One of the great things that I have acquired through the completion of my undergraduate and graduate degrees, is a true understanding of the type of learner that I am. My strategy is tailored to my learning style, incorporated with my work and other schedule procedures.
To the posters who mentioned the concept of “overstudying,” lol, why is that even a problem? We are talking about the hardest professional examination in the world, one that less than 50% of people pass during each sitting, one that less than 15% pass all four parts the first time out, and I would say a significant amount of candidates seeking to pass it might never actually end up passing it within the 18 month window.
I don't know if I'm studying for a “95” or an “85,” my focus is to just know all the content and confirm that competency through the practice testing. My GOAL is to pass the four exam sections with as little attempts as possible, hopefully just 1 ATTEMPT only, because I don't have 3-4 hours to keep sitting for a test and I damn sure don't feel like continuing to chunk out re-examination fees.
I would rather measure TWICE and cut ONCE.
It's why I went with CPA Excel, it allows me to pour more time into the preparation (measuring) so that it gives me the highest chance of passing on the first Prometric attempt (cutting once).
* State of MA CPA Exam Candidate
- BEC: Sunday, August 24th
- FAR: Saturday, November 29th
- AUD: TBA for February 2015
- REG: TBA for May 2015
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