[jeff]

Recommended prep time for REG is 5-6 weeks @ 20 hours a week.

Study Notes: https://www.another71.com/cpa-review-store/

Study Videos: https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam/cpa-exam-review-video/

[michelle119]

I know Becker went into great lengths about this, hopefully Wiley does a better job at explaining but I have no clue how heavily it is tested…..

FAR 7/2 - 88
BEC 7/30 - 87
AUD 8/27 - 80
REG 11/12 - 96

[nishavinod]

Thank You! I have finally cleared all four parts of the CPA Exam. Of the last three years that i was studying for it-I discovered and used your site for the last two years very often(daily). Have to say-it helped me lot! thats a very very big lot! Thanks! and thanks to all the users of your site too b'coz their comments have helped me realize i was not alone in this sufferring. Thanks once again!

[Florida_Candidate]

I'm getting really sick of this information, and studying in general. Can this just be over please 🙁

FAR-91 (7/29)
AUD-99 (8/23)
BEC-90 (10/1)
REG-99 (11/3)

[whitesoxfancpa]

Hey Florida_Candidate,

Long time no talk. How's the studying for REG going?

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[2010Please]

Florida_Candidate:

I know exactly how you feel…just telling my husband the same thing – except, I'm on FAR …will be glad when I get through all the material the first time.

Good to see you pop in – I was thinking about you earlier tonight – wondering how you were doing. I'm sure you'll do great, but post back and let us know…you got the right testing center this time though, right? ;D Good Luck!

AUD 92, REG 85, BEC 90, FAR 85
Ethics 100
Obtained License 7/11/11 🙂

[Florida_Candidate]

@whitesox & 2010 – Awww I feel so loved! And yeah I got the right testing center this time, and studying is “going”… I don't know I feel like I really get a section when I'm doing it but by the time I've moved on to a different section I've kinda forgotten the other ones 🙁 I think my brain is revolting on me. All I can do is keep hitting the information hard and hope that enough of it sticks on Wednesday for a 75 🙂

How are you two doing??

FAR-91 (7/29)
AUD-99 (8/23)
BEC-90 (10/1)
REG-99 (11/3)

[whitesoxfancpa]

I'm doing great! Just waiting for my passing BEC score so I can officially I'm done with this crap!

You're going to nail REG. I learned the most about REG in my last two week review than in the regular course. The second through I was amazed at how much easier it got for me.

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[studyingismynewhobby]

Moving along with R7. Agency law although the lecture was dull I was able to ace the MCQ. Hope the rest goes this well. Lots to try to accomplish today with a friend's Halloween party tonight. I'm sure to get off to a slow start tomorrow morning.

Hope some of you can take time to enjoy the holiday and still accomplish your study goals.

Cheers tonight for us to get our 1, 2, or 3 sections passed this quarter! 🙂

FAR - 87
AUD - 88
BEC - 88
REG - waiting

[2010Please]

@Florida,

I'm just beginning F7 today…ugh – am really just so tired of this stuff. I still have to hit governmental and and nfp next…but I did have a governmental class Fall 2008, so I'm hoping it isn't too foriegn for me…we'll see. I really want to be done with this craziness, but it will be 4 more weeks for me. Just hoping to get through all chapters by next weekend and then have three weeks to review – with working full time, I'll need it. I plan to take off work during most of the week of Thanksgiving though to really try to solidify things I'm feeling queasy about right now, so I'm hoping I'll kill the FAR beast instead of it killing me. :-/

I'm sure you'll do great with REG. There was really only one trouble spot I had with it, and it just happened to be an entire simulation on a topic I had not really reviewed in depth (Becker had sort of downplayed it) – but even with that, everything else was so familiar, I came out with an 85. If you review everything in Becker, including supplementals, you'll be fine. I had just begun working when I started REG and I let that one area slip…got hit with a simulation on it – my luck!! Would have taken me about one hour to hit that area (had it in my tax classes back in 2006) hard in my studying, and I would have done much, much better on REG. Live and learn, I suppose. 🙂

AUD 92, REG 85, BEC 90, FAR 85
Ethics 100
Obtained License 7/11/11 🙂

[Florida_Candidate]

@2010Please – Yeahhhhh I never really did feel too comfortable about F8/F9….. the questions on the exam didn't seem too hard though in comparison to Becker stuff so I still felt prepared 🙂

As for REG…… finally finished my “preliminary” review today which means I re-read all the chapters, took notes, and re-did all the problems (including supplementals) for all the chapters. Now….. hmmmm this is what I “should” do (whether or not I actually do it I'm not sure, I'm running low on brain power):

1. Take a Becker “progress test” today and figure out any weak areas (I'm assuming tax since I reviewed that 2 weeks ago??)

