[NYCPA1]

To all the Future CPAs out there,

I took BEC the other day. I walked into the prometric testing center feeling overly confident and well prepared but walked out having mixed feelings. There were several questions, that I had to guess on because I didn’t come across any reading materials realted to those questions from the Becker Review. On my way home, I started recalling on the questions that I successfully answered and realized that I have gotten at least 10 wrong, maybe more?

Anyways, have anyone of you ever felt the same and ended up passing?

Thanks!

REG - 88
AUD - 86
BEC - 77
FAR - 83

[adman0214]

NYCPA1, I walked out of BEC feeling that I failed the test. There were questions I felt like I had not practiced using my Becker software and thought I did not pass. Most of us feel that way after every test.

REG: Passed,(expired 4/30/11), Passed - 87 (2/29/12)
BEC: Passed,(expired 2/29/12), Scheduled May 2012
FAR: 72,74,74(C'MON!), (Schedule 4/20/12)
AUD: Passed

[Trevor]

@NYCPA, your score will probably be around an 80 give or take 2 pts. Strictly a guess, but how confident were you in the calculations you did? This was the telling part for me, I knew I nailed all the calculations (variance, COGS, etc) but also knew I had guessed/missed a bunch of IT and business structure questions. I thought I did worse than I did on the first (73) but ended up passing (81)…

BEC: 73,81(7/6/2010); AUD: 75(5/24/2010); FAR: 76(8/31/2010); REG: 77 (10/18/2010) - DONE!!!!

[75_stay_alive]

@NYCPA1: I felt the same way, and I also used Becker. I remember walking out of the test center laughing at how ridiculously difficult and unrelated some of the questions were. I also started remembering some of the answers that I marked because I was uncertain and realized that I made a few mistakes. After a couple of hours of mentally and emotionally torturing myself, I just let it go; there's nothing else that can be done. It is what it is. Anyway, just try to relax so you can prep yourself for the next battle.

[I can do it cpa]

Trust me. The feelings you have when you walk out of the testing center don't mean much.

First exam for me was FAR, I left the site with a frustation and regrets. Passed it.

I felt very satisfied and confident after taking REG, wasn't even nervous when waiting for the score <- yes very cocky, Didn't pass.

Keep your head up! and knock down FAR like you mean it! =)

IL
FAR-80 |BEC-85 |REG-72,82|AUD-81 |Ethics-Done
Getting it done in 2010! -> GOT IT DONE IN 2010

[geaux11]

@NYCPA1

As with the other repliers, I felt the exact same way. In my mind, I was absolutely positive I failed. I traveled the 2 hours home in complete silence out of depression, LOL. Don't worry about it. I'm sure you'll be fine!

AUD: 95 (7/14/10)
REG: 94 (7/22/10)
BEC: 87 (7/29/10)
FAR: 95 (8/12/10)

[75orbust]

Like most people have said– the way you feel walking into the testing center is a much better indicator than the way you feel coming out. That held true for all 4 of my tests, I was only certain I had passed one coming out, that being REG. Coming out of FAR my first test, I even wrote down alot of notes of things I will need to restudy and was shocked I when I saw my score that I passed. AUD and BEC I thought could go either way and luckily I did enough to pass them. I would relax and start studying for the next one, chances are you did fine.

FAR-1/04- 86 KAPLAN Review
REG-5/12- 89 MN Licensed CPA
BEC-7/17- 81 ETHICS - 100
AUD-8/31- 85

[Anonymous]

The challenges of this exam do not end when you leave the testing center. You then get to start the mini-game of second guessing yourself and the mental endurance challenge that is the score release process.

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