@CPA Dilemma – First off, if you're scheduled for 8/9, believe it or not you've still got a lot of time! Try to focus on that. 🙂 Second, to keep things straight, I do 2 things: do MCQs till I do them in my sleep (…literally…it's sad…), and I do those in a manner that I see the answer as soon as I do it. I use Wiley Test Bank which has a “pratice session” option so that you see the answer as soon as you do the question – not sure what it's called in your material. The second thing I do is to listen to Jeff's NINJA Audio, since it seems to create a good “outline” for my brain. The same could be done with anything else that outlines the material…and in all honesty, I didn't get all the way through the FAR audio before my test. But, mostly, it's doing a ridiculous number of MCQs that eventually helps me remember how to do things.
@Tanaya – I don't specifically try to learn the J/Es. I can't really explain what I do. 😐 I've never written down J/Es, or tried to memorize them, etc., yet I can usually come up with them. I think I try to focus on the logical name and credit/debit…so, the expense part of pensions is logically “Pension Cost Expense”. You won't have to type in an account name, just select from a list, so for myself, I find learning the logic to work better than trying to learn all the different J/Es. But, my mind works more that way in general – if I can figure out a concept or the mechanics behind a concept, I can do it all day. But if I have to memorize it, I might as well quit before I get started – I still have to sing songs to remember any dates from history… “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” – without that, I'd probably goess 1600's! So, I don't memorize, but I've been that way since grade school.
@adam8199 Sounds good to me! 🙂 I don't use Yaeger, just Wiley, but in general it sounds like a thorough way to learn! FAR has the most material of any CPA exam (at least IMHO), so it's natural to feel overwhelmed. Just keep plugging away!
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