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Sometimes I am a little curious about how others study, and I have occasionally seen in other forums an area for members to have their own space to post. I kinda wish another71 had something like that… therefore, in the spirit of getting things started, I am offering up the idea and a ‘starter’ log of my Reg study experience. There isn’t a need to comment; I’m not asking for replies, just laying out my experience here in case anyone is curious.
My status: so far, while working, I have been able to mostly finish one chapter out of the 8 in the Becker book. I am scheduled to take Reg, my final exam part, on Monday, October 10. I have off from work from now until then, so I can study full-time. This means I have 11 days of full-time study to finish 7 more chapters and review. Can it be done?
I had decided to take advantage of the time off to see my mom and brother, whom I haven’t seen in a year. No exciting plans, just the opportunity to catch up a little bit in between my study sessions. Other than that, I foresee no distractions.
General notes: I read a chapter, do half of the related MCQ (every other question), then I do the second half of the MCQ from a previous chapter. If I have enough time after getting through all of the chapters, I do some kind of review, but the review varies depending on how comfortable I am with the material and how much time I have.
This is what I did today:
Woke up normal time for me, but it is late in the day out here on the East coast. Chapter 2, first section: while sitting on the floor and working at a low table, finished writing my notes on notecards. Break: Went out for lunch with my mom. At a desk, did half of the MCQ for this section: 87%. Really had a hard time focusing, though, goofed around on the internet a lot. Also, my mom came in and talked at me for about an hour. Break: Dinner. (Granted, I had a late lunch, but yes, that means it took me about 4.5 hrs to do 40 questions. This is not an auspicious beginning. On the other hand, gotta nail the concepts!)
Chapter 1, section 3 (Ind’l tax: gross income): while sitting a desk, went through the second half of the MCQ. Score on 1st half was 78%, when I finished the 2nd half, overall score was 79%.
Chapter 2, section 2: while sitting on the floor, read about half of this section. Tired, bored, giving up. Start fresh tomorrow.
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