[calicpa]

Tomorrow I will be starting to study for FAR full-time. I quit my job and will leave to Japan sometime in October. How much time is necessary for this section? I am not one of those crazy people who can study and pass a section in 3 weeks. I am planning on 2-3 months. What do you recommend?

Also, for those of you studying full-time do you have any tips for studying all day? How many hours do you actually study a day? How often and how long are your breaks? Do you take 1 day off a week or just study every single day?

BEC - 84, 4/6/13
AUD - 77, 5/28/13
REG - 83, 4/12/14
FAR - 83, 10/3/13

Ethics - 90% 4/24/13

150 unit education requirement met!
Work experience met!

[10keyLeah]

Hi Calicpa – I recommend following Jeff's plan. Watch all of your study course videos before working assigned questions. Write notes, do MCQ's like crazy, and then re-write your notes if you have time.

I don't have a job right now so I study about 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. I take breaks when I feel I need it. I probably take 5 or 6 breaks that are about 5 to 10 minutes long. I also take about 1/2 hr to eat lunch.

You have to find what works for you. 2 – 3 months for FAR is a good amount of time. I spent 4 months studying FAR and it was too much time. I wish I had only spent 2 or 3 months and followed Jeff's plan more closely.

Ninja Combo, Yaeger, Wiley -- Licensed CPA, May 2015

[LT-P]

I pretend it's a job so I study from 8am – 4pm, taking breaks for water every couple of hours and lunch around 12 .. Taking a day off is a good idea for your sanity. 2 1/2 months is a good study window.

- passed all 4 exams on my first try using Becker!

Ethics: TBD

[sonygal57]

I think that 3 months would be too long, but you need to decide what you can do. I paged through my study material, made a plan of attack, then plotted it on a calendar.

I think doing a review of everything you covered so far once a week is important. FAR is very comprehensive and it can be easy to forget what you studied in the first week when you get to the end of your review.

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: ?????

[kelly1122]

How did you pass the BEC and AUD? At that period, did you have a work?

[calicpa]

yes i had to work at a cpa firm fulltime. i didnt have huge blocks of time available so my strategy was different.

BEC - 84, 4/6/13
AUD - 77, 5/28/13
REG - 83, 4/12/14
FAR - 83, 10/3/13

Ethics - 90% 4/24/13

150 unit education requirement met!
Work experience met!

[Author]

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