[Nate]

I posted about this on the REG exam experience thread, but I took REG today, it was awful. Felt like 10-20% of the material was never covered in Roger, and of the material I did know, the questions felt so obscure and like they were missing key info. I overall felt like I got an unfair exam. I studied harder for REG than I did for FAR, AUD, and BEC, and I did great on those. I know I haven’t seen the score yet so maybe come June 28th I won’t care, but overall I feel screwed over by the AICPA. I know I studied hard enough, I put a ton of hours into this one, but it just feels like I was tested on something totally different than what I studied for. Is there anybody else that took REG this quarter and feel the same way?

[esyc]

I took Reg today, used Roger, and feel exactly the same.

[Sandy]

I use Roger for all my exam preparation, and I would say the materials on REG is definitely not enough. For several parts, I had to look into Wiley CPA materials for more info. Roger materials are really good in FAR and AUD sections, but in terms of REG, I trust Wiley's professor's materials more than Roger (more in depth and more accurate)

[Superdude3000]

If it makes you feel any better, when I took REG a year and a half ago I also felt like about a sixth of the exam mcqs were on topics that were very lightly covered in Rogers. I still did great based on my score. Seeing as you've done well on the other exams I bet you'll be perfectly happy in a couple weeks. While Rogers isn't the best at getting you EVERYTHING you need to know for these exams – he absolutely gets you the essentials and plenty enough information to pass.

[CS]

I understand your sentiment, and it doesn’t make it better when there’s 76 MCQ to get through. Remember there are pretest questions and I have nothing to base it on other than assuming some of the most obscure questions are pretest but we’ll never know. Also SIMs are half the battle and score so there plenty of points to make up there. I feel 50-50 in passing although less and less by the day so I try not to think about it, but I don’t know what review course would suffice for those questions you’re referring to.

[rami_94]

Hi Friends,

I took Reg two days ago and I performed medium on both MSQ teslets, but simulation it was very diffcult and I am not sure about all question..research question i answered correctly

Is there any chance to pass based on your previous experience?

Thank you

[Anonymous]

I took it this quarter and felt better going in to REG than any previous exam but the test was absolutely brutal on the MCQ side. Sims were decent but overall I feel the same as you. Almost felt like it was unfair

[Livliv101]

Did any of you who took REG this quarter use the Ninja materials to supplement Roger?

[CS]

I used NINJA (mainly MCQ & Audio) to supplement Roger. I think my experience was more similar to others towards the end of the the “exam experience” thread, but the opposite of People's Champ and a few right around his experience, where my MCQs were more manageable (not as ethics/blaw heavy – definitely thrown in but not as many judging from the posts) but the SIMs were document crazy, unless that's just my own interpretation.

Someone in that thread stated how I felt perfectly, that the SIMs zoned in on a few sub-topics which I glossed over going after the main meat, but those items were very impactful on the SIMs as a whole. Even if I studied another week or 2, I would have come out the same because I wouldn't have delved into those topics so much anyway.

Looking back, I recommend looking at the AICPA guideline for SIMs (it's in one of the threads around here) and making sure you know each topic. I looked at it and ignorantly thought I was comfortable but clearly wasn't 100 % ready in a test environment. The IRC isn't the friendliest literature in the world either (I find FASB & AUD/PCAOB much easier to get through), but that could also be because I was trying to use it so much to verify answers.

[Anonymous]

I feel the exact same and I am stressing about it and have been for almost 1.5 months as I took it mid may :(. I felt better AFTER my last time i took it a year ago – and failed that one with a 79…I studied even harder and felt more confident going into this one, but felt defeated after the multiple choice even! I am praying and hoping for the best. Good luck all 🙁 we will do this!

[Anonymous]

@sophie I am currently using Wiley to prepare for REG. Any study suggestions? Are the TBS they give enough or should I look at other sources as well?

[DoubleBogey]

@CLW713
Wiley's TBS's are extended MCQ's which works fine for the other sections but for REG there isn't enough depth IMO. The AICPA practice exam sims are a fair representation of what to expect.

[Sandy]

@clw713

Wiley materials gave you lots of information and it took a long time just to get the points cross. I don't know if you fell asleep while watching Wiley videos but I did. And when I woke up, I remembered nothing.
So I changed my strategy:

I watched Roger CPA videos first, took notes and compare to Wiley materials to add extra notes. then took MCQs and add extra notes.

I supplemented Wiley with Gleim test bank ( only REG part. cost about $150 for me)
Wiley TBS should be enough but I still feel that I am not prepared enough, so that I used Gleim test bank to supplement.

If you don't plan to purchase other materials, Wiley materials should be enough.

[CS]

@CLW713 I didn't get a chance to do AICPA's practice test (waited until the very end when the website kept crashing for everyone – won't make that mistake next time), but I did a dozen or so Gleim SIMs. People say that they are close, but I always find the exam SIMs to have way more documents to go through then Gleim's, so I stopped being so confident going into the SIMs. My other sections I would bust through the GLEIM SIMs fairly quickly scoring well, but that didn't translate the same way come exam time. This was the least amount of SIMs I've practiced, and I am assuming the SIMs are my downfall if I do fail, but I don't think all the SIM practice in the world would have changed anything. Especially for REG, I think being handy with navigating the IRC is half the battle.

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