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Looking for CPA Exam Study Tips? You're in the right place. Email me anytime at jeff@another71.com or go to another71.com/tips for our complete library of CPA Exam Study Tips. My name is Jeff Elliott, and I'm a normal 40-something dude with ten kids (ok, that's insane totally not normal), but I am unique for one reason: For the last 12 years, I have done nothing but eat, sleep, and breathe the CPA Exam. I'm a licensed CPA (KS), a member of the AICPA, and have been 100% self-employed and helping people pass the CPA Exam full-time since 2010. Prior to flying solo, I worked in public accounting, private accounting, and for two SEC companies, so I've also spent plenty of time in a cubicle. 🙂 It wasn't all Sunshine & Rainbows, however. I began my long (too long) journey toward the CPA designation in late 2005. I wanted to be a CPA, but I didn't really want to be a CPA. I wasn't fully committed to studying (who wants to go home and study after a full day of public accounting?), and I would try to “cram” for two weeks before my exam and was coming up short. Maybe you can relate? Everything changed, however, in February 2008. I said “enough is enough” and created a new study approach, which I would later dub “N.I.N.J.A.” Then I passed all four sections of the CPA Exam by the end of the year – each exam on my next attempt. In 2008, I was a desperate CPA Candidate on the verge of throwing in the towel. My CPA Exam Scores: FAR 4x (70,71,76*,76) BEC 4x (71,71,71,80) REG 4x (69,74,74, 92) AUD 2x (69,79) AICPA Ethics (89,92) * = I lost my credit due to the “18-month rule” Did you catch that I scored back-to-back 74s on REG? It was brutal. It also cost me my FAR credit. (On a side note, I am the only Top-5 CPA Review course instructor that will publicly list their scores) 😀 Today, All I do is help people pass the CPA Exam. Every single day. For 12+ years. And…people have noticed. Investopedia has ranked my company (NINJA CPA Review) a Top-5 CPA Review course since they started ranking courses. * NINJA ($67 monthly) is the only course on the list that doesn't retail for $2,000+ Between email, phone coaching, podcasts, the Another71 Forum, and social media, I've personally interacted with more CPA Candidates over the last 12 years than all of the top 5 CPA Review course instructors combined. I know the bitterness of failure. I know the heartbreak of 74s (I had two of them). I know the misery of losing an exam credit (FAR). I know the exhilarating feeling of scoring 90+ (92 on REG). I know what you're going through as a CPA candidate right this very second. I've either been there myself or have coached someone through it. I'm here to help. Let's get started. Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) NINJA CPA Review | Another71.com email: jeff@another71.com PS - want more CPA Exam Study tips? Go to anotehr71.com/tips You can also pick up our Free CPA Review materials at another71.com/free
Want the Best Way to Study for the CPA Exam? Get Your NINJA CPA Review Study Framework @ another71.com/free The NINJA CPA Review Framework (or NINJA Method) isn't the only study method that works, but after doing this for a decade+, I believe it's the best. Why? Because it strips out the redundancy that everyone else prescribes. Watch Chapter 1 Video Do Chapter 1 Questions Watch Chapter 2 Video Do Chapter 2 Questions (repeat) Guess what you'll do in Week 7 when you've forgotten the Chapter 1 questions? Chapter 1 questions. Again. The N.I.N.J.A. Method removes that redundancy and gives you precious hours of your life back so that you can … have a life. Nail the Concepts Intense Notes Non-Stop MCQ Just Rewrite Your Notes All Comes Together Tens of thousands of CPA Candidates have used the NINJA Method, and I believe it will work for you. Before we dive in, we need to cover the Two NINJA Paths quickly: NINJA as a Supplement NINJA Only NINJA As A Supplement Path: If you already have a CPA Review Course (Like Becker CPA Review, etc.) and want to continue using parts of that course, then you want the Supplement Path. This can range from continuing to use the majority of your main course but adding in the NINJA Notes, NINJA Audio, and NINJA MCQ (and probably NINJA CRAM) to ditching most of your course, aside from the test bank or the cram and using NINJA as your main course. How much or how little NINJA you want to use with this path is up to you. If you love your course, keep it and use it. NINJA plays nice with other courses. If you hate your course, salvage what you can (simulations?) and let NINJA pick up the slack. NINJA Only Path: CPA Candidates who go the NINJA Only route primarily come from three camps: 1) They don't have a course yet, but have heard good things about NINJA from study groups and other places and want to try passing the CPA Exam with a reputable $67 monthly course vs. a $3,000 course (seems like a wise move for a future CPA/CFO, right?). 