[Anonymous]

Hi Guys,

Took REG today and felt totally disappointed. REG is my last section . Last time took in December and failed with 72. I need to pass REG before Feb 28th . My BEC credit expires on Feb 28th.

I thought I prepared well. I bought BECKER supplementary questions which covered AMT and property taxes on top of the regular Becker self study exam review and Becker Final review.Total – 1983 MCQ’s + 242 MCQ’s.Also bought Gliem and Ninja Notes. Went throught Gliem’s SIMS.Took a week time off from work and also used the 10 days holiday in December for studying.

MCQs:

1st teslet : super easy
2nd testlet : very very difficult – Not able to answer at all.
3rd testlet : Easy

SIMS : Didn’t had time to complete the DRS SIM.
: Research looked easy but confusing – Doesn’t know whether it is correct or not.

In total 2 SIMS kinda of confident.

Felt like did much better than in the REG first attempt.

Totally disappointed and depressed. For me REG seems to be the toughest among all 4 sections.If I fail I am not sure if I can retake REG and BEC again. Literally exhausted and tired. Also need to focus on my career and 16 months gone with this exams preparation.

Good luck to all of you 🙂

[caotran]

How did you do in the rest of 3 SIMS ?

[Anonymous]

I think you passed.

[RE2PECT]

@esenthil- Most people feel the same the day of their exam. Hopefully you pulled it off this time. Did you feel like Gleim helped prepare you better for the sims?

FAR: 75 Roger & Ninja (notes/flashcards/audio/MCQ)
AUD: 73, 81
BEC: 71, retake 8/29
REG:

[SuckItUp]

Sounds like you had a medium hard medium experience.

Don't get down until you know for sure. You can still pass with a medium medium medium.

[SuckItUp]

PS After reading your post a second time, it almost seems like information overload to me.

“Regular” Becker, Supplemental Becker, Becker Final Review, Gleim, Ninja.

That's just too much if you ask me. Stick with ONE good review product. Becker is all that is needed if you study correctly.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Thank you guys. Got really nervous after getting a 72 in REG first attempt and bought all these materials which is totally crazy . I think Becker supplementary questions had lot of AMT, property and Estate questions which was helpful when preparing for the exam.

Again SIMS came from random topics. Its better to understand the concepts from all the topics in TAX.Just don't ignore any topics.Just focus on Tax and Tax. I think I saw very less BL questions and again wasted too much time in preparing for BL. Becker almost has 750 questions in Blaw and 3 (6,7 and 8th)chapters.

Anyone passed with easy/Medium-hard-easy/Medium and SIMS average ? Last time I got Stronger in MCQ's and Weaker in SIMS. I think this time it is going to be the same or much worse than last time.

Again good luck to all of you guys 🙂
Have to wait till Feb 23rd.

[Tardis_Wobble]

Hi @esenthil, I feel the same way you do right now. I just took REG last Friday and I pretty much can't do anything except be paralyzed with anxiety.

However, it sounds like you did good enough on the MCQ to get a super hard testlet, and I think that feeling confident on 2/5 SIMs is also a good sign! Seriously – no drop downs at all for those guys, it's pure insanity. Like what??

It sounds like you were super prepared, and I bet you got those 3 points you needed to be finally done with this thing.

Pulling for you on score release!

FAR - 76 - [4]
BEC - 71, 73, September 9 2016
AUD - July 28 2016
REG - October 2016

Black coffee, stress, and cottage cheese pancakes!

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much.

This forum has been a great support to me always. When ever I am down or I need motivation just check the messages.So supportive and helpful.

Thank you guys for the great support.

[Anonymous]

I have Gleim's textbooks. I'm using Roger right now but frankly, I'm getting a bit tired of it. The amount of mnemonics he uses is just insane, and I feel like his explanations for most topics in FAR and AUD just go on for miles and miles while Gleim's are more concise and to the point. Gleim's MCQ are usually long and hard but the SIMs are better than Roger's. I'm half-debating using Gleim for BEC and REG at this point. Gleim is one of the “cheapo” vendors – it's less than $1,000 for all 4 parts isn't it? That's kinda why I didn't buy it – cheap doesn't usually mean better.

Fingers crossed for a PASS on REG!!!

[Fk]

What suggestion you have for the people who are taking exam in two weeks, where to concentrate the most in tax and Business Law

[Anonymous]

From my experience please don't ignore any topic in tax. Like you don't have to know in detail. But definitely understand high level concepts in all the tax topics. BLAW needs too much time to cover for the 15-20 percent of the questions. I don't think its worth spending more time in covering the 6,7 and 8th BLAW chapters. Try to read once quickly. The objective is not to spend more time in BLAW.For me Tax Chapter 1-4 in Becker is the most important. Then cover Ethics and last BLAW.

Just read everything in TAX. I try to write or copy/paste one MCQ for each topic which I feel is difficult for me .For example passive activity and at risk amount – loss deduction. Have one MCQ which will cover passive activity income/loss, at risk amount and tax basis.Then you can remember the concept easily. Last 2 days it will be easy for you to revise the concept and MCQ's then going through all the MCQ's.

Also practice SIMS. It will help you a lot.

I have few word documents created by me. Just the basics.I am not sure if I can post it here or I can share. Just my own documents.

Again from my experience focus on TAX and don't ignore any tax topics.

Just plan well and you can do wonders in 2 weeks.

All the best 🙂

crazyleon so the result is next week Thursday right – 02/23/2017. Hope we pass and get done with this beast .I am stressed and tired. I can't say this at home and no one will understand lol..

[Wannafree]

@esenthil your prep tells me you will sure raise your score by 5-10 marks ( general rule ).Your second testlet was testimony of your good performance.It seems you did better in SIM and SIM raises your score better then MCQ.You will pass by 5-10 marks ( general rule ).

[Anonymous]

Thank you Nath. Literally made me so happy 🙂

[Fk]

Thanks @esenthil, will follow your strategy.

[LonelyRonPaul]

Well at least you felt decently confident on two of the SIMS. On my first attempt with REG, I did well on the MCQs but had a HORRIBLE time on the SIMS and ended up with a 71. Sounds like you got moderate, difficult, moderate MCQS. Even if you didn't do so well on the second testlet, your performance on the moderate testlets and the points from the SIMS might push you over into passing range. I think you will be surprised with your result. These exams have always kept me guessing. =)

FAR - 78, 5/7/16
AUD - 87, 7/16/16
BEC - 8/27/16
REG - 12/3/16

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