my mantra when I start freaking out about a test being close. I tell myself “It's okay– I can learn a lot in 1 week.” It has worked so far.

    AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
    FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
    REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
    BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

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    June 18, 2014 at 10:26 pm #576825
    Mamabear
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    If you can get in 70 hours in the next week and a half then I agree with Kimboroni, you should be able to bring up your weak areas. i can only study ~25 hours per week and that would not be enough time for me. You sound like you have a good plan. Focus on your weak areas one section at a time and work as many MCQ/SIMS as you can for each section then move on to the next section. It is possible to get where you need to be with the hours you have available to study. Good luck!

    CPA Exam - Finally DONE (November 2014)
    BEC (08/10/13) 80
    AUD (08/24/13) 65 (11/13/13) 85
    FAR (04/12/14) 81
    REG (07/19/14) 69 (11/29/14) 87!!

    June 18, 2014 at 10:35 pm #576826
    Anonymous
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    Thanks guys. I'm reviewing my test now but I pretty much did bad in the areas that I knew that I didn't yet go over again and also knew that were less fresh in my mind, thus being weaker. I also had a lot of time left which I can allocate better now to help with those earlier MCQ. Most of my issues are little things that just add up. I'm also fresh out of college so I'm still in the learning mode.

    One question though, I think I have till about the 25th of 26th of June to reschedule FAR for the $35 fee instead of the $90ish fee. Would you two recommend taking the second practice test before then and use that to determine whether or not I should reschedule or just a bunch of progress tests?

    June 19, 2014 at 4:01 am #576827
    Anonymous
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    A couple other questions that come to mind in case anyone wishes to help me out. For the sims on the actual test, does anyone know if the order of the journal entry inputs would affect your score? For example, in regards to making a (capital) lease payment, Dr: Interest Expense Dr: Capital lease liability Cr: Cash. Well, I put this journal entry down but I put the lease liability before interest expense and got the two cells wrong, even though I don't agree they are actually wrong as they correctly go with the transaction. I'm not sure if it has been noted before but on my first exam, it literally gave me the same question on the sim twice in a row and I copied the answers and got graded differently on top of that, while the explanation for the answer is the same for both questions. Are these just (some) of the errors in the Becker program?

    I'm not entirely sure about the scoring but if those were all graded as being correct, that alone would make my previous 61 (if calculated correctly) a 68 (and would make me feel a lot more comfortable about it as well).

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