[bud]

I take FAR on July 3rd. I’m studying the CPA exam with Becker and have just finished learning F9, and I will be finishing up F10 this following week. I took my last accounting class(advanced) last December, so I;m not too rusty. I go through lectures, take notes, and do most of the MCQs for each section before moving to the next section. However, I have put little to no time in reviewing anything whilst learning new sections because I just want to get through learning the new stuff first. Consequently, I feel like I’ve forgotten almost everything from the earlier chapters(F1-F6). I fear that I may have rushed through learning the new material and didn’t devote enough time to reviewing old ones.

So, I guess my question is: from your experience, do you think one month is too long or too short of an amount of time to review FAR. Did you speed through the chapters first then reviewed or did you review old stuff whilst studying new material?

[Puppykoala]

Took me about 6 weeks to reveiw (4 months total to study) – 3 weeks to go through the book plus make notes plus do progress test along the way and 3 weeks to only do progess test, both MCQs and Sims. 4 weeks would be too short for me because just like you, i forgot a ton as i went along. I think a good evalution of your progess/information retained would be necessary in deciding how much time you might need. Results will always be better when you prepare better.

[Puppykoala]

Also I reviewed first 7 chapters, the for profits, before went in NFP and government.

[ak_cpawannabe]

Depends how many hours per day you can study. If you can do 8 hours per day, maybe you will be fine. Just take the exam in July and see how you do. It will be the end of second qtr right? So if you don’t pass, at least you will know how close you are and can do another 3 months of studying until the end of third qtr.

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