I'M DONE!!! Passed FAR and REG right before my BEC was about to expire (for the second time). This has been a long journey (nearly 5 years) since graduating from college and starting work at a public accounting firm. All I have to say to everyone is please do not give up!! I don't have all my exam attempts listed on my signature but I will say I was close to giving up if I didn't pass these two exams. This was my third attempt for BOTH FAR and REG and if I had failed one or both I would have been close to starting over since my AUD expired in April 2019. I was able to cram these two big exams in using ROGER CRAM Course, it was worth the $$$!
This past year has been one of the most difficult yet and I had to make the tough decision to leave the firm where I started working after college in hopes of being able to have more time to study to complete the exam. I would stress to anyone working on the exam to do what is best FOR YOU! I had worked at this firm for over 4 years and it was one of the hardest decisions I had to make to leave. I had worked so hard to build relationships with people at the firm and worked my way up from being a clueless level 1 to a Senior Associate that everyone wanted on their jobs. While it was difficult to leave this place I called ‘home' I was very honest with the Partners and Managers about why I was leaving and that I was doing this for myself and the future of my career. I knew I would not have been able to pass if I had stayed another busy season and let my exams roll off. The firm was extremely understanding of the position I was in and I had multiple Partners and Managers email me after I left saying they appreciated the honesty about why I was leaving. Every single person was extremely supportive. I will stress that it is important to be honest with people you work with and mostly to be honest with yourself and to understand your strengths and your limits, do not lose faith in yourself.
Do not give up! Keep studying, find whatever it is that helps you stay focused on the end goal and most importantly, do not be so hard on yourself! Some people can pass on first attempts with little to no study time and some need years of studying to scrape by with a 75 (me). Use your resources – friends, relatives, coworkers, bosses, etc. to help, most likely someone you know has been through or is going through a similar process! Every single person can offer some sort of support – whether it be sharing exam resources like flashcards or audio tapes, or the emotional support from your friends and family. You can do it guys! Congratulations to all that have passed!
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