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I am graduating on December 13th with 2 Bachelors Degrees ( one in Business Administration and one in Justice Studies) and over 175 credits- if someone told me 4 years ago after I graduated high school that I would even consider taking the CPA Exam I would have said they were crazy.. I was, am, and will always be— awful at math. However it is my opinion that accounting is more logic, common sense, and just overall nonsense than anything. That being said I have for the past 2 years been studying the CPA Exam process, tricks, and different review courses– one thing is for certain, if you do not know accounting well, you sure will after the CPA Exam is over.
The university I go to is not by any means the most immaculate thing you have ever seen, it is affordable and within reasonable commuting distance. Out of all of my accounting professors, only 1 of the 3 has been helpful at all. 1 just talks about how amazing the book HE picked out IS plus he just writes on the board and mumbles– and the other just talks about how the president is going to ruin our nation and HOW AMAZING CHINA IS. I can tell you so many wonderful things about how wonderful the economy is of China (Of course, as someone who makes a hobby out of studying current events he always calls on me to answer his tedious news questions).
However, this will not help me on the CPA Exam. Auditing with “the China Professor” was a joke– I made an A, but I cannot tell you anything about the material because it was an awful experience. Corporate Taxation, forget it.. the professor told us that certain sections would not be on the exam… and then put them on there anyway. By some miracle I studied the sections by accident and passed his awful exam. Others, were not so lucky and had to wait a year to take the course over again. I am not the most amazing student on the planet, during my first semester I worked 5 days a week and made mostly C’s and have been paying the price ever since then (that and taking Arabic was a bad mistake). The advice my sister gave me was right, the semester that matters the most is your first one.
That being said, I have noticed that I am not the only one that had a bad college professor and/or experience by reading this and other CPA Bulletin Board websites.
I have some questions, because of my bad experience in Auditing, should I take that section first? or put it off until last? I mean, the clock does not start ticking for the 18 months until you pass the first section. The next question is what Review Course should I invest in? I have been leaning towards Wiley CPA Excel because they did not make you pay extra for course updates and their MCQ Bank.
Thanks in advance for your help everyone! I really appreciate any advice you can give to me!
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