[Anonymous]

just give a multiplier based on your own judgment if you can, for example FAR is 2.5X harder than AUD

and provide an explanation if you’d like stating the amount of study time, which chapters, etc to support your multiplier. i just want to get a general consensus as to what to expect from FAR after finishing this AUD exam, and these seem to generally be the most difficult and easiest of the exams thanks guys

[Anonymous]

thanks guys this has been helpful, after i pass AUD on 5/31, i'll have just over a year to complete FAR and REG so i'm just going to pace myself and absorb the material rather than taking those exams with uncertainty. i feel like those two are beast and may give me the most difficulty and are most valuable content-wise so i don't want to rush.

by the way, some might ask why i took BEC and AUD first if i consider them the easiest, because i started the exam during busy season and wanted to get them out the way and have the pleasure of saying i passed a section lol. plus it looks good on the resume passing any section if you are job searching. but i'm a pretty focused person and good test taker as well so i'm not too concerned with FAR and REG being too much difficulty, just have to put the time in.

[lynseyklly]

I took AUD first because I thought it would be my hardest, I had an awful professor for this course. I spent about 6 weeks studying. I felt well prepared for the exam. With it being my first I had nothing to compare it to and walked out of the testing center feeling awful, only to find out I had gotten an 85. I expected FAR to be a similar experience – HA! Pushed my exam date back 3x, spent almost 11 weeks studying. I don't think there was a way for me to feel prepared going into FAR. Personally I am so glad I didn't try FAR first, at least passing AUD made me a little more confident. There is just so much to retain, and when they add IFRS on top…my memory is just not that good. I think FAR was about 10x harder to study for, I was very discouraged and hated to study (not that way for AUD). As for the exam itself, I don't think the difficulty was much different. (let's hope my grade will reflect the same)

AUD 85 (2/22/12)
FAR 81 (5/10/12)
BEC 7/13/12
REG 10/1/12

using Becker

[LittleMoe]

My experience has been similar to lynsey's. I spent about 6 weeks studying AUD and passed. Started the FAR material and was completely overwhelmed and discouraged. Now that I am about a month into FAR, the pieces are starting to fall together. I am glad that I took AUD first because I don't know how well I would have done getting overwhelmed with the FAR material from the start. I have found FAR to be a lot harder than AUD and am putting in a LOT more hours every week to try to tame this beast on 5/29.

AUD 4/12/12 79
FAR 5/29/12 76
REG 8/2/12 82
BEC 8/30/12 72 Retake 10/18/12 76!!! DONE!!!!
ExamMatrix, Wiley Books, NINJA notes and audio
LICENSED ALABAMA CPA 11/30/12

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