[mike_terror]

I have 3 weeks before my testing date for FAR. I plan to use the remainder of my 3 weeks and just doing multiple choice questions until I puke, but I’m kind of confused on what is the best way to engage this.

I have the Gliem Software and within these 3 weeks, I plan on doing the “Study Mode” where if I select the incorrect answer, they’ll tell me why it was wrong and give me the explanation on what the correct answer is. After maybe a week to a week and a half of doing the “Study Mode”, I’ll switch over to the “Exam Mode”.

How should I set this up for the “Study Mode” and “Exam Mode”? Should I do testlets of 90 Multiple Choice questions on all topics randomized and start hammering them? Or should I do them in chunks focusing on 1 topic at a time? I’m starting to feel the panic as the time is getting closer and would appreciate any help and advice I can get.

Also, on the real exam, are the topics completely shuffled throughout or will they be grouped together in little consecutive chunks?

[mike_terror]

To add to my previous post. I forgot to mention that I finished my lecture review course, but I still feel totally clueless or that I've forgotten A LOT OF things. Am I the only person who feels this way? I go back and it's like I'm learning it again for the first time! Very frustrating!

I've found Jeff's article back in 2011 on “How to Pass the CPA Exam in 20 Days”.

https://www.another71.com/how-to-pass-the-cpa-exam-in-20-days/

I think I fall into the group that Jeff is targeting in that article so I plan to follow his advice and just do ONLY multiple choice questions and not bother trying to go back to my notes or review course and waste time trying to relearn / reread everything. What do you guys think? Is this a good plan even though I feel clueless about certain areas? Given the situation that I am on crunch time, I think I have no choice.

So again with that said, what are the recommended ways to approach the MCQs in my next 3 weeks before my exam. “Study Mode” vs “Exam Mode”? How many questions at a time? Randomize everything or do topics at a time?

[HeyPawl]

I am using Gleim and the Study Mode seems to help me the most. I like to automatically know if I'm doing something wrong. This worked for Audit, which was more theory based, and I am using the same approach with FAR, especially since it is has more calculations. I don't think I even attempted the Test Mode for Audit and likely won't for FAR.

AUD - 82 (July)
FAR - 85 (Aug)
BEC - 82 (Oct)
REG - 75 (Nov)
DONE

[HeyPawl]

To your follow-up question, a week before the test I like to go back to the study mode and take 5 sections per day. I'll do 20-30 questions for section 1 and won't proceed until i am comfortable. Then apply the same method to each section 2-5. After section 5 is complete, I'll go back and do a 30 question test (study mode) for sections 1-5. Then on day 2 i do the same thing for sections 5-10. By the end of the week i'll begin doing the random test for sections 1-20.

AUD - 82 (July)
FAR - 85 (Aug)
BEC - 82 (Oct)
REG - 75 (Nov)
DONE

[mike_terror]

@ HeyPawl, thank you for sharing your your approach for MCQs. Did you use any other review course for FAR or are you just purely doing MCQs using Gleim's Study Mode?

I'll try out your approach and basically have all 20 sections of Gliem in FAR done in 5 days since each day will be doing 5 sections. And then start doing a set of 30 with random questions from section 1-20.

[HeyPawl]

No, I only use Gleim. I'm through study unit 14 (of 20) for FAR and I'm not feeling very confident. But, then again, at this point during my Audit review I wasn't feeling very confident either. For me, the more MCQs I attempt, the more I understand. Again, that's why I like the study mode because it quickly points what i'm doing wrong.

AUD - 82 (July)
FAR - 85 (Aug)
BEC - 82 (Oct)
REG - 75 (Nov)
DONE

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