okay CPANET family: 

I've have licked my wounds from FAR and I am ready to progress forward.  I will redo in August.  That's the target.  However, I don't know how to approach it now.  I don't know how to "study" for it.  I felt I gave it my all last time & did horribly (54).  I got up @ 4am studied, worked crazy hours at work, studied all weekend (at least 15 hrs), made flash cards, crammed... I guess  went blank on test day.  I don't know.

HELP! 

The material covered on this exam is overwhelming, so at first I was trying to master every tiny detail of every section, i.e., working every multiple choice, supplementing with extra questions, etc.  What I found was that say, a few weeks later, I could barely remember the old material...and it was taking me forever to get through everything.  Don't get me wrong, every area deserves considerable attention and you should go through every section at least once working all the multiple choice. 

Once I realized I was having problems retaining some of the information, I kind of changed what I was doing.  I went through the second half of the material at a faster pace, concentrating on mostly the recommended material in my review program.  Every day I studied included working not only problems in whatever module I happened to be on, but also reviewing my notes on concepts I learned earlier.  I spent the last week before the exam not really working multiple choice again (unless it was something I didn't get), but ensuring I was comfortable with all the concepts.  So the last few weeks, I always studied in any session something new and something old.

Everybody's different, but that's what I did :)

Gleim worked fine for me for AUD and BEC, but I was really worried about FAR (it's been a while since I had intermediate accounting and my classes weren't all that great anyway), so I bought Yeager homestudy and cram.  I still really love the Gleim system (makes it much easier for me to grasp it with how they section the material) so I will be using both.  My plan is:

1) Watch all Yeager Homestudy DVD's and take some notes (mine are pretty minimal).

2) Work through each Gleim section like I normally would (watch or listen to overview, read each section and do the book questions, then after each study unit do the online MCQs and T/F).

3) Watch the Yeager Cram and take notes on anything I'm not 100% clear on.

4) Use the Gleim MCQ CD and practice, practice, practice and hone in on weak areas!

It's a long study plan but I think it'll give me some confidence for this test.  I'm giving myself until August 22nd since I work full-time and am finishing my mba in accounting full-time also.  It's hard to get through all of this too quickly right now.  =(