[Ana]

I’d really value your advice here! I’m scheduled to take BEC on 12/8. I passed almost two years ago and lost credit for it doing the Q2/Q3 shenanigans. I gave myself 5 weeks to study for BEC after my FAR retake. I have exactly 11 days until my exam and am very unsure of how to proceed. I finally got through all of the material (just listened to lectures and did about 70% of MCQ). To get through it with time to review I didn’t touch the skills practice or SIMS. I took my some progress tests today and my scores are dismal, between 17%-60% and that’s with an open book! So here’s my dilemma, should I skip the gym and try to get through as many MCQ (maybe 1,000) in the next 11 days or just know I don’t have a shot of passing and continue with the gym and my sanity and look at this test as a recon mission? I initially scheduled it with some hope of passing but worst case scenario would get a feel for the new format and take it again in Q2. I trust you guys and would greatly appreciate your feedback.

[Anonymous]

The gym will still be there when you are done. Take the exam…

[Ana]

I'm going to take the exam no matter what, but do I have a chance of passing if I stayed home for another 1.75 hrs a day instead of hitting the gym? Currently, I am not working and am home 24/7 studying.

[msquared17]

I think you need the sanity break. Maybe go half as many days.

[kay]

If you were working I'd say skip the gym, but because you have 8+ hours each day to study I'd say the extra hour and half you'd get in probably isn't effective. Use the Gym time as a reset, so that when you go back to studying you are fresh. Do you have the ninja audio notes? If so listen to them while at the gym. Also Focus on Quality study time not only quantity. If your distracted your not retaining the info. You have a little over a week, you can do this!! Try and hit 100 MCQs a day, take notes while you do them. What works for me is to write how to calculate the answer, or the theory behind it.

For Example: I did this question earlier today.
Product Cott has sales of $200,000, a contribution margin of 20%, and a margin of safety of $80,000. What is Cott's fixed cost?
My notes say, sales less margin of safety = break even, contribution margin @ breakeven = fixed costs

Flash cards are super helpful for memorizing the formulas, and I am believer in the ninja notes, even though I have no idea if I passed FAR, I credit them with helping me to not be surprised by anything on the test. I rewrote them and am starting my rewrite for BEC today.

Make sure everything you do these next 10 days are adding value, Do what you know makes info stick for you. Good luck, you can do this.

[Ana]

GREAT ADVICE already, thanks! I don't have ninja for bec but do have Becker and Roger. With my limited time, I'm just going to aim for 100 MCQ's a day and forgo skills practice and sims. Thanks for all the well wishes, back at you!

[kay]

Schedule the gym for after 50 MCQ's, I don't know about you but if I look at my quiz scores I have about a 10 question warm up phase, hit my stride with the next 20-30 questions then start missing more. So frequent breaks seem to help me. I can get in 10 hours of studying a day but it will take me the full 16 hours I'm awake to do it.

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