[Anonymous]

MOTIVATION. I have been on this CPA journey for just about a year and feel like giving up. My first exam (BEC) got a 74, retook it and got an 82. FAR the first time got a 71, my results show from 5 AM this morning, the second time I got a 74. Audit I got a 68 and just took it yesterday, and with my luck, I most likely failed once again. I don’t know what else I can do. I feel like I had the FAR material nailed the second time around. I feel like I’m never going to be able to pass……….I kept my motivation up even though I failed them at first and now that I failed FAR for a second time with a 74, I’m losing hope. You hear all of these stories that people don’t know how they passed, they didn’t know one simulation, or even left out a sim. Why a 74 and not a 75? I am extremely discouraged. How should I tackle this again? I feel like I beat Becker to death, do I sit through the 9 lectures AGAIN and do all of the homework AGAIN? I feel like it won’t be beneficial because in hindsight, I subconsciously know most of the answers to Becker. I don’t know what to do. But I do know I am…………………IN NEED OF MOTIVATION. Please share some of your stories of hardship with me so I can try and move forward…..

THANK YOU

[Anonymous]

Dana, you sound a lot like someone I know from Chicago 🙂

[Anonymous]

@Chakdey– Thank you! I will keep on studying. It will be worth it in the end.. Sometimes it really drives me crazy though..

@yankeeaccountant– Thank you!!! I guess I should have started with REG. I love Business Law. I think I wont pass FAR on the first time, but hopefully I will pass REG and get more motivated.

[Anonymous]

@CPA777

Hang in there! FAR is really tough and these exams take over so much of our lives. But it is worth it and you can do it!!

This thread is really great for motivation:

https://www.another71.com/cpa-exam-forum/topic/motivational-video-of-the-day

[jenuno01]

@Acct, I think that thread should be a Sticky

Class of 2012

[Anonymous]

@jenuno01

🙂 great idea!

[jomarie]

Lack of Motivation must be in the air. I've been feeling like that to, but I got my @ss kicked by fellow CPA Candidates and my Facebook friends today. So I told myself, only a little longer and all my dreams will come true!!

Started sitting in May 2002, on and off. But since 2008 I've been nonstop and my scores are....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73, 80 (Passed again in May 2012) Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70, 76!!!! I AM DONE!!! - Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
After 10 long years of studying, I AM DONE!!!! Finally a Licensed CPA in the State of New York!!

[greeneyesCPA]

Really appreciated reading about how others are feeling. Thanks for posting.

FAR Passed
BEC Passed
AUD Passed
REG Passed

[jomarie]

That's why we are here, to keep each other going.

Started sitting in May 2002, on and off. But since 2008 I've been nonstop and my scores are....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011) Becker, NINJA, & Wiley
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73, 80 (Passed again in May 2012) Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70, 76!!!! I AM DONE!!! - Roger, NINJA, & Wiley
After 10 long years of studying, I AM DONE!!!! Finally a Licensed CPA in the State of New York!!

[Anonymous]

I think my signature tells just how long I have been fighting this exam. I'm tired. I'm pissed and I'm not giving up! When I got on this slow train ride through Hell I weighed 110 pounds, had 5 or 6 gray hairs, no wrinkles and liked people. Now I'm up to 125 pounds, a bottle of hair dye a month, Oil of Old Lady by the gallon and I hate people who don't know what this nightmare is like. Most of my friends are virtual because all I can talk about is this all consuming beast who is eating me out of house and home and drinking all of the good liquor. I have all kinds of comparisons for this exam. In the beginning I said, in my best and sweetest southern accent, “it's like childbirth, it can't hurt forever and you get something wonderful out of it.” Then came the train analogy. Now it's like getting mugged. Wiley keeps throwing questions at me that don't seem to have all of the information needed to answer them properly but they get an answer. With their new format I don't understand why I'm getting half of them wrong. I'm stuck in a hotel room in Houston 4 hours from my family and getting madder by the minute. I have FAR again Tuesday at noon and I'm determined not to let this mugger win! Sometimes to get motivated you've got to get MAD! You have to tell yourself that “I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! The fees are too damn high and I'm too damn broke to keep this up!” Don't let IT win.

Ok, I'm off my soapbox for now. Good luck!

Kricket

[nolifecpa]

i'm not giving up either

let's do this!!!

REG-65,71,74,73,70,74,79
BEC-60's,60's,69,71,76*,78
FAR-67,66,65,79
AUD-54,60's,65,83*,69,80
*expired

DONE

[Author]

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