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CPA#1
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Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 14:33 \| IP Logged

lsutigers03 wrote:

Sometimes I look on this site and I see amazing scores in the 90's and I wonder what's wrong with me. I've only
taken 2 parts FAR and BEC but I bombed both of them. It's
very frustrating to put in so much effort only to fail.

Unlike a regular college exam, putting in a lot of effort is not the key to passing the exam. It is HOW you study. Yes, you can google and find out many study tips, but the thing to remember is.....each person is different. Just because one study method works well for one person (or for most people), it doesn't mean it's going to work for another person. Each of us have to figure out what works best for ourselves. And this is something I just suddenly realized now, which is why I returned from my hiatus and decided to give the exam another shot. I'm going to keep changing the way I study until I find a study method that works. And believe me, I will find it. I hope you can do the same.

If you fail a section of the CPA exam, it's a message telling you that your previous study method did not work. So do not continue on with that study method. Change it.

Good luck and don't give up!

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AUD: 47,87
BEC: 80
REG: 64,74,84

DONE!!!!!!!

Celyn
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Posted: 25 Jan 2011 at 15:08 \| IP Logged

Don't feel bad. The people who get 90's scores probably did
study very hard, but I don't think it matters what your
score is as long as you passed. I am grateful every day
that I managed to pass FAR and I'm not ashamed of the
failing scores I got the first time. And I'm certainly not
ashamed of the fact that I passed with "only" a 79. I'm
just glad I don't know anything about IFRS. :)

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Posted: 25 Feb 2011 at 14:30 \| IP Logged

Maybe I wasn't explaining it the right earlier. Obviously you want to get the highest score possible, and you should never "aim" for anything lower than a 99, I was just saying that in reality it may be inefficient and impossible to actual do that. My main point was that you should spend the majority of your time on heavily tested topics, and not try to obsess about the lesser tested areas. Now granted, that works for FAR, but it may not work as well for a section like Audit or BEC that has less material.

I just took BEC, and I took the no stone left unturned approach, and I'm glad that I did. The exam seemed so easy when I took it earlier today, that I would have to imagine that they expect you to really nail it to pass.

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Posted: 26 Feb 2011 at 14:49 \| IP Logged

I went through all the Yaeger lectures thoroughly. I even did their assigned questions in the Wiley book and did pretty well. I'm now taking several practice question on Gleim (which supposedly simulates the actual CPA exam) and cannot exceed 73%. Sometimes I get in the 60s and sometimes I'm lucky enough to get in the low 70s. I cannot get a 75 or higher on this thing and I studied the "heavily tested" topics very well. The Gleim questions have a lot questions from smaller topics, some of which are not even in the Wiley book, such as Price Level Basis of Accounting and Asset Retirement Obligations. So, I expect the exam to be the same way. If I can't consistently get a 75 or higher on Gleim, then I am sooooo screwed. So, yes, I'm aiming for that 99 and will study every topic I can.

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FAR: 52,66,73,61,89
AUD: 47,87
BEC: 80
REG: 64,74,84

DONE!!!!!!!

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Posted: 26 Feb 2011 at 15:17 \| IP Logged

You don't need a 75 on gleim. Gleim is harder than the actual cpa exam. I often got lower than 75 on gleim and still passed. That doesn't mean slack off, but don't freak out if you're not getting 75 on gleim. Gleim questions are tough.

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