[Anonymous]

I AM DONE WITH THE CPA EXAM FOR GOOD. I’M SO HAPPY. NO MORE STUDYING.

I hope you passed too! If not, good luck next time!

[Anonymous]

@Another85 Many congratulation !
I am taking reg first week of next month and I have been studying for a week ,I have just 25 days to prepare reg.
Also I am very new to tax .
If you would like to suggest how to memorize all these rules and where to pay extra attention, what I can skip all that thing and how to get ready for sims which site is good to search which resemble to the aicpa site.
By the way I have Yaeger and they using Wiley book.
Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

“IM SO HAPPY. NO MORE STUDYING” …….”I didn't study so that's why it's a low score”……??????

So which is it? Haha

Who cares though your scores are awesome. Congrats on being done. Do you happen to work in Audit or Tax?

[phuocan87]

I am jealous. Some people are just genius who does not need to study and still pass. May I borrow your brain please?

Congrats!

[Tncincy]

Well, what else can we say but congrats on passing. You're done……enjoy the next phase in life. I wish I didn't have to study but I'm not that fortunate, I have to study so….oh well. Congrats and back to studying for the rest of us.

It begins with a 75
Been here too long as a cheerleader....ready to pass

[Anonymous]

86 a “Low” score?

You sound super Chinese. (Which I think I can say, since I'm an ABC myself)

84 was my highest score, with the other 3 being in the mid 70's. So an 86 on any test, would have been a major win.

Congrats on passing. But as my chinese mom would say..

“CPA? Doctor is better.”

[rosecpa]

@Another85 I know the feeling of “I could've done it if I had the time”- I'm more or less in the same boat, only I didn't take REG yet.
And with the same request as Ano- any tips for REG- I'd love to pull off a 99 as well!

[golfball7773]

Another85 – every time you posted I had no doubt that you would pass!!! and you did! you let your anxiety get to you like most of us even though you are awesome and you knew your shit to begin with! Celebrate!!

FAR: 63, 55, 62
REG: 65, 77*
AUD: Fail, 64, 71
BEC: 72, 74, 81

*expired

[Anonymous]

@Club300 hahahahaha

I'm not Chinese. I'm From United Arab Emirates. Or they call it Dubai/Abu Dhabi!

[Anonymous]

Ok, let me rephrase, “lower score”.. If I meant what you guys are raging about, I wouldn't have called myself Another85….. Also I have many times commented on scores in the mid 80s as being great!!! So……. Thank you

[Martin]

When I see people who can actually fly through this exam with high scores, I wonder if they would have been better off by choosing a more challenging career like Pharmacy, Computer Science, Engineering,Medicine (MD), etc. Congrats!

Through God all things can happen!

“You never fail until you stop trying.”
― Albert Einstein
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people;as I grow older, I admire kind people.
“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.”

FAR= 72-84
Audit= 73-82
BEC= 74-75
Reg=77

[Anonymous]

People who asked about REG.
– Memorize Becker mnemonics (ALL)
– Study business law first and then start the tax chapters – that is an effective way to avoid the headache revising all of these tax laws and formulas
– Anything that Tim or Peter skim/scan in the chapters, ignore it!
– Know the AL, navigate it before you go to sleep and know the ins and outs of it because it's you major source for the vast majority of the sims (there is a limit to what you can memorize, so for sims, you're not required to recall memory; instead, navigate the AL) (allocate at least 2 hours for sims on exam day)
– Do not focus on numbers/thresholds/brackets.
– Exam doesn't test you with calculation of tax or the sort; rather, it tests the knowledge of the law
– Read all tax returns attached to Becker, and know them
– Do all MCQs (not the optional though) MCQs that are hard or their solution requires a long path, do not get frustrated with them, just pretend they don't exist because they do not appear on the exam………. By hard I mean really hard; like there are 10 or 15 or less questions total on Becker course that this applies to.
– Do all sims (that is the only way you can force yourself to actually improve your navigating/searching skills)
– Read flashcards often
– Study only what Becker highlights in the book
– Trust your first gut, do not change your answers
– Do not spend too much time on a single MCQ. You either now it or you don't, so move on
– On exam day, read the call of the question first (last sentence) then read the whole question
– – I highly recommend using ear plugs on the exam
– Agency law and like kind exchange is important
– Do progress tests, at least 30 MCQ a day
– If you have time before the exam, don't waste time on MCQs; instead, read the chapters

I know it sounds a lot, but I did it and it was hard but it paid off. If I remember anything else, I'll come back..

[UM1868]

I find this post hilarious and his signature even more funny.

It's all subjective.

I was in big 4 and studied none for bec and less than 30 hours for aud. I passed all test on first try. So what is your definition of not studying?

All your scores tell me is that you studied 11-25 points too much.

If you could pass them that easily barely studying, why study period?

Bec-76 (7/14)
Aud-81 (8/14)
Reg-82 (7/15)
Far- 82 (10/15)

Moral of the story, don't do your CPA while working in Big 4 Public Accounting.

[Anonymous]

I studied too much for FAR/REG.. Way too much.
For BEC I studied and did MCQs for most chapters.

But for AUD, I did some MCQs for chapter 1&2… And watched lectures for the rest.. Highlighting and underlining….. Comprehending the lectures took all my time which was thanksgiving break…. This is absolutely “frivolous – lol-” compared to my effort in FAR/REG. I didn't think I'd pass.

[golfball7773]

Another85 many of us were with you the whole time 🙂 Everyone worries and gets pissed about the damn fees!!

You nailed it just like I predicted!

FAR: 63, 55, 62
REG: 65, 77*
AUD: Fail, 64, 71
BEC: 72, 74, 81

*expired

[Anonymous]

@golfball7773 How's it going buddy? Any exams coming?

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