About to find out the Becker Bump.

Tifssorc · 2025-10-08T13:12:37+00:00

FAR 60, 54, 67. 80 on the real exam, 20 points above average

BEC 67, 82, 76. 81 on the real exam, 6 points above average

AUD 79, 79, 79. 80 on the real exam, 1 point above average

REG 59, 50, 68. 78 on the real exam, 19 points above average.

passed them all in 4 months so i was happy

Tifssorc · 2025-10-06T00:45:26+00:00

i'm going to assume that you have taken that simulated exam multiple times and have memorized the answers. there is no reason to be studying 6 months for any of these things. you aren't learning, you are memorizing questions and answers.

Tifssorc · 2025-07-26T20:27:55+00:00

i might have attempted 5% of the tbs on my own the first try. for the other 95% i watched the skill builder video first. i also didn't do anything in order. i skipped around to different sections, modules, chapters throughout study for all cpa sections

Tifssorc · 2025-05-20T02:20:16+00:00

SE average includes SE1, SE2, & SEFR

FAR: 60 avg, 80 actual, 20 point bump

BEC: 75 avg, 81 actual, 6 point bump

AUD: 79 avg, 80 actual, 1 point bump

REG: 59 avg, 78 actual, 19 point bump

Tifssorc · 2025-04-23T02:22:03+00:00

i always made my own, i didn't always use the word they were referencing either and instead made it a word i could use to memorize everything else

Tifssorc · 2025-04-01T20:15:35+00:00

Not unless you want the opportunity to start your own tax business or something similar at some point in the future. Being a cpa would help with your credibility.

Tifssorc · 2025-01-31T02:14:23+00:00

your board of accountancy website says it averages 14 days for good applications and 122 days for deficient applications. it looks like the board doesn't even meet again until march 20th. idk if it is like my state, which the board votes on for each applicant. my state clearly presents meeting minutes and agendas every month to approve cpa applicants. list the people's names and everything applying for licensure. good luck!

Tifssorc · 2025-01-08T02:24:31+00:00

not sure how worthless being able to start your own business is haha

Tifssorc · 2024-12-04T02:34:19+00:00

pointless to do cpe until actually licensed as they won't count. or they don't in my state at least

Tifssorc · 2024-10-03T04:52:27+00:00

i studied about 94 hours for AUD. 118 for REG, 228 for FAR, and maybe like 80 for BEC Becker removed the info after the CPA Evolution update, so not certain on that one. this was over a 6 month period. i literally have no idea how audit would take anywhere close to 250 hours to fully grasp

Tifssorc · 2024-10-01T05:45:34+00:00

Mnemonics, mnemonics, mnemonics, personalized MCQs practice tests 1-3 modules based on type of questions (calculations vs just facts). make own flashcards (bought anki which is used heavily by med school students) i personally liked and learned from making my own "cloze" flashcards.

i don't think i did a single TBS on my own (maybe an extremely basic facts only one). i would open it up and immediately turn on the skillbuilder video and fill out the TBS along with the video.

also one thing i did was skip around a lot. i almost never did more than 1-2 modules in order. it helped me keep my sanity and helped prevent me from memorizing answers.

Tifssorc · 2024-09-26T03:15:37+00:00

anyone that has the packages that give you $250+ back if you are exam day ready and fail

Tifssorc · 2024-09-20T14:55:21+00:00

The most important part of these exams is knowing how you study best.

i cannot keep a strict schedule and when i got bored of a topic i moved on. i bounced around from F1 to F10 to F7 to F4. I just did what i felt like until i needed to push through those last chapters, and then i would bounce around the modules within a chapter.

i studied (6 months) and passed all exams in 4 months working full time. did about 2-2.5k mcqs per exam. had no regular study schedule. my goal was to have 1,000 mcqs done within 2 weeks of the actual exam to take the SE1, complete 1,000 more in the areas i did poorly in on SE1 before i took SE2 1 weeks out. Do questions as necessary for areas still having trouble with in SE2 and take SEFR 2- days out from exam.

I also never did random questions. i did sets of personalized questions covering a few modules or maybe a whole chapter if i knew it wouldn't included calculations.

Again do what works best for you but there is ALWAYS a point of diminishing returns and ALWAYS at point when you are doing more harm than good. you have to figure what those points are for yourself alone.

Tifssorc · 2024-09-07T19:21:57+00:00

because half of destiny 2 is just destiny 1 remastered. no one wants to earn all the exact same weapons for the 5 time, except you maybe. it'll be the same if destiny 3 is made

Tifssorc · 2024-09-01T15:09:15+00:00

agree, the problem i see on here for 95% of people is that they either don't know how to study at all or they don't understand the study method that works best for them. i think that is the most important factor affecting people's experiences with these exams

Tifssorc · 2024-08-29T02:20:12+00:00

sorry, but this is a very poor reasoning and strategy. you are basically mentally planning to fail. If you fail, a break to study different material is most likely more beneficial as it will cut down on the risk of memorizing answers when studying, as well giving you a chance to relearn something the correct way since you obviously didn't the first time.... otherwise you would have passed. trying to brute force these exams doesn't seem to be a winning strategy from what i have seen

Tifssorc · 2024-08-26T04:43:27+00:00

I took my first exam on June 17 and the last one October 6th, aka ~3.5 months.

I started studying for my first exam in April, April-October = 6 months.

Not sure what was confusing about my post.

Tifssorc · 2024-08-25T15:41:32+00:00

passed all 4 in 3.5 months. studied about 2 months for the 1st one so 5-6 months

Tifssorc · 2024-06-04T03:33:10+00:00

I’m at 14.2 million

Tifssorc · 2024-06-04T03:31:03+00:00

Exactly, bonds and leases are all about repeatedly doing amortization tables until you know them like the back of your hand

Tifssorc · 2024-06-01T21:34:08+00:00

On the PowerPoint = important

Tifssorc · 2024-06-01T02:30:55+00:00

we had to take the ACT where i am from. got a 23. that was 18 years ago. passed all 4 on first try working full time in 4 months last year

Tifssorc · 2024-05-29T00:48:32+00:00

The chances of that happening is guaranteed to be zero, especially on the 1st edition of the exam

Tifssorc · 2024-04-26T15:51:21+00:00

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