@Paperwings25 – I believe that FAR would be a great section to start with, even though I didn't. I have been told, and am now realizing as I study for it, that some of the information translates to AUD and BEC nicely. It obviously won't mean you don't have to study separately for the other two, but it should help some! If I were to start over again (please god no) I would go FAR-AUD-BEC-REG. As some I/C information in AUD/BEC overlaps also.
I am using Becker as my firm paid for it, and I love it. I've heard great things about other materials as well though, including the Ninja Notes and Wiley test bank here.
If you plan on studying 2-3 hours per week night and 4-6 hours (per weekend day) that would average 18-25 hours a week. If you started in the beginning of Feb I would give yourself until the end of March/beginning of April to study. It all depends on the person though.
My best advice would be from hindsight: It really, really, really sucks to not put in your complete effort and fail a section. All you will do is be pissed and think back at the times that if you hadn't gone out and just studied you'd be part way done. Do your best to only have to study the material once, and when you're done box it up and hide it so you don't have to look at that section again!
And finally – remember that everyone here is going through, has gone through, or is about to go through the same thing so it's a great place to get advice/vent or whatever since people who don't take this exam really don't know how tough it makes things.
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