[kahtwoloo]

I’m just curious because, to me, the sheer volume of stuff is what makes the test so hard and it feels like you’re studying the entire semesters worth of material for multiple classes at once.

So I put it at

REG: 3-5 had 1 bus law and 1 tax class in college but theres so many more topic covered in Wiley it’s hard to say

BEC: 2-3 it seems like it just goes over the basics of a handful of different business topics

AUD: 2-3 this one is tricky and hard to tell. I only had 1 auditing class but it wasnt near as in depth as my Wiley book

FAR 4-7 it depends if you count the 201/202 intro classes. if you do, then its easily 5+ for me. i also had 3 intermediate financial reporting classes but again wiley cover many more topics that i didnt see it college.

What are your thoughts?

BEC-51,71,70,77
AUD-50,62,68 (retake july)
REG-55
FAR-15(didnt study)

[Anonymous]

You're thinking about it backwards. The CPA exams cover ALOT of material but generally don't go as in depth into most of them as you would if you took a class in it. For example, a partnership tax course is going to go more in depth than REG in that particular topic. So you can't really compare it in that way, it's a different beast.

I'd say it's better to look at it from a timing perspective and say that each CPA exam section is roughly equivalent to 1/2 or 1 (depending on the section) quarter of coursework. So I'd say passing the CPA is equivalent, work-wise, to approximately 3/4 to 1 year of graduate level study.

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