[Anonymous]

For anyone who took all 4 sections, what do you rank in order of difficulty? I only took FAR so far, so i’m just wondering what to expect coming up. Thanks.

[Martin]

Thus far, I think FAR is the hardest just because is twice the information contained in Audit.

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FAR= 72-84
Audit= 73-82
BEC= 74-75
Reg=77

[mw798]

Common consensus is (easiest to hardest) BEC, AUD, REG, FAR.

My opinion thus far is AUD, BEC, REG, FAR. For me, AUD was a joke.

[jbisdamon]

To me it was REG. I haven't gotten my FAR score back but the REG sims seemed to be insane to me. I still don't know how I passed but I'm glad I never have to face that thing again honestly. I thought audit was the easiest, I think people just don't pay attention to or notice the key words when they take the exam so they think they murder it and fail badly. They're all tough though.

BEC - 76 7/22/14
AUD - 84 8/30/14
REG - 75 10/16/14
FAR - 87 11/24/14

[Kimboroni]

Hardest: FAR

then BEC (not my cup of tea. at. all.)

then AUD

easiest: REG

…although I'm not totally sure about the order on those last 2– kind of a tie for me.

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

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[242126]

Hands down Reg. Sims were awful.

[JMOR]

FAR has definitely been the hardest for me.

REG - 86
FAR - 74,
BEC - 72,
AUD -73,

[Mamabear]

REG

FAR

AUD

BEC

I hate taxes, FAR is just monstrous, AUD is tricky, BEC is well…BEC–Least amount of information and most like all of my college classes (Business Major).

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BEC (08/10/13) 80
AUD (08/24/13) 65 (11/13/13) 85
FAR (04/12/14) 81
REG (07/19/14) 69 (11/29/14) 87!!

[JamesBJames]

FAR > REG >>> BEC > AUD

FAR: May 1st, 2014 - 91
AUD: May 29th, 2014 - 97!
BEC: July 16th, 2014 - 91
REG: August 29th, 2014 - 88

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[Skynet]

This poll cannot be accurately measured without measuring the actual volume of alcohol consumed for each section.

[MobyDick]

For me personally, I'd rank them FAR, AUD, REG, BEC (hardest to slightly less hard)

FAR--(5/27/14) 90
REG--(8/11/14) 90
AUD--(10/1/14) 88
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[Anonymous]

FAR is a pos

[Anonymous]

For me personally, easiest to hardest was AUD – REG – FAR – BEC. I think the overall variety of possible questions they can ask just throws me off with BEC. Only test I've had to retake so far and I'll be frustrated if I have to take it a third time.

[Anonymous]

Hardest – REG

Next – FAR and AUD (tie)

Easiest – BEC

[Anonymous]

AUD consistently has the lowest pass rates.

That say's something.

FAR has the most material for sure, but anyone who covers all the material should be fine with FAR.

[taxman89]

i have taken all but far and AUD has been the hardest and it is not even close lol

Aud-75 3x I knew i never liked you
Bec-77 1x being in the bubble is stressful
Reg-82 4x its not me its you...and no we cant be friends
Far-78 1x easiest section

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