[Texan_176]

I work full time in a finance department of a company that does not have anything to do with taxation or business law. I did well on these topics in school but that is meaningless when it comes to the test.

My plan:

Watch Roger videos

Do Ninja MCQs and TBS

Review

There would be no time to read the chapters in detail and rewrite notes repeatedly like I did not BEC and AUD.

Has anyone done it in under a month while working full time and sometimes being close to burn out stress levels?

I had a weekend from hell this past weekend. I did over 1200 problems in 3 days; eyes hurt from looking at the screen and iPad.

BEC 11/29/14 77 (Roger)
AUD 2/23/15 60 (Roger) 4/13/2015 83 (Roger & Ninja MCQ)
REG 5/30/2015 66 (Roger & Ninja MCQ(7 hours only)) 8/23/2015 78 (Roger & Ninja MCQ)
FAR 11/23/2015 60 (Roger & NINJA MCQ) 2/24/2016 74 (Roger & NINJA MCQ) 5/25/2016 83 (Roger+Roger CRAM & NINJA MCQ/NOTES)
Texas Ethics Exam 92%

Licensed TX CPA Aug 2016

[Mika]

i skip roger's textbook too. Is 5 weeks doable? Maybe……but I spent around 3 months preparing.

REG - 80 (02/13/2015) Roger + Ninja Flash Card + Ninja MCQ + Becker's Note
FAR - 84 (05/29/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Some Wiley book questions
BEC - 77 (08/27/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Half Wiley book questions
AUD - 87 (08/28/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Half Wiley book questions

[Last Chance CPA]

REG is almost harder than FAR…you haven't taken FAR, but I would give it the same consideration. Add time if you can…

FAR - 76
AUD - 75
BEC - 75
REG - 76

Now I need some experience!!! And some networking...

[Anonymous]

No I personally can't do reg in 5 weeks studying full time lol

[Mika]

There are few topics you can skip in REG, but not FAR. There are 20 smth topics in REG (Roger) and 31 in FAR. I have not yet start AUD and BEC but at this moment, FAR is really the beast for me.

By the way, I studied REG like a full time job (Since my actual full time job does not have much to do).

REG - 80 (02/13/2015) Roger + Ninja Flash Card + Ninja MCQ + Becker's Note
FAR - 84 (05/29/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Some Wiley book questions
BEC - 77 (08/27/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Half Wiley book questions
AUD - 87 (08/28/2015) Roger + Ninja MCQ + Half Wiley book questions

[Missy]

Yes its doable but going to require you to keep going at the pace you went at this past weekend. Here's the trade off, bust your backside at burnout levels and have these exams behind you sooner, or push it out, reduce your stress level and take a bit longer.

Frankly I'd rather work at 150% stress level for <12 months than be at 75% stress level for the full 18 months.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

[OnMyWay732]

I believe I did it in 6. And I took one of those weeks off to help redo my kitchen

AUD - July 2014 - 76
REG - August 2014 - 82
FAR - November 2014 - 78
BEC - January 2015 - 81

DONE!!!!

Used Becker online. Who needs a text when you can burn your eyes out staring at the screen for months on end?

"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean and nasty place and it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't how hard you're hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"

[Anonymous]

Doable, yes. Difficult, absolutely. What's the limiting factor for 5 weeks?

[Mjganier]

Definitely doable. I took both AUD and REG with 5 weeks each and took them in the same window while working full time. It sucked immensely but was definitely worth it to put this exam behind me sooner. I didn't watch videos nor did I really read my textbook. I utilized only the Ninja Notes and Ninja MCQ. I rewrote the notes at least 10 times and did about 2500 MCQ. Barely made it but I did it. I totally agree with mla.

FAR 8/18/2014--87
AUD 10/18/2014--78
REG 11/24/2014--76
BEC 2/28/2015--76

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough"-Albert Einstein

Study Mats: Cpaexcel study text and EQ, Ninja MCQ, Ninja notes

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