[lauriemarie5]

I’ll be honest, I didn’t learn as much as I should have in college. As a recent graduate I am incredibly frustrated with the fact that I had crappy professors who barely taught us and who really didn’t care at the end of the day and just curved all our tests so we would pass.

I am not trying to study chapter 1 of FAR and I feel so stupid. I feel like if I can’t even get through chapter 1 without feeling like a failure how could I possibly continue? I can’t count how many times I said to myself “am I sure I want to take this exam” “am I sure I want to get my CPA” – I feel like such a failure and I don’t know where to turn.

I have been listening to the lectures and taking notes in the book and then attempting the HW. I have been doing so horrible on the HW and then asking myself, did I just retain any information? I am not sure how to study for this exam let alone retain the volume of information.

I start with my CPA firm at the end of October and am not working right now. I did this on purpose because i thought i could do FAR and AUD before then…now I wonder if I can even get through FAR and if quitting my other job for this was worth it.

I am so lost 🙁

REG: 80 (11/13/15)
FAR: APR 2016
BEC
AUD

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow." - Winston Churchill

[On2Sum]

Hey lauriemarie, Just touching base. I hope you've got mojo back and regained some of your sagging morale. Any progress since your last post on this forum? Hang in there and keep us posted. With each others' words of encouragement, we lick thisCPA thing. Good L,uck

FAR - 79
REG - 76
AUD - 94
BEC - 77

DONE! DONE!! DONE!!!

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts"
-Winston Churchill

[peetree]

Go HAM on that material, especially if you're not working.

No excuses. If you have exposure to accounting through an undergrad, no matter how crappy the program was, you should be able to buckle down and pass this exam through hard work and determination.

Also, F1 and and Timmy G are horrible in my opinion. Just re-read it and use ninja notes to learn that particular material. I'm not a fan of Timmy G in general but just keep working through it.

FAR 02/21/13 - 95
REG 07/02/13 - 87
AUD 08/02/13 - 94
BEC 08/30/13 - 85
Ethics Exam - 90

Illinois candidate awaiting his license

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[Zaq]

No response in 3 weeks?

Poor thing must've imploded when she hit F2.

FAR: 50, 76!
REG: 74... (ouch baby, very ouch), 76!
AUD: 65, 91!?
BEC: 80! Aaaand doneskies!

May 2012 to August 2013. Can't believe it's over.

[Anonymous]

Hang in there i think its kind of natural and normal to hate your life and feel frustrated in the process…Im getting 45-70% in my homework MCQ and i just re write the write answer and why in my own terms…but let me just say F2 is a pain in the ass haha…i guess it kinda has to do with your deficiencies from your undergrad but don't be overwhelmed rewrite rewrite rewrite!! we can all do it!

[sonygal57]

I got overwhelmed with the first chapter in my study material. I spent a lot of time trying to master the basic concepts. Finally I forced myself to push on and realized that many of concepts reappear in later chapters. Seeing the application of these concepts in different settings has made me realize that sometimes getting a general understanding of something will be enough because I will see the full picture as I continue to study. I keep a separate notebook for my weak areas and try to review them intensely when I allow myself prior chapter review days.

Good old Gandalf, "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is give to us."
"Not all those who wander are lost."

FAR: I slayed the Dragon!
BEC: I defeated the Siren!
AUD: I eliminated Medusa!
REG: ?????

[Author]

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