[Double A]

I’ve followed this forum for quite some time and enjoy seeing the opinions of the members. I wanted to hear some thoughts on when you should start studying.

A little about me: Married with 2 kids (as of April), Graduating this May with a Bachelors in Accounting, starting at a CPA firm in June, plan to sit for the CPA exam in the fall ’14 or spring ’15 at the latest.

I’ve read a lot of journeys about how you put your life on hold and have no time for anyone. Most of them say you set aside time for studying and hit a goal of X hours per week in X amount of weeks. Does anyone think its a good idea to buy these materials and start going over them gradually? Or will that be a waste of time and money?

[Kimboroni]

Great advice above. After passing this first one, I did the same thing– I printed a calendar and mapped out the testing windows, when the score releases would be (those are very distracting!), and took a serious look at my schedule (busy season, school term, holidays, anime convention prep, etc.) so I could figure out when I could have 6-8 relatively undistracted weeks to study for each test, with about 6 months extra built in for re-takes. Glad I'm not alone in my obsessive planning!

AUD 84 (1/9/14-Wiley books/TB + free materials)
FAR 83 (5/21/14-the above + NINJA 10 Pt Combo Lite)
REG 84 (7/9/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC/Notes)
BEC 76 (10/5/14-Wiley books/TB + NINJA Audio/FC)

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[Double A]

Thank you for the responses. It sounds like I have a lot of research and planning to do. I'd obviously like to do it in as little time as possible but it's not as important as passing.

I will also need to figure out how study for as long as it sounds like some of you do. I've always just been someone who will study in 30 min – 1 hour stints. I can't imagine doing several hours at a time.

[Double A]

Thank you for the responses. It sounds like I have a lot of research and planning to do. I'd obviously like to do it in as little time as possible but it's not as important as passing.

I will also need to figure out how study for as long as it sounds like some of you do. I've always just been someone who will study in 30 min – 1 hour stints. I can't imagine doing several hours at a time.

[mystical guy]

That's what I did myself. I got them even before graduation and started studying for FAR, since I knew that had the highest volume of information. It worked out perfectly. I passed it without much of a struggle because I gave myself enough time to learn. FYI, for FAR, REG, AUD, I think 1.5 months of study, per, would be enough, even if you put less than 20 hours a week. BEC 3 weeks you could do it, though we're all different.

CPA - Since 2015
CISA - Smashed 2012
CIA - Passed 2015

[mystical guy]

That's what I did myself. I got them even before graduation and started studying for FAR, since I knew that had the highest volume of information. It worked out perfectly. I passed it without much of a struggle because I gave myself enough time to learn. FYI, for FAR, REG, AUD, I think 1.5 months of study, per, would be enough, even if you put less than 20 hours a week. BEC 3 weeks you could do it, though we're all different.

CPA - Since 2015
CISA - Smashed 2012
CIA - Passed 2015

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