Working @ Big 4 + Studying = needs advice, please

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    LT-P
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    I’ve been studying full time since January and I’ve been able to pass REG, BEC and FAR. I began studying for AUD a few days ago .. but my first day of work is 10/2 which means I’ll be studying while working for 5 days. Does anyone have any advice for me? What’s been a good study strategy for you?

    I struggled a lot with studying full-time so I’m worried that actually having to work simultaneously will be super difficult for me. Any advice is appreciated. Thank you!

    - passed all 4 exams on my first try using Becker!

    Ethics: TBD

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    Ntw6817
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    I think you'll be fine. Since your time is limited when you start working, you'll be less likely to procrastinate and push it off. Plus you have some time til you start to study. Congrats on being almost done!

    What I usually do is come home from work. Eat a snack and then study for an hour. Then I do whatever I want. I usually study more on the weekends and days off.

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    Ntw6817
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    I think you'll be fine. Since your time is limited when you start working, you'll be less likely to procrastinate and push it off. Plus you have some time til you start to study. Congrats on being almost done!

    What I usually do is come home from work. Eat a snack and then study for an hour. Then I do whatever I want. I usually study more on the weekends and days off.

    #444809
    Anonymous
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    I'm assuming you won't be put on a year-end client once you start so you should still have some time to study after coming home from work. What I recommend doing – and this worked really well for me – is doing a lecture on Sunday, then spending an hour or so each weekday after work doing practice problems and spending the following Saturday all day doing more problems and rewriting notes. Then do a new lecture on Sunday and rinse and repeat.

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    Anonymous
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    I'm assuming you won't be put on a year-end client once you start so you should still have some time to study after coming home from work. What I recommend doing – and this worked really well for me – is doing a lecture on Sunday, then spending an hour or so each weekday after work doing practice problems and spending the following Saturday all day doing more problems and rewriting notes. Then do a new lecture on Sunday and rinse and repeat.

    #444811
    LT-P
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    Thank you! I probably should've added that I'll be in my review period (re-working MCQ's and doing progress tests) so I won't have to worry about lectures and such .. hopefully there won't be any first week mixers so I can just go straight to the library after work.

    - passed all 4 exams on my first try using Becker!

    Ethics: TBD

    #444951
    LT-P
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    Thank you! I probably should've added that I'll be in my review period (re-working MCQ's and doing progress tests) so I won't have to worry about lectures and such .. hopefully there won't be any first week mixers so I can just go straight to the library after work.

    - passed all 4 exams on my first try using Becker!

    Ethics: TBD

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