@ Mini agrees with me??? Woah, no way…jeez, I don't think we EVER agree with each other! 😛
@Kricket — Um, I'm not sure I would say that…it really depends on the subject. For example, I was like that with my external reporting classes; journal entries, flow of information between financial statements, financial analysis,etc., all came very easy to me. On the flip side, tax was something I had to study (hence why I got a 78 on REG) before I could understand it. Again, I'm not some sort of savant, it's just my approach; I don't want people thinking I'm touting myself as God's gift to exam taking. I do want to say one last thing to you: the take-away shouldn't be, “don't analyze and just take the answers for what they are”. Because the CPA exam is a tricky bastard so you should absolutely pay attention to each answer selection and analyze it carefully, I just mean don't OVER-analyze to where you start thinking ridiculous things to justify the wrong answer choice. I'm not sure if that made sense, but to echo Mini's abridged comments, analyze each answer selection carefully and use your smart-ness (another nugget of intelligence) to logically come to what you think the best answer is. If you do that for each question, there should be no reason to “flag”, because (unless they changed the rules since I took it) you can't have your materials in front of you, the answer isn't going to magically appear. All you're going to do is, like you said, “freak yourself out”. I wish you the best of luck, Kricket. If your son is as bright as you say he is, he must have gotten it from the genes you and your wife gave him (I got the sense you were a dude, if you're a woman then flip what I just said lol), so use that intellect to crush this exam! Easier said than done, I know. Pass the exam you will, young padawan…when ridiculous answers you see, the droids you are not looking for, they are 😛
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