I just found out that I passed FAR with a 79!
I remember after taking the exam, I thought I failed because I was only sure about 65% of my answers. Also, I didn’t even finish Sim 2 because I only had 10 minutes left of which I spent 9 minutes on the essay and the last minute clicking random boxes and entering random numbers.
Feels great to know that I only have AUD and REG left. I almost excited to get started on studying AUD.
It’s surreal to think that I’m halfway done with the CPA exam. It’s great to be done with FAR. After my FAR experience, I know that AUD and REG definitely won’t nearly be as stressful.
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I got my BEC scores in today… I passed BEC with an 80 after studying about 2.5 weeks (40-50 hours total).
I mainly used CPAexcel with Wiley as a supplement.
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I got my BEC scores in today… I passed BEC with an 80.
BEC Score: 80
- Business Structures – 15hrs
- Financial Management – 10hrs
- Information Technology – 10hrs
- Planning & Measurement – 3hrs
I guesstimate that I studied about 40-50 hours total for BEC.
While studying, Business Structures seemed so simple and straightforward, but of course the exam questions are always wordy and use discriminatory language to keep things vague.
Economics – I felt like I spent too much time studying difficult questions I would never get asked, but this definitely helped me grasp economics. Allan Bizzel of CPAexcel made Economics so easy to learn.
Financial Management – Again, props to Allan Bizzel of CPAexcel for his lectures which made studying for this section effortless.
Information Technology – Dan Stone of CPAexcel is awesome. Definitely prepared me well for IT. CPAexcel has the BEST IT study module out there. Anyone having problems with BEC’s IT (or Economics and Financial Management) should definitely check out CPAexcel. Yaeger’s coverage of IT and Economics is TERRIBLE. In fact, Yaeger doesn’t cover those sections… they just tell you to read the chapter. CPAexcel actually covers the material with their lectures using slides to drill down the hierarchies and definitions (and cheesy umbrella hats aka preventative controls).
Planning and Measurement – I didn’t have enough time to really study for this section. I only covered basic Cost Concepts dealing with terminology and only glanced over balance scorecard and TQM-like stuff.
I passed using CPAexcel and Wiley book for extra questions. Yaeger didn’t help me at all (and I’d like to mention that I only watched the first 3 or 4 disks which were a complete waste of time).
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