70% on REG… HELP!

When I look back on reg, I remember a lot of terms and a lot of questions. Both areas I remember Roger preparing me very well for. I want to say my high score was due to watching Roger's lecturers over and over again.

70 is very close! I would re-watch (over and over again) as well as re-read the chapters and cover MC areas where you know you are weak at.

I took reg when there was still waiting involved so I know that helped me boost my sim score. You don't have that anymore so your sims may be harder.

Based off my experience, doing sim hw is never even close to what the exams test you on. With that said, I feel like if you know your material well enough, sims should be doable.

Good luck! You'll get 75 next time! keep working hard!

@posty where do you get the score reports from? I only received a score? Is it on the nasba website?

It could be that you prepared really well for it. But someone one said these test are better serve short term-memory. Now that you aren't in busy season. Maybe the concentrated hours before the test will help you out(instead of 20 hours a week, you can dish out 40+ hours etc so you aren't forgetting things). But of course in addition to everyone's suggestion above(concentrate on weak areas, massacre mcq, get new test bank etc.)

Mentally I would look at it as if you've never taken that part before. In other words don't skimp on the parts you did Stronger on and Focus on the Parts you did weaker on. Practically, I would try Yaeger or Becker to vary your prep exposure.

i agree w/ mena je twa on sims, last couple of times i took REG i got stronger on mcq and weaker on sims. this time round i practiced sims but not sure if it helped me cuz i still choked on test day…fml!

First piece of advice, if in any way possible, would be to condense your study time frame. Four months is just way too long and even if you're putting in 350 hours, you would likely be better off putting in proportionately less time in a shorter window (maybe 125 in a month?). When you go beyond two months, so much of what you do is just to keep things in memory rather than truly enhancing your understanding or knowledge of the topics. Now that Q1 is over, take two weeks off some time. Take 2-3 days to just relax and then hit the books.. hard! In 10 days you should be able to get through half your REG course since this won't be your first time and you can skim the materials (and re-read sections that are important/you struggle with and want to focus more) and then hammer out MCs all day long. Sometimes, the long days make you feel like you aren't productive, but as long as you are sure to get a solid 8 hours of sleep and take some time each day to relax and unwind, you will make huge progress in just 8 hours of actual studying.

Once you make some serious progress in a week of being away from work, you will have much less to get through once you head back to the office. Time is your enemy, so err on the side of a shorter study period rather than longer. Invest in some good quality coffee/tea and low-sugar energy drinks to keep your mind alert but not to make you jittery and also make an effort to eat well and even exercise lightly (not too much since being sore and sitting a lot isn't a good feeling). Passing this exam can happen in cram mode, but why kill yourself? You will be surprised at how much you can get through when your entire day is efficient and productive.

Posty –

One more thing if i must add…..You dont have to be a master of simulations. You need to master the MCQ's and the material, since that will determine how well you do on the simulations. Simulations are a blown up / steroids version of MCQ's. Understand the tax forms, understand the logic, understand how things flow thru and then you will master the simulations.

Just doing hundreds of simulations will not help you, cause you will not see any of the simulations on the cpa exam that you practiced.