Becker actually has three options for CPA study. In contrast, the Becker Premium course includes some additional support. For instance, the Premium package gives you access to exam success coaches who can help keep you on track.
Plus, you can attend LiveOnline classes, which are webinars with real-time instructor interaction. And finally, the Becker Pro package gives you the best value for your money. In addition to everything in the Advantage and Premium options, the Pro bundle also has an extra MCQ bank with another practice questions.
The personal support is unparrelled, too, with the inclusion of five one-on-one virtual tutoring sessions and in-person classes in select cities. Therefore, the Pro course is actually the best value and gives you more learning options for the cost. Great question! So, while Becker still offers live classes in select cities, the Becker course is online.
But there are two different ways to immerse yourself in CPA review with Becker. First, you can watch lectures on-demand and study on your own. However, Becker has a unique way to study called Becker LiveOnline. When you select this, you can attend classes in real-time and ask questions as if you were in the class. Your class will be online, which means you don't have to deal with traffic to get to a live class.
We really think this is an amazing option for those candidates who need more engagement from their CPA review course! If you pick the Advantage course, your online access will expire after 24 months. If you get stuck, you can reach out to a Becker expert or your personal tutor for support. Here are the answers to some questions that candidates commonly ask:. That should be more than enough to give you all the practice you need.
Of course, you need to put in the time and effort that is required to complete the entire course material. One important feature of the program is that it is specifically designed to match your need to pass the CPA exam. As a result, this means that the time that you spend studying helps you in two ways: you learn new topics and concepts, and you receive training on the skills and techniques needed to pass the exam.
Buying the program entitles you to access their Message Board as well as phone and email support. You can post your query to a professor and get a response within 48 hours. Every exam candidate has strengths in certain areas and requires additional study time in others. When you start the course, an assessment will be carried out of your current level of knowledge. You will then be required to follow a study program that caters specifically to your strengths and weaknesses.
Consequently, this will ensure that your time will be spent in the most optimum manner. It will also raise your chances of passing the exam! Even though Becker is the most expensive course, it is also highly popular.
Why is that? One reason is that all the top accounting firms, including the Big 4, use this program to help their employees pass the exam. Over 2, firms, government bodies, universities, and other organizations use Becker, and they trust its ability to prepare students for a career in public accounting. Remember, Becker frequently offers discount codes on their courses as well. But what if you have the money to spend on Becker, or your company is willing to cover your costs?
It is like someone standing over your shoulder as you read a text offering additional context and helpful tidbits, and telling you where you need to take note of the important things. I can see some students loving this format, and other students being put off by it. Personally, I really like it. I prefer textbook-based learning to begin, so I may be a bit biased, but I found this method of teaching to be incredibly effective. All of the detail is right there in front of you and you have an expert reading alongside you, pointing out exactly where you really need to pay attention and providing some helpful additional context.
And the production quality is fantastic. The picture is sharp and the graphics are very well done. Altogether, it makes for a really nice lesson. After your lecture is complete, you move into skills practice. Then you work a simulation-type drill that tests your knowledge on the content just covered. Most other prep companies just take you straight to multiple-choice questions, and I appreciate how Becker tests your new knowledge in different ways. You then move into the more traditional practice of multiple-choice questions.
There are typically anywhere from 5 to 50 questions for the module, depending on the scope and size of the subsection. That means this part can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour and a half. But in any event, you are assigned a slate of relevant multiple-choice questions to tackle and reinforce what you just learned. As you complete each question, you are shown the correct answer along with a corresponding problem explanation.
The explanation covers each answer choice and describes why it was correct or incorrect. They are just a little on the thin side and I would like to see more general analysis breaking down the entire problem and providing more targeted information on the topic. The final component of each module is the set of task-based simulations.
There can be anywhere from 1 to 10 simulations for you to complete, again depending on the particular module. These simulations are very realistic compared to the task-based simulations you will see on the real CPA exam. They cover a variety of topics and issues with each module, and do an excellent job testing your new knowledge in a variety of ways. And the explanations that accompany each simulation are much better than the ones accompanying the multiple-choice questions.
They appear onscreen in the upper left corner, and show you through notes and calculations exactly how you should have attacked the simulation. These videos are a fantastic resource and a very useful learning experience in and of itself. Backing up the coursework, Becker provides some performance trackers and metrics to help you analyze your current knowledge base and skills.
On the whole, these metrics are a little rudimentary and not super helpful, particularly when compared to data you get from other CPA prep companies. There is nothing noteworthy about these metrics.
Becker tells you on the basis a of a star rating exactly how proficient you are in each module. This in turn determines your readiness. This was about the only helpful metric that I used my studies. The combination of video, practice questions and simulations increases comprehension and retention through the variety of methods in which your knowledge is tested.
Honestly, I was very impressed with the design and execution of the Becker coursework. Beyond the core curriculum, Becker offers an abundance of additional practice material. Though not required by your assigned study path, you are given access to a beneficial practice test tool. You can customize the practice set by mode, question type, section and much more. This provides a really nice opportunity to get in some targeted practice work.
They appear in the same interface and format that you see in your module-based lesson work, except that when you answer the question you have to affirmatively click to see the explanation. This is one thing that drove me crazy about the Becker practice tests. When you click to see the problem explanation, it pops up in a separate window from the onscreen problem, and is always too small to read. So you have to drag the window to the middle of the screen, enlarge it and then read the explanation.
I know this sounds like a minor annoyance, but when you have to do this dozens of times in a row, it gets infuriating. It would be so much more efficient to just have the explanation appear automatically, just like they do in the lesson work.
But I digress. This is a ton of practice. And though not quite as much as Wiley CPAexcel , this level of practice material should be plenty for your prep needs.
Becker provides 3 full-length, simulated exams per section , or 12 in total. And unlike other CPA prep providers who provide practice tests, but just recycle problems from their question bank, the questions you get on the Becker simulated exams are never before seen.
Seeing entirely new problems for the first time is huge benefit when trying to prepare under exam-like conditions. This is just one more advantage offered to Becker students. In my personal opinion, this is one of the greatest strengths of the Becker course. There is often no better means of learning than by just doing. And 12 full-length practice exams with fresh content absolutely helps with that. For the Premium students, this means live online only.
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