First Power week of 2012

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Started 4 months ago by jomarie
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Ok, who's in with me? I have FAR in 2 weeks. MCQs and I are becoming best friends this week.

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Today is my last power day for the week! I take BEC tomorrow. Pass or fail, at least I have a few day's off before I go back to AUD. I guess today isn't technically a power day... The day before an exam I like to just read my notes and relax. Since BEC is small I didn't have nearly as many notes as FAR or REG. So I'm just breezing through some flash cards.

Good luck to anyone testing this week!

AUD 59, 72 :( 72 AGAIN :( :(
REG 59, 60, 80
FAR 67, 75
BEC 58, 79

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jomarie

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Good luck Peanut!!!!!

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

Posted 4 months ago #
sacredtheory

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I'm in. AUD is in three days, and I'm off work this week...bring it!

BEC: Passed
AUD: Passed
REG: 05/12
FAR: 08/12

Jared

Posted 4 months ago #
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Happy New Year guys!!

I am going to do like JoMarie and make friends with Audit and those mcq's!!! Feeling a bit squeasy since the clock is ticking down.

@Peanut,

Good luck tomorrow!! I will be thinking good thoughts for ya---give BEC a good beating. You got this. Let us know how you feel.

@Sacredtheory,

That is great that you have the whole week off! Do me a favor and beat the crap out of Audit ! How are you feeling? I go for my test in mid January and feeling a bit nervous. I never took time off during the holidays and this time I did for Christmas and New Years---it was great, but I feel like maybe information seeped out of my head. Good luck to you this week!!

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Thanks yankee, good luck to you and the others on here. AUD is going down! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous; however, I definitely feel more confident. The first time I took AUD I didn't really do a final review, and it showed. In the past week I've reviewed everything, went through all the concepts and MCQs and gained a more thorough understanding of everything. I still have a few weak spots I'm going to work on in the next day or two, but overall, the final review definitely helps.

BEC: Passed
AUD: Passed
REG: 05/12
FAR: 08/12

Jared

Posted 4 months ago #
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Good luck this week everyone, it will be nice to be back to a non-holiday week so life can be back to normal. :)

FAR - 5/31

Posted 4 months ago #
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I have my final showdown on Sunday with AUD! I feel nervous knowing this is my last test...the pressure is on! I'm going to go in there and kick AUDs ass :)

The hard part will be waiting the month for my score.

My plan of attack this final week is doing all 900+ MCQs in Wiley and reading Jeff's Ninja notes. I've completed about 300 of them so far and I'm scoring in the 90+ range. Hopefully it pays off. I did the same thing for the previous 3 tests.

Texas CPA
Licensed, March 2012

Posted 4 months ago #
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Good Luck to All of you taking tests this week!!!

I will be doing FAR's MCQ's until 1/14 ;)

AUD – 8/15/11 79!!!!
FAR – 11/7/11 74 1/16/12 81!!!! Thanks GOD!!!!
BEC – 2/19/12 80!!!
REG - 4/29/12 70 :(

Posted 4 months ago #
jomarie

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@yankee - I'm feeling nervous about FAR too!!! When do you sit for Audit??

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

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@JoMarie

I sit on the 16th. *big gulp* I am in the process of rewriting notes and then back to mcq's. I am nervous. I think mostly because I took such a low key attitude over the holiday break. I did the Gleim free trial and scored well. But of course since I am such a naysayer, I don't trust that.

Where are you at for FAR?

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Sitting for REG again on the 7th. Huge power week for me. Last one to go. Not sure which is gonna be worse, the next 4 days or the 4 weeks of waiting for the result. Kinda makes me glad it's year-end close time at work.

AUD - 73, 86
FAR - 81
REG - 68, 74, 79 - I think I'm done! Wow.
BEC - 80

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Good luck Big Al !!!

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jomarie

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I'm sitting on the 17th....big gulp as well. I finished watching the lectures right before New Year's. Cram lectures and now I'm going through Wiley's test bank and doing 20 MCQs and 2 sims mini tests. So far I've finished one on accounting changes and scored a 94!!!!! I can't believe it!!! LOL!!!

Good Luck Al!!!!

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

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@JoMarie

I think your mini tests sounds like a good idea. I will try that too. I am definitely going to do the AICPA questions also. Keep it up, JoMarie you are doing great.

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Good luck, everyone!!! It really sounds like you're aiming to give this your all. You can do it!

....Passed....
FAR - April '11
AUD - May '11
REG - July '11
BEC - November '11

Posted 4 months ago #
yankeeaccountant

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Morning guys,

Ok, down to the wire. Trying to finish up rewriting notes, and getting back to mcq's. Keep it going!!
Have a great day.

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Good Luck to all testing soon!

I got scared of REG and gave myself extra 2 weeks. The truth is that I'm getting tired and a bit lazy.

Finally a CPA :)

Posted 4 months ago #
yankeeaccountant

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Holy Cow....I had to go to page 3 to find this!!! Everyone must be testing. Good luck to all testing today and this weekend. I finished Becker, now doing all the Wiley review book q's, rewriting notes, and freaking out a bit too!!

See you guys on the weekend Power thread...right??? Who is coming????

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jomarie

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I'm in!!! Need to get my a$$ in gear. Had a rough night last night. Brooklynn was up till 2am!!! I'm running on about 4 hours of sleep. Also it's getting really busy at work. Especially since my boss is in Florida until Feb 9th.......I think he's testing me for a promotion.

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

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Well, I took AUD yesterday. I studied like crazy for the final two weeks, and I think it paid off. I feel confident, really confident, that I passed (knock on wood). From the MCQs, there were only a half-dozen or so I had to flag and make an educated guess on. For the SIMS, I had plenty of time to utilize the research tab, which helped tremendously. I will be shocked (and an unhappy camper) if I find out I failed.

Now it's time to take a few weeks off. My wife is getting induced in about 10 days! Next test will be FAR, which I'll probably start studying for in a month or so.

Good look to everyone!

BEC: Passed
AUD: Passed
REG: 05/12
FAR: 08/12

Jared

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jomarie

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WTG Jared!!! I hope you knock it out of the park. Also good luck and best wishes to you and your wife with the baby coming. Keep us updated on the little one!! :)

Since 2008....
AUD - 39, 48, 56, 65, 68, 73, 76!!! (Finally passed in Oct 2011!!!)
REG - 75 (Lost Credit) 72, 68, 73, 75 (Passed again in Aug 2011)
FAR - 65, 68, 75 (Lost Credit) 68, 73, 73 - Rematch scheduled on May 29, 2012
BEC - 65, 68, 71, 72, 72, 71, 76 (Lost Credit)- 70 (Are you kidding me?????) - July 17th, 2012 -> Rematch!!

I WILL BECOME A CPA IN 2012!!!

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Thanks! Here's some irony, back when our daughter was born, 2 years ago, I was taking evening classes to get my accounting degree. The class I was taking at the time she was born was the Taxation class. We had already had her first and middle names picked out, Anna Margaret. After she was born, my tax professor asked me what the name was, and then it hit me...last name Thompson...initials = AMT. I told me professor I did that to get some extra credit...unfortunately it didn't work.

BEC: Passed
AUD: Passed
REG: 05/12
FAR: 08/12

Jared

Posted 4 months ago #
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Put in 6 hours for BEC today. I realized I need to move through this faster in order to have more time to study for FAR later on. Time to call it a night. =)

B 87
A 90
R 86
F

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