[HazeEastwood]

I don’t know about you guys but when I got that REG score I broke down right at my kitchen table. I cried like a baby. Didn’t even think I would. I think it meant a lot more to me than I originally thought.

FAR-81
BEC-84
AUD-91
REG-89

[Anonymous]

Didn't cry, but I was sitting at work and my eyes damn near welled up…I think it was because I thought it would never happen…just seemed like I wasn't gonna get that 75 on audit, then I'd have one more shot before FAR lapsed…so it was such a huge relief

[hilaryh_88]

I cried when I failed FAR for the 5th time, ha. I don't think I'll cry when I pass, but it will feel like the ten ton gorilla is off my back.

AUD - 82 Becker
BEC - 75 Becker
REG - 71, 82 Becker
FAR - 66,61,71,74,70 and #6 80!!!! FINALLY DONE!!! 9/20/12
Yaeger and Yaeger CRAM for the final battle!

[Herbieherb]

CRIED like a baby on my first pass, and last one. It meant the world to me. Like success was my only option.

NEW YORK- DONE

[SoonToBeCPAChick]

I didn't cry when I received scores, but during the FAR EXAM, I had 15 min left to do a whole simulation ( For those who did not take it in 2010, there were two big simulations, instead of 6 small ones), so I started having a panick attack and was bawling my eyes out because I knew I was going to fail because I couldn't finish it! But I guess it worked out.

FAR 10/1/2010 =====> 90
BEC 10/28/2010 ====> 81
REG 2/2/2011 ======> 82
AUD 5/28/2011 =====> 92 ===========>DONE!!!!

[jimboace88]

I haven't cried yet, but I'm just starting (on F5 in Becker) and can easily foresee some tears in the near future!

FAR 07/27/11 - 87
AUD 10/01/11 - 85
BEC 11/15/11 - 87
REG 01/03/12 - 92

[HazeEastwood]

I didn't cry on my first pass. I was energized. I knew at that point that I could pass the exam. I was extremely confident. But I think I cried when I got REG my final score because I started to remember how long and how much effort it took. I just told a friend of mine who is about to sit that he needs to be prepared to give ALL of his freedom up. I barely did anything for an entire year. The thought of the sacrafice to pass is what got to me

FAR-81
BEC-84
AUD-91
REG-89

[Anonymous]

HazeEastwood, I'm surprised that you were so surprised by your results. You were crushing them up into that point, and you obviously had to be a great candidate to get all of those scores.

These were my reactions for each of my passing scores (in order of receipt):

AUD (85):

I had already failed FAR once at this point (74, unbelievable), but I thought that I had done so much better on AUD and really thought that I bombed FAR the first time. However, I wasn't going to take anything for granted, and figured that AUD just might be “curved” a lot more. And to make matters worse, I had already done the FAR retake, and thought that I had absolutely bombed that one, I pretty much had a panic during it, and I NEVER get them (more on this one later). My family had been visiting for Thanksgiving, and were out shopping. I was checking daily only to see the darn 74 come up again and again. However, when I saw how much over 75 I was for AUD, I first felt joy, and then thought that there must be something with the screen. Despite my joy and rapture, I remembered that my real problem was going to be with FAR, but at least this showed that these tests weren't unpassable.

FAR (84):

About a month after that experience, and a few days before Christmas, I got the biggest shock of all, that yes AUD was curved more much more than FAR, but I just had a horrible day the first time, and I really do know this stuff. Again, I checked to see if there was a malfunction, but then I celebrated. This was the first time that I saw the CPA exam as something that's only challenging, but very realistically possible, but just some abstract idea not only the cream of the crop can pass. With the finish line in sight, I thought that it actually might be possible to get this thing done by the next window.

REG (82):

I had taken BEC and REG in the same window (5 weeks apart) to kick off the new exam changes. Unfortunately for me this meant waiting nearly 2 months for my REG score and about a month for my BEC score. Similar to the first set that I passed, I thought that BEC was a shoe-in, but that I could realistically see myself failing REG. It seemed that the exam had changed a lot more than what I was prepared for, and that the MC questions were so specific, and on minute details that I didn't know. I could feel the MC stagnated and not getting more difficult, so I had to make up for the weaker 40% of the exam. Luckily, everybody else had problems with it, so I was helped out enough to pass, I feel that my TBS's helped me out, as they were on topics that I was familiar with, and I was able to use the literature to help. I tried not to sound too confident with my family and friends, but I knew with a virtual certainty that I had passed the whole thing. However, the experience was bittersweet, as I was unemployed at the time, and would have traded all of the exam scores for one job at a CPA firm.

