Just got out of AUD and honestly… I got wrecked.
The MCQs were already pretty tough, but the second testlet especially felt brutal. Way more nuanced and tricky than what I was expecting.
But the real shock was the TBS. 6 out of 7 had massive exhibits (4 to 6 exhibits), and at least 3 required spreadsheet calculations( i used calc spreadsheet once doing Gleim tbs/mock exam). The overall difficulty level felt WAY above anything I saw in Gleim.
In Gleim, I had a mix of easy/medium sims with a few harder ones. Today, I genuinely don’t think I got a single easy TBS. Every sim felt long...
What surprises me is that I scored 80 and 79 on the mock exams, so I went in feeling relatively prepared. Instead, I walked out feeling completely humbled.
For context, i work in international tax. I studied full-time for about 3 weeks starting April 15. I used my overtime hours from busy season… so yeah, I’m kinda sick about it right now after putting that much effort in :(
Did anyone else have the same experience recently with AUD/GLEIM?
And for people who passed, are there question banks/sim banks that are actually closer to the real exam difficulty than GLEIM?
I passed REG TCP FAR with Gleim and exam was consistent with sim banks.
Thanks in advance and congrats if you got a pass today;)