[Anonymous]

I am planning on taking Audit as soon as I finish my Auditing course (since that is when I will be CPA eligible) at the end of this semester. I am starting full-time at a big 4 in January and therefore want to get one part of the exam out of the way before I start working (hopefully take it in the first week of January). I spoke with NASBA and they said I can apply to sit for the exam as long as I provide proof that I am currently enrolled in the Audit course. I am going to use Becker to study.

I am essentially giving myself 7-8 weeks to study while in college. From what I have read on this site, it seems doable. Any tips for me with what the best method for studying based on my situation.

All help is greatly appreciated.

[Study Monk]

I was thinking about taking a corporate tax class while studying for REG because I am behind in units do to changes to the educational requirements in California. I think audit first is a good idea for you. That being said I told my audit professor I was going to take the audit exam after my audit class(back in the day on my first attempt to got through this process) and he told me that the way audit is tested is way different than anything I would be used to and will still need to do a quite a bit of studying.

My guess is that if you are a really bright student who retained close to 80 percent of everything you learned in college then you will need 3 weeks per test. If you are an average student probably a month per test. We are talking 40 to 50 hours a week here.

The CPA exam format of testing will be new for you and the focus of the material is less big picture and more specific. FAR material for example is more based on all the rules and accounting procedures required by regulatory agencies than my Intermediate Accounting classes were which were. BEC and REG cover extensive topics from about 6 different classes.

I am just concerned that you might be over ambitious on how fast you get them done and it might cause some stumbles on the way that discourage you. If you look hard enough you will see tax accountants who fail REG, auditors who fail audit, and accounting managers who have failed FAR. I was an economics major and I failed BEC quite a few years back after studying full time for a month.

I am saying be prepared to put in 100's of hours like everyone else. Your primary advantage is not the material you know but that you probably have the energy and study habits to tackle this head on. For example I was playing video games for the last two years so I have like a ten second…………………..saw a bird outside my window………..attention span. Good luck!

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[Study Monk]

I was thinking about taking a corporate tax class while studying for REG because I am behind in units do to changes to the educational requirements in California. I think audit first is a good idea for you. That being said I told my audit professor I was going to take the audit exam after my audit class(back in the day on my first attempt to got through this process) and he told me that the way audit is tested is way different than anything I would be used to and will still need to do a quite a bit of studying.

My guess is that if you are a really bright student who retained close to 80 percent of everything you learned in college then you will need 3 weeks per test. If you are an average student probably a month per test. We are talking 40 to 50 hours a week here.

The CPA exam format of testing will be new for you and the focus of the material is less big picture and more specific. FAR material for example is more based on all the rules and accounting procedures required by regulatory agencies than my Intermediate Accounting classes were which were. BEC and REG cover extensive topics from about 6 different classes.

I am just concerned that you might be over ambitious on how fast you get them done and it might cause some stumbles on the way that discourage you. If you look hard enough you will see tax accountants who fail REG, auditors who fail audit, and accounting managers who have failed FAR. I was an economics major and I failed BEC quite a few years back after studying full time for a month.

I am saying be prepared to put in 100's of hours like everyone else. Your primary advantage is not the material you know but that you probably have the energy and study habits to tackle this head on. For example I was playing video games for the last two years so I have like a ten second…………………..saw a bird outside my window………..attention span. Good luck!

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the input. I have ordered Becker and will begin studying as soon as I receive it.

Through reading the site I have seen the suggestion of watching all lectures first and than attempting the MCQ. Would this apply to Becker as well?

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the input. I have ordered Becker and will begin studying as soon as I receive it.

Through reading the site I have seen the suggestion of watching all lectures first and than attempting the MCQ. Would this apply to Becker as well?

[Study Monk]

If you are in a hurry I would just watch the lectures on the chapters you are having trouble understanding. Becker Lectures are helpful for the hard stuff, but they do tend to read through most of the material.

I compliment Becker with Yeager lectures which you can get kind of cheap when you get them used. I heard their BEC lectures are not that great. Whats superior about the yaeger videos is they go over questions half the time and they really try to explain stuff in detail.

Becker was a good choice because they have good questions and excellent books.

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

[Study Monk]

If you are in a hurry I would just watch the lectures on the chapters you are having trouble understanding. Becker Lectures are helpful for the hard stuff, but they do tend to read through most of the material.

I compliment Becker with Yeager lectures which you can get kind of cheap when you get them used. I heard their BEC lectures are not that great. Whats superior about the yaeger videos is they go over questions half the time and they really try to explain stuff in detail.

Becker was a good choice because they have good questions and excellent books.

I spoke to an ancient wise man who sent me on a mushroom induced journey through an ancient forest to find the key to passing the CPA exam. A talking spider monkey told me to throw the last of my drinking water in the dirt to find what I was looking for. So I followed his instructions and the following message appeared in the soil:

"Do 5000 multiple choice questions for each section"

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