Exam experience: Took REG on 11/17. Prepared using Wiley and Ninja. Completed Wiley videos at least once and practiced all the Ninja MCQs. I was trending 66 in Ninja by taking only the new questions. I have no tax experience and this is my last exam.
MCQs: I had 5-6 questions in the first testlet that I had to mark. I believe the second testlet got harder but maybe I was nervous so felt that. There were 3-4 questions that took me by surprise. There were at least 10 questions that I heard/read at least once but didn't think it will be tested so I was slightly disappointed as I did not to feel 100% confident when answering. Ninja MCQs are great. They will prepare you well but when you get some questions incorrect, you should consider redoing it. I took approx 95 minutes for first two testlets.
TBS: 7/8 questions had documents. Two DRS and one research question. At least 5 TBS had more than 5 documents. Almost all of them were calculations and none of them were conceptual. The only question I feel confident about is the research question. There were two TBS that took me by surprise. Ninja Sims won't help at all. Wiley Sims are close enough but overly simplified. MUST pratice AICPA practice exam. I had two Sims with similar pattern as one of the practice exam question. When practicing the AICPA exam, I was sloppy in understanding that but it was a mistake.
I felt heartbroken after the exam and think if I would have sharpened some of the concepts (for MCQs) and overcome slopyness (for Sims), I would have done better. But then that's how most of us feel after the exam. Certainly not talking about genesiuses who score in 90s.
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