[Anonymous]

Is anyone studying DURING tax season? I’ve signed up for FAR on 5/1 and that only gives me two weeks of cramming after April 15th.

I’ve tried getting up at 4:00am to study for 2 hours in the morning (LOTS of coffee.) That only lasted 4 days. By 8:30pm you’re falling asleep at your desk everynight.

Conversely I’ve tried leaving the office at 9:00pm to go home to study for a couple of hours but at the end of the day, my brain is just fried. It can’t study.

So I just bought some flashcards from CPAExcel…they came in yesterday’s mail…my idea is to carry them around with me everwhere.

I’m looking for some tips from folks in the same boat. Do people study on their lunch hours? maybe from 5-7 before heading back to the office.

What works for you??????

[Anonymous]

Making my own flashcards feels like it would take SO LONG to create….my attitude is why recreate the wheel if someone else has already done the work. I don't even want to fathom creating 1,000 flash cards.

BTW – I'm not too impressed with the CPAExcel flashcards so far. I've only gone through about 150 of them but they are kind of “weird” (for lack of a better term.) The best way to describe them is……….after looking at both sides…..you're not really sure which side is the question and which side is the answer? Or you read (what you think is a question) but the answer is for Property, Plant & Equipment only (????)

I wish I could buy the Becker FAR flash cards as I know some people swore by them. I took all 4 Becker LIVE classes back in 2007 but think you can't buy their flash cards unless you're a “current” student. Is that right?

I'll study from BOTH CPAExcel AND Becker flashcards!!!

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