2) Their course has expired, and they have a few exams left and are rolling with NINJA Only to close out the CPA Exam. 3) They hate their course; they're over it. If they could slowly run over their study materials with a tank, they could. They're burning the ships and are studying on N.I.N.J.A. Island, come hell or high water. With either path, the NINJA CPA Review cost is an always-affordable $67 monthly with no commitment. For simplicity, we will cover the NINJA as a Supplement Path here. N.I.N.J.A. Step 1: Nail the CPA Exam Concepts Get the concepts out of the way before you begin MCQ. Start by printing out your NINJA Study Framework. Nail the Concepts first and get them out of the way before you begin your CPA Test Bank. Yes, we realize that this isn't how the ‘big courses' do it, but their way wastes at least a week per exam, which at a minimum is a month of study time if you pass on the first try. Even if you never become a NINJA, the NINJA Framework and save you weeks of needless misery. (I mean – unless you like sitting in a spare bedroom by yourself and watching Dollar Value LIFO breakdowns.) There is a 4-week plan and a 7-week plan. If you're studying full-time – use the 4-week plan. If you procrastinated and are in “oh crap” mode – use the 4-week plan. 😀 Most people will use the 7-week planner. This is the perfect study plan for working full-time and having a “life” while studying. Aim for 20 hours a week. If you're not studying 20 hours a week, you're not studying. If something is confusing in your CPA Review materials, look it up in the NINJA Book or NINJA Notes. Start listening to your NINJA Audio. Never drive to work without it on. You can listen to fun things when you're a CPA. Let that motivate you. 🙂 If your commute is 1 hour round trip, then that's 1 hour of NINJA Audio per day (and that's for the commute alone … if you can work and listen to the NINJA Audio: even better.) Start reading the NINJA Notes in your downtime, especially at work. It's ok if you haven't studied the section before. It will all start clicking the third time through, regardless of where you are in your prep. The NINJA Only Path is the same as above, except Nail the Concepts with the NINJA Book or NINJA Sparring videos. If you like Sparring – stick with it and supplement any weak points with the NINJA Book. If you prefer the NINJA Book, supplement with NINJA Sparring videos on your weak topics. N.I.N.J.A. Step 2: Intense Notes Take Intense Notes over your CPA Review course lectures. First Time? Retake? 15th Retake? It doesn't matter. Take Intense Notes while watching your lecture videos. Used the proven method provided in the NINJA Study Framework. The NINJA Only Path is the same as above – take Intense Notes over your NINJA Sparring videos or the NINJA Book. N.I.N.J.A. Step 3: Non-Stop MCQ Ready to Pass the CPA Exam? Get Step 3 & the other two N.I.N.J.A. Steps another71.com/ninja
Becker CPA Review Study Tips & Strategies that any Becker CPA student can use. Check out How to Smash Any CPA Exam with Becker + NINJA in 5 Steps @ ninjacpareview.com/lpc/becker-cpa-review
UWorld CPA Review (formerly Roger CPA Review) Study Tips & Strategies that any UWorld CPA student can use. Check out How to Smash Any CPA Exam with UWorld + NINJA in 5 Steps @ ninjacpareview.com/lpc/uworld-roger-cpa-review/
FAR CPA Review Videos & FAR CPA Exam Study Tips. FAR CPA Exam Topics Include: Pensions, Leases, Bonds, Not-For-Profit Accounting, Governmental Accounting, Financial Reporting, Inventory, Deferred Taxes, Accounting Changes, Consolidations, Fixed Assets, Segments & Interim Reporting, Investments, Current Assets & Liabilities, Statement of Cash Flows, Stockholders' Equity.
REG CPA Review Videos & REG CPA Exam Study Tips. REG CPA Exam Topics Include: Individual Tax, Partnership Tax, Corporate Tax, Gift and Estate Tax, Property Transactions, Multi-Jurisdictional Tax Issues, Professional Responsibilities, Federal Securities Acts, Business Structure, Contract Law, Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy, Employment & Environmental Law, Agency Law, and the JOBS Act.
AUD CPA Review Videos & AUD CPA Exam Study Tips. AUD CPA Exam Topics Include: Engagement Planning, Internal Control, Auditing & IT, Evidence and Risk, Audit Reports, Audit Sampling, Professional Responsibilities, and International Auditing.