[jaycpa]

I am kicking myself because I thought I was doing fairly well. First section, not bad, second was harder, but still did fairly well, third section, about the same. I’d say I could have gotten a couple wrong on first, maybe 5 – 10 on second max, and a few on third. But I spent time going back through answers instead of saving time for the simulations! I could have saved like 10-15 minutes maybe. Well, I had 1 hour and 25 minutes for simulations… not bad… and the first went well. But the second…

What is with each tab being completely unrelated?!

I got to the second simulation and did the writing which was easy enough. The tabs were all unrelated and half of the energy is always spent on reading the situation and getting your bearings. I did not expect that. It takes significantly more time then when it’s 1 situation and a lot tabs on that. So, I froze up a bit, figured a bit out… but ended up not guessing at things, leaving blank, and timing out and forgetting the research!!!!

I am upset with myself because:

1. I could have given myself more time had I spent less on MC… I don’t think the extra MC time made significant difference with my answers. But the time could have been used for the simulation. I could have done better. Only one tab was truly confusing, the others were doable from what I saw.

2. I didn’t guess when I got to the last simulation. I was just overwhelmed I guess and should have just put something everywhere… which IMO is horrible if you get points for that. For instance:

You get a list of 10 blanks and obviously each separate one has an option of 10 items. Clearly, all 10 blanks will likely be filled with those 10 options (for the most part). I guess I should have just filled them. But it proves nothing. I hope those type of answers don’t get as much points as the numbers anyway. Do they all get equal points? That’d be outrageous since the numbers take time to figure out…

3. How much is research worth? They take like no time at all and I can’t believe I forgot it. If I fail by like 1 point and research woulda got me that… it better not happen.

Anyway, I really came in knowing my stuff. It just sucks that I didn’t finish everything. I really, really hope I pass.

What are my chances? Anyone else mess up an entire simulation before (excluding writing) and still pass?

Sorry for ramblings… just upset and still stressed. When can I expect my grade?

[jaycpa]

Also… not that it matters but I scored 73, 73, 80 on Becker MC. And nearly 100 on both the simulations they gave (it was leases and pensions, both of which I know well). In fact, did those two Simulations in like 50 minutes too. I'm just pissed they threw this crazy SIM… damn it. damn it. damn it.

Well, I think I really do know my stuff and well prepared… so I think I could be in the passing 50%. i hope to scrape by at this point, lol. Plus, I can only wonder how many others struggled finishing on time and with second simulation? Hope I'm not the only one and we all pass. 🙂

[potatogun]

Research is worth very little. And the grading isn't so much would the research question put you over the edge if you didn't pass. 75-80 just represents the general area where they want most people to be. So 74 would be some deviation or perhaps half a deviation off of what the bulk of the passing people were, so don't focus on the direct numbers when you get your score.

I imagine wave2 is like…in 4-5 weeks?

FAR 92 - AUD 91 - REG 94 - BEC 86

[jaycpa]

Good to hear that about research.

I'm hoping then that if it really is where they want people to be, I fall in that category. I thought they did not curve though? But not sure how they get such consistent pass/fail rates…

I saw some post where others messed up last simulation and someone I know left things blank on one of theirs and ran out of time on another… and they got like a 93.

I THINK I did well on my MC, not like acing them but even the ones I was unsure about, I was pretty confident about all but maybe 5 or so that were completely up in the air. I did very well in college and always been a good test taker. Hoping my gut of how I felt up until 2nd simulation means I really was doing well and that the messed up simulation doesn't hurt me too bad.

I just want that 75. I don't need a good score. Just want to pass! Oh man…

To those that have failed… do you feel like you dump the information? I feel like I'll forever know this stuff, lol. I hope that it stays in my head so I can study hard for a week or 2 and pass it upon trying next window. We'll see though.

[oobaisi]

Sounds like my REG exam. I didn't have time to do the second simulation, came out 100% positive that I failed. Ended up passing with an 85, so don't give up hope just yet! There's always that possibility that you passed.

AUD 82, REG 85, BEC 80, FAR 76, Ethics 98

FREEDOM!!!!

[jaycpa]

I'm really hoping I pass. It's good to hear others that didn't finish one sim ended up passing… I hope it's like that for me.

Ultimately, I just hope the MCs get me to pass. I maybe marked off 15 out of 90 MCs, (most on second testlet). Although I really only didn't know at all maybe 5 or so. The rest I was just slightly unsure do to wording or something like that. So, I felt I was doing okay with those. I just wish I didn't look so heavily at certain MCs since I hardly end up changing my answer anyway… wasted time. I guess if I take FAR again, I'll know that next time.

Though nothing could prepare me for having 3 tabs on one simulation with all different material. Why do they do that? It makes the simulation significantly more time consuming and you could need double the time as a result.

Lastly… with regards to the guessing thing I talked about in my OP…

Do simulations actually give equal weight to putting the journal entry titles as they do the numbers? It seems almost comical if that was the case…

I'm assuming they are weighted differently? Just simple example:

You need to calculate bonds payable, discount, and so on:

DR: Cash

DR Disc

CR: Bond Payable

Now, people say they don't penalize. And they have 4 spots for the entries and each spot you can choose one of those three or premium. You put each down and leave the #s blank. Is that seriously getting credit? Considering you could do that throughout the simulation and it'd literally take no knowledge. Seems like a big flaw if they don't take note of that… I'm assuming they do though…

[jaycpa]

Sorry for my rants, but it's me thinking outloud… destressing.

Anyway, I was thinking worse case scenario I got even 70/90 on MC for 78% of the 70 points of the test = 54 points.

Assume I get full credit on the writing, that's 54 + 10 = 64 points.

The one research I did, doing well on the first simulation, and doing minimal on the second should at least 50% of the 20 points I could get. It seems I'd just make it.

And this is assuming I did fairly poorly on the MCs (all my marked questions were wrong and a bit more) and having no weights on questions. The weighted part matters since I assume that while to get say 60+ out of the 70 on the MC would mean getting 12 or less wrong out of the entire 90 on an objective basis… on their weighted basis, you will score closer to the full 70 even if you get more wrong. Depends which you get right/wrong of course.

So, that means the chance of getting say 50 – 60+ out of the 70 for MC could be common if you do comfortably throughout. Especially if you get a difficult testlet.

Now throw in getting full credit on writing for 10 points, you are at 60 – 70 points. Very close even without simulation points. If you do just one simulation well, that's 10 points and half of that range is now passing. The lower half still could pass only doing half the second simulation.

It becomes clearer, to me anyway, how missing a simulation can still give you a passing score.

I'm a bit more hopeful now. You never know though. But helps me let this go and begin studying AUD… at least that book is pretty small. And you get 4.5 hours, won't be timing out there (I hope).

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