[Anonymous]

Just took FAR, wow what a beating. Thought i’d post to get some another71cpa magic dust on me. Finished the final sim with 5 minutes left. The sims were the worst.

Good luck to anyone tackling this beast by the end of the month. you’ll need it.

[Anonymous]

got mine in like 40 hours 🙁

[tulip]

It was a beating!

I struggled to finish on time – really had to speed through the sims to finish with 30 seconds to go. It surprised the heck out of me because I am typically a fast test taker.

That was the worst test I ever remember taking – worse than the bar exam.

BEC - 10/18/2010 - 79
FAR - 10/28/2010 - 82
AUD - 11/04/2010 - 73; 02/18/2011 - 86 - IT'S OVER!!!!!!
REG - 11/21/2010 - 83

[Anonymous]

Nice (kind of) to hear someone else had the same feelings after this one. Hopefully we all passed!

[2010Please]

Really, really dreading my beating next Monday. 🙁

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

[Anonymous]

2010 Please~~~~~

it's not as bad as you think. Plus you've done well on the others. I thought time mgt was bigger on REG. the key is making up good time on the 1st testlet. I think i did mine in 30 minutes. good luck bro

[2010Please]

Thanks. I will give it my best shot. I'm so ready for this thing to be O-V-E-R!!!!

Good luck to you come score time too!

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

[Anonymous]

I'm fairly certain I can get good time on the first testlet… I can kind of tell what will be the “medium” questions and the “difficult” questions by the fact that the medium ones usually aren't longer than 2 lines, with no more than 2 variables going on at once. The more difficult ones are a good 4-5 lines with 3-5 variables.

I can't for the life of me actually comfortably answer the more difficult questions in under 2 minutes. I would say my average is like 2:15-2:30 for those, whereas the easier ones I'm hitting them at like :45.

I've studied FAR to the point that I feel pretty certain I could pass if it wasn't for that damned time limit. It is the main thing I am dreading.

[stevenrobb]

OK here is a repost from my comments on the FAR thread:

stevenrobb

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Ok, like many before me and many yet to come, I am looking for some shred of hope. I did a FAR retake today.. My previous score was 72. I think that I did very well on my multiple choice.. It wnt from medium to very wordy to medium. I am confident that I was absolutely right on about 70 out of the 90, 10 more maybes, and 10 ??… but there were no questions that I was thinking. huh?

Ok.. here is the bad part the sims I got CRUSHED.. i could not believe all of the journal entrys!! I know that my research Q's I got correct.. and am confident tht I got at least Very good on the communictions. Hs anyone passed even though getting totally crushed on the sims? UGGGGG. My last section! HELP! give me a probability adjusted thumbs up or down…and be honest!

[Anonymous]

many people don't even get a chance to work on the sims without rushing through and guessing, and they still pass. the grading for FAR seems like a big mystery. I'd say as long as you felt you did well in the m/c and the writing/research as you say, unless you got literally every question wrong in the sims, I don't see why you can't hit the 75.

good luck.

[Anonymous]

My sims were absolutely killer stuff. I hope you are right CPAMEPLZ, because mine was also all journal entries.

Thanks again everyone.

Shawn

[thorsbew]

I had the opposite experience! The first batch of multiple choice I had 4 that I was not 100% on, then on the second and third batches, I had some REALLY tough questions! At least 5 to 6 questions on both of those that I was unsure of.

My sims were a breeze for me b/c I'm extremely comfortable creating journal entries. However, I must say that these were the hardest research simulations I've had yet, although I was fortunate to stumble upon some answers! My writing sections weren't bad but for some reason, I struggle on them!

Aud - 65 + 79, BEC - 82, REG - 89, FAR - 86

[FormerChemist]

Well I don't have a clue how I did. I can barely remember even taking the first three testlets. My memory comes back to me on the sims where I know I got both research questions, did well on one of the writing sections, and weaker on the second. For some reason I signed both of my memos with “John Quincy Adams, CPA.”. Have no idea why I thought of that bloke–though a great bloke he was.

When i left it felt like i had passed, but here's what is throwing me: when I walked out of BEC, I thought I had nailed the thing!! Nailed it! Then my score comes back and it was just an 83. I know, i know, be grateful for that 83! And I am, but I walked out of FAR with such a heavier feeling that I'm thinking maybe I'll be taking this one again.

We'll see.

BEC--83
FAR--89 !!
AUD--85
REG--81 (shew!!!)

[tulip]

FormerChemist – I thought I nailed BEC, too – was expecting at least an 85. I scored a 79. I felt terrible coming out of FAR, but scored higher than BEC. Just remember – how many people ever say they think they nailed FAR? Yet it has the same pass rate as BEC.

BEC - 10/18/2010 - 79
FAR - 10/28/2010 - 82
AUD - 11/04/2010 - 73; 02/18/2011 - 86 - IT'S OVER!!!!!!
REG - 11/21/2010 - 83

[Anonymous]

I just took FAR yesterday Nov 23rd. I studied so much for that exam and was absolutley leveled on some of the twists and turns of the questions I was getting. The SIMS were tough too. I know I did good on the communications and the searches but some of the other tabs were tough with so many JEs!!!! I felt like a lot of things I studied was not even on the exam!!! WTF…..All I know is this is my last part and it was BRUTAL =( Has anyone heard what the new format for FAR will be in January as far as the differences from now?

AUD – 80, BEC – 76, REG – 81, FAR – 11/23/2010

[FormerChemist]

Thanks, tulip. I was actually already planning my retake when I logged onto this site last night. Then I started reading about other people who were sure they had failed only to receive a passing score. My hopes went from dashed to “okay, maybe I still passed that monster.”.

Really glad to hear you thought you had done real well on BEC. That little tidbit has my thinking all messed up.

BEC--83
FAR--89 !!
AUD--85
REG--81 (shew!!!)

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