[hmesalguero]

If you were to do it all over again, what would be the order of your exam?

I’ll start—FAR, REG, Aud and Bec.

FAR - 76
AUD - 74,84 🙂
REG - 76
BEC - 72, 80

Roger's CPA Review

[littlenumberrobot]

FAR BEC REG AUDIT (My original plan, but I didnt plan my retakes right)

CA CPA - All because of the journey listed below
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FAR - 53('10), 8/25/12 79 PASSED!
REG - 66('11), 69('12), 12/06/12 77 PASSED!!
BEC - 58('10), 74('12), 01/05/13 77 PASSED!!!
AUD - 43('11), 66('12), 69('13), 74('13) 7/29/13 85 PASSED!!!!!

(Combinations of Roger, Yaeger, Wiley Book, Wiley TB, & NINJA Notes)

Ethics 90%

[nbad311]

I just told someone the other day that if I were to do it all again, I simply wouldnt. Its been too demoralizing and stressful and WAY too expensive. At this point ive wasted too much time and money to at least end up with something. But will it be worth it all in the end? Not to me.

Yay tuesday debbie downerness

REG - 65, 70, 80!
BEC - 35, 62, 79!
AUD - 73, 75!
FAR - 65, 73, 70, 75! DONE.

[FearTheBeard]

It's a good idea to start with your hardest exam. For me, I thought it would be FAR, but that was before I took REG. If I had to do it over, I'd start with REG, then do FAR, AUD, and BEC. If you think about it, REG has very little in common with the other sections. The other sections flow somewhat. With AUD, some FAR knowledge is very helpful (e.g. adjusting journal entries). Then there's a lot of overlap between BEC and AUD (e.g. COSO). If you haven't started taking the exams yet, I would recommend the order I listed above.

[Noct]

Wouldn't change a thing… FAR -> AUD -> BEC -> REG

I suggest REG either first or last as it's the bastard child of the CPA exam. The other sections have some degree of overlap with each other.

FAR - 79 - 07/2012
AUD - 65, 78 - 11/2012
BEC - 76 - 11/2012
REG - 78 - 01/2013
ETH - 98 - 01/2013

Material: Wiley books

[supervisor]

FAR

BEC – bar ram u damn BEC!!

REG

AUD

BEC 10/13 PASSED 77
AUD 04/12 PASSED 83
FAR 08/12 PASSED 76
REG 02/13 PASSED 76

Licensed in PA on 12/23/13. Yea boy!!

[mla1169]

FAR

AUD

REG

BEC

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

[FearTheBeard]

@Noct

It's good to see we think alike. Or maybe you just copied my post! If that's the case, then I'm gonna have to dunk on you. And by dunk, I mean airball a layup.

[Anonymous]

FAR, REG, AUD, BEC

I took AUD first to get momentum, but not realize I didn't need it. Rather, just needed good studying habits.

[Noct]

@FearTheBeard

Indeed, it appears we do think alike. So far, we've passed the same exams in the same testing windows, including REG in January. What can I say… great minds and all…

FAR - 79 - 07/2012
AUD - 65, 78 - 11/2012
BEC - 76 - 11/2012
REG - 78 - 01/2013
ETH - 98 - 01/2013

Material: Wiley books

[jelly]

Did

BEC,

FAR,

REG,

AUD.

I had enough field audit experience towards the end of the whole ordeal that the test material wasn't so foreign. BEC is a real random mess of topics.

Couldn't pass again!

[RedskinsCPA]

BEC AUD REG FAR if you are working to get the ball rolling

BEC - Pass
REG - Pass
AUD - Pass
FAR - Pass

[Anonymous]

FAR

REG

BEC

AUD

[jeff]

In light of Clarified SAS – take AUD before July 2013.

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[Anonymous]

I did: AUD, BEC, REG and FAR. It worked but was risky since I had never passed REG or FAR before. I seriously worried after passing AUD and BEC that I might stall out.

If I had it to do over again, I would do:

REG, FAR, AUD, BEC from hardest to easiest for me.

[Sudad]

I've followed Wiley's modules: AUD, FAR, REG, BEC. So far, it's working out for me. But, if I'm going to do it again, I would take AUD, FAR, BEC, REG.

DONE!!!

[Author]

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