[Anonymous]

Hello Peeps:

Like most of you if not the majority, I would like to pass this exam and put it behind me as soon as humanly possible. That said, would I be naïve in thinking that I can study and test for FAR, AUD and REG simultaneously?! Is this advisable? Why or why not?!

How, you may ask? I plan on rotating each subject on a daily basis. i.e., Mon-FAR, Tue-Aud, Wed-Reg, etc.

Excerpt of mine: I work full-time, have no children, but to help out with chronically ill sibling times.

I thank you all for your valuable time!

[Anonymous]

I think it's just way too much info to retain. FAR is an information overload on its own. REG isn't much better, and BEC is a grab bag of what wasn't picked up in the other 3. I personally wouldn't do it.

Best of luck to you.

[TNCPA16]

Wow, that is definitely ambitious! That method would definitely not work for me, but hey, everyone is different. If this is your first time taking the exams, I would start off with one so you can get a feel for how it is. If you do great on that one, then you can try tackling the other 3 at once. I work full-time and have no kids, and I'm finding it a challenge just to study for one exam at a time…I couldn't imagine trying to do THREE! Good luck if you do go for it!

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't recommend that unless you were an international candidate.

You should take these tests one at a time.

If you go all in, you could pass AUD by the end of Feb, REG by mid April and FAR by the end of May.

That would be all-out balls to the wall studying until 5/31. It doesn't leave much room for sanity.

[Anonymous]

Nobody on this forum knows you as well as you know yourself.

There was a forum member that not long ago studied as passed the exams doing 2 at a time (Krok? something).

[randerso]

Don't do it. Just don't. It's not going to work. FAR in and of itself is like preparing for 6 final exams in one sitting.

REG: (May 2014) - 80 ✔
AUD: (Nov 2014) - 93 ✔
FAR: (Oct 2014) - 71, (Jan 2015) - 88 ✔
BEC: (Feb 2015) - 89 ✔

CA PETH: 94 percent

[CPA soon]

I don't see any sense in your plan. Instead of simultaneous study for 3 months, you can cram each within a month for example or whatever different way you choose. But whatever your plan is, I can assure you that you need to give the exam its time and pay your dues, cutting corner will damage you. Is it possible to do? Anything is possible. Is it likely to do? Very very unlikely to achieve. As most of us fail one section alone let alone 3 sections.

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..

[CPA soon]

Another thing to consider, imagine studying FAR (accrual basis) monday and then REG (cash basis) wednesday. Juggling two completely different things and adding in some IFRS seasoning to the mix.

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]

Personally I really don't think it's possible. An ambitious schedule (like mentioned above)? Totally doable but studying for the CPA is very different from anything you've encountered in college. Think about FAR. It has Intermediate I and II, government accounting, pensions, IFRS, consolidations and mergers, valuation, securities, leases, equity, non-profit accounting, tax accounting, and more (if you can believe it). That's just FAR.

You'd be more geared for success if you focus on one section at a time, “master” it, and then move on to the next.

If you're bent on doing this I would recommend you give FAR a solid 20 hours of study time in week one. If you think you can add another section to it then more power to you. But in all reality, even if you weren't working full time I'd still tell you it's a bad idea.

[Nicole]

On a related note….I was supposed to take BEC 4/4/15 and AUD 5/30/15, but now I'm thinking of moving BEC to 2/28 and moving AUD to 4/25. Do you think three weeks is enough time to study for BEC? How long did you guys study for BEC?

FAR - 11/26/14 - 83 - DONE
REG - 02/01/15 - 68 8/14/15 - 71 11/22/15 - 83 - DONE
AUD - 04/01/15 - 81 - DONE
BEC - 05/27/15 - 79 - DONE

[Anonymous]

@CPA 1 Day, I'm guessing you have yet to take a single exam?

Once you walk out of that testing center after your first exam you have the answer to your question 😉

[mt3130]

I would do one at a time, but crash course for 1-2 weeks for each one. If you schedule properly, that will get you all four exams in one testing window.

It's certainly possible, and the route I wish I would have taken, because I would be done long before. I only put in 21 study days combined for all four parts of the exam, and I'm 3-for-3 so far (I find out the 4th tonight).

If you have public experience, REG and AUD are not hard at all. I actually found BEC to be the most difficult exam, because of the randomness of the topics covered. The only exam I studied for more than one week was FAR, and I studied 9 days for that one.

REG - 90 (08/2014) - Study Time = 6 days
FAR - 89 (10/2014) - Study Time = 9 days
BEC - 83 (11/2014) - Study Time = 4 days
AUD - 89 (01/2015) - Study Time = 2 days

Final score released - 2/4/15
Application mailed - 2/5/15
Licensed CPA - 2/12/15

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