[Anonymous]

So I passed BEC with an 87. And to say I was a little panicked about my score is a understatement. I left the exam with the expectation to fail.

I studied for literally 4 days, as I am a full time grad student taking 12 credits. I did maybe 75 MCQ in Becker as I was strapped for time and wasnt going to push it back and eat into my spring break.
So I read the most important topics in my opinion. So as the universe would have it, quite a bit of questions on the topics I did not study showed up and I made educated guesses. I’d say 10-15 questions on topics I literally skipped.

First testlet took me about 55 minutes as I forgot how to do variances! Freaking variances. Needless to say panic set in hardcore. But i knew it would come back to me, so I kept going back and forth in testlet one till I think I got the right answer.

Powered through testlet 2 and 3 as time was running short. Still more questions I didnt study. More freaking variances. Did the computer sniff out that I might have forgot? Didnt even get to take a break before the WC and the timer was at 45 minutes as I typed the first word on WC 1.

I have a problem moving on from questions I know how to do, but slow to remember. So I definitely got hung up.

But I did get 100 in Intro Cost and Intermediate Cost Accounting so that had to play a factor.

Anyway I got my highest score, with the absolute least study time. Passed FAR with way too much time spent.

Needless to say, I am done. On to the CMA, CFA and the LSAT

[Anonymous]

Congratulations, an 87 on BEC is a great score for just going in and winging it. It is rare but I suppose it can be done.

Hopefully it's a sign that it will be easier to pass this testing window as I have REG in 2 days 🙁

Good luck on your future certifications. I will probably eventually go the same route as I start to get withdrawals from studying.

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