[KSOZE]

I have test in 4 days. I have put in about 90 hours of study over ~5 weeks for BEC, and have answered just about 2750 NINJA MCQs. I have made it to the review stage with 93% trending score but only 68% average score.

I am taking tons of MCQs to make sure the info is fresh, but I feel like the program is hammering me with the same questions – most of which I was comfortable with in the first place. When I choose only trouble questions, I find that it is too concentrated in areas that will have no chance of being a giant portion of the test.

Tips for the homestretch or should I be OK just hammering what NINJA feeds me?

BEC - 80
FAR - 81 (third attempt)
AUD - waiting for score 8/23
REG - 09/08/2016 - going to cram and wing it

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[hasy]

Hmm, I would hit those trouble areas and see if you can go back and review the notes for those areas. To pick up anything else you can from those notes. Everytime I've taken an exam, I've always wished I reviewed my weak areas more.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[KSOZE]

The problem is my weak areas are pretty concentrated to several sub-topics (ie subtopics with a small number of total questions). I feel like I'd be better off drilling deeper cuts in the MCQs, but NINJA is feeding me stuff I already know well over and over.

BEC - 80
FAR - 81 (third attempt)
AUD - waiting for score 8/23
REG - 09/08/2016 - going to cram and wing it

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[Anonymous]

2,750 is great!

Have you see ALL the questions?

[Vanessachy]

I have the same issue here, now I am going back to the book. I feel the IT part is out of wack, I am getting so confused with them.

Far 10/26/2015, 64, 1/4/2016, 82
Reg 7/10/2015, 60, 2/27/2016, 86
Aud, 5/9/2016, 74 (ouch), 7/26/2016, I cannot wait to take this test again
Bec, 6/10/2016, 70,9/8 retake

[maki]

Personally, I relied on knowing just enough to pass and didn't worry about anything too specific. Go through all the mcq's over and over and rely on what you know well to get you a passing score. If you get a couple of questions on topics that you're weaker in on the actual exam, it shouldn't break you.

Roger CPA

AUD 02/01/16 91
REG 02/27/16 79
BEC 04/16 84
FAR 06/04

[livealittle]

have you tried reworking the homework questions in the sections you are having difficulty on?

BEC - 8/8/16
REG - 66, 77
AUD - 81
FAR - 9/8/16

[KSOZE]

I have seen all the questions at least once, yes and have correctly answered them all at least once (requirements to get to review phase).

I just feel like when taking 30 MCQ quizzes which I usually take, that the program is feeding me a lot of duplicates and mostly in my strong areas. My trending score is staying around 93% and average score is only very slowly creeping up.

I am fine trusting the process, but just feels out of whack to be getting so many simple questions.

BEC - 80
FAR - 81 (third attempt)
AUD - waiting for score 8/23
REG - 09/08/2016 - going to cram and wing it

OH Ethics - Completed

[Anonymous]

If we cover and memorize all the NINJA MCQs, are the questions pretty much verbatim on the exam? Is that how people pass so easily?

[KSOZE]

Cover yes, memorize no. There will be some learning inherent in memorizing MCQs, but if you are hazy on the concepts behind why answers are correct vs. incorrect, you're going to have a bad time on exam day.

My issue here is that I keep getting MCQs from the “adaptive” program that I feel I've already mastered. It's annoying to have to take gigantic MCQ quizzes and go through each section one at a time with 20-30 MCQ quizzes when I am using something I thought to be adaptive.

Unless I'm just overthinking it and I should just trust the process. I feel like in my FAR studies, the MCQ tests were far more varied.

BEC - 80
FAR - 81 (third attempt)
AUD - waiting for score 8/23
REG - 09/08/2016 - going to cram and wing it

OH Ethics - Completed

[Anonymous]

Hmm ok so I am just starting out and just doing a 10 question quiz sometimes can take about an hour for me if I want to be thorough. I am not understanding how I am reading posts where people are breezing through these things. I had a 3.5 GPA and 5-6 years public accounting experience and it's impossible for people to have 80%+ trending/average scores by solely doing the MCQs.

I am guessing the repetitiveness and seeing the same questions and probably resetting their progress on the software to boost their trending/average score is what many people do on this forum.

This is slightly off topic to your post, but I just find it interesting.

[RE2PECT]

KSOZE- I'm going through the same thing for my final review. I've been getting a lot of repeats that are inflating my trending score, but I feel if I only keep hitting my trouble areas, my trending will go down to the point where it'll make me freak out with only a few days left till my exam. I like the adaptive learning because it touches on every topic and keeps the material fresh. There is still enough variety in the questions and it has also helped me by seeing repeats on calculation questions I've gotten wrong multiple times. Seeing the explanations over and over has drilled into my head how to figure them out.

FAR: 75 Roger & Ninja (notes/flashcards/audio/MCQ)
AUD: 73, 81
BEC: 71, retake 8/29
REG:

[KSOZE]

Trending and average score are very different things. Trending score heavily weights recent MCQ scores. Your quizzes should get faster and faster the more you go through the material through a combination of understanding concepts, spotting pitfalls and tricks, and slight memorization of the style of the question. Avoid strictly memorizing the questions and force yourself to work through every time like first time seeing it.

My AVERAGE score on BEC is around 68%. This includes me learning the material and going through the first time.

My TRENDING score on BEC is 92% right now. This is heavily weighted on recent scores since I'm about 83 hours in right now. I'm also focusing on getting my average time per question down to under 1:30. My goal for 30 question MCQ quizzes is less than 45 minutes.

BEC - 80
FAR - 81 (third attempt)
AUD - waiting for score 8/23
REG - 09/08/2016 - going to cram and wing it

OH Ethics - Completed

[KSOZE]

RE2PECT – thanks! I think on this home stretch I'll just suck it up and cycle through doing 10-20 questions one section at a time and doing a 30 MCQ quiz over all the material and just keep hammering.

BEC - 80
FAR - 81 (third attempt)
AUD - waiting for score 8/23
REG - 09/08/2016 - going to cram and wing it

OH Ethics - Completed

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info K SOZE, good luck with your exam.

[Author]

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