[Skynet]

What are your goals? Do you feel you are on track? Are you behind in trying to achieve them? Setbacks? And if there are setbacks what are you doing to get back on track?

My goals:

Pass BEC and REG in 2014

Land a public accounting job in 2015

Pass FAR and AUD in 3rd quarter of 2015

I had a slight setback when I did poorly for BEC and got a 71 for REG, but I plan on passing both this year.

[jstay]

entering senior year of undergrad in september, graduating in december.

Goals:

Take (hopefully pass) FAR on 8/31 of this year–i had 120 credits so i figured dedicate my summer to it and hope pray and study for the best i can do.

Assuming i am successful with FAR- on to BEC in OCT/NOV.

Assuming BEC works out on to AUD in end of NOV or early JAN.

Get tax experience next tax season at the firm i am currently interning at

Take REG May of next year.

Enjoy next summer off before i start full time—hopefully at firm i am at now.

but when does anything ever go as planned…

[Anonymous]

Goal: Pass AUD on 8/28 and be done with the CPA Exam

That's all I can focus on in the LT for now

[Anonymous]

I graduated (undergrad/120 credits) in May, passed FAR in July. accepted to grad school for Spring 2015.

AUD on 8/20

career fair in October, hope to get a public accounting internship for next summer

REG in October

BEC in November

start MAcc in January

summer internship (if gotten)

more MAcc in Fall

more MAcc in Spring, graduate that semester

start working for summer internship firm after that.

I like having things planned out way in advance, that way every step of the way I can have numerous panic attacks about each deviation.

[Skynet]

One of the reason I started this thread is so that by writing out your goals and as the time goes by, you can look back to see if you are on track and making progress. And if you are not, you would have to reevaluate and make he necessary changes with a sense of urgency because by not adressing the issues, you will just keep getting off track.

[005]

To be done w/ the CPA exams by the end of 2014.

Am I on track? It's attainable. Let's see on Thursday how close I am….

BEC - ✔
REG - ✔
AUD - ✔
FAR - 11/29/14

CPAExcel, Ninja MCQs, and a sh*t ton of coffee

[Anonymous]

“I know it sounds strange, but I don’t really

have goals. I focus on getting better every single day.”

-Brad Stevens

[Anonymous]

Goal: Take BEC on 8/30/14 (already scheduled)

Progress: Uhhh. Literally only 40%(ish) through the material.

Definitely not on track.

Setbacks: General lack of motivation and burning out.

Plan to get back on track: Approximately one week of hell.

[Iggy1985]

Finish my last 4 classes this semester for my B/S in accounting and keep my 4.0

Not just pass, but get an 84+ on FAR in 2 days.. feels like a long shot though. (don't stoppp, believingg, hold on to that feelinnng >_>) Luck and Sleep is what I need!

Be able to to feel more confident when interviewing with firms in September due to goal #2

Decide if I want to go Big 4.. did a tax internship at a local, top 100 firm last tax season

Decide if taxes aren't for me, leaning to audit now

Get a 90+ on AUD in October

I've come a long way.. got a bachelor's degree in something else entirely (picked a major out of a hat basically) with seriously mediocre grades and didn't know what to do with my life.. tried like 100 different things until I gave accounting a shot, knew for sure what I wanted to do finally, and then I just went full speed ahead and I've been surprising myself ever since. I hope I can keep on doing that.

FAR - 89 (8/19/14) Wiley TB, Wiley Book, Books from School, Ninja Audio/Notes
AUD - 92 (10/14/14) Wiley TB, Wiley Book, Ninja Audio
BEC - 82 (5/8/15) Mostly Ninja MCQ, sprinkles of Becker lectures and Ninja Audio
REG - (8/14/15)

[JamesBJames]

My short-term goals are:

Pass REG

Clean up everything, pack, move from my hometown to my apartment in the city I'll be working, donate whatever I don't need

Buy more business professional clothes

Buy furniture for the apartment

Then, hopefully, sort of relax for a month before I start working

My goal for today is to finish C corporation taxation and do the 130-odd questions Becker has about them. I'm not doing so well on getting that done.

FAR: May 1st, 2014 - 91
AUD: May 29th, 2014 - 97!
BEC: July 16th, 2014 - 91
REG: August 29th, 2014 - 88

Licensed December 2015

Feel free to add me on LinkedIn by clicking my username!

[kappa1032]

My goals are to Pass REG in Aug, AUD in Oct, and BEC in Nov. That's my tunnel vision and I'm not stopping until I get there.

So far I'm about a day behind in my studies – shouldn't be impossible to catch up but I'd rather not fall behind at all. Work is getting a little slow so I am very fortunate to study during the lulls. Should be able to catch up by end of day tomorrow.

Great idea Skynet!!

FAR - 81
REG - 74, 87
AUD - 88
BEC - 88

Finally.

“The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying”
― John C. Maxwell

[kappa1032]

My goals are to Pass REG in Aug, AUD in Oct, and BEC in Nov. That's my tunnel vision and I'm not stopping until I get there.

So far I'm about a day behind in my studies – shouldn't be impossible to catch up but I'd rather not fall behind at all. Work is getting a little slow so I am very fortunate to study during the lulls. Should be able to catch up by end of day tomorrow.

Great idea Skynet!!

FAR - 81
REG - 74, 87
AUD - 88
BEC - 88

Finally.

“The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying”
― John C. Maxwell

[Anonymous]

Goals:

Pass REG in 8 days.

Viking funeral for my study materials on September 8th.

Take 5 PTO days afterwards.

Spend the entire PTO in my underwear watching a year's worth of DVR…and finally use the Xbox One my wife bought me last Christmas.

[Anonymous]

My goals for the rest of 2014:

– Take and hopefully pass FAR on August 25th

– If I don't pass FAR on my first attempt, re-take and pass it in October

– Study for and take state licensing exams for health, life, property, and casualty insurance

I think I'm on track to make my goals fairly attainable this year. I started my CPA exam journey back in late January and after taking a few months off after BEC for tax season I was just hoping to have all of the exams passed before my BEC score expires next year. Fortunately, REG and AUD worked out well on my first attempts, so I can focus all of my attention on getting through FAR now.

I'd say I'm actually ahead of where I wanted to be in terms of exam status at this point, which is very good for my morale. My biggest setback so far was tax season this year, which derailed my study mentality after BEC and made studying for REG very difficult until just a few weeks before that exam. To get back on track, I just kept at my studying until I got back into a good rhythm and haven't stopped since.

I'm already established in my career, but I'm excited to get my CPA license so I can do even more for my employer and clients. And my employer is going to be setting up a separate business entity for us to start offering financial services and products to our clients who are interested in them, which I'll also be helping with (hence the insurance licensing exams I'm planning for after the CPA exam). I'm looking forward to 2015, though- the year of hopefully absolutely no studying! 🙂

[Skynet]

Good Goals Guys. Now we just have to follow through and make sure we have no setbacks and if we do, that we don't get sidetrack.

[Anonymous]

Goals:

1) Get a passing AUD score.

2) Keep my FAR studying pace up and hopefully take by the end of October.

3) Get REG done right at the beginning of '15.

4) If I am able to complete the first 3 steps on the first try (not likely), I would try and squeeze in BEC before tax season gets crazy busy.

While I know that it will be very difficult to pass all of the exams on the first try and I may not be giving myself enough time for BEC if the first 3 steps get accomplished, this is what I will be striving for.

[Author]

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