[VZBD93]

I just finished FAR and passed first try with about 180 hours of studying. From what I’ve read, AUD takes anywhere from 40-120 so to be safe I’m giving myself 6 weeks to study and plan to do 3-4 hours a day 6 days a week. How much did you study for your exam?

[hasy]

Honestly, 6 weeks is perfect for me, at least. Try to get through the material THOROUGHLY once, (I think this took ROUGHLY 4 weeks, I study about the same time as you and I work full time). It beats going through them a second time. Keep doing MCQ sets as you work through it so you retain.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[monikernc]

i had 8 weeks total but kind of flaked out around my 6th week because i was hitting it hard, felt ready but wouldn't reschedule.
i think i had ~110 hours on ninja mcq dashboard plus i read the ninja book and a lot of the actual standards. i scored high on the exam but it was rough.

FAR 7/25/15 76!
AUD 10/30/15 93
BEC 2/27/16 82
REG 5/23/16 88!
Ninja Book and MCQ and the forum - all the way!!!
and a little thing i like to call, time and effort!
if you want things to change, you have to do something different

[Larry]

8 weeks
6 days a week
4 hours per day
51 hours total on ninja MCQ

243 hours give or take. Well worth it. Everyone is different.

REG - 82
FAR - 78
BEC - 76
AUD - 8/27/16

[AMorris95]

I studied for roughly 185 hours to pass audit. This was spread across six months, as I was also studying for BEC during that time.

AUD 84 (Oct. 2015)
BEC 80 (Oct. 2015)
REG 74 (May 2016)
FAR TBD

[Skynet]

6 months (don't know how many hours) because was also studying for FAR concurrently.

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I don't know how people keep track of the hours. I'm constantly distracted by the internet while I'm studying and I take 80 zillion little breaks.

FAR - June 2016 - 88
REG - July 2016 - 89
AUD - Aug 2016 - review phase currently
BEC - Sep 2016 -

Wiley CPA Excel & Ninja MCQ

[jgod]

Me too. I have to stand up and walk around after every couple pages of reading. But I try to avoid going on my phone, unless it's to look at this site.

AUD- 99 (6/8/16)
REG- TBD
FAR- TBD
BEC- TBD

[LedgerL0ver]

I studied about 125 hours. CPAexcel and Ninja MCQ tracks your time so I just make sure that when I get distracted by anything other than studying, I exit out of any of the timed sections and go to the dashboard.

FAR 4/24/16 --85--
AUD 7/5/16 --84--
BEC 8/30/16 --?--
REG

[demarcon]

I studied for 6 weeks, 3 or so hours per day 5-6 days a week. If I had to guess I probably put 150 hours of GOOD studying in. I got a 98 on AUD, so I overdid it a bit.

[So FAR So Good]

7 weeks, 1 Becker chapter per week then 1 week review. 90 hours total. Only Becker.

F - 91 (6/5/2016)
A - 7/30/2016
R - 10/8/2016
B - 12/10/2016

[confusedcandidate]

I'm a tax and financial nerd, so audit is by far my weakest subject. I studied for about 200 hours over several months. Took it was woefully unprepared (maybe 75 hours?) and failed miserably. Studied another 100+ hours for my retake.

I wound up getting my highest score in audit, go figure. Overstudied, definitely, but I didn't want to take any chances as it was my last exam and my FAR was about to expire. It was freaking hard, but like anything, if you study and work hard enough you'll probably be ok.

Weekends are meaningless to a CPA candidate

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