[12tang]

Is it normal with REG to feel like you keep forgetting the material? I’ve gone over the tax portion 3 times now and each time I start answering MCQ’s on a new section, I find myself getting the first few wrong because I forgot a rule or exception… Then I start answering them correctly and I end up trending well. I’m not going to have that “correction” on exam day so I’m a little concerned.

Using Becker self-study
FAR: (82) 175 hours - 1st attempt
BEC: (XX)
AUD: (69) 45hrs of study - 1st attempt
REG: (XX)

[AusNat]

Are you taking notes and rewriting your notes?

[Icarito]

how does anyone have time to write AND rewrite notes!!!!

[jombe]

Repetition is key. If you don't retain something after going over it 3 times, then go over it again. Still not retaining? Go over it again. Keep going until you do.
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I used to think I sucked at memorizing. I, then, met an AUD lecturer that said, “It's not required, but I tell my students to memorize the audit report / review report / compilation report for verbatim, if they have the time. You can look up stuff on your SIMs, but it saves a min or two here and there.” Those reports are about a page and a half each. I thought he was joking, but turns out that he was serious.
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I took it as a challenge. I posted those reports on my wall and read them out loud every morning for 2 weeks. I'd then hop in the shower and attempt to recite those reports. First few days, I couldn't even recite 2-3 sentences per report. 2 weeks later? I could recite all 3 reports for verbatim.

FAR - 94 (10/4/15), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
AUD - 99 (1/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
REG - 96 (4/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
BEC - 91 (7/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ

581 days of listening to lectures, reading texts & 10,000+ MCQs...

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