I know the answer is probably not what you want to hear, but I stopped working for 4 weeks, and did NOTHING but study for both Audit and BEC. I was working full time trying to take these exams, and that is why I have so many fails under both. Ya, some people can work full time and pass, but not me unfortunately. I finally told myself that if I truly want this CPA, I have to stop work and dedicate myself to this 100%,.
That is how I passed both Audit and BEC with much higher scores than my fails. I also took a 4 week live class (2 weeks for audit, 2 weeks for BEC) with a private CPA review company called ‘Twin Cities CPA Review'. The class was helpful in that it gave me structure (homework assignments, deadlines for reading, class help, etc). I needed that to keep me on track. I am a few years out of school, so having a live instructor helped me to re-learn the info in the way I was used to when in school.
I was fortunate enough to have a boss who is a CPA himself and knows the pain of the exam, but also knows how beneficial it is to a company to have another CPA on board. So he was willing to give me the time needed to study. And it paid off.
B 71, 74, 84*
A 74, 72, 69, 74, 87*
R 80* ... lost credit... 82* done forever!!!
F 68, 68, 74, 78*
Yep, I've gotten five 74's! Wah!
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