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csg1117
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Hi,
I'm brand new to this. And, I'm taking REG first (due to the way my MSA program is laid out). I wanted to know if anyone had any PROVEN tips of what ways to study worked and were most efficient. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Also, how much time should be spent on topics not really covered in the lectures? From what I have read on previous posts, the only ancillary material to really watch out for would be in R4.
Thanks for any and all advice that could be given!
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Do the practice questions, over and over and over again. 1st time read the Q, look at the answer. Do 25 at a time. Take a break for 5 or 10 minutes. Then do the next 25. Then do one
Q and answer it - THEN look up the answer to make sure you got it right FOR THE RIGHT REASON. You do this by reading the explanation to the answer. Also, you may want to read the
reason why the other answers were wrong.
The ones you get wrong, you are getting wrong for a reason. Either you are not understanding the Q (misreading the Q) or you are not understanding the answer.
If you are not understanding the answer the reason is you are not getting the concept. Look it up in the book, briefly, then practice those Qs over and over again to ensure you do not
continue to answer those incorrectly. I literally practiced clinking on the right answer a couple of times to beat it into my simple brain. I found, at least for me, I would continue to
answer a question incorrectly if I did not stop and practice that question a couple of extra times.
There are probably over 1,000 practice Qs, depending on the test prop program you use - and they all use basically the same questions. I did most of them 3 to 4 times. The tough
ones, maybe up to 6 times.....
Where I screw up is on the sims. There are no that many of them. I would practice the sims starting Day one - even if you don't understand them yet (YOU WILL EVENTUALLY). By the
third time though you will basically have them memorized. But that is OK because on the exam, you can dig deep and figure out what the sim is asking - the sims on exam day are one
you have never seen. At least I never saw one exactly like the ones I practiced.
So, practice 1,000 Q's, 4 times, times 1 minute average per Q = 4,000 minutes = about 67 hours / 3 hours a night = About 3 weeks of Q answering.
If 2 hours a night... well you can do the math.
If you use Rodger or Becker, then listen to the lectures and read the book, add 30 or so hours.
Sims, 20 hours.
So maybe 120 hours / 3 hours a night = you can be ready in about 6 or 8 weeks. AND pass.
NO TV, NO DRINKING, NO GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND, (unless needed for mental health purposes or 'stress relief' - ONLY !!! - They don't like it, DUMP THEM, get another one when your
test is over)
AND WORK ON THE QS EVERY DAY. NO DAYS OFF ON Qs !!!!!
REG is a BITCH because you will run out of time on exam day. So don't 'F' around with REG. I wanted to punch the FREAKING screen, and rip the tires off my car when I walked out of
the test center, because I was timed out as I STARTING my last sim. But, I passed.
BEC and AUD you have all the time in the world.
Bottom line: Do the Q's a BILLION times, or if you are wicked freaking smart 1 or 2x, an average Joe 3x, or a DUMB ASS like ME 4x - But I'd rather be a dumb ass that passed, than a
smart guy who didn't.
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Now I know the secret how to pass the cpa test....excellent comments..... Thank you for sharing!!
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csg1117
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Mark7 wrote:
If you use Rodger or Becker, then listen to the lectures and read the book, add 30 or so hours.
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What software did you use? I have Becker, and I feel like reading it doesn't stick, at least for me personally. I couldn't agree more with you on doing the Q's and eliminating distractions. Thanks for all the help!
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csg1117 wrote:
Mark7 wrote:
If you use Rodger or Becker, then listen to the lectures and read the book, add 30 or so hours.
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What software did you use? I have Becker, and I feel like reading it doesn't stick, at least for me personally. I couldn't agree more with you on doing the Q's and eliminating distractions. Thanks for all the help!
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Stick with what you got - there are no short cuts. BECKER is about as good as it gets - just look at the number of users on this site. Unfortunately, TIM 'I want to drive hot nails into my ears drums so I never hear his voice
again' GEARTY with his inane 'be sure and write this stupid word in your book' did save my sorry ass while taking my Audit.
Yup, just like a voice from heaven, the skies parted, and the VOICE SAID ' MISSTATEMENT '. Un-Freak-King BELIEVABLE. My first spiritual experience - and it was with TIM GEARTY !!!
RODGER is the BAD BOY of TEST PREP. That cocky SOB actually has the AUDACITY to show you HOW to do, AND WORK, a Problem.
If you are completely clueless and a complete dumb ass (like me), AND flunked CRAYONS in Kindergarden, Drop $2,000 and pick-up RODGER.
RODGER DOES WHAT BECKER DOESN"T - BOTH ARE GOOD
Re the stuff not sticking - Duh, its freaking accounting !!! This stuff is super Dull. Honestly, REG is about as interesting as it gets....
THAT is WHY you do a BILLION Q's before the EXAM.
It's like shooting baskets from the free line, the pressure is on, but you will know what to do, because you do it 100x before in practice.
Don't worry about the stuff not sticking.... You will amaze yourself on test day - You will develop your 'SPIDEY-SENSE' (for you comic book fans out there)....
You will be burning though Q's on TESTLET #3, you glance up at the clock - and you are 27 mins behind the curve - and you have FLAGGED 11 questions to review before CLICK-OUT and have four more left to answer before
you go into SIMS - Suddenly, you will dig deep, get your game face on, smoke the next four Q's - review you flagged Q's - Finally understand one or two of the flagged Q's......
Then you are in for a WORLD OF PAIN - SIMS. And you won't finish, and you will think you have failed, AND want to kill your mother for giving birth to you, and your father for giving you his rotten low IQ DNA.
Then you will get your score (76 or so) and you passed. And you will be pissed at yourself for OVER STUDYING by one point, when you could have been drinking and boinking your G/F (B/F) - or whatever you do - the week
prior to the exam.
The stuff will stick a day or two before exam day.
Of course you will l think you have forgotten everything the day before - but that is just fear.
FEAR is GOOD - FEAR MAKES YOU DO YOUR Q's.
Just keep doing Q's till you vomit.
Heck, you only have to do better than the other 60% of the folks taking the exam.
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