[cmcook]

REG. I am having a very difficult time staying focused. Who can possibly remember these details (aka exact dollar thresholds, percentages used at each threshold, etc). Surely I am not the only one feeling this way. Perhaps its due, in part, to using Gleim – I realize Gleim is notorious for overkill. But my God. Please tell me the actual exam will be more conceptual – otherwise, this is looking bleak.

[Floreat]

Hi, cmcook. You are not alone. I, too, am using Gleim for REG. I've noticed that after I study the MCQ's and power through them and SIMS, my recall and pattern recognition gets stronger. Gleim is hard. It's preparing us for a pass with all of its hair splitting craziness. I remember it being similar with FAR & AUD – and it set me up for a pass on both. (Disclaimer: I studied for both like a crazy person . . . . kind of like how I'm studying for REG . . . .hhmmm . . . there's that pattern recognition again.)

Flippancy aside: Stay focused on the end goal, on your interim studies, keep pushing and get ready to welcome that pass on 5/12/2017. Gleim will get you there if you stay the course.

Join the Q2 Power Weekend thread, if you can. I've found it very motivating, maybe you will, too.

FAR: 80 (10/28/2016)
AUD: 85 (2/6/2017)
REG: DSIT (Dragon Slayer in Training) (5/2017)
BEC: DSIW (Dragon Slayer in Waiting) (7/2017)

[gerald kleiman]

Did you try Ninja mcq?

[Anonymous]

I was gonna use Gleim for REG, along with Roger vids and practice questions (just not the textbook). I've got the Gleim book for REG, so would just be using it for the readings, and what few MCQ and TBS they provide…actually they provide a lot. Would anyone else on Gleim especially recommend it for REG or BEC? I've heard that Roger is best for FAR and AUD but not REG or BEC, especially BEC.

[Matt]

We're all going through it, I look at it the same way as Floreat a process.

@crazyleon I use Gleim, it's worked for me on 3 of 4.

FAR 74

[ThomasHallberg]

Keep hitting it hard and the phase outs and such will eventually click.

[mad max]

Hello, you might not be making the best of your study time if you are just memorizing numbers (especially thresholds).

There would be a few numbers I would know and that's it. These are items such as the Gift tax exclusion amount, “mom&pop” rental loss as active income amount, obamacare penalty amount.

As you said, it's too many numbers to memorize. And there is no reason to know them; making sure u have all thresholds and percentages memorized doesn't help with much. This isn't what they are testing for, and you can assume that many of these thresholds, etc. Would be given.

I'd recommend the ninja audio for reg. It definitely helped me get the score i got in march (only used audio and ninja mcq, had managers becker text for reference but barely used it).

Good luck

[cmcook]

Thanks everyone. I plan to stay the course and just keep plugging along – as much as I never thought it possible, things are starting to indeed click.

Sometimes the pick-me-up I need is knowing we're all suffering together (misery loves company). And I have to agree, mad max, it's simply too much to memorize. I found this to be true with AUD and BEC – I committed a lot of brain damage memorizing details that never came up. And the good news is I think I'm starting to get a sense of what's going to be an important number/threshold/perentage and what's not. I might consider incorporating Ninja MCQ to get a sense of what the other guys think is important.

crazyleon: I definitely am I believer in Gleim – it works – but man, it's painful.

[JustAnotherWannabe]

Agree with @mad max, one of the best pieces of advice I got was from the REG instructor in Wiley CPA Excel who told us not to even bother memorizing all the phaseouts, thresholds, and percentages, especially the ones that are adjusted yearly or at least fairly frequently. He did name a few that he thought would be worth knowing, such as gift tax limits and a few others I unfortunately cannot remember. I can tell you that I went with that assumption and on my REG exam I did fine with the mostly conceptual knowledge I had and was fortunate enough to score a 91. Hope this is reassuring!

AUD- 98 2/24/16
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[martimann]

I agree, don't bother memorizing amounts that tend to change yearly, but aside from that I felt that all topics were very evenly tested, a got a little bit from all topics, where as in the other sections there topics for which I literally didn't get a single question On.

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