[JRG24]

I took and passed BEC in Q4 with a 75. Due to a series of events, I had a short period of time to prepare (approximately 20 hours), and went into the exam fully thinking that I would not pass. I had been working ninja MCQs as my main study aid, and from that I ascertained that I was very strong (like mid 90% in average and trending score) for IT and operations management. That is mirrored by Economics where I was in the low 60s the day before the exam. When I look at my score assessment, it showed that I was weaker compared to my peers in IT and operations management and stronger than my peers in economics. Go figure. There really is no way to predict how you will do until your take the exam.

[Accounting_is_Taxing]

I had a similar situation with REG. I studied everything in detail except Business Law, which I brushed off because there was too much information from Wiley and I figured it didn't make up that much of the exam.
When I looked at my score assessment, the ONLY thing I did stronger than my peers was, yep you guessed it, Business Law. I failed with a 74.
I'm still scratching my head about that one.

[turo9992000]

I wonder if they are more generous with BEC, I also studied for about a week and passed with a 75.

[Lexi]

They give score assessments for a passed test???

[chandler]

@Lexi, it depends on state. Some only give it if you fail, others give it all the time. Texas gives it no matter what.

[Luna]

Same here!!!

Thought I wouldn't pass after the writing parts. English is not my first language and I thought I really screw it up but they gave me a 75!!

[YouCanDoIt]

Turo, how did you figure what to focus on in a weeks time. I m still on Coso, maybe overstudying it, bc all I read is COSO and IT are important.

FAR: 76
REG: Currently studying
AUD:
BEC:

[JRG24]

@YouCanDoIt Do you have Ninja? Take some MCQs and look at the progress report. Let that guide you where you spend your time studying. If you know IT, keep preparing for it but don't dwell on it. Not so good with Econ? Maybe go back and do a little studying. Don't study something just because. Let your actual weaknesses dictate what to study. I'd take some random sets of MCQs, and see how I did on the detailed progress report. I's sort that worst to best and study the last couple of topics ad run through a few sets of specific MCQs for that section. Once I felt comfortable, Id go back to taking random MCQ questions sets, wash, rinse, and repeat. This way you still cover a bit of everything, and still get some focus time on your problem sections.

I honestly do not remember any one thing jumping out at me on the exam as being overly tested. It seemed pretty even. Some of this stuff is pretty easy if you have some professional experience like IT. I work in FP&A so a lot of that stuff was old hat for me. Some of it is fairly intuitive. For instance, I am not a cost accountant, but I was able to work many of the problems without a lot of study. You just have to analyze the question and really understand what they are asking for. My methods may not have been the way a review course would teach to solve a problem, but it worked in a pinch (thankfully the exam gives you excel now). Economics, though, was much more challenging for me. Its a purely academic thing and it has been many years since I took an econ class, so I spent quite some time on that subject.

[YouCanDoIt]

@jrg thanks for the feedback!
Yes doing Ninja, only downside is that Ninja updated their MCQs format, and I no longer see the notes that we used to be able to click on for reference.

FAR: 76
REG: Currently studying
AUD:
BEC:

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