[Char143]

I have studied everything there is to study in FAR (except derivatives, which I just will not do- don’t ask), I have gone over every major topic twice. I have two giant poster boards with all my important notes and j/e, I have always been great at journal entries and t accounts, so I just can remember many topics because of that alone. My exam is tomorrow and I am watching some important NINJA plus lectures on topics I can’t seem to remember 100%, I have never studied so hard in my life.

For the last 2 weeks I have studied 7-8 a day 7 days a week (and this last week I have stayed home, kicked everyone out my house and didn’t move for up to 8 hours straight- break to eat only). Every single topic makes sense to me, and I am not confused about anything, BUT I still feel like I don’t know a damn thing. I am getting MCQ’s wrong because I forget to add one number, or I am forgetting which rate to use because I can’t remember the rules like “use implicit rate if known and if lower than borrower’s incremental rate” I can remember it now, but during the exam I think I am going to tell myself “if higher or lower, shit which is it” and then I’ll freak out because not knowing that simple damn rule can change everything. This applies to all the small rules I can’t seem to retain.. Am I just not smart enough for this?

When I take a practice exam or quiz on random topics, I forget which topic I am being asked about, I have anxiety when the question is too long, and I feel like the last 1.5 months was for nothing because I don’t know shit when it comes actually down to it.

I feel like if they just sat down and had a chat with me and asked me everything I know about GAAP, accrual, and financial statements, they would pass me in a minute, BUT for some reason I get so tripped up with multiple choice questions, I always think they are messing with me and even when I think I have the answer I assume they are messing with me and try to find some loop hole when there isn’t one.

I don’t have question here, but I think I’m losing my mind. My friends think I’m actually going crazy.. I think so too.

Have a great day. :/

AUD - 84
BEC - 79
FAR - 78
REG - 79

I'm done! 🙏🏼

 

Licensed CPA

AUD (2/16)-84
REG (05/16)-69 Retake (7/16)-79 (ty ninja MCQ)
BEC-TBD
FAR-9/8/16

[jms10101]

haha… I am originally from Massachusetts. Been here 6 years. I have no dog in that midwestern melee.

AUD - 94
BEC - 81
FAR - 77
REG - 88

First Time Pass. No Failures on the Exams.

[Char143]

I know this may come as a shock (and it may be super weird…), but I don't really email or have any social media anymore. In fact the only thing I do is come on another71… I actually hate the internet because I was addicted to it for a while (couldn't put my phone down.. ever).

One year ago I deleted all my email accounts, except one I use for work, and I deleted every app from my phone. I've turned into a person from the stone ages, but I love it this way. I've realized when I do see my friends or have dinner with them, no one looks at me or talks anymore… the phones are constantly out, I feel like 65 year old yelling at them and telling them to talk instead of playing on their phones.

AUD - 84
BEC - 79
FAR - 78
REG - 79

I'm done! 🙏🏼

 

Licensed CPA

AUD (2/16)-84
REG (05/16)-69 Retake (7/16)-79 (ty ninja MCQ)
BEC-TBD
FAR-9/8/16

[Char143]

Honestly though, there should be a messaging feature on here if people wanna ask questions to certain ppl and not do this back and forth.

AUD - 84
BEC - 79
FAR - 78
REG - 79

I'm done! 🙏🏼

 

Licensed CPA

AUD (2/16)-84
REG (05/16)-69 Retake (7/16)-79 (ty ninja MCQ)
BEC-TBD
FAR-9/8/16

[jms10101]

That's great. Not a shock and it's cool. I wish that more people were socialized better. I remember when people were all that way…(pre-internet).

You can find me here if you have any questions, comments or concerns. FAR is just a beast of an exam. Not really tricky but there is just so much information to retain, that is the challenge. BEC, my problem with it is not that it was difficult. I never complain about an exam being difficult, especially the CPA exam. But an exam that covers material that review courses do not cover well or at all and ones in which you pay 5 times the average, that rightfully bothers me. Not sure which reviews you are using but an exam should not contain many questions where you are literally throwing a dart for a 1/4 chance. That is my problem with it.

Snow here…please take it back to Michigan…where it belongs. 🙂 haha

AUD - 94
BEC - 81
FAR - 77
REG - 88

First Time Pass. No Failures on the Exams.

[Anonymous]

Feels like tinder in here. Haha. And @charlene, right on!

U o M > tOSU

[Char143]

Have you taken BEC?

I passed audit on my first attempt, reg on my second, and I mean I hope I just passed FAR… but BEC.. wtf? I was expecting it to be a joke, from everything I was reading and hearing, BUT WOW is it hard for me (failed it twice)!!!

