[zieba]

I’m so frustrated because I feel like this happens every time, for me at least.

The days leading up to the exam are marked by the following:

1- Piles of notes (entire Becker chapters) which I think I am going to re-read but never get around to it.

2- Review notes everywhere

3- an almost full notebook with nuggets that I’ve apparently missed over these four months of studying, which are written down with good intentions but will likely not be read before exam time

and then there’s me doing practice test repetitions and realizing I don’t know this and that and falling deeper into panic mode. For FAR, it’s been every…damn….time, with exactly the same result.

I feel like WTB took me into the deep end, and I spent a lot of time understanding some concepts on a very deep level, thus missing the stuff that’s right in front of me.

I am re-reading my Becker final review notes, and doing WTB MCQ’s yet the more anxious I get, the more wrong I get and the cycle repeats itself. At this point, I think that just looking at the piles of scattered papers around the house is causing me anxiety.

It was going so, so good for three out of the four of these exams. I simply do not understand JE’s on the type of level that is required by the exam. bonds, cash, discount.. fine. Open/close budgets and record actuals, fine… but the rest of this stuff is brutal.

/end rant

AUD - 75*, 88 done 5/14! (*exp)
BEC - 74 , 77
REG - 65 , 76 (10 point combooo!!)
FAR - 69 , 75

Dr: perseverance
Dr: intelligence
Dr: luck
. Cr: . advisory score

[Anonymous]

My REG exam is tomorrow (try #6) and I'm experiencing the same thing. I'm at my office and I'm freaking out. I have notes and papers scattered all over my desk. I'm spiraling downward now, and my mind is shutting off.

I'm saying a little prayer for you… you are not alone.

[Anonymous]

My REG exam is tomorrow (try #6) and I'm experiencing the same thing. I'm at my office and I'm freaking out. I have notes and papers scattered all over my desk. I'm spiraling downward now, and my mind is shutting off.

I'm saying a little prayer for you… you are not alone.

[zieba]

Sigh.

If I can give you one piece of advice on REG, that saved me… is use the AL for SIMS. You can find a lot there, you can find rules, you can find dates, concepts, percentages of total, floors/ceilings. Zero in on the “search within” function, you can search for pieces of the actual question verbatim…

Just like you were taught to answer an essay question by prefacing the answer with a portion of the question, your answers should contain pieces of similar wording.

I was able to fill in 100% of an entire REG SIM in this manner, which I previously filled out incorrectly and changed all boxes within seconds of the clock ticking off.

AUD - 75*, 88 done 5/14! (*exp)
BEC - 74 , 77
REG - 65 , 76 (10 point combooo!!)
FAR - 69 , 75

Dr: perseverance
Dr: intelligence
Dr: luck
. Cr: . advisory score

[zieba]

Sigh.

If I can give you one piece of advice on REG, that saved me… is use the AL for SIMS. You can find a lot there, you can find rules, you can find dates, concepts, percentages of total, floors/ceilings. Zero in on the “search within” function, you can search for pieces of the actual question verbatim…

Just like you were taught to answer an essay question by prefacing the answer with a portion of the question, your answers should contain pieces of similar wording.

I was able to fill in 100% of an entire REG SIM in this manner, which I previously filled out incorrectly and changed all boxes within seconds of the clock ticking off.

AUD - 75*, 88 done 5/14! (*exp)
BEC - 74 , 77
REG - 65 , 76 (10 point combooo!!)
FAR - 69 , 75

Dr: perseverance
Dr: intelligence
Dr: luck
. Cr: . advisory score

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry I can't give any return advice. I took FAR with the flu. I completely blacked out the memory of taking it. You can imagine my surprise when I got my score. I was expecting something in the low 60s.

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry I can't give any return advice. I took FAR with the flu. I completely blacked out the memory of taking it. You can imagine my surprise when I got my score. I was expecting something in the low 60s.

[Thirteenth]

Sigh…

Your post describes everything i'm going through right now. I have plenty of notes to read and millions of flash cards i need to memorize…

I was planning to resolve all 1400(i did once before and 75%avg)questions from becker, but then i got hit by this mental destruction i always suffer before the exam..

I jump in to final exam to wake me up, and i got 60's. So i gave up, didnt finish it.

I did about 500 out of 1400 so far..

I dont think i can finish them

I need to do aicpa questions too

And i need to go over some of the wiley questions

There are so many materials i need to remember and i keep forgetting them. I mean.. I think that i memorized them and then when i try to do mcq, i get wrong on things i already know!!!!!

But i dont study like i usually study/ like i supposed to study! The exam is in 5days and i study less hours, i cant focus.. 🙁

AUD 7/3/12 82
REG 5/30/13 79
BEC 8/29/13 78
FAR 2/28/14 79

Becker 2013 + Ninja
Done.

[Thirteenth]

Sigh…

Your post describes everything i'm going through right now. I have plenty of notes to read and millions of flash cards i need to memorize…

I was planning to resolve all 1400(i did once before and 75%avg)questions from becker, but then i got hit by this mental destruction i always suffer before the exam..

I jump in to final exam to wake me up, and i got 60's. So i gave up, didnt finish it.

I did about 500 out of 1400 so far..

I dont think i can finish them

I need to do aicpa questions too

And i need to go over some of the wiley questions

There are so many materials i need to remember and i keep forgetting them. I mean.. I think that i memorized them and then when i try to do mcq, i get wrong on things i already know!!!!!

But i dont study like i usually study/ like i supposed to study! The exam is in 5days and i study less hours, i cant focus.. 🙁

AUD 7/3/12 82
REG 5/30/13 79
BEC 8/29/13 78
FAR 2/28/14 79

Becker 2013 + Ninja
Done.

[How many letters do you need]

Zieba – My first exam is in April so I honestly don't know if I will be any different (probably won't). I can say this..for me, the fact nuggets and extra notes taken along the way should ebb and flow. What I mean by this is, as I get incorrect problems, I review my fact nuggets and extra notes once or twice a week along the way in an attempt to solidify the concepts. Once I do, Ill either trash them or put them in a separate area (binder/pile or what have you) so I keep my priorities on the topics and specific sub topics that continue to give me issues.

Now, I know there are some topics that just have to be memorized, and I keep a separate pile for that info, don't stress too much about it initially and plan all memorizing in the final days (after re-writing and MCQs) because to me memorization never lasts very long (I'll have to review 2-3 times a day leading up to the exam).

Of course this is just the process that works for me and I know everybody is different. Best of luck and most of all try to relax. These friggen exams trick us into beating ourselves sometimes…

MBA,CMA,CPA, CFF?, ABV?

[How many letters do you need]

Zieba – My first exam is in April so I honestly don't know if I will be any different (probably won't). I can say this..for me, the fact nuggets and extra notes taken along the way should ebb and flow. What I mean by this is, as I get incorrect problems, I review my fact nuggets and extra notes once or twice a week along the way in an attempt to solidify the concepts. Once I do, Ill either trash them or put them in a separate area (binder/pile or what have you) so I keep my priorities on the topics and specific sub topics that continue to give me issues.

Now, I know there are some topics that just have to be memorized, and I keep a separate pile for that info, don't stress too much about it initially and plan all memorizing in the final days (after re-writing and MCQs) because to me memorization never lasts very long (I'll have to review 2-3 times a day leading up to the exam).

Of course this is just the process that works for me and I know everybody is different. Best of luck and most of all try to relax. These friggen exams trick us into beating ourselves sometimes…

MBA,CMA,CPA, CFF?, ABV?

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