[CPAIN2K17]

Trying to figure out when to schedule REG. I am taking FAR on May 31, would mid august be enough time? That would give me 2.5 months. I work full time BTW and usually study 2-3 hrs a day then all day on the weekends.

[tygolfer]

I studied for 2 months, only about 10 hours a week until the last 2 weeks. I work full time as well, REG is a lot of material but 2.5 months should be plenty of time, especially if you can hit review with 2-3 weeks remaining.

[A]

Same boat as tygolfer, I work full time and took 62 days to study. I put in a total of ~75-ish hours; 30 on Roger lectures, the rest working Ninja MCQs. I have no significant tax experience.

I originally budgeted 10 weeks but I bumped up my test date so I would have a full two months to review FAR and a chance to sit at the end of Q1. 2.5 months would have been great!

B - 77 (2.27.16)
A - 81 (4.18.16)
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F -

Roger Review + Ninja MCQs

[imsotiffanyy]

I think you'll do fine with 2.5 months, unless you aiming to get the 95.5 average.

I studied for 6 weeks and I passed.

I think Reg isn't bad to study for, its interesting and relates to a lot of our lives. One of the easier exams.

[obduratecb]

Hi OP,

I took about 8 weeks to study – just reading notes and doing problems from two test banks. I did about 40 questions a day on weekdays and 180 questions on the weekends. I passed with an 80 with no tax or law experience.

[industryCPA]

I studied for 11 weeks for REG. Little to none on Saturdays because it was college football season 🙂 Last 3 weeks were review just hammering ninja and reading focus notes every now and then

[SuckItUp]

I just passed, studied during Feb, aka busy season. Little over 3 weeks of study.

Studied from 7 to whenever my brain would shut down which was normally around midnight, sometimes later.

[Anonymous]

All depends on the person. If you have a high IQ and/or vast experience in the areas covered by Reg, you could knock out your studying and take it within a few weeks or less.
If you don't have a high IQ and/or a lot of experience, the normal timeframe for studying for one of these things is 2-3 months. Or, you can just go cruise control and
ride the highway for months on end until you feel ready enough to take it. Whatever time frame you're on, you just have to go to Prometric ready to pass it. Again…all depends on the person.

[Anonymous]

Actually this brings up a question that I've been tossing around for a bit…. I rarely if never ask for advice on here, but maybe right now I'll throw it out there. My NTS expires on August 15th. I won't have time to study for REG before then. I'm taking AUD, BEC, and retaking FAR by then. No room for REG but I paid for all 4 exams already. I COULD go in there and take it cold…or get a refund from NASBA (hahahaha, NEVER gonna happen). I could take it, with like only 1 week of studying and see just how well I do. Anybody ever done that?

[A]

A few years ago I took FAR on the last day of the testing window knowing there wasn't the slightest chance of passing, but I figured experience was better than nothing. I had made a half-ass attempt at 10 or 12 chapters in Roger 5 months earlier and then started my first job in public. I had no real quality time to study after my start date.

I got a 24. 🙂

B - 77 (2.27.16)
A - 81 (4.18.16)
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Roger Review + Ninja MCQs

[Anonymous]

Hey, at least you took the exam and got your Certificate of Attendance/Participation in the CPA exam! That's *something*!!

[A]

@crazyleon I know, right? 🙂

I was laughing like a mental patient on the drive home, and I busted up again when I retrieved my pitiful score. My BF was like, “Wut?!?” when I showed up at home a couple of hours early. Needless to say, I didn't bother stay up late for some stupid score release website.

If someone has never set foot in a Prometric and has an exam fee about to be forfeited, I highly recommend placing *ZERO* pressure on yourself and going in anyway; it's a sunk cost, and a dry run can reduce stress later. Even though I didn't have the preparation, just sitting in front of an actual test and checking it out had value. I gave up trying to answer anything correctly after 2/3 of the first testlet and spent another 1.5 hours looking at questions and parsing through the SIMS. I knew what I was up against when I was ready to tackle the CPA exams for realz last year, and I knew exactly what I had to do to prepare and land a passing score. Knocking on wood here – but FAR will be the only section I take more than once.

Good luck, everyone.

B - 77 (2.27.16)
A - 81 (4.18.16)
R -
F -

Roger Review + Ninja MCQs

[hasy]

Totally did not read the posts above, but I collectively used 8 weeks of REG (coupled with some skipped weekends and down time), so if you're able to focus and put in effort studying, I would say 6 weeks (5-6 on weekends and 2-3 weekdays).

Caveat of all passing these exams: study until you understand it.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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BEC 80 (10/23/15)
FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
REG 52 (4/28/15)
AUD (9/9/16)

Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

[Anonymous]

@mecrushya – yup, I concur, if you've paid the $$ it is indeed a non-refundable cost and the dollars will never ever be seen again by you, so either make the most of it and take the section you paid for, or stay home and just let the NTS expire. The sad fact is that I won't have time to prepare for REG before August. I'll probably take BEC one day and go back for REG about a week later.
I wish the state boards allowed us all to have 12 months or even 24 months to take the exams we pay for but….they don't. Best of wishes for passing FAR and being done with these monstrous exams forever!!!

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