I have NEVER hated anything more than I hate economics, I never ever ever liked it. Demand curves make me ill. One of my professors offered to tutor me in all 4 parts and he said that BEC was going to be impossible to help me in because it's a crap shoot. He said all 4 review courses that he had available to him had different material… :/

Lolll ceesna!!

AUD - 84
BEC - 79
FAR - 78
REG - 79

I'm done! 🙏🏼

 

Licensed CPA

AUD (2/16)-84
REG (05/16)-69 Retake (7/16)-79 (ty ninja MCQ)
BEC-TBD
FAR-9/8/16

[jms10101]

My offer about offline exchanges applies to any cool member of this forum…..sometimes it is easier to elaborate on these issues off of the main board. Charlene has a good point in that a messenger feature would be cool. But I value this site the way it is too. Did not mean to create a “tinder”box here. 🙂 BTW..cessnapilot, are you really a pilot? I used to be a flight dispatcher with the airlines.

AUD - 94
BEC - 81
FAR - 77
REG - 88

First Time Pass. No Failures on the Exams.

[jms10101]

Yes, I took BEC last Monday. No section of the CPA exam is a joke…I never believed that it was. Heck, I studied BEC for about 150 hours…plenty enough time for that section. Economics is interesting. My microeconomics professor referred to it as “common sense made difficult”. I think that he had a point.

AUD - 94
BEC - 81
FAR - 77
REG - 88

First Time Pass. No Failures on the Exams.

[Anonymous]

@jms10101, I am just a private pilot. Working on my instrument rating and possibly commercial too.

I'm gonna learn to fly helicopters after as well, just at the private level though.

How'd you break into the Airline Dispatcher business? I think that would be super cool gig. I looked into doing the Sheffield 5 week Dispatcher course. I have held tons of random certifications because my love of knowledge knows no bounds.

Lets chat sometime, if you don't mind.

[jms10101]

@cessnapilot30….sure no problem. I went to Sheffield early 2002. Excellent instructors. Unfortunately, the airline business is bad. Very bad on many levels. Personnel, maintenance, finances, operations, blah. I did it for 10 years. Thus the career switch to accounting. Dispatchers are not respected like they once were. Bad pay, bad benefits. Not wroth it. Pilots are finding that out..lot of debt and no reward, thus they are eschewing the entire profession. If you love to fly then you can be a successful CPA and fly as a hobby.I suppose that if you get a commercial rating then part time you can supplement your pay that way, if you can make enough to cover costs. But my recommendation is to stay away from the airlines. Even the international and cargo gigs which are valuable are too few and there are too many who want them. As with most things in life, the plum jobs don't often go to the best, they go to the most favored.

In early 2002, this was right after 9-11 so it was an unusual time to enter that profession. About 1 1/2 year prior, I was unemployed and found that way to enter the profession. In the early 90's I studied air traffic control. Had much aptitude but the gov't shut down the incoming jobs then for ATC b/c they thought that they would automate the system. Wrong! And in 2004 when they were trying to fill the severe shortage of controllers due to their past mistakes, I still could not get in b/c I was age disqualified.

If you would like to talk more about it then that would be ok by me. Let me know.

AUD - 94
BEC - 81
FAR - 77
REG - 88

First Time Pass. No Failures on the Exams.

[Josh]

I'm attempting to take FAR in a little over a month. It's been tough. I remember why often it's taken me 2 1/2 or 3 months to take. I just want to take REG afterwards both in Q1. I shouldn't have planned it this way, but I'm awaiting AUD results for the exam I just took; so hopefully, I don't lose my BEC credit by February 28th. My main review suggested I call my state board to ask for a 10 day extension on that credit to take a little pressure off. I'm considering finishing my AFSP for tax season – 2 “3hour” classes online so I can serve my clients I've had for years and my wife's in the hospital again for an infection she got on her c-section last week to give birth to our daughter on Black Friday. All to say, I can relate, and I'm hoping for the best results for everyone taking exams in December and like myself getting results within the week. This exam is intense, but I'm really trying to keep myself motivated to avoid that “overwhelm”.

AUD - 75
BEC - 78
FAR - 76
REG - 80

Josh
“Focus on the future for 50%, on the present for 40%, and on the past for 10%." - Maasaki Hatsumi

[mh0825]

Good luck to you Charlene, seeing your score discourages me a lot though. Seeing someone who studied so much and understood mostly everything, how??

AUD - 82
BEC - NINJA in Training
FAR - NINJA in Training
REG - NINJA in Training

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