[Anonymous]

Omg, I am so tired from studying for FAR, and I have done reading/doing questions twice by now using Becker 2011. Yet, I still feel like I didnt remember/understand everything…..

For the simulation part, did anyone ever have Governmental/N-F-P Org questions on it at all?

The part I hate the most is Pensions, is that topic heavily tested in MCQ or Sim?

Thx

[T-rex]

I'm right there with you. I have two Becker chapters to go on my second round, and then I'll be moving on to my third and final round. I am EXHAUSTED and BORED out of my mind, and I feel like I'm not retaining stuff. There's just too damn much of it. Rawrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

AUD - 95, BEC - 85
REG - 85, Rawrrrrrr FAR - 88
Used Becker for all sections.
CA candidate not residing in CA

[IwannaBaCPA]

No one is allowed to tell you which specific topics they saw on their exam. Besides, all topics have the possibility of appearing and what I had on my exam honestly has nothing to do with your exam. There is such a huge bank of questions and Sims they randomly draw from…

I hated studying for FAR…I just never felt comfortable with many of the topics and was exhausted by exam day…my exam was terrible too, but somehow I managed to pass…you don't have to master every topic in order to pass…

Best of luck to you!

BEC: 79 - April 2011
FAR: 78 - May 2011
AUD: 81 - May 2012
REG: 79 - October 2012
Ethics: Passed - March 2013
I am finally DONE!

[SRT8]

I am in the same boat, I have had 2 months to study for FAR and have worked very hard/diligently, but I cannot seem to remember all the little nuances about every single topic. I get tripped up on these little details. I take my exam tomorrow, and I don't feel good about it at all. I took my first Simulated Exam and quit after the 1st testlet because I don't remember anything! Panic mode is beginning to set. At this point I am just hoping for a miracle. FAR = FML!!!!!!!

AUD - 92 [5/31/11]
FAR - ___ [8/1/11]
BEC - 85 [8/31/11]
REG - ___ [10/17/11]

[IwannaBaCPA]

@STR8: Your score on Audit is impressive! If you studied as hard for FAR, I am sure you will be fine! Just take a breath and don't stress too much…I swear I had test day amnesia and couldn't remember anything during the exam because I got myself too worked up…I somehow still managed to pass, so relax. You will do just fine and as I have said before, you don't have to be a master of every topic to pass…I certainly wasn't!

BEC: 79 - April 2011
FAR: 78 - May 2011
AUD: 81 - May 2012
REG: 79 - October 2012
Ethics: Passed - March 2013
I am finally DONE!

[SRT8]

IwannaBaCPA: Thanks for your words of encouragement, it's nice to hear it from someone who has gone through it – I worked just as hard for FAR as I did for Audit, and I think that is why I am panicking so much. I remember while doing the material I was understanding it wonderfully, but now that I am in my last day of review before my exam I am unable to remember the nuances and it's tripping me out. At this point I think I am going to focus on the topics I feel weakest about (Pensions, Income Taxes, EPS, and CF Statements).

AUD - 92 [5/31/11]
FAR - ___ [8/1/11]
BEC - 85 [8/31/11]
REG - ___ [10/17/11]

[IwannaBaCPA]

I think that is a fantastic idea! Just remember that they cannot test you on everything…there is only 90 Questions, several of which don't even count and 7 Sims, 1 of which doesn't count. You will do just fine tomorrow and I am sure you will pass so don't worry if a few questions trip you up…unless you are looking for another 92 (which is possible of course!). A pass is a pass…

Just manage your time well, it is much much more of a factor than it was for AUD.

Good luck!

BEC: 79 - April 2011
FAR: 78 - May 2011
AUD: 81 - May 2012
REG: 79 - October 2012
Ethics: Passed - March 2013
I am finally DONE!

[Anonymous]

@IwannaBaCPA: one of 7 sims won't count? really? says who? I thought all 7 sims will be counted…. well i know there are about 18MCs that wont be counted, thats true

[Anonymous]

@SRT8: first simulated exam, u mean the 100MCQs randomly selected test or the Final Exam Review exam, sounds to me u did the latter one. I tried that for REG, the final exam review exam is super Hard! Most questions will never be tested anyways, so yea. I would't be upset about that at all.

