[jeff]

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Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[Anonymous]

I just got back from taking REG about 2 hours ago! Well I have to say the first testlet was somewhat easy, then 2nd very hard, 3rd so so. I thought the sims were ok, nothing too crazy although I feel I left some easy points on the table by not properly thinking! They were hard dont get me wrong but nothing ridiculous. That being said I feel it will be close as far as passing. Its just so hard to tell everytime I take these tests how I do. Some of the multiple choice questions were very strange and never seen the topics before in my textbook. Its just amazing how they can make you study so much material and test you on so little. That I guess we will all never figure out.

LETS GO MOUNTAINEERS!

FAR 76

AUD 80

BEC 77

REG ??? 2/23

[spc250]

I took my exam on 2/4. I'm right with you DJERZ75, I've passed my first 3 exams, all on the first attempt, but I think REG will be a different story. I felt pretty good about my MC, but the SIMS… sucked. Good luck to everyone.

REG passing grade + St. Paddy's day + Jamison = Dance myself Clean

[Trinisocawarrior]

Everyone is saying the sims were very hard…. I wonder what you guys got on your sims 🙁

[Soproudofmyself]

I took REG last Saturday and did not find SIMS really hard. I think everyone will have a different experience. Out of the 6 tabs in SIMS….2 were research.

[Anonymous]

I think as far as sims it just depends on what you know and how lucky you get. I guess I was familiar with some of the tabs however thats not to say they were not hard or that I got them correct lol. After the test I found I did mess up a few areas. It's almost impossible to know everything especially when the time is ticking. I am wondering how they are going to grade the sims. I would imagine there would be somewhat of a curve.

[Jessica_FL_candidate]

Wow, DJERZ75…we have the exact same scores except for Reg.

I retake on Friday and I really hope this is it. I work in SEC Reporting for my company so I started studying for Reg again in December and fit it in where I could along with the 10-K (filed last week) and the XBRL detail tagging. I went through all 7 Becker lectures, all HW (including supplemental) 2x plus the Final Review and the 2 Practice tests. I hope it is enough.

BEC-77 FAR-76 AUD-80 REG-73,78

[Anonymous]

Jessica that is crazy lol…Well hopefully I do not get your past REG score…Hopefully I get your current PASSING REG score 😉 …I started a little before xmas with the Wiley Book then decided to get the Yaeger course to help narrow down some of the text which did somewhat help. January was rough for the financial year end but I did the Yaeger course in January and here I am.

I think the mc questions are great but if you are really starting to know them well just make sure you know the reason why you are getting it right.

I'm in the after test agony right now! I'm still ps'd about how I didnt get this one sim tab all correct! That could be my difference in passing but theres nothing I can do now. Too many topics too little test.

[herbert7890]

I just came home from my REG road trip. I got to say REG is a BEAST and it's right up there with FAR in terms of difficulty. Some mcqs where brutal and very detailed. The sims were so hard, my brain got paralyzed for a few mind until I decided I had to keep going (even though i was devastated). At least I could find the research question, after a long time searching for it. This was definitely not the experience i was expecting, specially since I studied more for this exam than all the other tests. Maybe I feel like this because I did well and the mcqs got very hard or maybe I'm overreacting. Nonetheless I hope I passed so I can get this over with. Good luck to all on this testing window.

FAR 88 - BEC 86 - AUD 90 - REG 85

[Hope I Pass]

I took REG, and have to agree with just about everyone. MC went ok; I felt like I knew a bunch, but there were a few that I just had to make my best guess. Sims were, uh, awful. I think if I fail it will be largely due to the Sims (yikes, 40%). Where oh where did they pull this stuff from? I'm going to try to put it out of mind until the scores come out, but we all know that's easier said than done. I keep reminding myself that I felt awful after FAR and passed…hopefully it's true for REG. On to BEC…

FAR - 84
AUD - 78
REG - 86
BEC - 86

FINISHED!! Now this career-switcher has to find a job...

[Anonymous]

I totally agree about the REG SIMS; MC were okay if not good and if I fail its because of the SIMS. I just can't imagine there not being some kind of curve or weird grading for the SIMS with them now being 40% and the majority of people feeling bad about them. Of course there is the possibility that they want the passing rates to be lower, but I am hoping they want to keep the passing rates around the same 45 to 50%. I guess we will see soon enough!

[Anonymous]

Exactly same experience. Did OK/well on MC's but the TBS were crazy. The waiting begins …

FAR- 90

BEC- 88

AUD- 92

REG- xx (2/26/11)

[Future NY CPA]

Such a relief to see that people had the same experiences as me with Reg. I thought MC was ‘ok'. SIMS were ridic. I hope the curve works in our favor for this one. Crossing my fingers

BEC 75 (lost credit - need to retake!)
AUD 69, 75 - done
FAR 79 - done
REG 69, 63

[Hurry-up-n-wait]

When you guys say that the SIMS were awful……I sure hope you mean that they were really difficult but at LEAST based on information you would expect to find on the REG exam.

AUD-78
BEC-74,78
REG-51 FAR-60,70
TEXAS

[Anonymous]

@Hurry-up-n-wait: Unfortunately, some of it is sooooo detailed that you would never have studied that in any CPA review course. My research tabs ranged from “I never expected them to test this” to “This was totally not covered”

The only way I managed to answer all the sims was by researching the literature. I'm still not sure if I got them correct but I'm glad I left time for the sims cause I at least have some hope now!

[herbert7890]

I second what Deepa said. It's like they forgot to look at the CSO when preparing the REG exam for 2011.

FAR 88 - BEC 86 - AUD 90 - REG 85

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