[futureCPA12]

Its time to brag a little. How long did it take you to pass all 4 parts?

[sbarkerACPA]

20 months!! I took and did not pass my first exam 11/2011..Once I took EVERYTHING off my plate except for full-time work and very small social life(3 daughters and husband) passed them all within a year.

I am not bragging! This was the absolute hardest thing I had to do in my life because of all the sacrifices I had to make…But I would do it over again!!

BEC: 74;81
AUD: 77
REG: 71; 80
FAR: 78
License for CPA----APPROVED
CPA Class of 2013

[sbarkerACPA]

20 months!! I took and did not pass my first exam 11/2011..Once I took EVERYTHING off my plate except for full-time work and very small social life(3 daughters and husband) passed them all within a year.

I am not bragging! This was the absolute hardest thing I had to do in my life because of all the sacrifices I had to make…But I would do it over again!!

BEC: 74;81
AUD: 77
REG: 71; 80
FAR: 78
License for CPA----APPROVED
CPA Class of 2013

[Anonymous]

5 months while working full time in Public Accounting… 1 month of the 5 was busy season as well. I would never be willing to do that again. Ever.

[Anonymous]

5 months while working full time in Public Accounting… 1 month of the 5 was busy season as well. I would never be willing to do that again. Ever.

[kandisjoy]

It took me just over two years while working full time. I had to take each section twice, except for REG, which I took three times. Once I figured out the learning material that worked for me, I started passing (CPAexcel plus Ninja notes).

I cried like a baby the morning that I found out that I passed. I still remember that morning and it makes me emotional! Granted I just had a baby six months ago, so I'm a little hormonal.. but still!

07/02/2009 FAR 71

04/12/2010 FAR 77

05/24/2010 BEC 70

08/09/2010 AUD 62

11/20/2010 BEC 82

02/26/2011 REG 71

04/15/2011 REG 68

05/27/2011 AUD 78

08/26/2011 REG 85

FAR: 71, 77
BEC: 70, 82
AUD: 62, 78
REG: 71, 68, 85

CA Licensed 11/2011

[kandisjoy]

It took me just over two years while working full time. I had to take each section twice, except for REG, which I took three times. Once I figured out the learning material that worked for me, I started passing (CPAexcel plus Ninja notes).

I cried like a baby the morning that I found out that I passed. I still remember that morning and it makes me emotional! Granted I just had a baby six months ago, so I'm a little hormonal.. but still!

07/02/2009 FAR 71

04/12/2010 FAR 77

05/24/2010 BEC 70

08/09/2010 AUD 62

11/20/2010 BEC 82

02/26/2011 REG 71

04/15/2011 REG 68

05/27/2011 AUD 78

08/26/2011 REG 85

FAR: 71, 77
BEC: 70, 82
AUD: 62, 78
REG: 71, 68, 85

CA Licensed 11/2011

[runnerup]

3 months working F/T.

This summer, I realized two things: 1) education rules change for CA starting 1/1/14 (I now know that they released this information two years prior, but I didn't realize it was changing until this last summer because I wasn't serious about getting my license any time soon and was thus not paying any attention) and 2) I only needed 4 accounting units to sit for the exam (for some reason I thought it was more). So I took two online classes in July/Aug and got my NTS. Honestly thought it was a long shot but worth a try. Glad I tried!

Congrats to everyone who passed!

REG 10/12/13 - 94
FAR 10/17/13 - 93
AUD 11/11/13 - 92
BEC 11/20/13 - 87
ethics 11/27/13 - 92%

[runnerup]

3 months working F/T.

This summer, I realized two things: 1) education rules change for CA starting 1/1/14 (I now know that they released this information two years prior, but I didn't realize it was changing until this last summer because I wasn't serious about getting my license any time soon and was thus not paying any attention) and 2) I only needed 4 accounting units to sit for the exam (for some reason I thought it was more). So I took two online classes in July/Aug and got my NTS. Honestly thought it was a long shot but worth a try. Glad I tried!

Congrats to everyone who passed!

REG 10/12/13 - 94
FAR 10/17/13 - 93
AUD 11/11/13 - 92
BEC 11/20/13 - 87
ethics 11/27/13 - 92%

[lleon]

^^^^ WOW!! That's incredible, 3 months and excellent scores, great job!!

technically I'm not done, but I WILL finish off this beast in January, shooting for finishing all parts in 6mos. Luckily I get winter break to study for it, so hopefully I'll be getting the new year off to a great start

Licensed in Arizona

[lleon]

^^^^ WOW!! That's incredible, 3 months and excellent scores, great job!!

technically I'm not done, but I WILL finish off this beast in January, shooting for finishing all parts in 6mos. Luckily I get winter break to study for it, so hopefully I'll be getting the new year off to a great start

Licensed in Arizona

[Kenada]

Well done ! It doesnt matter if it took you 3 months or 11 yrs – you all did it and passed the CPA exams.. No idea how long this will take me but I hope to be done by April next year. My desire is to cross the finishing line no matter how long it takes me !

FAR 05/27/14; 786/110 - Done !

[Kenada]

Well done ! It doesnt matter if it took you 3 months or 11 yrs – you all did it and passed the CPA exams.. No idea how long this will take me but I hope to be done by April next year. My desire is to cross the finishing line no matter how long it takes me !

FAR 05/27/14; 786/110 - Done !

[RedHotAssets]

It took me about 10 months while working full-time. Audio lectures were a godsend!

FAR: 77
BEC: 74, 73, 80!
REG: 81
AUD: 66 (study for 1 week = fail), 79

YOU CAN DO THIS! 🙂

[RedHotAssets]

It took me about 10 months while working full-time. Audio lectures were a godsend!

FAR: 77
BEC: 74, 73, 80!
REG: 81
AUD: 66 (study for 1 week = fail), 79

YOU CAN DO THIS! 🙂

[Goldfish2012]

It took me 16 months from taking my first exam to passing my last one. And 15 of those months were while working full-time at a Big 4 firm. So glad to finally be done!

AUD - 7/9/2012 PASSED 77!
BEC - 8/13/2012 PASSED 85!
FAR - 70, 71, 69 7/22/2013 PASSED 78! (I survived "Server Upgrade" 2013!)
REG - 59, 64, 70 11/23/2013 PASSED 81! DONE!

Becker 2012 FastPass, Becker Self study

Experience: Completed!
DONE THE CPA EXAM as of 12/6/13!! License pending!

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