For a week, leading up to this Financial exam, I have been feeling more and more moody and antisocial, trying to spend my every waking moment studying after I realized that there was still so much more to do and for which to practice. Everything was right in line for me for the other two parts of my preparation, but for some reason I needed to do more for this exam.
One reason is that there were so many more updates to correct errors in the exam than ever before. It seemed as though every other page or flashcard had said something wrong, a mistake that would completely turn the meaning around. Not only that, but it wasn’t very clear to me where the website updates from Becker had to go. Yes, the headings tell you, but they label it by question number (for example, CPA – 00192), and since those questions are never in order, that information is not really useful.
So, instead I adopted a new method that I had hoped would work: I read all the updates and tried to remember the new points they were trying to make, and then kept those updates in mind when reviewing questions and the explanations of the answers. Unfortunately, this method didn’t seem that it did work when I was taking this exam, and I found moments where I just stared at the screen trying to remember what exactly was the right method of answering.
I guess now I just have to wait and focus my time during the next month on taking the Audit part. There is one thing I don’t understand: Why can’t you retake the same part within the same testing period? Are they afraid of people pushing the graders to send results back faster, or for the paperwork to sign up for a part to go through faster, increasing efficiency, or is it because they don’t want people to cram? (Well, I am sure most students cram anyways. After all, the Final Review package offered by Becker is supposed to be one week of the most important information.) I’ll continue to wait for the hopefully good results on this part of the exam.
Valbona Bushi