[CPA soon]

Extremely burnt out, down, depressed, stressed out and hating life. This exam doesn’t leave any room to do anything in life and just eating my life away and away..exhaustion is not the word, I have no words to describe especially that life issues alone are hard enough then the exam disallows you to fix anything in your life.

Misery loves company, I’m sure I’m not the only one here..

FAR - 71, 68, 74, (8/31/14) 78 ✔
REG - 67, 71, 71, (10/18/14) 78 ✔
BEC - (11/29/14) 86 ✔
AUD - 73, (4/4/15) 86 ✔

I can't believe this is over! 2 years and 3 months..

[Anonymous]

I thought I would not really break down until the next sunrise of the score release date (after getting a score of 58, while others here keep bragging, “Oh, I pass all parts in weeks, days, seconds, blah blah.”).

For now it would be: “Who is BITTER than us? Nobody!”

[Anonymous]

I totally agree about really rooting for people when they are waiting for their scores and excitement when they pass! I feel relief when I see those posts and I feel real sorrow when I know someone is facing a retake.

[Anonymous]

I totally agree about really rooting for people when they are waiting for their scores and excitement when they pass! I feel relief when I see those posts and I feel real sorrow when I know someone is facing a retake.

[Anonymous]

Most of us go through it.

I broke down several times during FAR and during Audit, I nearly, flat out, quit several times. After finishing FAR, I was so burnt out it was really hard to motivate myself to start into Audit.

I can say, with absolute certainty, that the CPA exam has been the hardest thing I've ever done.

[Anonymous]

Most of us go through it.

I broke down several times during FAR and during Audit, I nearly, flat out, quit several times. After finishing FAR, I was so burnt out it was really hard to motivate myself to start into Audit.

I can say, with absolute certainty, that the CPA exam has been the hardest thing I've ever done.

[Anonymous]

I'll go ahead and echo everyone's feelings on here and absolutely agree that this process is very isolating. Anytime you're not working you should be studying and if you're not doing that then you're not taking this thing seriously. Granted some have to work harder than others, but I don't think anyone can argue with the fact that this thing is for real and there's no shortcuts like bs'ing an essay in college or getting in good with a group for an assignment and tailcoating by. This thing will test you.

I'm studying for my last section (hopefully if I get good news next Tuesday) and cannot wait to be finished with all of this. Once you get those 3 letters you're going to be thankful that this thing is so damn hard and demanding. Barriers to entry my friends.

I'm literally going to take a pen and paper and going to write up a list of everything I'm going to do after I take BEC and wait for my results. I'm not going to study. I'm not going to buy supplemental materials in case I failed. I'm going to take a freakin' pen and write down everything I've been missing out on as a mid-20's male and I'm going to go do those things. I can't imagine a more gratifying experience of some sort of “re-birth”. Sounds dramatic, but I think it is.

[Anonymous]

I'll go ahead and echo everyone's feelings on here and absolutely agree that this process is very isolating. Anytime you're not working you should be studying and if you're not doing that then you're not taking this thing seriously. Granted some have to work harder than others, but I don't think anyone can argue with the fact that this thing is for real and there's no shortcuts like bs'ing an essay in college or getting in good with a group for an assignment and tailcoating by. This thing will test you.

I'm studying for my last section (hopefully if I get good news next Tuesday) and cannot wait to be finished with all of this. Once you get those 3 letters you're going to be thankful that this thing is so damn hard and demanding. Barriers to entry my friends.

I'm literally going to take a pen and paper and going to write up a list of everything I'm going to do after I take BEC and wait for my results. I'm not going to study. I'm not going to buy supplemental materials in case I failed. I'm going to take a freakin' pen and write down everything I've been missing out on as a mid-20's male and I'm going to go do those things. I can't imagine a more gratifying experience of some sort of “re-birth”. Sounds dramatic, but I think it is.

[Malik97]

You'll pull through. Sounds crazy, but try to enjoy the process. Think of it as a video game. You know that game that you swear the computers cheating because it shouldn't be so difficult to defeat, but your not going to stop until you've won. If you don't like video games and you enjoy planting daisies then find a way to connect it to that. Whatever it is turn studying into a positive. When all else fails think back on the joy you felt when you passed a section and yearn for that feeling of success again, always trying to do better then last time.

[Malik97]

You'll pull through. Sounds crazy, but try to enjoy the process. Think of it as a video game. You know that game that you swear the computers cheating because it shouldn't be so difficult to defeat, but your not going to stop until you've won. If you don't like video games and you enjoy planting daisies then find a way to connect it to that. Whatever it is turn studying into a positive. When all else fails think back on the joy you felt when you passed a section and yearn for that feeling of success again, always trying to do better then last time.

[Anonymous]

like that response Malik

[Anonymous]

like that response Malik

[Anonymous]

Keep fighting, keep fighting…

[Anonymous]

Keep fighting, keep fighting…

[Texan_176]

I'm new here and taking BEC in under 24 hours. I saw this thread and was pulled to it.

Ugh. My life has been destroyed by this exam for at least a solid month. All I do is go to work and study. However, I do not feel super confident no matter what I do. My boss is a CPA MBA and is like “Oh you had good grades in school so you will ace it”. Everyone I know thinks I can just pass with little effort. Their expectation is the biggest stress on me now.

I have reviewed all day Thursday and Friday, my eyes hurt, I am still nervous, and waiting for the result will make me go insane.

If I pass this one I will try and cram 2 sections into the next window. I think drawing it out so long is what is ruining my life. If I can get this over with as soon as possible it would be best. I should have started as soon as I finished school but changing jobs and other stuff in life killed that.

BEC 11/29/14 77 (Roger)
AUD 2/23/15 60 (Roger) 4/13/2015 83 (Roger & Ninja MCQ)
REG 5/30/2015 66 (Roger & Ninja MCQ(7 hours only)) 8/23/2015 78 (Roger & Ninja MCQ)
FAR 11/23/2015 60 (Roger & NINJA MCQ) 2/24/2016 74 (Roger & NINJA MCQ) 5/25/2016 83 (Roger+Roger CRAM & NINJA MCQ/NOTES)
Texas Ethics Exam 92%

Licensed TX CPA Aug 2016

[Texan_176]

I'm new here and taking BEC in under 24 hours. I saw this thread and was pulled to it.

Ugh. My life has been destroyed by this exam for at least a solid month. All I do is go to work and study. However, I do not feel super confident no matter what I do. My boss is a CPA MBA and is like “Oh you had good grades in school so you will ace it”. Everyone I know thinks I can just pass with little effort. Their expectation is the biggest stress on me now.

I have reviewed all day Thursday and Friday, my eyes hurt, I am still nervous, and waiting for the result will make me go insane.

If I pass this one I will try and cram 2 sections into the next window. I think drawing it out so long is what is ruining my life. If I can get this over with as soon as possible it would be best. I should have started as soon as I finished school but changing jobs and other stuff in life killed that.

BEC 11/29/14 77 (Roger)
AUD 2/23/15 60 (Roger) 4/13/2015 83 (Roger & Ninja MCQ)
REG 5/30/2015 66 (Roger & Ninja MCQ(7 hours only)) 8/23/2015 78 (Roger & Ninja MCQ)
FAR 11/23/2015 60 (Roger & NINJA MCQ) 2/24/2016 74 (Roger & NINJA MCQ) 5/25/2016 83 (Roger+Roger CRAM & NINJA MCQ/NOTES)
Texas Ethics Exam 92%

Licensed TX CPA Aug 2016

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