[reallytired]

I just need to vent to people who understand my woes. I listen to classical music while studying, as the singing in normal songs distracts me from reading/thinking about a question. I have been studying since May, meaning that I have been listening to boring music for 4.5 months. The past few weeks (especially since I started studying AUD), I have been in a weird funk where I have a hard time focusing and concentrating on the material. I also have lost a ton of motivation that I had studying REG and FAR.

This morning I was getting ready to sit down to study when I watched a video on people’s reactions to hearing My Chemical Romance songs (on Facebook of course) and had the strongest yearning to listen to their music instead of the classical music. So, as a way to make myself happier, I put it on and started an AUD homework. At first, I was doing pretty well and figured that maybe the music wasn’t interfering as much as I had expected… Then it all went downhill and I got halfway through the homework and had scored a 53% (the lowest score I have ever had in any topic on any exam thus far). I literally just started crying because I was so upset that I couldn’t enjoy something as simple as listening to some good music while studying.

I hate this exam process so much, it has turned me from a once cheery person to an emotional wreck. I pray this is all over in November.

Thanks for always being here, fellow future CPAs. I appreciate the support you all show one another!

B 10/29/16
A 10/1/16
R 9/2/16
F 7/26/16

[Anonymous]

Ugh I hate this exam.

[acctaks]

I get some sort of sick pleasure from revisiting the forums and seeing everyone's pain! I'm kidding =) Once all of you get past this you will NEVER have to deal with it again! Do everything you can to avoid prolonging this process.

@taayllorr YES! Tycho and similar music like Bonobo is great.

F-Pass
A-Pass
R-Pass
B-Pass

I'm a CPA!

[njvath]

Oh I am so sorry, @reallytired! I can totally relate to the emotion wreck and lack of concentration, I have become this too. I wouldn't say I am a particularly “cheery” person, I am pretty even keel and am normally not emotional at all but since starting the exam I am always “on edge” and I have had numerous emotional breakdowns during studying. I often feel like I have started to spiral out of control…I'm also normally a very healthy eater and I exercise frequently but I haven't done any of that since last November when I started studying for the exam….I feel like I've given up so much of my life and I just want my normal life back!

Looks like you are getting closer to being finished (hoping for a good REG score for you come 9/20)! Keep plugging away, we're all cheering for you!

P.S. I'm a “needs-to-be-silent-while-I-study” type person so I have expropriated my dad's noise cancelling hunting headphones/ear muffs/whatever you call them which seems to help with my easily distracted brain and the noise level in my house 🙂

FAR - 76
AUD - 74, 74
BEC - 83
REG - TBD

[tjy49]

For those that do like ambient noise, calm.com is good for when it's too quiet or you're trying to block something out.

FAR-69, 65, 84 (Feb. 2016)
AUD-86 (May 2016)
BEC-TBD (Aug. 2016)
REG-TBD

Gleim didn't work for me, but Ninja did!

[Duskfall]

These exams have made me fat and sad. Hopefully I'm done with them this year so I can reduce stress and stress eating

FAR - 07/07/2016 - 81
BEC - 08/23/2016
AUD - 10/05/2016
REG - 11/23/2016

[Rhunter]

I can tell you that some instrumental music is the most non-boring stuff around.

EDM
Jamtronica
Afrobeat
Several genres of jazz

Some bands you might want to check out:

Vinyl (out of San Francisco)
Lettuce
Soulive
The New Mastersounds
The JBs
Jungle Fire

That's off the top of my head. I've been on a soundcloud kick DJ kick lately, so I'm a little out of touch with some of the instrumental stuff I used to play on the regular. Worth exploring anyway.

[Ryan – Just Another Dollar]

Hope you have good news on that score release! As far as study tunes I actually spent a few weeks using Binaural audio tracks from Youtube. It's meant to be played through headphones and is essentially a low hum/white noise that plays a slightly different tone in each ear causing a rhythmic drone. They have different frequency ranges for different types of activity. I'm not all that convinced on the science of it, but it seemed to help keep me from getting distracted. Drives the GF nuts though, so YMMV 😛

B - 88 (2/16)
A - 84 (4/16)
R - 73 (6/16), 82(7/16)
F - 67 (1/16), 84(4/16)

Ethics - 93

Roger course & Ninja MCQ - HiYa!

[Claudia408]

i hate this exam so much! I started studying February 2015 and i have sat for all 4 sections 11 times and i have only 2 passes!

Does anyone feel like the Universe is against them and it will not allow you to pass!?

BEC - 75 (3x)
AUD - 78 (3x)
REG - 67, 66, Aug 1
FAR - 54, Sept 8

[mtaylo24]

@Claudia408, I'm sure you've seen me whining all over this forum. 1-9 here, 0-6 in 2016. Took my first exam in Dec 2012, finished my coursework in 2011. This sucks 🙁

AUD - 1st - 60 (12/12), 61 (2/13), 61 (8/13), 78! (11/15)
REG - 55 (2/16) 69 (5/16) Retake(8/16)
BEC - 71(5/16) Retake (9/16)
FAR - (8/16)

[Claudia408]

mtaylo – this more than sucks! i want my life back and i feel like i should be done by now. i swear i have had the worse SIMs this year! i know luck has something to do with passing for us “average” candidates. we need to catch a break at some point… how much of more of this beating must we endure.

what section are you off to next? i'm tackling FAR mid-October.

BEC - 75 (3x)
AUD - 78 (3x)
REG - 67, 66, Aug 1
FAR - 54, Sept 8

[mtaylo24]

I know right! I'm jumping back into BEC for mid October since it's the freshest, hoping to get 3 more, excuse me, 75 points this go round… Then off to REG in mid November to get 1 more, excuse me, 75 points this go round, then wrapping up with FAR in Dec to get 23 more, excuse me, 75 points this go round. Best of luck this window! We got this!

AUD - 1st - 60 (12/12), 61 (2/13), 61 (8/13), 78! (11/15)
REG - 55 (2/16) 69 (5/16) Retake(8/16)
BEC - 71(5/16) Retake (9/16)
FAR - (8/16)

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