[jeff]

Recommended prep time for FAR is 6-8 weeks @ 20 hours a week.

FAR Study Notes: https://www.another71.com/cpa-review-store/

Study Videos: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam/cpa-exam-review-video/

[FARbehind]

Yes, Becker makes more sense after yeager. no wonder they say becker is a review course whereas yeager is a teaching course. I couldn't wait to restudy the gov and nfp acctg so I skipped over some modules. I know gov accounting is one of my weakest. i feel like if i master gov and npf i will be fine.

aud,bec,reg-passed
far-->75 Done!!!!!
ethics-100

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone,

I just got through taking BEC this morning! ewwwwwwww! Glad that's over, praying for PASS! I'm moving on to FAR. I want to take it the end of November, but those dates aren't available within my area, nevertheless, I will start studying this week!

How is everyone else doing? What advice can you give me on FAR?

[stp12986]

Hey All,

Just took FAR AGAIN on Saturday. I got a 74 last time, hoping to get lucky this time. I'm pretty sure that my MC packets went Med-Diff, Diff, Med-Diff. So I guess I did well on the first one and not so much on the second. Simulations were not hard in material but I had to rush to get throught them because there was a lot so I didnt get to check my work. Overall this test seemed harder to me than my 74 test, and hopefully it was, seems like it is better score wise to get the harder material. Now its a waiting game and i'm starting to study for BEC now to take in about a month. I have to get through FAR BEC and AUD by mid Jan before I lose my REG. I just seem to be making a carrear out of studying for FAR, I hope I never have to study it again.

BEC-67,82
REG-82
FAR-69,74,78
AUD-77

[LSU_BR]

@ Farbehind and CPAWannabe –

I don't think I have time to go back over Becker. My test is in less than 2 weeks. I think I am going to finish the cram and maybe go back over a few topics. Then practice tests and simulations for me.

AUD 95 (3/5/10); BEC 83 (5/28/10); FAR 71, 72, 74, 82 (10/16/10); REG 65,80(11/23/10)
ALL DONE 🙂

[gcaulfie]

Quick question.

So I'm taking FAR October 17th. I've been doing a good deal of studying and feel pretty decent on Becker Chapters 1-7. On the simulated exams (100 MC questions from all chapters) I have been pulling mid 80s and even a few close to or over 90. I've taken probably 15 of these tests.

Those scores include the governmental and not for profit chapters, but I feel like Becker's questions for this part of the exam aren't that bad. I feel like I really have no idea what is going on in these chapters but I can somehow either remember the question or they're not that hard. My question is, where is good place to get good effective notes for these topics? Are Jeff's notes easily understandable for Gov't NFP?

[Lori80]

Hi All. Can someone help me please regarding my NTS? I have ordered both AUD and REG NTS last week and have not received them yet. Called NASBA many times, and they mentioned my NTS have been sent out yesterday, today and they would take another 3-5 business days to email me. I want to seat for AUD Oct 30, so I want to reserve a seat. Does anyone know who should I reach at NASBA to reserve a seat since my section ID has been generated already? I dont want to run out of time..

[michelle119]

lori – you should be fine, it takes a couple days for them to process everything through… I don't think there is any other way to schedule until you get your section id, you can check on prometric.com to see if there are still seats in your state/specific city at a convenient time for you. best of luck!

FAR 7/2 - 88
BEC 7/30 - 87
AUD 8/27 - 80
REG 11/12 - 96

[Anonymous]

Lori,

Not sure if you received your NTS or not but it usually helps to e-mail them regarding your “missing” NTS.

For what ever reason my NTS for REG and FAR never showed up in my in box, leaving me to e-mail NASBA regarding the “missing” NTS, I've found the turn around to be pretty quick.

Seems like the majority of people in this thread are taking FAR towards the end of October, I'm on the 20th.

[Anonymous]

I was able to schedule FAR on the last day of November. The test time was 3:00. Now I am freaking out because it is supposedly a 4 hour test and the prometric center closes at six. Would the test center allow me to select a time knowing my test time will not fit into the time frame? Anyone know about this?

[suzzette1]

CINCYCPA I am also scheduled to take my FAR exam on Nov. 30 at 4:00 PM. Do not worry as long as you received a confirmation from the prometric center , you are set to go. I wa freaking out too when I was scheduled to take my Auditing exam at 4:30 last window and I thought that the prometric will close before I am done with my test, however they told me that as long as there are test takers in the center, they remain open.