Well, just for the record, I did my first try on the 100 random questions exam on Becker, and scored only a 62! =(

Now im so worried, 62 is a BAD BAD mark, right? I am gonna try to redo some questions and take the exam again tomorrow, then my actual exam is on tuesday !!! errrrr..

[Anonymous]

I have FAR tomorrow, I'm really fretting because Business Consolidations/Leases are killing me but I'm going to focus on Statement of CF since I'm weak on that too and it's one of the most important sections. I haven't even bothered wasting time simulating exams or sims (this is because the sims I have seen this year aren't even close to the examples given by Wiley, Gleim or Becker, no point in studying them), I jump from using one section on the Wiley Test Bank and then Gleim to make sure I get questions from both angles. So far my Gleim %s are roughly 10-15% lower than the ones I get on Wiley except for a few odd exceptions. My Wiley Test Bank score average 70-80% for most sections except the sections mentioned.

I tried a few questions on CPA Review 4 Free, but they're horribly written and have errors because the algorithms they wrote to generate questions have inaccurate thresholds.

[Anonymous]

I know this doesn't help those of you who are testing in the very near future, but I would recommend the Yeager CRAM course (or the HomeStudy which is the full review) for FAR. I am a former Becker student, and felt like they used a memorization approach. For me, it was so hard to memorize all of that stuff and then try to apply it to the questions. With Yaeger, they have a teaching approach which helps you learn and understand the concepts and the reasoning behind why you do things a certain way. So when you take the exam you are logically thinking through the steps instead of trying to recall a nmenoic (sp?). I am not saying Becker is a bad course b/c it works for a lot of people, but it didn't work for me.

[pshustler]

I was literally going to make a similar thread today. I'm on Chap 6 of my second go around and I feel like Im not retaining anything. I've done pretty good on the other 3 sections, but I felt good going into those sections about a month out which is where I am right now. I feel completely hopeless and lost at the moment. Every time I sit down I get a throbbing headache within 30 minutes because the stuff either isnt making sense or I cant retain it.

The lectures are absolutely brutal too for FAR in Becker. The lecture for Pensions is over 2 hours long, and then there is only 19 questions in the HW????????

Everybody said REG was the hardest in 2011 so Im holding out a sliver of hope that FAR wont be too bad, but I am struggling bad so far

BEC - 86
AUD - 94
REG - 88
FAR - 89

[IwannaBaCPA]

@CPA_Rookie:

I am sure about 1 Sim being a pretest. The AICPA released a document on how the exam is scored and it indicates that 1 Sim is indeed a pretest. In the document, there is a chart that breaks each test down and shows that there are 15 pretest MCQ on FAR/AUD and 12 pretest MCQ on BEC/REG and 1 pretest Sim on every section.

BEC: 79 - April 2011
FAR: 78 - May 2011
AUD: 81 - May 2012
REG: 79 - October 2012
Ethics: Passed - March 2013
I am finally DONE!

[hilaryh_88]

Do you guys think that everyone in the 3rd quarter taking FAR receives the same exam or do you think there are different versions?

AUD - 82 Becker
BEC - 75 Becker
REG - 71, 82 Becker
FAR - 66,61,71,74,70 and #6 80!!!! FINALLY DONE!!! 9/20/12
Yaeger and Yaeger CRAM for the final battle!

[kb24]

Different versions.

FAR 4/1/11 - 89
AUD 4/15/11 - 85
REG 4/29/11 - 80
BEC 5/13/11 - 85

[IwannaBaCPA]

@hilaryh: every single exam is unique. The software has a testbank of 800+ questions and Sims that it generates an exam from. The odds of two tests even being really close to the same are very very slim!

BEC: 79 - April 2011
FAR: 78 - May 2011
AUD: 81 - May 2012
REG: 79 - October 2012
Ethics: Passed - March 2013
I am finally DONE!

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