[smaccyl]

I am finally back after a 5 year hiatus due to divorce and life threatening illness. I am sending my daughter to my parent’s house for the whole summer, during that time, I will be preparing for FAR. The plan is to take FAR in the fall but I was wondering if I should schedule it for the beginning or the end of the testing window.

I took FAR 5 years ago and failed with a 69. At that time, I rescheduled the test three times making the prep five months. I didn’t feel more prepared, forgot all the material I learned early on and my MCQ scores stayed in the same range. This time, I want to study smarter not longer.

I will start studying in late June and will take the test in the Fall, I am leaning toward scheduling it for early/late October, that would give me three months to prepare for it, and If I fail, I will have enough time to study for the next testing window.

What do you think, and what was your strategy?

[Anonymous]

How much time per week are you willing to devote to studying? I gave myself about 2 months to study for FAR while working full-time. I didn't cover everything that I would've liked but at the same time if I think if I had another month I would have been bored of studying the same material and would've been counterproductive.

Everyone is different though. I suggest you go through at least half of the material so have a better guess on when you'll be ready before scheduling your test.

Good luck!

[jbarwick]

I used Becker and studied for it in 12 weeks. I stayed on schedule so I wasn't behind but did get a little ahead which made the review period long and I thought I was going to forget things.

As for scheduling, I did beginning of the cycle as that is how the study period worked out. I would figure out an exam date and work back from there of when you want/need to start.

Good Luck! Also once I got my NTS, I put exams on the schedule. As you can see I am already scheduled for REG towards the end of November.

Journey Started - January 2015
FAR - 4/2015 - Passed
AUD - 7/2015 - Passed
BEC - 8/2015 - Passed
REG - 11/12/2015 - Passed

[taxgeek83]

However you schedule for studying purposes, I would make note of the score windows and schedule as close to the end of one as you can. Scores certainly release a lot faster than they did 5 years ago, but I don't imagine the wait is any less excruciating…. 🙂

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