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   madayew
   

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   I work for a fire department as a firefighter and I'm looking to make a career change. My undergraduate is in a non business related degree so I have had to start from scratch. I just finished my 10 prerequisite classes for my MBA. I finally started the degree this semester! I need 27 total credit hours in accounting for NC to test for my CPA. Currently I have 6 credit hours (financial and managerial).

   I'm taking an online MBA from East Carolina and am taking 2 elective accounting courses.
   This brings my total to 12. I need 5 more accounting classes. No universities are getting back to me as a non degree seeking student who simply wants to take 5 classes without seeking their degree. Would I be best off to just take Intermediate 1+2, Cost, Audit, and Income tax at a community college to meet the requirement. I'm afraid that the quality of instruction won't prepare me enough for the exams though.

   Will simply taking these classes at a community college and then pouring hundreds of hours into a cpa exam review course such as yeager prepare me or am I in for heartbreak?

   -Thanks for Reading

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   Posted 1 year ago #
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   CPAWannaBe
   

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   Some of my community college classes were better than my university classes, plus you can save a ton of money. You will still need a good review course. Take the CPA exam as soon as you can sit while the college stuff is still fresh.

   REG - 75 (expired, retake July 2011)
   FAR - 69, 64, 67 <-Becker, 80 <-Yaeger
   AUD - 82 ETHICS - 100
   BEC - 72 (retake May 2011)

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   nolifecpa
   

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   take classes at a community college to meet the requirements.
   college will not prepare you for the CPA exam, review courses will

   REG-65,71,74,73,70,74,79
   BEC-60's,60's,69,71,76
   FAR-67 (TBD)
   AUD-54,60's,65,83

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   madayew
   

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   Thanks for the encouragement. I'll be able to start testing by next January so I'll start my review course this fall in anticipation of meeting the requirements.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   F5 to Refresh
   

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   Make sure you check your state boards requirements. I know in NY some classes had to come from upper level (300/400) l I know Audit was one of them, so not all classes would be available to take at a community college. But I agree with some of the comments above, it doesnt really matter where you take the class, just make sure you pay attention and then use a review course for the CPA exam.

   AUD 79 Q4 2010 - NY
   BEC 84 Q4 2010
   REG 79 Q1 2011
   FAR 86 Q2 2011 - Done

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   whitesoxfancpa
   

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   Pay attention in your classes and do well. If you get a decent understanding in your classes and then take a good CPA review course and put 100% effort into that, I have no doubt you'll succeed.

   AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

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   Liz317
   

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   Take classes at a community college to save money for the review course. However, don't just blow off your college classes. You'll need them to lay a good foundation for the exam, because the review courses are just that: review. They cover a lot of material in a short amount of time and space. (For instance 6 of my upper level undergraduate & graduate accounting classes were covered in one exam: FAR). If you don't have a solid foundation from the courses, you'll struggle through the review more than you should. But I think it's great that you're making the career change. Good luck to you!

   FAR - 92 --- AUD - 87 --- REG - 80 --- BEC - 87
   A licensed CPA in Louisiana!!!
   
   Dear CPA Exam, You are a beast. But you WILL be defeated!

   Posted 1 year ago #

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