[panic]

Hello guys, like i have mentioned before, I just started studying for FAR. The first exam I want to take, so i dont know yet the best strategy for studying. But i noticed that I am already off of my becker suggested schedule- studying plan. I suppose I am going too slow. It suggests a week for each chapter. But i am still on F1-M3 and already in week 2. I feel like I didnt know much, so i was really trying to study and not skip anything, but now i feel like i should just skim the info and move on to stay on track.

What I am doing is watching the lectures, doing the skill practice (sims?) and then the MCQs. it’s takes me a few days for each Module. SO im not sure.

I feel like i shouldve researched study material more. Becker was really expensive, but i dont know if i am getting much out of it, esp it being self study & with my ADD, i can’t focus much. and when i go through it quick, i am not learning anything.

I really want to pass this exam; should i switch up my study materials

[M123]

You have a lot of time. FAR is definitely the hardest exam in my view by a country mile.

You have to train your mind to anticipate the level of difficulty of the exam, manage time and have command of the material.

I don't know if you've seen the Olinto breakout videos yet on the topic but the exam means pain. If you are not sacrificing all your free time, spending friday nights studying, living and breathing every moment as prep for the exam – for me – that's what it takes. For most, arguably.

The thing that Becker doesn't give you readily is a constant reminder of where you stand in readiness for the exam. This may be why you are not sure if you're going too slow. The thing that will help with this is something I really which I knew about when I started FAR – the Ninja MCQ. If you add that to your review – you will now have direct feedback as to how you're doing. You can do questions for each section or for all sections. Each session is a study session but also tells you your trending score which is very comparable to an exam score.

My prescription:
– Go through the Becker content at a pace equivalent to their estimated timings. Learn as much as you can from their videos/book/mcq.
– I would shoot for a “cursory” knowledge of the topics.
– Then start Ninja MCQ (ideally with at least 4 weeks prior to exam – preferably 5).
– Plan to go through over 1,000 questions. There are about 1600 for FAR. I did 1200 personally and passed.

This is how you take that cursory knowledge over to practical and long term memory for the exam.

Be sure to focus at least 1/3 of time on TBS which are also part of MCQ, and up to 50% since that is so highly weighted now in the exam.

[RockLobster]

You still have 2 months till your test my dude. Also, I studied for two months exactly for FAR, and F1-F3 definitely took me the longest. Those chapters are brutal. Between like-kind exchanges, foreign garbage, inventory nonsense, there's a lot going on. Idk if I have ADD, but I took constant breaks from the material. You have to go at your own pace, you will absorb material better that way. Hopefully you can get to the point I was at eventually, where you can voluntarily immerse yourself in the material.

Stick to your own pace and bust it out. FAR is a beast and a half. Don't skip any sections and try not to get overwhelmed, you got this homie.

[Anonymous]

Read the textbook and do mcqs until you can find a pattern within them.

[Defo]

I recommend doing some of the MCQ's first then reading the textbook. I find everything goes much easier if i do MCQ then reading then more MCQ.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't worry about how slowly you are going..It doesn't matter if you stay on track with the schedule if you aren't retaining anything. My routine is usually listen to the lectures while driving to the train in the morning, read the book while on the train, then at night I go through the book, make notes, do MCQ and SIMS, make some flashcards and at this point I have been scoring in the 70s on my progress tests. I try to do one module a day… How many hours a day do you have to study?

[jombe]

I watched lectures & took notes. Once I was through all the lectures, I got my MCQs & SIMs out and referred to my textbooks for any missed problems or when I needed additional clarifications.
Once I've went thru all the problems at least once (~3000 MCQs & ~100 SIMs per section), I made a list of things I had to memorize by my exam date.
For 2 weeks or so before the exam date, I kept hammering MCQs & SIMs & my notes.

I roughly studied 3~4 hours a day, 5 days a week for 2 & 1/2 months and around 5~6 hours a day, 6~7 days a week for the last two weeks right before the exam.

Results?

Passing grades.

FAR - 94 (10/4/15), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
AUD - 99 (1/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
REG - 96 (4/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
BEC - 91 (7/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ

581 days of listening to lectures, reading texts & 10,000+ MCQs...

[panic]

@jombe you've got incredible scores!! So you watched all the lectures & did the MCQs after them all? I am doing the 30-50 per module. For ex, yesterday I “studied” for 3 hours, did the multiple choice for Module 3, and it took me that long to go through it once. Today, I will start on Module 4's lecture, maybe get to the MC tomorrow.

[panic]

@anyatver I would like to do 1 module a day! that sounds ideal, but it usually takes me 2-3 days to complete a module.

[Anonymous]

@PANIC@NOW-this is definitely a marathon, so whatever works for you is what it has to be. Worst case scenario you will take longer to complete this process and might have to reschedule your test… No big deal.

[Author]

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