@NYCaccountant I passed FAR with Wiley book and test bank, and I just sat for FAR based on those 2 resources and feel pretty confident on it. However, I did supplement some with NINJA Audio for BEC and a teeny bit for FAR. I think the audio might've been more for my nerves than anything else(!), but Jeff does have many little memory tricks that helped out some. For FAR, Jeff offered NINJA Blitz for a week free, so I watched through all the videos once. But, I think I could have passed with just the Wiley materials. When I purchased the NINJA Audio, my goal was just to be getting the test bank, but I found A71 and saw that for just a few dollars more I could get the NINJA materials, so I decided it couldn't hurt. My thought has always been that I didn't want to spend more on my materials than I spent on the test, so that's why I didn't buy Becker, Yaeger, etc; however, at the same time, for the extra $100 or so that I paid to get notes and audio + test bank instead of just test bank, I figured that the extra $25 per exam was worth it to help make sure I passed!
@Mike1987 I've never been good at rote memory…so memorizing all the formulas and mnemonics has never been an option for me. So, my study strategy was to read through my book from cover to cover (I use Wiley books, no lectures), and then do every question in the test bank. In all honesty, I didn't quite get every question, because we had family things come up (father-in-law collapsed, couldn't breathe, and was airlifted to the hospital…during the time that I'd gotten off work for final prep…), but that was my plan. It's worked well for me on non-CPA exams and got me through my first CPA exam, so it's the strategy I'm clinging to until if/when it lets me down…!
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