Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Almost Exam Day Again

54 days remaining
Mood - Ok
Study Time – 2.0 hours (280.0 total - BEC - 73.5 - REG: 118.0 - AUD: 89.5)
Scores:  AUD-94, REG-??

I did a general overview of the material tonight.  I also made it through the rest of the IT addendum that I had been ignoring for a couple of weeks.  There wasn't much in it that was unfamiliar to me though (finally a benefit to being a computer nerd!).  I have two pages of basic notes (mostly formulas).  I plan on narrowing it down to just a couple that I want to put on my scratch paper for reference.  It will also serve as a good thing to read right before going into the testing center.
I would also like to take a moment to say something about Jeff's Another71.com site and specifically about his premium service Club 75.  Anyone that needs to take REG and/or FAR should sign up for a month of his premium service.  Part of his premium thing is he sends you his hand-written notes for REG and typed notes for FAR.  These things alone easily justify the $20 for 1 month.  I can't believe I didn't have the REG notes for studying (just signed up this past weekend well after I sat for the REG exam).  The only thing I noticed is you would need to update the casualty loss item from $100 to $500 to reflect the change that became testable this year.  There are other benefits to it as well, but getting your hands on those notes are the big benefit that I see.

On a more frustrating note, the AICPA has still not released any REG Wave 1 scores to the state boards.  All other sections have been released (last week or Monday).  Murphy's Law is alive and well for me on that.

4 comments:

  1. Hey Dale,

    First off your blog is awesome. It gives me the motivation to work just as hard as you do...i have a question though can you please advise on your study pattern for a fulltime job person ( I know you have proivded this earlier, but i can't understand it very well)like say if you get off work at 5:00 or 5:30, do you directly hit the books or go to the library or relax before studying, I dont know how you do 3 hours of studying after work almost everyday and hence I am trying to see if you have any pointers for cpa candidates like me who will need a little guidance..thanks alot in advance and sorry for the super long question.

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  2. Sure, I'll make a real post about it since the comment field is a little tiny for what I'd like to say.

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  3. So, for BEC did you memorize all of the formulas. I am studying for BEC right now, and am feeling completely overwhelmed by them. Any suggestions?

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  4. I memorized most of them. I didn't memorize all the ratio formulas, although some did appear on my exam.

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