[OnmywaytoCPA]

During the summer, I planned to start studying for FAR on October 1st, and sit for the exam the last week in November. Then on August 18th, I started a new job as a Senior Auditor. Over the last two months I have been attempting to wrap my brain around my new job duties. Also, it’s the busy season for the firm I work at, because of all the charter schools and municipalities (year end is June 30th) that we audit. With all of the overtime, I haven’t been able to stick with my study plan. Now I have about six weeks left, if I’m going to meet the October/November Testing Window.

Instead of trying to cram FAR into six weeks, I was thinking of just studying AUD, since it’s a small section. Also, I was thinking since, all I do is auditing all day, the material, shouldn’t be too hard to absorb. I’m sure I could cover the Ninja Notes/Audio in six weeks. Then I could pick FAR back up in January. Or, is it just best to focus on FAR and plan for January and then plan AUD after that?

AUD - 83
BEC - 79
FAR - 77
REG - 90

CMA Part 1 - 360 (Barely made it but I made it)
CMA Part 2 - 360 (Made it by the skin of my teeth)

REG - 74, Retook 6/10/16, scored a 72 (Hate this exam)
BEC - 69, 79, 8/1/15
AUD - 83, 4/4/15
FAR - 77, 2/27/16

[Anonymous]

I would try to do FAR first if you can. It's better to get a tougher one out of the way first.

[Anonymous]

I slightly disagree. I recommend an “easy” one first. This way you can be comfortable with the testing process when you do a “hard” section. I'm On the track for easy, hard, hard, easy. That way if something happens with #3 (already passed 2) I can study BEC, the. Come back and kill FAR

[mla1169]

I agree with taking a bigger/harder section first. You'll never be more driven to study as you are for exam #1, each exam you are progressively more burnt out. Also if you fail the first exam you take, the clock isn't ticking down to losing credit for a passed exam.

I did FAR in 7 weeks with a brutal schedule. It wasn't fun by any means, but by the time I got 1 or 2 exams under my belt I never would have had the drive to study as intensely as I did that first time.

FAR- 77
AUD -49, 71, 84
REG -56,75!
BEC -75

Massachusetts CPA (non reporting) since 3/12.

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