[JSPERBER]

So here’s my dilemma, I’m faced with a shitty auditing professor this coming semester (he’s basically an easy A professor that doesn’t teach anything), and I’m afraid It’s going to jeopardize my chances of one day becoming a CPA. I would take an effective professor, but the times that these professors teach conflict with my work schedule.

Will the tradeoff of an easy A professor come to bite me in the ass in the future, or will it not matter because I’ll learn everything from the Becker review course anyways?

I currently a junior in college and have the all Becker lectures downloaded on my laptop. I know it’s early in the game (considering I have a year left until graduation) but I already started watching the lectures and practicing for the FAR section. While studying, I realized I was able to comprehend a lot of the material since the material was similar to what my professor taught (I had great financial reporting professors).

Should I breeze through this easy A course, and allocate my time and energy to watching and practicing the Audit section? I consider myself to be and average/slow learner.

[fuzyfro89]

JSPERBER:

Even if you look up answers, I hope you actually understand the concepts and aren't lost on everything.

One or two easy A classes won't hurt you, but if you go for the easy professor every single time and don't actually understand/learn the concepts and applications, then you will hurt yourself in the long run.

I don't know if you're talking A vs A- with one professor vs another or A vs C… so that obviously would play into the situation.

[peskypole]

I liked my audit professor in college, but he talked very little about theory. Mostly looked at case study type situations and figured out what could be done differently to stop the fraud, etc. I would say that I didn't learn much in the class that was applicable to what the AUD exam asks. The exam is very much on theory.

I'd take the easy A and learn what you need to for auditing from the review course.

FAR - PASSED!! - 95
AUD - PASSED!! - 98
REG - PASSED!! - 93
BEC - PASSED!! - 90
Licensed CPA
Just a couple of thoughts I tried to remember as I went through the journey of passing the CPA exams:
Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all this through him who gives me strength."

[Anonymous]

In college I was all about taking the easy professor, avoiding tax classes, and taking easy electives. I don't regret it all. I graduated with a high GPA and the CPA exams weren't hard.

[Herbieherb]

It won't make a difference. All you need to know is in the review courses.

NEW YORK- DONE

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