[Soup]

Hi guys!
Currently, I am studying for REG and I will be taking it mid-november. I am having trouble trying to find a way to study this material. I am using Roger right now and I can’t seem to get into the flow of studying. In college I never really took notes. I just listened to the professor and was able to absorb the information like that. I thought Roger would be best for me because of the video lectures but I noticed he doesn’t go over some things that might be important for the test. The information is in the books but when I try to study the books. I feel like I am just writing down the book word for word. This is my first exam I am studying for so I am a bit nervous. Thank you in advance!

[cpa1234]

I used Becker to study so I do not know how helpful this would be for you, but I would listen to the lecture and take my own really in depth notes. Then I would do skills practice (but it wasn't that helpful) and then I would do the MCQ. I saved all the sims until my review period which was 4 days before the exam day. I would do at least one mock test, but looking back I could have skipped them except before my first exam it was nice to see how the screen looked. During the review period I would do all the sims and I would read my notes and do that 1 mock exam. Becker has pre-tests where you can answer 4-5 questions and it tells you if you know the material and skip right to the MCQ or you don't know the material and you should do the lecture. I saved those for after I studied the first time and if I got scores that said I should listen to the lecture, I read my notes that I took when I listened the first time. I would do a lot of progress tests too because seeing material over and over in the form of a question helped the info stick in my brain. I didn't find the lectures to be entirely helpful, but without them I may not have taken the correct notes.

[RyonT]

I breeze through the videos to get a general knowledge of the topics. Then start on mcq. I go through those 1 sub topic at a time, and take notes on what I miss. once I'm through all the topics (I try to do at least 75-100% of the questions in each topic), I do several hundred random questions. This give me enough infor to know how goo/bad I'm doing on each topic. About 2 weeks before the exam, I start with my worst topic and do questions on those until my score goes up to above 75%( I skip areas with only a few questions). 2 or 3 days before the exam, I use the blueprints to do 1 SIM from each “analysis” topic. This process has worked well for me. I'm 3 for 3 since I started using this process.

[Soup]

Thanks CPA1234 and RyonT!
This has been really helpful! I think will definitely try out your methods of studying. Ill let you guys know how I do!!

[Anonymous]

I agree with what others have said-I studied with Becker and my general approach was-listen to the lectures while driving, then attempt MCQ, then take notes/read the book and redo the MCQ…Sometimes I would rewatch the videos at least during review to refresh or really get a better understanding of more difficult topics… Good luck-you will find your groove! 🙂

[bhunt815]

I used Becker and listened to all of the lectures before I did anything else. Literally finished the lectures before i did a single MCQ. Then I would do MCQ's until my fingers bled and my head hurt. I think most of us who passed used this method, but I wrote down every answer that I missed on MCQ's. By the time I took the test I would often have 20 pages of notes. After a couple weeks I would start to figure out where my strengths and weaknesses were and I would go back and use the book to review the areas where I was struggling. I rarely rewatched the videos but I would occasionally.

FAR 04/11/2016 - 84
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[Anonymous]

I also used Becker and used an approach similar to the others on this thread.
Listened to the lectures at 1.5x speed, underlining things in the textbook as I followed along. Then I did the skills practice. Then I did the MCQ's. As I did the MCQ's I would write a quick and dirty note about any ones I got wrong , or guessed on and got right and why. I'd go through all of the modules like that doing 1 or 2 a night before bed and all the SIMs on the weekends.
Once all the modules were done I'd leave myself 2 weeks to review before test day. In week 1, I'd go back and hand-write all the parts of the textbook I had underlined and re-read my MCQ notes and re-do every single MCQ a second time for every single module. Very painstaking and tedious, but great for review and really getting an in-depth understanding of the material. At the end of week 1, I would take the first mock exam. In week 2, I would take a day or 2 and re-do all the SIMS again and watch the explanation videos if I wasn't understanding something. Then I'd start re-doing the MCQ's a 3rd time on the topics I was trending a lower percentage on. I'd usually take mock exam 2 somewhere towards the end of the week. The weekend before my test I would just do MCQ's all day, making sure I did every question a 3rd time and the topics I struggled on a 4th and 5th time. The day before the actual test I would take the 3rd mock exam and that's it. I didn't want to push it too much the day before and made sure I got some good rest.
The morning of the actual test I would lightly review my MCQ notes, eat a big lunch, take an Imodium, chug a large cup of coffee and then roll into the test center ready to destroy whatever Prometric put in front of me.

[Rainbow Butterfly]

I used Becker also. I did a lecture then some but not all of the MCQ, repeat repeat. Did the task based at the end of a module. Saved some tasks and MCQ as a recap after everything.

[SuperAccountingGod]

I'm doing something similar where I'm reading the NINJA book before getting to the MCQ. I would watch the lectures but I have Wiley and I do not want to watch through 200+ videos with the way Wiley splits their lessons. I'm feeling more engaged reading and taking notes.

[Anonymous]

I used Becker, I was fortunate that the firm I signed with paid for the flashcards and the final review. To study, first I watched the video lectures, taking notes then I did the MCQs and the sims for each section. A couple days later I would use the supplemental questions to review the content. As I was moving on to the next modules I would review the flashcards for the previous modules. Once all of the lectures were completed, the final studying was done using the flashcards and MCQs and Sims from the final review.

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