[Anonymous]

Helloo friends,
I cleared REG and BEC, and am not sure which one to tackle first FAR or AUD ? I want to take the next exam somewhere in December, before the testing window closes. Please suggest and help!

[HDCPA]

Why not both? 🙂

What are you stronger at? Most thing Far is the toughest, and there is some overlap from FAR in AUD. Based on that, I would say FAR first. Also how much time you have to study this quarter matters. FAR is a lot longer study than AUD for most. Becker puts them at 120 hours and 90 respectively.

[Anonymous]

I agree with HDCPA. Go for FAR.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for you responses @HDCPA @Cynthia I am working full time with a big 4, and it will be a little too much to handle both AUD and FAR together with work. I'll go ahead with FAR, I am most nervous about FAR, its vast!! Any leads of a plan how to tackle both ?

[DoubleBogey]

I recommend FAR. Taking FAR then AUD after FAR makes AUD much more doable. The baselayer of information you cover in FAR is crucial to understanding AUD.

[Anonymous]

If you can only do one, I would go FAR first for sure. As you can see from my timeline below, this is not what I did. Definitely wouldn't recommend waiting until last for FAR. I got lazy and lost motivation because of the sheer amount of material it involves, which is part of the reason it took me so long to study for.

[Anonymous]

@jsdaily @chandler thank you!! FAR it is!
How much time do you guys recommend to be put in for FAR ?

[Anonymous]

@Dev12, I studied quite long for FAR in comparison to the other exams- right at 8 weeks. I would guess I averaged about 12-15 hours a week while I was doing this. So I would say 100-120 hours for me. I guess it might vary some- I had coursework and governmental/NFP experience that was very helpful.

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