[madayew]

I work for a fire department as a firefighter and I’m looking to make a career change. My undergraduate is in a non business related degree so I have had to start from scratch. I just finished my 10 prerequisite classes for my MBA. I finally started the degree this semester! I need 27 total credit hours in accounting for NC to test for my CPA. Currently I have 6 credit hours (financial and managerial).

I’m taking an online MBA from East Carolina and am taking 2 elective accounting courses.

This brings my total to 12. I need 5 more accounting classes. No universities are getting back to me as a non degree seeking student who simply wants to take 5 classes without seeking their degree. Would I be best off to just take Intermediate 1+2, Cost, Audit, and Income tax at a community college to meet the requirement. I’m afraid that the quality of instruction won’t prepare me enough for the exams though.

Will simply taking these classes at a community college and then pouring hundreds of hours into a cpa exam review course such as yeager prepare me or am I in for heartbreak?

-Thanks for Reading

[Anonymous]

Some of my community college classes were better than my university classes, plus you can save a ton of money. You will still need a good review course. Take the CPA exam as soon as you can sit while the college stuff is still fresh.

[nolifecpa]

take classes at a community college to meet the requirements.

college will not prepare you for the CPA exam, review courses will

REG-65,71,74,73,70,74,79
BEC-60's,60's,69,71,76*,78
FAR-67,66,65,79
AUD-54,60's,65,83*,69,80
*expired

DONE

[madayew]

Thanks for the encouragement. I'll be able to start testing by next January so I'll start my review course this fall in anticipation of meeting the requirements.

[F5 to Refresh]

Make sure you check your state boards requirements. I know in NY some classes had to come from upper level (300/400) l I know Audit was one of them, so not all classes would be available to take at a community college. But I agree with some of the comments above, it doesnt really matter where you take the class, just make sure you pay attention and then use a review course for the CPA exam.

AUD 79 Q4 2010 - NY
BEC 84 Q4 2010
REG 79 Q1 2011
FAR 86 Q2 2011 - Done

[whitesoxfancpa]

Pay attention in your classes and do well. If you get a decent understanding in your classes and then take a good CPA review course and put 100% effort into that, I have no doubt you'll succeed.

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[Liz317]

Take classes at a community college to save money for the review course. However, don't just blow off your college classes. You'll need them to lay a good foundation for the exam, because the review courses are just that: review. They cover a lot of material in a short amount of time and space. (For instance 6 of my upper level undergraduate & graduate accounting classes were covered in one exam: FAR). If you don't have a solid foundation from the courses, you'll struggle through the review more than you should. But I think it's great that you're making the career change. Good luck to you!

FAR - 92 --- AUD - 87 --- REG - 80 --- BEC - 87
A licensed CPA in Louisiana!!!

Dear CPA Exam, You are a beast. But you WILL be defeated!

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