[cpaswag]

Hi,

So I will most likely be taking FAR in August/September, and am wondering how much harder FAR will be with DRS and the other changes that will premiere in July? I know people will post about their exam experiences in July, but I am just wondering?

I bought Becker and will start studying from it this week.

Should I take it in June if its a possibility to avoid DRS?

[Knight4CPA]

I believe i had a DRS in my Failed FAR exam, i honestly thought it was more straight forward than a standard Sim.. step 1 – review additional material step 2 – use that data from invoices / POs / spreadsheets and fill in blanks

AUD: 70, 80✔ (Expires 1/18/2017 - / Ninja MCQ / CPAExcel MCQ)
REG: 61, 70, 75✔ (Expires 2017 - Ninja MCQ / CPAExcel MCQ)
BEC: 78✔(Expires 5/17/2017 - Ninja MCQ / Becker Flashcards / NinjaNotes)
FAR: 57 (just to get trigger time I scheduled 1 week after REG) Retake 5/13/16

[Claudia408]

I took FAR May 2 and 4 of 7 of my SIMs had DRS, but I had to input my answer in the spreadsheet, it's not the completely new format which is still multiple choice. Anyways, I totally got screwed!! Definitely retaking FAR in Q3.

BEC - 75 (3x)
AUD - 78 (3x)
REG - 67, 66, Aug 1
FAR - 54, Sept 8

[justkeepswimming23]

I took FAR in April and had 2 DRS simulations. The night before I was talking to my friend and said “I pray I get a simulation on ____” because it's such a easy little section in FAR. My friend and I were laughing because we knew there was no way the CPA would give me a simulation on such an easy topic. When I got to my simulations, 1 of the 2 DRS questions was on that same topic! I chuckled in my seat. It was so easy and I knew I got it all right. My other DRS was okay. I don't think it's substantially harder or easier in my opinion. Just a new format.

FAR: 78
REG: 74, 75
AUD:
BEC:

[Anonymous]

When I took AUD in Jan, one of my simulations was something similar to a DRS I believe. Like a sample one they were testing because I have never seen something like it on the previous exams I took for AUD. It was more real world work instead of theory (which I thought was much easier). I found it much easier than a normal TBS based on that alone.

[1koolcat]

Ugh, what if we are all scrambling to take the exams before the change and it actually gets easier? What if the pass rate starts going up? I mean, I want us all to pass the exam, but then, that's it. I don't need a flood of CPAs in the market.

AUD - 77
REG - 73, 80
FAR - 69, 73, 79 and DONE!
BEC - 82

[Knight4CPA]

Doubt they would flood the market with CPAs and let the seen value drop. With that said i did hear many CPAs are dropping off due to retirement in a study done so the accounting world will need replacements of those working force.

AUD: 70, 80✔ (Expires 1/18/2017 - / Ninja MCQ / CPAExcel MCQ)
REG: 61, 70, 75✔ (Expires 2017 - Ninja MCQ / CPAExcel MCQ)
BEC: 78✔(Expires 5/17/2017 - Ninja MCQ / Becker Flashcards / NinjaNotes)
FAR: 57 (just to get trigger time I scheduled 1 week after REG) Retake 5/13/16

[Trele6]

I wonder if one of my sims on the FAR test I just took was a DRS.. It had lots of information to jump back and forth through to answer the question. None of my Becker sims were ever like this with multiple types of statements.

I also hope that wasn't my pre-test question because I feel like I did pretty well on it versus some of my other sims.

First go at the CPA! Only using Becker
Reg / Nov 2015 - 87
Far / Apr 2016 - 79
Bec / May 2016 - 80
Aud / Aug 2016

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