CPA08va wrote: Thank you all for your feedback.  How many hours would you devote to the study plan and what sequence of activities would you suggest?  I basically see 4 tasks with they study plan:  viewing lectures, doing the mchoice homework, doing the simulations, and finally revision.  I would like to take it in Mid-May if possible and I am able to commit about 3 hours/day Monday thru Friday and about 8 to 10 hours on the weekend per day....so somewhere between 30 and 35 per week.

I am taking the exam next month and my answer to you would be "as many hours as you"

I dont believe you can over study; however, i wouldn't keep putting off the exam because i feel i haven't studied enough. Use every free time you and pray to whichever diety for favor.

CPA08va wrote: I am planning to take the exam in mid-May - about 2 months from now.  It's been a while since I graduated - using Yaeger DVD's primryly w/Wiley book and have Becker as a reference.  What is the best study approach to know/memorize all of the material for FAR?  Thanks.

I am taking notes with Yaeger, and I am using the Becker book to help with my notes.  However, I still had trouble with pensions and deferred taxes; therefore, I ordered the Bisk Hot Spots by Bob Monette for those subjects.

CPA08va wrote: If you had a choice between doing all the lectures first and then going back and doing the homework versus doing a lecture and completeing homework before proceeding to the next lecture - which would you pick and why?  I have been told that given the volumeof material it may be better to look at all the lectures first and then go back and do the homework - thoughts?

I picked Yaeger because of his strength on multiple choice questions!  No one else comes even close. 

Yaeger spends a few minutes explaining the subject matter, and then jumps right in with the multiple choice questions.  The multiple choice questions are where the real learning begins.