I love MCQ and hate SIMs

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    Wannafree
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    I love MCQ because it gives me illusion that yes I did well and can check the result at 1 AM.SIMs on the other hand gives me no illusion and demotivate me remain awake at 1.00 AM on result night.
    Hence cramming MCQ like buzzer round.Exam is on 10th.

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  • #1621346
    Trele6
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    To me if you hate SIMs you should dedicate enough time to them so that you no longer hate them.

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    #1621349
    Wannafree
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    I try to do but then my progress is too slow.I have exam on 10th and I am trying to cover as much as possible.

    #1621379
    Anonymous
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    I would focus on SIMS. MCQ has diminishing returns toward the end because you have seen each qeustion a million times, while SIMS still help you review the concept in unexpected ways…

    #1621600
    Anthony
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    Hate practicing sims. Feels like pulling teeth to get myself to do them, but I know it will benefit me in the long run to force myself to do them.

    #1621616
    Anonymous
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    You don't need to practice Sims. Geez, imagine how many MCQs you could do in the time it takes you to practice ONE Sim. Instead, practice answering MCQs without looking at the answer choices. Same thing but more useful because you're essentially practicing for both exam sections at the same time.

    You need to be really good at the things you will be required to do on Sims (like journal entries, identifying when to recognize revenue, calculating lease obligations, etc.), but you can (and SHOULD) practice those things while you're doing MCQs. In fact, you may be better off that way. Practicing Sims is just going to make you think very narrowly about them. You'll learn how to prepare journal entries in response to ONE question, but if you're not applying those concepts to your MCQs, it will do you no good on exam day unless you get the exact same Sims, which won't happen.

    I did very well on Sims on all 4 of my exams, and I didn't practice Sims. You either know the material or you don't. Concern yourself with the strategy and time management elements of Sims, and know how to use the software, but otherwise, get really good at the concepts and the problem-solving methods, and you will be fine on Sims.

    #1621636
    Anthony
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    If I've already pounded the mcq to death, I'm getting nothing except diminishing returns. Pointless to keep doing to mcq if I've done over 3000 of them. What can I possible learn more from doing an extra 150 questions what I've already memorized?

    Some people can get away from not doing a single one of them, but I learn from doing sims. So I have no other choice, but to do them no matter how much it sucks.

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