4-5 weeks enough to pass FAR?

How long did you study for REG? And how ready did you feel? If you did REG in 4 weeks then I would say you can probably do it. But if you didn't then you may need more time. I understand the distraction of score release but I wouldn't wait around. If you can power through 2 chapters(are you using Becker?) before the score comes out I think that would be the best move.

In my opinion FAR is harder to study for. Some of the topics can be incredibly frustrating unless you had a very good accounting program in college and still remember a lot of it. Maybe do government and non for profit while you wait this week?

No way. Even if you had 24/7 free of distraction you can't put that kind of information in your head in that period of time and reliably be able to recall it on exam day. Take your time!

Not a good idea. There is way too much information to retain. You will be beyond miserable, but it may be doable. I doubt u will brush your teeth more than once a week, shower once a week, and only see a few people. Please take a Before and After picture and post it to this forum!! I bet u will look like Crap! Jk, will all sincerity Goodluck my Friend.

It will be very hard. There is so much information to retain for it. I did it in 7 and I didn't feel nearly prepared enough going in, somehow I passed. But yes, it would be doable, but very difficult, even studying 40 hours a week.

But instead, if you still have BEC to take, do that one. It is very doable in 5 weeks, and this is the last quarter that you could take the old format. It will have the most significant change next quarter and FAR has the least amount of change. I'd highly recommend to go that route if you still have to do it.

I'm about exactly 4 weeks away from FAR and am through 145 NINJA MCQ's heading into the weekend. I have mapped out my study plan to finish in time to be able to review 6 days before the exam. This will consist of 19.5 pages of reading NINJA notes/day, writing 7.5 pages/day of NINJA notes, 698 MCQ's and SIMS where I can fit in. Anything is doable if you stick to a plan. FAR is definitely the most material of any of the exams but its what we went to college for and took all those classes on. I will see FAR on March 3rd with no stress working in public accounting and around deadlines.

I think it's the most difficult exam to pull off in that time period, but yes, it can be done. I passed FAR in Feb 2016 after 19 days of studying (first attempt). FAR was my last exam (I left it for last on purpose) and I don't think I could have passed it in that time frame without going through the others first. The reason why is you develop a sense of pace and flow as you move through the exams. In the beginning, I had no idea how practice correlated with the real thing because I hadn't taken one yet. By the time I got to FAR, I had a much better sense of it.
I work full time and did not track my hours, but I estimated I spent 25-30 hrs for a total of 75-90. At the time, I was 9 years out of undergrad, with 9 years of experience in tax. I also consider myself very strong in financial accounting (JE's) as well. Here's some tips I learned from other people and my own experience:

1. Think quality, not quantity – that goes with both time and # of MCQ's. I might have hit 1,000 MCQ in Roger – I did not exhaust the test bank. I focused on understanding why an answer was right or wrong.
2. Use the AICPA content specific outline. Not sure how it is now, but I found it to be a good gauge as to what's heavily tested. It's not worth your time trying to understand 100% of any topic, but especially one that isn't a high % of the exam.
3. See if you can listen to lectures at work and do it. Luckily, my boss didn't mind if I listened to study lectures as long as my work was getting done. I didn't remember everything this way, but it gave me more time to work MCQ's SIM's at home.
4. Become familiar with the AL. I found it very helpful during SIMS on the real exam. I used the AL for at least half of my SIMS, besides the research question.