[728daniel]

exam is on 3/10..seriously don’t know what to think now..

So about 2 weeks ago I completed the first FAR Becker exam and scored 74% after the 60/40 split. MCQs were weak and sims were great.

And then worked 2 weeks straight with no studying done (not even a question whatsoever)

i have off this whole week..so i spent the last 2 days hammering progress tests to recall the materials (100 questions a set, scores averaging 75 to 90) and then redid the FAR exam#1 and scored 84% after the 60/40 split.

I also went through those 2016 AICPA newly released questions for FAR and only missed a few out of the 50 or so questions.

i feel like i can’t recall any of this material on top of my head (possibly because there is just TOOOO much) but when i see a question, stuff just suddenly come back.. is this normal??

I will give the 2nd exam a shot tomorrow but what are my chances as of now??

[Anonymous]

Honestly those scores are great! Please don't syke yourself out. the first time i took FAR, my practice exam was 54, I got 67 on the real thing, still I failed but my actual score was much higher than the practice exam. You will pass trust me

[728daniel]

@canpass
Thanks for the kind words. Not being able to recall stuff on top of my head frustrates me. It's like I forgot what I studied

[Cruzer]

@CanPassAttituderunningdry
I was trending not much higher than you but couldn’t tell if my testlets were getting harder or not but I felt like I knew a lot of the answers which is interesting if I wasn’t scoring ridiculously high on MCQ questions when studying. From the google stats Jeff posted, you are correct the actual score to trending NINJA score is about % higher but one thing that doesn’t take into consideration is the SIMS so I guess we can say that a % higher average on the test should reflect SIMS as well since they are just in another format then the MCQ’s and it’s a good indicator overall of how well you know the material (Makes sense). My SIMS seemed very tough and usually I can pull through on them but it really is nerve racking not knowing as I didn’t feel great walking out of test center because the whole exam was so weird.

[Cruzer]

@CanPassAttitude Running Dry When you got a 67, you only studied 3 weeks? Although I wasn’t scoring much higher than you in 8 weeks of study I felt like I knew the material well on exam day and the NINJA MCQ were a lot more difficult then the actual (Not sure if this is a good or bad thing). Felt like my 1st testlet wasn’t easy and we all know that was a medium. I flagged I think 8, 5, 7 by testlet which doesn’t mean I didn’t know it 100% just meant I wanted a 2dn or 3rd look at it before being final with my answer. I have no clue how I ultimately did but my SIMS were atrocious. I felt like throwing up just staring at 2 of them. I was able to work through them though and hopefully picked up 65-70% on them. How did you feel your last FAR attempt on MCQ and SIMS?

[Anonymous]

@cruzer, I definitely felt more prepared than when I took the test back in December. I felt like the SIMS were an absolute killer. At this point I'm praying I'm DONE

[NeedsA75]

IMO if you are picking up anywhere near 70% correct on each of your sim questions (plus 100% on the research question), you are going to score “comparable” at worst, which should be good enough for a passing score as long as you didn't bomb the MC. Cruzer, sounds like you did better than you thought…

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