[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/

[2010Please]

LSU_BR:

That is great to hear!!! Did you see any new content in Yaeger that you hadn't already been exposed to in Becker? Or, do you think the explanations were more thorough in Yaeger? Or, perhaps you just changed your approach (more learning, less memorizing)?

I have FAR scheduled for 11/29, so I'm still trying to hedge my bets here – I actually own both Becker and Yaeger and am trying to decide how to use the rest of the time I have left to study. I'm scaaaarrrreeeeed of FAR. 🙂

AUD 92, REG 85, BEC 90, FAR 85
Ethics 100
Obtained License 7/11/11 🙂

[LSU_BR]

@ 2010

I saw plenty I didn't learn in Becker. I'm not sure if Becker just didn't teach it or I just didn't get it. I do know Becker's method of teaching didn't work for me. Yaeger's seems to have worked and I am going to use it for REG. You have the best of both worlds it looks like. In my opinion, you should evaluate, honestly, whether or not you understand the material. If you understand it and feel like you can handle any questions they throw at you, then stick with Becker. If you felt like me and think you are just memorizing questions, look into Yaeger. It's difficult to give people advice because different materials work for different people. I think if you honestly evaluate your progress, you will make the right choice. Good luck 🙂

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 🙂

[FARbehind]

@LSU_BR

you sound great! Let's keep fingers crossed! There is hope for us.

@2010please,

I think Becker teaches everything, but just like LSU_BR says, you have to get it. If you are getting it completely, you'll be fine with Becker. For concepts that are dificult to understand you can go to yeager and listen to their lecture. yeager has different approach to some concepts. they use more journal entries and T-accounts when they explain the concepts which is sometimes crucial in understanding. What is accounting without JE, right? Becker uses BASE formula instead.

For instance, in Becker, when converting from cash to accrual, they use the base formula or a T-account and it can be confusing. For the same concept yeager asks you to write the journal entry. I found this so much better and so easy to understand.

I find it helpful to listen to yeager and then go back to becker to reinforce the concept and use it as final review.

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

[evaianos]

Hello all! I haven't posted since I received my last score for FAR, but I read all messages posted.

Monday, I have schedule my fifth FAR exam. It may be embarrassing but I have no choice. I need to pass FAR!!!

This time I switched from Kaplan to Becker and I hope will work.

[2010Please]

Thanks LSU and FARBehind,

I think what I plan to do at this point is continue through Becker since I'm already used to their format (I do stop and read all of the explanations, as a general rule, if I don't understand why an answer is what it is) then go back and watch Yaeger videos and see if I can pick up anything new or maybe see a better way of doing things I might have struggled with in Becker. I tend to “think” in journal entries…my intermediate accounting teacher generally showed us both JE and T-accounts (but it has been about four years ago), but I tended to favor the journal entry approach. I think when I see the name of the account written out as a debit or credit, I can think, asset, liability, expense, etc., whereas when I see a bunch of T-accounts, the numbers all seem to just run together, and I have a hard time sorting them out for some reason. I do like the use of BASE though…helped me a lot in BEC with cost of goods manufactured, cost of goods sold, etc.

Best of luck to both of you (and everyone else on here during this testing window) in getting this nasty FAR out of the way in 2010!

AUD 92, REG 85, BEC 90, FAR 85
Ethics 100
Obtained License 7/11/11 🙂

[2010Please]

Okay, so to those of you who have already taken FAR, how much should I be worried about consolidation, deconsolidation, and intercompany transactions? It seems to be a fairly large chunk in Becker's F3, but Becker is not really teaching it (at least, not to me). I mean, I understand the more basic stuff, but my head is spinning right now – been working on this all day and don't feel that I've learned much. But, in skimming through Yaeger's notes, I don't see it.

I don't remember doing any of this stuff in intermediate accounting.

Can anyone tell me what module this is covered in using Yaeger?

AUD 92, REG 85, BEC 90, FAR 85
Ethics 100
Obtained License 7/11/11 🙂

[herbert7890]

consolidations and intercompany transactions are constantly tested on the exam, as I recall.