2. Re-review any “really bad” areas…..

3. If no “really-bad” areas move on to gleim test bank. These questions are absolutely KILLER. I tried doing these in the beginning and ended up just deciding these would be my “final review” questions because they are so hard. They were really killing my confidence in the beginning. So let's hope that I'm a little more confident now :D.

Other than that, just questions questions and more questions. The hard work is done, time to “drill” now!

FAR-91 (7/29)
AUD-99 (8/23)
BEC-90 (10/1)
REG-99 (11/3)

[Florida_Candidate]

Okedoke so just finished my first progress test from Becker and the results are as follows:

R1 (Ind. Tax): 81

R2 (Ind. Tax): 84

R3 (C/S Corp Tax): 93

R4 (P/S, Estate/Trust Tax): 100

R5 (Contracts/Sales): 90

R6 (Commercial Paper/Secured Transactions): 100

R7 (Agency/Bankruptcy/Securities/Liability): 100

Overall: 93

So kinda exactly what I expected. I don't think I'll EVER be strong on tax but I'm starting to feel like I'm okay with that. I went into FAR with only getting a 75 on the progress exam (overall) and pulled a 91 somehow. So, I'm thinking that I'm feeling “okay” about this exam. However, I will definitely spend the next couple days drilling Individual tax, C/S Corp tax and contracts/sales in gleim (though I probably won't spend VERY much time on contract/sales, I feel pretty confident about that crap).

But no “really bad” areas. So I think I can tentatively say “I'm DONE with Becker!”. Onto Gleim now…. the confidence killer!

FAR-91 (7/29)
AUD-99 (8/23)
BEC-90 (10/1)
REG-99 (11/3)

[michelle119]

@Florida – Wow you have amazing results from your practice test! You'll kill this exam! I'm going to try and take a progress test tonight, I have a little less than 2 weeks and am losing the next 3 days to a stupid midterm, so I'm going to have to allocate accordingly after that…. I doubt I'll get grades anywhere close to those, hoping for mid to upper 70's on most parts…

FAR 7/2 - 88
BEC 7/30 - 87
AUD 8/27 - 80
REG 11/12 - 96

[studyingismynewhobby]

FL, that progress test is awesome! I hope to do that well tomorrow or whenever I decide to take it.

Please let me know how the Gleim MCQ go. I'm on the fence on purchasing something to supplemental Becker with. Comparing the other three exams I think I scored the highest the first time through in Reg, so I'm not sure if I just finally got the hang of recognizing their “tricks” or if I actually know the material. Plus I'm not sure how much time I'll have to review something additional so I've been holding off.

Made it through the entire book. Glad to be done with all the business law. Tomorrow will start the review for about 2.5 weeks. Kissing my social life truly goodbye until the evening of the 18th.

FAR - 87
AUD - 88
BEC - 88
REG - waiting

[75_stay_alive]

@ FL: Awesome scores! 2 more days right? Good luck on your test!

Just wanted to say hello to everyone. Reading all of your posts always motivates me. I'm sick as a dog but I'm plugging away with my review; still on track with my schedule. Can't wait to get this done and over with.

Good luck to everyone else testing this week, and the next! 🙂

[Florida_Candidate]

lol okay so my “review” on gleim questions are… they are a LOT harder than Becker ones. Hands down. The first time I took a practice session in gleim was last night, only 20 questions, I Just wanted a preview of what it was going to be like before I went to bed last night. Scored an 85% on it so I was feeling pretty good.

Woke up today and started up…. I'm now getting about 50% on the questions i'm doing. I'm not worried though because these questions just seem a lot harder. So I'm just viewing this as “picking up some extra points” in the few days before the exam. People pass REG all the time with just doing Becker and I feel super confident with Becker's questions, so this is just a little extra “drilling” 🙂

FAR-91 (7/29)
AUD-99 (8/23)
BEC-90 (10/1)
REG-99 (11/3)

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