So I finally passed Part 2 (Businesses) last month after two failed attempts and I honestly can't believe it took me this long to figure out what I was doing wrong. My first two tries I was scoring in the low 60s on practice exams and thought that was good enough. Spoiler: it's not. The real exam humbled me fast.
What changed everything was switching how I used my EA practice test materials. Instead of just taking full-length tests and moving on, I started doing question-by-question review and writing down WHY each wrong answer was wrong — not just what the right answer was. That sounds obvious but I wasn't doing it. Also, I found a solid study guide that organized the business entity rules by entity type instead of by code section, which made the partnerships vs. S-corps distinctions actually stick.
Anyone else here studying for Part 2 right now? Happy to share more specific exam tips on the schedule C vs. schedule K stuff if it would help — that killed me both times before I really nailed it down.