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  • 1.  Wiley or Gleim

    Posted 03-31-2019 11:33 AM

    I'm having a difficult time in choosing a study guide between Wiley or Gleim.  Any help in choosing will be greatly appreciated.    



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    Pauline Robinson
    Accountant
    Statesville NC
    United States
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  • 2.  RE: Wiley or Gleim

    Posted 04-01-2019 06:55 AM
    I am using Gleim but have also used Wiley through my study partner. The best piece of advice I can offer is if you can afford Wiley it's more comprehensive. Gleim still covers everything but the way they are presenting the material is as if you have  a intermediate understanding of accounting where as Wiley will give you a ton of info in every chapter. They are both good but what it comes down to is your own personal experience, knowledge, and approach.

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  • 3.  RE: Wiley or Gleim

    Posted 04-01-2019 05:05 PM
    I have used Gleim and found it sufficient to pass, I know people passed using Wiley though.
    Gleim MCQs used to be in high quality questions.
    Good Luck!

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    ALAA BABEEL
    Accountant
    Montreal QC
    Canada
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  • 4.  RE: Wiley or Gleim

    Posted 04-01-2019 08:10 PM
    I would choose Wiley for its format presentation which helps in ease of learning, though I did not go through Gleim for quite some time. In the end , it matters how you learn: learning through building concepts or doing lots of problems/cases.
    My approach has always been to conceptualize more and focus on few cases and problems for each reading. Hope this helps
    Nasir



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  • 5.  RE: Wiley or Gleim

    Posted 04-02-2019 12:32 PM
    I am using Wiley, the full version with printed books, online videos, practice assessments and full length tests.  I have found the content, functionality and presentation very good. It is a bit pricey (around $1600 for both parts of the exam), but I find it money well spent in that it is focusing my study efforts and will save lots of time. In the package I bought, the user can put in their intended test date, days of week he/she will be studying and the software will create a custom study plan of what needs to be done each day to stay on track which is extremely helpful. Also Wiley gives you unlimited access to the online content until you pass the exam (just have to call them each year).  Not sure Gleim does that, but suspect they might.   I believe that the content of Gleim is pretty similar, so you probably can't go wrong with either one.  Wiley lets  you test out their material free of charge for a couple of weeks, so you might do that and see if it works for you.  

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    Timothy Howard
    Director/Manager
    Pembroke Pines FL
    United States
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  • 6.  RE: Wiley or Gleim

    Posted 04-21-2019 03:55 AM

    Thank you for your help.  I have decided to go with Gleim. I take Part 1 June 29th. 



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    Pauline Robinson
    Accountant / Purchasing Coordinator
    Conover, NC
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