BEC 2/8/10 - 75 (studied hard & prayed less)
REG 5/15/10 - 88 (studied less but prayed hard)
AUDITING 8/9/10 - 79 (studied hard and prayed hard)
FAR 11/30/10 - 79 (studied hard and prayed hard) Thanks GOD! I'm DONE

[Anonymous]

Hello all! I haven't posted since receiving a 74 iin FAR last window. I was just catching up on the blog and appreciate all of your cheering me on! Thanks, LSU_BR, FARbehind and CPAWannaBe. Please know that I am cheering for you also. Studying has been going pretty well. This last week was terrible because of the Oct 15th deadline. I have started Ch 8 in Becker and should finish it and Ch 9 this weekend which will give me slightly less than 3 weeks to review.

Best wishes to you, LSU_BR, on your exam tomorrow.

Take care all. See you for score release if not before.

[LSU_BR]

TEST DAY! eeekkk! lol. No really, I switched to Yaeger this time after making a 71, 72 and 74 with Becker. It's hard to describe how I feel today. My test is at 1 and I am lightly reviewing my notes. In the past, I have done tons and tons of MC questions and this time I only did Yaeger recommened questions twice. BUT I have learned so much these past 6 weeks. I feel more confident with journal entries and I have a MUCH better understanding of Cash Flows. On a side note, does anyone ever TRULY get Cash Flows. I'm not sure, but I know I know much more than I did before. Thank you Yaeger. With that said, I more nervous in a way this time. Maybe because it's the last qtr before FAR changes? Maybe because this is my 4th attempt and a 5th would just be embarrassing (LOL)? At the end of the day, I am satisfied knowing during this review I LEARNED things I did not know before and that has to count for something.

Thanks for all the well wishes. It is comforting knowing other people feel like you do. Cha Fay, FARbehind, CPAWannaBe and LSU_CPA, ya'll make this easier and I am grateful for this completely traumatizing (sp?) experience because I have met some of the most inspirational people. Good luck everyone 🙂

AUD 95 (3/5/10); BEC 83 (5/28/10); FAR 71, 72, 74, 82 (10/16/10); REG 65,80(11/23/10)
ALL DONE 🙂

[Anonymous]

LSU_BR,

Hope you do great! Please post and let us know what you thought of the exam. Sounds like you feel very confident and that is a huge part to taking this exam.

I'm at work now about to study. I can't wait to spend a weekend at home!!

Where have ya been, ChaFay? Last week was AWFUL at our office too with the Oct. 15 deadline. Back to the grind today.

[FARbehind]

LSU_BR,

Best of luck! You are a soulmate. I feel the same way about Yeager this time. It might not be yeager working so much for us like WE being in this s*** for a year now. I trust you will do well and go in there with confidence. I am sending all the good wibes your way!!!!!!!!! Be sure to share here how your experience was.

ChaFay, nice to hear from you. We are all in it together and we will do just fine this time. The knowledge accumulates with time.

aud,bec,reg-passed
far-->75 Done!!!!!
ethics-100

[LSU_BR]

Okay I made it through my 4th FAR exam. I'm still not sure how I feel. I will say I did not mark any questions for review. I had promised myself I would not mark any this time and I wasn't even tempted once to do it. I switched to Yaeger this time and I think it helped tremendously. I had spent months doing Becker questions over and over and over and OVER, lol. I did those homework questions 9-10 times and at 1000+ questions each round that's alot of questions. But I think I was missing the point. I am great at memorizing but FAR is about more than memorizing. I worked and reviewed the Yaeger questions twice and concentrated more on LEARNING the concepts. I think that allowed me to handle each question as it came today and move on. I have no idea whether or not I passed and I've learned to not dwell on it because I have REG to focus on now. I wish everyone the best of luck and I do know one thing, persistence CANNOT be denied 🙂

FarBehind, CPAWannaBe, ChaFay and LSU_CPA – Keep me updated. I have REG on Nov 23 but I will be checking the FAR forum too. It's like a second home to me,lol.

AUD 95 (3/5/10); BEC 83 (5/28/10); FAR 71, 72, 74, 82 (10/16/10); REG 65,80(11/23/10)
ALL DONE 🙂

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