BeckerReviews of becker.com

Overall ok study tool. Unfortunately, it is not the easiest material to follow because it assumes we have a basic knowledge of the topic. I find myself often viewing other videos on how to understand a specific topic better. A big dislike is when answering questions in a module and a question I do not understand appears, and the resulting explanation helps in no way; also, when looking at the respective video that “explains” the topic it is very hit or miss if it does explain, if it at all. This is unbelievably frustrating. To sum it up, Becker is great for people who have a good understanding of a certain topic, but is not good for those who do not.

The CPA prep material for Becker is fantastic, helped me score a 95 on FAR. I'm currently studying for Audit. The reason for the three stars is the clear quality difference between instructors. Peter Olinto and Mike Brown make the lectures engaging and useful as they go into sufficient detail and provide good examples. Tim Gearty is reading the textbook verbatim and skipping half of it. He doesn't stop to explain important items or give any further in-depth explanations. Tim Gearty should be replaced by someone more qualified to teach.

Most multiple choice questions are not covered in the book or not enough lectures on different scenarios presented on the multiple choice questions. The allotted time per lecture are not consistent, i.e. ~30 minutes but the actual lecture is ~45 minutes or more. I like to review the time before starting so i can properly allot my hours studying, this simple differences could make a lot of difference on my planning. some professor "zoom" through the lectures. Peter Olinto explains the lectures in a very detailed manner. For BEC, specifically IT, i had to go research other resources to supplement Beckers lecture and the topic itself was not that bad, it was just that the instructor zoomed through the lecture and there is not enough material on Chapter 6. Can we get better instructors like Peter Olinto? because he explains the topics very well.