[Anonymous]

I’m curious if anyone who just found out they passed REG has any advice for those of us studying right now? thanks!

[Kimboroni]

SomedayCPA, I thought Ninja Audio was very helpful for the business law portion. There are several chapters of audio for it, and while blaw isn't a huge percentage of the exam, it does cover a wide range of possible topics, so having that good base of knowledge is very helpful. It's pretty entertaining, too. There are also a few other tax chapters– I think Jeff only shared individual taxation. Plus professional responsibilities, which I listened to several extra times to make sure I had it down.

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

Disclaimer: My ninja avatar is not meant to imply that I have any affiliation with this site other than being a forum member. That's a pic of a T-shirt that my daughter gave me for my birthday. 🙂

[siner31]

I just passed the reg and It was my first exam.

I studied 3 weeks and used the Becker material and Wiley test bank. I believe Becker is enough to pass if you solve all MCQs and Sims. If you have enough time, you can try some Wiley test bank MCQs and Sims. I found around 70~80% of Wiley MCQs were identical as Becker problems.

REG 81 07/08/14
BEC Studying my ass off 08/21/14
FAR Taking Far on my birth day, so God will help me to pass 11/02/14
Audit Trying to pass all CPA exams and in 5 months and celebrate Christmas like crazy 12/22/14

[siner31]

I just passed the reg and It was my first exam.

I studied 3 weeks and used the Becker material and Wiley test bank. I believe Becker is enough to pass if you solve all MCQs and Sims. If you have enough time, you can try some Wiley test bank MCQs and Sims. I found around 70~80% of Wiley MCQs were identical as Becker problems.

REG 81 07/08/14
BEC Studying my ass off 08/21/14
FAR Taking Far on my birth day, so God will help me to pass 11/02/14
Audit Trying to pass all CPA exams and in 5 months and celebrate Christmas like crazy 12/22/14

[SomedayCPA2015]

Thank you so much Kimberoni! I think I'll take the plunge and order it. These tests and prep are sure expensive. =/

REG - Passed
BEC - Passed
AUD - Passed
FAR - Passed!!!! I have my life back.

[Anonymous]

I'm curious if anyone used the Ninja MCQ and if the SIMS were in the test bank were helpful at preparing for the exam?

[PorterAJ1]

I suggest the NINJA MCQ – I added these these for my 3rd attempt, and felt it was really helpful and liked it better than Wiley MCQs. Also, I used Blitz and the NINJA notes were good supplemental tools. I also made my own notecards based upon the topics that I was struggling with. Just kept pounding away with MCQs, flashcards, notes.

@dmars327 – the SIMS in NINJA MCQ were helpful to learn the material better, but the SIMS on the exam are a different beast and you have to save enough time to really think about them. make sure you use the Authoritative Literature even for the non-Research questions can really earn you some extra points.

FAR - 77 (10/31/13)
BEC - 75 (12/4/13)
AUD - 85 (1/16/14)
REG - 68 (2/28/14); 69 (4/10/2014); 81 (7/15/14) DONE!!!!

[Author]

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