3 sections in 3 months?

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  • March 28, 2018 at 1:00 pm #1751264
    ND
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    How doable is it to pass 3 sections of the CPA exam in 3 months with NINJA’s new monthly plan? Long story short, I passed AUD in Feb 2017 with an 87, shortly after I got married and moved to NYC and always thought I’ll have plenty of time to pass the other sections.

    It turns out I was way wrong, I got a 66 on FAR back in February and now I am looking to take all 3 remaining sections before the June 29th score release so I can give myself one more window before I lose my AUD score (Aug 11, 2018). Has anyone had success using Ninja’s material only? Since I’m on a time crunch I can’t see myself being able to go through all of Wiley’s material efficiently. I’m at work 9-10 hours a day (Senior Accountant at BioPharma company) so I get about 3 hours a night to study and 8-9 hours on weekends.

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  • March 28, 2018 at 1:07 pm #1751267
    Recked
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    YOU CAN DO IT!!!

    Try to study at work instead of work. It will help.

    March 28, 2018 at 1:09 pm #1751271
    SONA
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    I was going to tell you that ask @Recked……. How to fast pass the exam. 🙂

    March 28, 2018 at 1:41 pm #1751303
    fxbinbin
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    3 hours/night & 8-9 hours at weekend is how I passed FAR & REG in 3 months while working full time, I could never do an additional part, but you go for it!!! everything's possible

    March 29, 2018 at 6:45 am #1751661
    PDiddy2000
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    I'm attempting 3 in 3 months in the Q2 testing window, FAR, AUD, and BEC. I think it's totally doable. I started preparing for FAR in January and was able to get an April 2 testing date for FAR. I was also able to squeeze in BEC on June 8 which I think is the second to the last testing date for Q2. Of course, AUD is in May. Buckle down and get it done!!

    March 29, 2018 at 7:02 am #1751678
    Tim
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    I would just start over and re-take audit myself and do the whole thing over the course of the next year. Your schedule is basically 30 hours a week for 10.5 weeks. And that's assuming you have literally nothing else going on ever. I'm going to bet you only actually get 20 hours a week of study time. So that's only 210 hours for 3 sections, or 70 hours per section. With that little prep you will have a high chance of failing scores which would ruin the whole plan.

    Sorry to be the doomsayer but I'm an accountant and I don't like risk-taking.

    March 29, 2018 at 7:57 am #1751708
    Anonymous
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    I think it is doable. I would try to pass 2 of the sections in Q2 and continue to study for the 3rd section and take it before Aug 11. I would be afraid of you rushing to pass all 3 in one quarter that you might fail 2 of the 3 and then you would have to pass 2 in a matter of a month of 6 weeks.

    March 29, 2018 at 8:02 am #1751714
    Tim
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    Oh I missed the Aug 11 date. Why are you wanting to do all 3 in 3 months when you have 5 months before your score drops off? Get 2 done this test window and do the last one in the Q3 window. Going into the tests better prepared to pass is a better plan than planning around failures and retakes. So instead of 70 hours to study each section you'd have 105 hours each in this quarter then almost 9 weeks to study for the third one. I'd save FAR for last since you get more study time on your 3rd test due to the break between quarters.

    March 29, 2018 at 11:16 am #1751798
    Ryan – Just Another Dollar
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    Definitely doable. I was able to pass BEC 2/19, FAR 4/4, & AUD 4/30 while working full time and studying about the same time per day/night. Just make your time count and go all in! Good luck!

    B - 88 (2/16)
    A - 84 (4/16)
    R - 73 (6/16), 82(7/16)
    F - 67 (1/16), 84(4/16)

    Ethics - 93

    Roger course & Ninja MCQ - HiYa!

    April 3, 2018 at 2:58 pm #1755875
    ND
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    Thanks for the advice everyone. I was having trouble with some of the REG material so I pushed it back to 4/26 rather than 4/14. I'm now taking FAR in July rather than trying to squeeze into Q2 with REG and BEC which means I just said goodbye to my FL vacation in June!

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