[jeff]

NINJA Study Notes, Flashcards, and Audio: https://www.another71.com/products-page/

Wiley Software: https://www.another71.com/wiley-cpa-software/

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

[Hurry-up-n-wait]

@Deepa & herbert7890 – well, I guess they aren't testing our knowledge on those as much as our QUICK research skills! Hahaha

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

[Anonymous]

I took Reg also. The topics they actually tested on were pretty laughable. Hopefully those are pretest. I'm hoping for a crazy curve. Good luck to everyone.

[Anonymous]

I just took REG and I feel the same way. MC were ok but I had never seen alot of the material on the sims. I feel like I wasted 2 months studying wrong information. I am very grumpy even after drinks!

[hkboi228]

I don't know if I read the above post correctly, but doesn't it violate the AICPA disclosure policies?

FAR (5/27/10) - 87
REG (8/27/10) - 66, (2/25/11) - 74, (4/21/11) - 85
BEC (10/28/10)- 83
AUD (11/27/10)- 83, CA Candidate NTS#452, Ethics: 90

[Anonymous]

@hkboi228: It definitely does! Its an entire sim right up there!

[hkboi228]

wow, unbelievable. Thanks for confirming Deepa.

FAR (5/27/10) - 87
REG (8/27/10) - 66, (2/25/11) - 74, (4/21/11) - 85
BEC (10/28/10)- 83
AUD (11/27/10)- 83, CA Candidate NTS#452, Ethics: 90

[pabernal30]

I took REG on Feb 28 and I thought it was the most strenuous section of the cpa exam. I left the exam clueless and sadly I have to say I might have to sit for this part again. All I want to know if those of you who took REG felt the same way and if the 2011 exam is any different or harder than the 2010 version? Very disappointed and upset after studying really hard.

BEC – 81

FAR – 78

AUD – 81

REG – awaiting result and wishing for a miracle, but I do not believe in miracles.

[T-rex]

Yep, the sims were HORRIBLE. I think I did quite well on the MCs, but I can't imagine that I will pass because the sims were so absolutely ridiculous and will make up 40% of my score. Even if I'd had more time to prepare, I wouldn't have done well on the sims. One of the topics wasn't covered at all in my Becker materials, another only had a couple sentences about it. The ones that were covered weren't covered in the kind of depth that I was tested on. To add to this nightmare, the computers were running very slowly at the testing center so that many screens took about 30 seconds to load.

Next time, I will allow much more time for the sims.

Anyway, looks like this will be a retake. This is pretty sad given that I scored in the high 90s on my Becker homework. Oh well.

AUD - 95, BEC - 85
REG - 85, Rawrrrrrr FAR - 88
Used Becker for all sections.
CA candidate not residing in CA

[Anonymous]

it really looks like all of us felt the same way about the SIMS….hopefully that means there is hope!

[smrichard]

You guys aren't giving me much encouragement! I'm starting to study for REG today.

FAR 82
AUD 81 (2007), 73, 80
REG 68 (2010), 76
BEC 58 (2007), 75 DONE!!!!

[Anonymous]

Are the SIMS adaptive to how well you did on the MCQs? I though Testlet 1 was very tricky, Testlet 2 was easy and Testlet 3, was hard. The SIMS werent that bad. I really think I did not do too well, considering I got an easy testlet 2. Has anybody every gotten an easy testlet for the 2nd or 3rd testlet and still passed?

[Anonymous]

@T-Rex, I am right with you. I was so sure that this one would be a check mark because I had much higher scores when studying the homework than what I did with BEC and AID. I also passed both Becker practice exams and the Wiley one.

For those of you that did see the testlets get harder as you went along, did you notice any correlation between the length of the questions? I didnt feel like they were harder per se, but they could have been and I just didnt notice it because I was at such aw with how prepared I was yet how difficult of a time I was having. Some of those one liners are hard too and I had many of them. Let me know what you think please.

[WisconsinCPA2be]

It was the one liners that killed me yesterday when I took the REG exam. I took REG in October (73) and felt better leaving that exam than I did yesterday. How did 2011 get so impossible? I assume that my testlets were getting easier because I was getting so many one line questions, but unfortunately I didn't know the answer to them because they were either a) not covered in the Becker material at all b) the topic was covered in Becker but the question asked a tiny little detail about that topic. I scanned my Becker book for the answers to 3 questions that I was asked and never found the answers. I then googled the questions and still could not find the answers. Sad. Hopefully they were pre-test questions. And pre-test SIMS 😉

Paper Exam May 2002; AUD 62, LPR, 63, FAR 49, ARE 70
Paper Exam Nov 2003; AUD 72, LPR, 72, FAR 67, ARE 71
CBT 2010; AUD 83 FAR 76 BEC 78 REG 73,(2/28/11 NTS # 446) 75 and DONE!

[ymoreno88]

Ughh I also took REG yesterday…. It was painful to say the least…. Glad its over and done with… now the agony of waiting for my scores (REG and BEC) begins.

IL : FAR (NOV 2010) 84
BEC (Jan 15) 77
REG (Feb 28) 83
AUD (May 23) 84

[305CPA]

@T-rex — Had the similar issues with my exam. The computer lag was more evident in the simulation part of the exam and it was about 15 to 20 seconds. But when the pressure is on and you'e running crunch on time, it seems like it was just taking its sweet time going from tab to tab, question to question, and even when I was using the calculator. There were times that I would double click on the cell and nothing would happen, then I would start typing and then freeze. FRUSTRATION!!! I didn't know if to smash my head on the table, smash the computer, or just walk out! Then I realized that I had no choice but to just ride it out and finish, wanting an extra few minutes to finish of course. Luckily I was able to plow through 5/6 problems and lucky number 6 got the click away treatment as I counted down 10…9…8… and so on. Maybe this is extreme, but I can easily say this whole lag issue docked me about 10 minutes… maybe 15.

As for the exam itself, I walked out feeling the same way as the other parts… confused. I just can't take the pick the better answer questions knowing that they're both right, but one is better.

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