Did you think the Becker questions were harder than the real exam?  I'm in my final review now and am going through the chapters over again and doing the HW for a 2nd-3rd time.

What were your thoughts on the simulations between Becker and the real exam?

Quote:   Did you think the Becker questions were harder than the real exam?  I'm in my final review now and am going through the chapters over again and doing the HW for a 2nd-3rd time. What were your thoughts on the simulations between Becker and the real exam?

Yes, it is harderthan real one. But isnt it good? You will feel your real exam is easy.

I only practiced HW Q once and only 60% of it. I didn't practice all Becker simulations. I only practiced one simulation for the reason of knowing the format they will show in the real exam. Actually my two simulations were so easy that I thought I failed. Dont worry! If you practice 2 to 3 times, you definitely will do better than I did. Fighting!!!

I used Becker as well and passed (it was even an older verision)!  I did the HW questions AND supplemental questions AND the final exams.  I also spent well over 200 hours preparing for the exam. On the final exams, I scored less than 60% on BOTH of them and still passed the real exam.  I thought Becker questions were a lot harder than the real exam.  On my testlet 2, I was thinking to myself, no they really couldn't be asking me this simple question...............

Govt. and NFT are actually my stronger areas (nope I do not work for the govt.) and I scored really high in those areas which helped me A LOT with my overall score because I didn't do so well in the presentation area which accounted for 27% or so.  If you combine both govt and NFT, that is approx. 25% of the test and that is truly how I passed!

Hope this helps!

I just started studying FAR with the Becker self-study - just finishing F-1, so I am not an expert yet. For BEC and AUD I mostly used Gleim online. I am also six years out of school.

Having said that, so far my impression is that if you are scoring less than 80% on the homework then you are not retaining the material sufficiently.  Perhaps reviewing the material again after listening to a section of the lecture is necessary before you attempt the homework the first time.  I would make sure to review to the point where you will score at least 80% the first time you do the homework.  Also, I find it helpfull to read through the book before listening to the lecture.

This is my strategy.  I would be very concerned if I studied sections and consistantly scored 60% even if I re-did the homework and got a better score the second time around.  If I am wrong on this, hopefully someone will correct me as I might be wasting too much time studying. It took me about a week to get through the first of the nine lectures.

I would be interested to here more about other candidates strategies with Becker. It is surprising to hear about so many failing the exam using Becker.