[Anonymous]

Hello Friends,

I am new here, so i need your help. I was a decent student in undergrad (finance and economics with a few accounting courses)…..ended up working in government and felt that a CPA would help me excel given that a lot of opportunity is present in reporting and regulation. I noticed that all the big money makers in my Agency are CPA’s. Anyway, so I set out last September to complete my required coursework in accounting (24 hours, including aud, tax, yada yada)……..i will be done with my classes in August……that following are what I have taken:

Sep – Dec2012 – cost accounting; intermediate I

Jan – Apr2013 – intermediate II, taxation I (personal income), fraud examination (counts towards CPA credits), gov/non-profit

May – Aug2013 – auditing , taxation II (corporations and tax)

ANYWAY:

i plan to study for 6 weeks to two months for my first exam and wanted some opinions and logic on how i choose the course…….

I was told to start with what will be one of the middle two (in terms of perceived difficulty) and am also taking into consideration that I will have just finished the auditing class…….

How hard is the AUD exam; will it be a review + some new material if i decide to start studying right at the middle of August and take the test in October? is the AUD exam like the course? I think my teacher is pretty good, straight forward and geared towards the CPA exam……

My other idea was to take REG: given that in my most recent two semesters, I took taxation (like 60% of the test) and auditing (which discusses ethics and law – 40% of the test)…….

GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS PEOPLE!!!! I am looking forward to knocking these four tests dead by the middle of next year!