BEC (88):

Not much to say here. Again, not trying to brag too much, but I was killing the BEC practice material, and I dealt that I had become a pretty efficient studier at this point. I was very meticulous and confident going through the MC, swearing with near certainty that I could have only gotten 2-3 wrong. The WC was meaty, but I was very confident in my answers, and even had fun with the solutions, I checked and double checked my answers like I was sending them to the CEO of a corporation. But, when I got the score, I was pretty euphoric, I didn't think that I would be after getting the “tough” exams out of the way, but I had proved that I can pass an exam that few can, one that even senior managers of Big Four firms, and straight A students can't (well that haven't at least) pass.

I never cried, but I imagine that i would have if I had taken longer, and had many more roadblocks to pass the exam. Realistically, I passed it all in two windows (excluding the 1st fail that I had), and was able to do it all from the comfort of my parent's house and the public library while not working. So I don't really have much of a right to go on about the challenges and hardships that other people have when they're working full-time jobs and supporting and taking care of a family, and pass after multiple attempts. But, we all take different roads, all that matters is getting them all passed.

[HazeEastwood]

Coastergenius, you did very well yourself.

Here are my reactions to my results

FAR (81)- I really was just learning how to studying for the CPA with FAR. There was so much information that I tried 3 different ways to study before I found 1 that actually allowed me to retain the information. I felt shaky about FAR because I felt like I was aabsolutely smashing the MCQ, even the hard ones but completely laid and egg on the SIMS. When I got the 81 I knew I could pass

BEC (84)-I studied for BEC seriously for only 3 weeks. Left the exam feeling ok but not great. My BEC score didn't come out with the first wave which made me nervous because I had heard that the ones that come out late are the ones that are borderline which I discovered is so not tru. So after figuring I wasn't going to get my score in that wave a tweet popped up from NASBA saying that 3 BEC scores had been released and sure enough I checked my score and it was there. My girlfriend leaped in the air and we went out to eat.

AUD (91)- I wasn't even worried about AUD when it was coming out. Not to brag but I knew I had crushed it. There was no reaction really to my AUD score.

REG (89)- I failed REG back in the first quarter with a 73. Taxes have been my nightmare ever since college. I got beat up on the my first REG score. After I failed I started studying again and discovered I missed half of the assigned invidual tax question from Yaeger and those were the questions that related to the information I struggled with on the exam. I studied for 3 weeks and went back into the exam. Felt MUCH better about MCQ but still got beat up on the SIMS. But I didn't feel as bad about the SIMS as I did the first time. Since I took REG and AUD in last testing window I was hoping to get REG first because if I passed I figured it was over. Fitting though that REG would be my last score received. When I saw that 89, I just felt like I faced by biggest nemesis and defeated it!

FAR-81
BEC-84
AUD-91
REG-89

[WhyEvenTry]

All girls are allowed to cry after every exam score release, pass or fail.

Us men are allowed to have something in our eyes at the same exact time as finding out our score, pass or fail. I had something in both of my eyes when I found out I passed FAR. All others were just a sense of relief. FAR was that beast for me. The book is just too big, and takes too long to study for. I passed, was so relieved, and made my eyes water to clear out all the dust from my Becker books.

BEC - 71, 74, 77 (Feb - 2011)
FAR - 73, 78 (Feb - 2011)
REG - 83 (Nov 2010)
AUD - 71, 84 (May 2011) - Done!! CPA licensed in TX (July 2011)

[HazeEastwood]

LMAO @ WhyEvenTry

FAR-81
BEC-84
AUD-91
REG-89

[Herbieherb]

Cpa failure has been a monkey on my back since 2002. I finally got serious and made the change.

AUD Aug 20-I checked my aud score at work in front of a co worker, saw a big ass 78 in the corner I couldn't believe it! Hugged her and cried.

Reg Nov 19,checked on my smart phone-I was in movie theatre waiting for harry potter 7 to start. Screamed Yes! Pumped my fist a few times And my friends high fived me.

BEC- sitting at office around 5:30 on Dec 14…had same reaction. Pump fist and yes. Was alone.

FAR – march 22, was in jc penny walking back to my car, checked on smart phone again…saw that little 79….made it bigger by dragging the screen. jumped up and down, when I got to the parking lot jumped up and down even more screamed, got to my car and started crying for 10 min, then called mom dad friends sisters and my ex.

CPA license -June 1 at work, on smart phone again, checked the online verification on nys website, saw my name on system, walked outside jumped up and down a few times and cried again…LOL

NEW YORK- DONE

[HazeEastwood]

Wow, that's great herb….it really does mean a lot to a lot of us.

FAR-81
BEC-84
AUD-91
REG-89

[HazeEastwood]

I had a few songs that I played during the time I was sitting for exams. I actually turned all of them on and played them when I passed. Those songs are like my CPA soundtrack!

FAR-81
BEC-84
AUD-91
REG-89

[Anonymous]

Yeah I have songs that remind me of the CPA exam. Eminem's “Not Afraid” was the pump up song before going into the tests. It helped me tackle the FAR retake.

[Anonymous]

Andrew W.K. turned to 11 for me…I blame not listening to that for my audit failures…I had podcasts on

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