@ Katie and anybody else.
I used the Wiley Review books and the WIley Test Bank for both BEC and AUD. To me they were good, so good in that some of the questions were on the actual exam.
I would like to think that worldly, work experience and common sense come into play as well.
My philosophy was to read the book, answer 50 or so questions, read the book answer 100 questions (or the max) for each of the units. Find time before, after and during work and in the weekend. I find study at work the best even at 9pm (there are no distractions). People at work have struggled, but i put that down to a lack of quality effort and too many distractions – how can you study when you have a 2 and 6 y.o.?
Taking this one step further a friend compared my WIley books with his Becker books. The conclusions were – Becker has more to read & is in bullet point format, the questions were generally the same and that Wiley cost $150 for all 4 while Becker cost $3,000 with not so great lecture materials….
The conclusion – i have passed 2 out of 2, my friend took 6 attempts to pass 4 exams. The choice of material may not matter, but the amount and quality of effort does.
Ask yourself this question (and be honest with yourself): Why would you want to sacrifice the time and money to take each exam more than once?
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