Death Wish: FAR Edition

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    Anonymous
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    Using Becker and have taken 10 days off work to pass FAR from scratch (take exam on 10/29/11). Day 1 and I’ve completed F1 and plugging away on F2.

    Has this ever been attempted and what were the outcomes?

    Feel free to guess my score and mock me as you please!

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  • #304126
    jenuno01
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    HA!! Wow! you are one brave soldier! Good luck to you! I wouldn't dare to try that on FAR..but that's just… F1 on Becker goes quick… but OMG F2-F7 take an eternity… for my anyway! I sit for FAR tomorrow though..so I'm doing last minute cramming! Good luck!!

    Class of 2012

    #304127

    wow that is ambitious to say the least!!! took me 8 weeks plus to study and I barely made it out of there GOOD LUCK!

    FAR 76
    REG 76(2x)
    BEC FAILED (2x)
    AUD FAILED (2x)

    "When you don't give up, YOU CANNOT FAIL"

    #304128
    round1
    Participant

    I'll say this: you can do it! Have confidence and give it a try! At least, you'll get a feeling of the FAR's actual test.

    I took FAR once without any preparation at all (didn't even have time to open Becker's textbook), no MCQs, nothing. My NTS was expiring and I foolishly put FAR on it, besides two other scheduled exams. I didn't have any time to prepare and I didn't want to waste my money, so I scheduled an appointment at Prometric :-). I've scored 64, which is not that bad considering my total lack of prep. Obviously, I've guessed a lot of questions (especially those related to F3, F5, F6). But, having said that, I need to tell you: FAR is the “beast” for a reason! So, you need to study at least 12-14 hours a day. All chapters are equally important, but some of them require more attention (the middle of the book).

    DONE!

    #304129
    Hut-Hut
    Member

    You gave yourself too much time. 8.5 days would've been plenty.

    BEC - 67, 79 - (expires 5/24)
    REG - 74, 72, 77 - Key to Passing: RTFQ
    FAR - 77 - Chance favors the prepared mind.
    AUD - 64, (5/14) - FREEDOM!! (i hope)

    #304130
    Anonymous
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    round1- hindsight is 20/20 but do you feel like if you had studied 12 hours a day for the 10 days leading up to the exam you would have had a shot at passing?

    Everyone else… Should I just take it cold turkey and schedule it with more time or give this a try?

    #304131
    katiekanton
    Member

    My old boss passed each section on the first try after studying 40 hours a week for two weeks (he was working at some firm that let him do that). So a total of 8 weeks for the entire exam.

    He isn't really that smart either. He said the key was watching the Bob Monette lectures (he used Bisk and said the lectures were like magic) and doing MCQs until he could get them all right.

    AUD - 88
    FAR - 90
    REG - 85
    BEC - 88

    #304132
    jenuno01
    Member

    @coops – Unless you are a complete genius and already know most of the stuff in FAR.. I would not risk it… Otherwise, if you are willing to sacrifice 99.99% of your time during 10 days more power to you! I don't think it's impossible though

    Class of 2012

    #304133
    round1
    Participant

    @coops6677

    If you want my final opinion – you can try it (if you have some other job commitments that pressure you to take it so early), but I've never said that 10 days are enough. Not even close.

    If you'll sit for the test by the end of October, you won't have any chance to take it in November (one chance per testing window). If I'd be you, then I'll study my (…) during these 10 days, then I'll study from 7-12pm on weekdays, and I'll spend my weekends with the Passmaster. That's the grim reality. You'll have to do all practice sims too.

    And don't even ask me about chapters F8 & F9 (Becker course) – that stuff was difficult to remember for some reason. I've never had a governmental or NFP accounting class… It took me 2 days per each chapter.

    So, the best answer to this question is: “It depends (what you know so far).” Are you good with pension plan accounting, leases, bonds, deferred tax A/L, consolidations? Maybe you are, who knows? I had to review it all as if I've never seen that stuff in my entire life. And yet, you may have all the theoretical acct knowledge (college coursework), but these actual FAR questions are designed in a very specific, different and tricky way. So you'll have to adapt to this new format of asking things.

    FAR and REG have terrible time contraints too. You won't have the time to think (how I would solve this Q) during the actual exam; it should become your second nature. Thus, 10 days are not enough to pass, but you can give it a try…

    DONE!

    #304134
    SoCalCPA
    Member

    10 days w/o work for FAR is definitely possible with some accounting knowledge.

    Sleep 8 hours a day. Study 11 hours a day. That still leaves 5 hours to slack around. 11*10 days = 110 hours =) The only chance is making sure you focus all that time. I probably studied about 70 hours back in the summer and just spent about another 30 hours reviewing last several days to review, and I think I did okay.

    Good luck!! Hope you pass!

    B - (4/2012)
    A - (5/2012)
    R - (1/2012) Done!
    F - (10/2011) Done!

    #304135
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Going to stick with it and see what happens.

    May be unorthodox but could catch lightning in a bottle on test day, who knows.

    Let you guys know and thanks for the input.

    #304136
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Guy at my firm took off on a Wednesday to study for a Monday FAR exam. He was starting from scratch and he managed to pass. It is doable, just not recommended!!

    #304137
    markiux88
    Member

    @ChickenMcTest…do you expect us to believe that??lol…

    #304138
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    @markiux88

    I wouldn't lie to you guys. It is possible to pull off a pass with a crazy week of cramming.

    #304139
    markiux88
    Member

    @ChickenMcTest..I would not be able to do it, especially for FAR and REG..The minimum I would study for these would be 3 weeks studying 8-10 hours per day.

    #304140
    Anonymous
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    @markiux88

    I would not be able to do it either. I just barely scrapped by on most of my exams with hours and hours of study time.

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