[aly.marie88]

So my experience is quite interesting… and Im just trying to see if anyone else experienced the same… Today I took REG. First test taken of the 4 so no comparisons to others who say that it was random and harder or easier… Either way, I did the whole Becker thing. I read the book, did not watch the lectures since they were a bore and I couldnt focus long enough on them with out falling asleep. After each section, I would do the MCQs and repeat the ones I got wrong. Then after I was done with the entire book and the Becker MCQs, I did the NINJA MCQs. I got about mid way into the NINJA MCQs and was trending about 75 percent. Fed Tax of individuals was my lowest score with around 66 percent and alll others were about 72-89 ish give or take. I felt like I was starting to confuse even the simplest concepts… which was annoying… Either way, today was test day. I went in strong because the test I took with NINJA the day before was a 78%. I went in and did the MCQs. The first testlet I marked about 8 which was terrifying… But i gave my best educated guess. The next two testlets though I marked maybe 3-5 which was pretty good. Out of them I think only 1 or 2 would be actualy wrong. Some I just doubted but went with best option. Then I got to the SIMS. the research one a no brainer. The others Im still contemplating over. I know I got over 50 percent on all. So it comes down to my estimates of 2 of 6 100%, 2 of 6 80% and the other 2 maybe 50%. and I am low balling just in case to give myself some slack but still, I think I am cutting it close. I think that I did pretty good however, that doesnt mean I didnt come out with 74. Oh, forgot to mention, i finished an hour early. The MCQs that I knew, were basically an immediate answer. The ones I didnt, I went back and reviewed and ensured that the answer I gave was the best one to me. I finished all MCQs in about 45 minutes. Then I went to the SIMS and even those I finished quickly even after reviewing everything and researching the parts that I was able to research. Either way, I think I did well enough to pass and feel pretty confident. However, I dont want it to come back and bite me where it hurts and crush any confidence I have going forward. Crossing Fingers it all went well. If you need advice, since I know we cant share too much, simply ask. Ill try my best to answer. Goodluck everyone else who still needs to pass!

May the odds be ever in your favor! hehe.

[Martin]

Congrats! Did you keep track of how many MC questions you did between Becker and Ninja? Im close to 6,500 as of today.

Through God all things can happen!

“You never fail until you stop trying.”
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“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.”

FAR= 72-84
Audit= 73-82
BEC= 74-75
Reg=77

[mvol5]

Congrats! I just took REG and it was my first exam too. I finished the test with an hour and forty minutes left. The Prometric staff even remarked about it (and not necessarily in a good way). Passed with an 81.

[Ib]

@mvol5 Wow….. you must be a tax talent! Congrats! Which review course you used?

FAR 79
AUD 87
BEC 78
REG 08/31/2016

[mvol5]

@IB553, not a tax person at all. Tax was my worst subject in undergrad. But I had a mishmash of prep tools. I was enrolled in a REG class for my MBA and we used Gleim in there, but those questions are unnecessarily hard, so I got Ninja MCQ when doing the prep on my on. I also had the Roger videos.

My big thing was I just told myself not to second guess myself because during prep, it felt like when I'd change my answer, I was changing from the correct answer to a wrong one way more than the other way. So I just didn't do too much overthinking in the exam.

[mvol5]

@IB553, also what did you do to get your AUD score to increase so much? I took AUD last Saturday and feel like I'll be having to do a retake on that one.

[Ib]

@mvol I used time to grasp the concepts again from the scratch. On exam, I did not see any similar questions. However, I used my knowledge of concepts.

FAR 79
AUD 87
BEC 78
REG 08/31/2016

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