FAR 88 - BEC 86 - AUD 90 - REG 85

[gcaulfie]

Just got back from the exam earlier. Almost positive I failed. Unfortunately, for me, I'm not one of those people who think they've failed after every test and end up getting a 95.

That sucked in every way possible. Pretty sure the testlets stayed the same in terms of difficulty. But how can you really tell? Simulations were all over the place, made stupid mistakes on the first one and pretty much did nothing right on the second one after looking up the materials. The writing parts weren't that bad though, I'm pretty sure I did decent on those. However the second one really didn't require that much writing. I used the research tab and pretty much quoted the actual FAS that was applicable. Hopefully that was okay?

After frantically looking up a bunch of the questionable M/C I remember having trouble with, I actually didn't mess up on too many of them. But I'm pretty sure there is no way I could overcome the horrible showing on the simulations.

Has anyone experienced a complete debacle like this and ended up passing?

[suzzette1]

2010Please If you are using Yaeger HS Consolidations is in Module 16 . Phil Yaeger did the lectures and he explains it very well.

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!

LSU_BR: Glad to hear you survived FAR. Believing for a passing score for you.

CPAWannaBe: I spent over a 100 hours at the office between 10/1 -10/14 so I haven't been online much. Come home to do the necessities in the house and then move on to studying.

FARBehind: Thanks for encouragement.

I finished the last Becker lecture this morning so I hope to knock out all the homework questions tonight then wrap up note-taking this week for 2 solid weeks of review.

Take care, all!

[2010Please]

Suzzette1:

Thanks for the heads up – I usually do okay with Becker in most areas, but when I come across a weak area, I just get so frustrated with the lack of instruction and/or glossing over areas without a sufficient explanation. I'm going to look at my Yaeger Module 16 tonight. My test isn't until 11/29, but I still have a whole lot of stuff ahead to muddle through between now and then. 🙂

AUD 92, REG 85, BEC 90, FAR 85
Ethics 100
Obtained License 7/11/11 🙂

[evaianos]

I just got back from the exam today. My appointment was at 4 pm, but they let me sit as soon as I arrived at the test center.

First testlet was easy and I finished within 35min. Second and third testlets was much harder than first one but I think I did better than on my previous exams. I didn't see any questions which was not covered by Becker. Overall I feel good about MCQ.

Simulations. I didn't try to do the com and research part before because those points are not for me. My native language is not English and I know that I can't get many points on comm. and research. Usually, I start with other tabs and leave comm. part at the end. Today I start my first simulation with 1hour and 20 min left. I consider myself good with calculations but this time it was too much. My first simulation was very hard. I did how much I could on tabs and comm. part, and moved to the second simulation hoping that the second one will not be not as hard. The second sim was the same as first one and information spread all over.

I can't say that what I did on simulation was correct and without points from simulations, I can't pass.

I don't want to discourage you but for me simulations was very difficult.

Good luck to all of you!!!

FAR 74,71,72,72 10/18 BEC 78 , AUD 11/22, REG February

[FARbehind]

evaianos,

I am glad you feel better than previous times. But I am mad at you for not doing the written communications. Do you know that WCs are 10 points of your score? You should always start with the WC before moving to the rest of the simulations. My native language is not English as well, so what? You sound perfectly fine. Just to let you know sometimes only 2-3 sentences are fine when you try to throw some key terms in them. Just to grab those points. You were smart that you took BEC this year because from 2011 all the WC will be concentrated in this exam. I am still mad at you for not trying WC…

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

[suzzette1]

evaianos I think Farbehind is right. English is my second language too and it usually took me more time to do the WC than the other tabs but I still do it and it earn me some points to pass. However, in my opinion you have a good chance of passing if you feel that you did good in your MCQ's. Keep on praying it works!

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]

Just wanted to wish patience, motivation and luck on the exam to everyone on this forum. It took me a year to pass all four parts and I know how frustrating it becomes.

If I had to give an advice for people who are taking exam with second or third attempt – I'd say do minimum of lectures and reading. Buy Wiley test bank and learn from MCQ. Don't worry if at first you are not getting them – you learn from explanations, and Wiley has thousands of the same questions in different form to practice. That's how I passed REG. All best.

[Author]

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