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Hello! For your question on BEC, you really shouldn't need any additional material if you're using Wiley/Yeager/Roger/etc. Everything should be 100% covered. At least I know I didn't need anything else to prepare for that exam (and that's the only one I passed the 1st time). 

Sorry for the delay, but I really choose not to give advice on which exam path to purchase.  I believe this is an individual decision, and one should choose after exploring all the options.  Different pricing, style, and materials.  All of the course paths have worked for different people.  Good Luck!

For BEC the writing part isn't that bad, it can make or break your BEC score but I don't think it's something to fear. Just do some practice on them while studying for BEC, there is examples. Basically you either need to write in letter format or sometimes essay format on different topics given. Even if you totally don't know the topic you can wing it by following general writing rules. Like topic sentence, paragraphs in logical order, final comments, addressing the letter, signing the letter, etc. They are looking more at grammar, structure and spelling more than actual content. Of course if you know the topic way easier than not knowing. I think one of mine I couldn't recall something and only halfway knew what I was talking about but I made it follow rules and passed with no problems.

Hi Madhavilatha, R u studying for FAR/ AUD/ BEC? I am planning to take FAR ,not scheduled the time yet.I think you can go for roger CPA review course.His lecture is awesome.

Oh and I prefer Roger of Yeager, but different things appeal to different people - I thought his CRAM was perfect and that's all I used for REG. I got his full for the FAR and right now I'm wishing I only got the CRAM b/c it'd be a lot easier to rewatch the videos instead of the many hours for each topic it'd be a quick review of each.

Hello, saw your comment in the FAR group figured it was easier to answer here than there:

1. FAR is hard b/c there's a ton of material and none seem to relate to the next that well. You bounce from bonds to loans to gov't to non-profit and everything in between. AUD is AUD and REG is 80% tax and BEC is a bit of a catch all but it's smaller. There's a few hard concepts in FAR but if you ever worked as an accountant most are do-able.

2. If you're starting to study now for Nov that's plenty of time, working full time I got through all the Roger videos, every Wiley questions 3 times and a few days to do random order in about 2 months, but this is my 2nd time taking the test, so all in all, about 5 months of prep work. I haven't passed FAR yet, take it May 28th but I feel a lot better this time than I did last time. I almost think that's too much time, you will start to lose knowledge the longer you stay away from it, you probably need 8 weeks to get through the material, 6 more weeks max to re-do the materials, 2-3 weeks for the 3rd MCQ and review. This is about a 20 or less hour per week program, if you have this and nothing else it's possible to get through everything around 2 months instead of 4.

3. Wiley book is what Yeager uses, Yeager just pretty much reads the book and talks you through important points that maybe Wiley didn't explain well. it's all about your learning style if you can read and do MCQ and retain than no need to do a review program. I've seen people pass only reading and doing problems, but that's all on how well you do with that setup. I found lectures can be helpful but I would caution you to watch the different ones before buying anything. They only work as well as you pay attention.

5. My best tip on studying is do the problems at least 3 times and use the Wiley test bank to do random test. It will help you on a few fronts like knowing the exam format, having to come up with the different topics on the fly and using more "simple" tools to solve problems. What I found helped me in AUD was taking notes while reading the chapters, my hand really hurt and sometimes they weren't legible but I found for both test I've done that for it really helps.

Good luck with your studying!

Hi Madhavilatha! When are you planning to sit for AUD exam?

Hi Madhavilatha,You can check the free class of Roger from the web site www.rogercpareview.com.I like that.

No problem Madhavilatha!! Good luck with your study,,