I've passed FAR, AUD, and REG but BEC keeps slipping through my fingers. I've failed twice now - first time with a 72, second time with a 73. The passing score is 75 and I feel like I'm so close but can't quite break through. Most of my weakness seems to be in the written communication tasks and the IT governance questions.
On Becker practice exams I'm consistently hitting 75-78% on the MCQs and TBSs but I'm losing points on written communication. I'm not sure how those are graded - I know they look at structure, relevance, and memo/letter format, but the partial credit system is opaque. For my third attempt I'm spending about 3 hours per day and dedicating one full hour specifically to writing practice.
I'm taking the exam in 5 weeks. The economic concepts section I actually find pretty manageable. It's the intersection of IT controls and business cycles that trips me up on the TBSs.
Third attempt I got a 78. Keep at it - you're clearly close and just need to find the 2-3 points you're leaving on the table.
I was at 73 twice. What finally pushed me over was drilling IT internal controls hard - that area showed up more than I expected and it's very learnable material.
The written communication tasks are worth about 15% of your score and they're almost entirely about format and clarity. Use the proper memo header, stay on topic, write clean sentences. They're not evaluating accounting accuracy.