I finally passed my exam last year after two and a half years of passing, failing, and losing credit on some parts. My low was realizing I had passed three exams and still had FAR to face. Unfortunately I failed: the result I lost credit of AUD and BEC would soon follow. AT that moment I felt like giving up....it seemed so hard and insurmountable...and I began to question would it be worth it. Family and friends did encourage me, some said if I needed to quit to just quit that I obviously didn't need it as I had been successful in my career.
In the end after much self-analysis I KNEW that I couldn't live with the fact that I had struggled for all that time to only end up empty handed. So I purchased the new FAR book, studied with Yeagar CDs, made notes and outlines and studied all through the holidays and took the test the day after New Years. I walked out devastated I felt very good with the multiple choice but the simulations were hard if not impossible. Friends and family would ask how did you do and I would respond my score is on the edge of the knife. I could see it going either way.
By this point, I had to focus on AUD which I had to take three weeks after I took FAR otherwise I would lose credit for BEC. I had not touched AUD in two years and I knew three weeks was not enough so I moved the date and took it in Feb.
In March I found out I passed FAR with a 75 (edge of the knife was right!) I then passed AUD in Feb and BEC was soon to follow. I was done.... I was finally a CPA. (Ironically I passed three parts in six months)
I guess what I would like for you to take from this is don't give up. I struggled with this test but when I look at that license from a personal stand point it is my proudest achievement because it was my defining moment and it is a lonely battle against the exhaustion and self doubt, that I finally won. In the end to have success you have to trust in yourself that you can do it and to put in the time to really study and KNOW the material and not just recognize it. My heartfelt wishes for your success!
