I'm taking FAR on the 27th (exactly 3 weeks to the day)! I'll break the 100hr study mark tomorrow, and I have about another week's work to finish working through the Yaeger recommended MCQs. After I finish that, I'm going to spend a week with the cram, and then the final week I'll spend reviewing specific issues and taking practice exams and wrapping things up. I've been spending a little over 20hrs/week reviewing, so cumulatively I'm looking at about 160hrs from start to finish going into this exam.
It's been a rollercoaster ride for sure up until this point. Some of the sections seem overwhelming; none of the material is all that new to me, but it's incredibly frustrating looking at questions that you SHOULD know how to work but can't seem to recall the method behind it. I just finished my BS in Acctg in December, so I'm really baffled by how much I've forgotten in such a short period of time!! In contrast, some of the material feels really smooth. You know that feeling when you're reading a question and you know the “trick” to solving it before the question is even asked? Yep, that feeling. Awesome.
Considering how much material there is on FAR, I doubt anyone goes into it feeling good about EVERYTHING. Surely we all have our rough spots, but you try to minimize that as much as possible to give yourself the best chance of success.
Anyway, despite the frustrations and overwhelming amount of material, we just need to press on. The exam isn't getting any easier, and I'm certainly not getting any younger or prettier, so let's buckle down for these last 3 weeks and hammer it out! 🙂
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