[jeff]

Welcome to the “I Passed the CPA Exam” thread for CPA Candidates who are DONE and have their Life Back.

Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

[Shanearenee313]

I cannot believe I am finally able to post in this thread! This has been a trying experience but rewarding at the same time. I am so thankful to God for his guidance during this process. I often relied on this forum for motivation and explanations on exam topics. I believe this community has been invaluable to my CPA exam experience. I am extremely relieved that I am able to begin my life with my fiancé and spend time with family and friends. I am in disbelief that I am finally done with studying and can spend my free time losing the weight I have gained since this journey began and working on my to do list.

I am beyond elated right now! Congratulations to all who are done!!!

[megan]

Found out on 3/19 that I passed my last test and I'm still on cloud 9! Still a little bit of a shock as to what it will mean for my future, but I am just so relieved to be done. I too will be working on the weight that I gained during testing @Shanearenee313!!

I'm curious as to what passing the CPA exam will mean for everyone; does it mean a raise? A bonus? Aside from the obvious personal achievement, are there any other big changes coming to those who are now CPAs? For me, I will become a partner in my family's CPA firm (just a small firm with 3 offices), and hopefully a nice pay raise!! 🙂

[FizBlizz02]

Congratulations to everyone that passed! For those who passed REG, any suggestions for the retake will be much appreciated! I am using Becker final review and ninja for the retake. Any tips on tackling the SIMS- it's been a challenge as I tend to run out of time on them.

[SeeYouSandDune]

Congrats to everyone who is done-done-done! Its so surreal that I get to close this chapter of my life. It felt way too long! For context, I passed FAR, AUD, then BEC within 5 months of each other (11/2016 – 03/2017) and I think I burnt out. It took me a couple of tries to pass REG and which I did one year after BEC (03/2018)! If I didn't pass this round, FAR would have expired in May 2018 and then AUD and BEC were close to follow.

@megan Passing for me means an automatic 5.5% permanent salary raise at work 🙂 Now I just have to tackle the Ethics Exam and take Accounting Ethics online!

@FizBlizz02 When I took REG, I gave myself 1.5 hours for the MCQs and 2.5 hours for SIMs. And luckily I did because I took almost the full 2.5 hours on the SIMs with only 2 minutes to spare! Good luck on your retake! You can do it!

[FizBlizz02]

@SeeYouSandDune Congrats on being done! For REG, which review course did you use to practice TBS? I am using the Becker final review for my retake (as Becker has expired) but i am not sure if that is sufficient.

[Kodiak]

@megan, that's pretty awesome results for you!

For me, 5% bonus. 🙂

[SeeYouSandDune]

@fizblizz02 Thank you!! I only used Becker for all 4 parts of the exam. My Becker expired about a week before my REG exam so I had to pay for 3 more months even though I only needed an extra week. I heard that Becker will sometimes extend it for a week or so if you give them proof of your exam date but maybe you need to get lucky w/ the customer service representative when you call. Anyway… I'm not sure if the Final Review will be enough review material so I would probably get more review materials if you don't want to re-purchase Becker. I have zero tax experience so I needed all the help I could get!

[NC_22]

I need some advise for credit extension. I just received result for my BEC, 74!!!! I passed FAR, REG, and AUD and my AUD is expiring on 3/31/2018. I am thinking to retake BEC as well as AUD by June 2018, but some people said I may able to extend my AUD if pass BEC. But if I retake AUD and fail, I won't be able to extend my AUD expiring on 3/31/2018. Should I hold on taking AUD?

Anyone has any idea for my situation? I am really burn out as I failed my BEC 6 times.

[NC_22]

I need some advise for credit extension. I just received result for my BEC, 74!!!! I passed FAR, REG, and AUD and my AUD is expiring on 3/31/2018. I am thinking to retake BEC as well as AUD by June 2018, but some people said I may able to extend my AUD if pass BEC. But if I retake AUD and fail, I won't be able to extend my AUD expiring on 3/31/2018. Should I hold on taking AUD?

Anyone has any idea for my situation? I am really burn out as I failed my BEC 6 times.

[Anonymous]

80 on FAR and 77 on REG. Donezo!

[Anonymous]

I AM DONE – 4 years LATER and SO MUCH DISCIPLINE AND PERSEVERANCE!

[NYSCPA]

78 on FAR I am DONE!! super humble experience all of those late night studying finally paid off.

[MIsconnie]

79 on AUD… surprisingly kinda upset about it. Happy to be done though.

[CS]

95 on REG to finish up this journey! Done!!!

I used to see this thread title on the forum page and think how awesome it would be to be able to post in it one day.

Congratulations to you all!!!

[Anonymous]

Congrats to everyone finishing their final section. I am finally done after what has seemed like much longer than 5 months. Disappointed I won't get EWS (so close), but am ready to move on to other parts of my life. Awaiting one year work experience and ethics, hoping to be licensed mid-September.

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