@StephAV I feel you on that. I've only taken one exam, so take my advice to whatever extent you want, but I rewrote the entire NINJA Notes for Audit, and found it to be tremendously helpful as an introduction to my final review. I believe that I benefited from this so much in Audit because, for the most part, the key to passing that exam is memorization. On the other hand, I do not think that I will be rewriting the entire section of NINJA Notes for FAR mostly because of time constraints, and also because I know that the only way I (not speaking for anyone else) can nail down certain concepts is by doing MCQs and analyzing why I answered each one correctly/incorrectly. Perhaps I will try typing the notes instead of manually rewriting them, but I'm not sure yet. There are so many tough decisions that need to be made to stay on track in preparing for FAR!
@mypetmeatball I agree that if you are averaging in the 80-90% range for your second round of MCQs, you are golden! I would not worry too much about time, especially because every candidate is different. Personally, I know that I need every second of that two weeks of review to reach the 80-90% level for each section. If I were you, I would take comfort in the fact that if you're getting that many questions correct at this point, it might not be worth waiting an extra week to take the exam, as some of your knowledge may slip away.
One of the personal debates I'm having is whether or not I am going to practice SIMS outside the practice exams to prepare for FAR. I only did a few SIMS for my AUD preparation (just to get a feel for them), and had no problem getting through them during the actual exam.
The bottom line is that FAR preparation is just a terrible, terrible experience and no matter how many weeks of review we have, or which techniques we pursue, we (as human beings) will never walk into that exam feeling 100% prepared for every subject. However, we must keep in mind that every single candidate for this exam is in the same boat, and we are still going to, as our boy Timmy G says, “knock these questions [or exams] out of the ball park!”
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