[Anonymous]

Which one requires more studying? I know it varies by individual, but I’m just trying to get a general idea. Thanks in advance.

[MyLifeisCPA]

I think BEC requires more studying b/c it jumps around from different topics… Just my opinion.

BEC-Passed
AUD-Passed
REG-Passed
FAR-Passed (I AM DONE!!! THANK U LORD!!!!)
Licensed Texas CPA - 10/2012

[Anonymous]

I would say they both require about equal amount of studying, but if I had to choose, I'd say Audit requires a bit more studying.

[ROACH]

I agree with my life.. BEC jumps around. Also keep in mind BEC has calculations.. a lot of them on different topics.

AUD is pretty str8 forward.. a lot of memorizing stuff I guess. I haven't taken none yet but studied both. AUD was easier to study for the most part.

BEC: 66 | 69 | 7/23/2013
AUD: 8/28/2013
REG:
FAR:

[Anonymous]

definitely Audit, i passed it on my 2nd try, haha!! but really, im more of a calculation person so BEC is easier for me.

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone. I take Audit the end of February and am trying to figure out when I'm going to take BEC and REG. I think I over estimated the amount of time Audit takes, so was curious how BEC compared.

[Tebowwwww]

I passed BEC quite easily and had to study about 5x more for AUD, but I think that's because I took BEC just after graduating with a business undergrad degree where I learned a lot of the BEC concepts like econ, finance, operations, etc. Auditing is something you kind of have to learn while studying – even taking an auditing class only covers about 25% of what's on the exam.

REG (7/7/11) 75
FAR (7/28/11) 76
BEC (8/27/11) 81
AUD (10/15/11, 1/20/12) 63, 91

DONE!!!

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