[joelee724]

Hi everyone! I am an international student (from China). I am currently an accounting senior and will go into my MS in Accounting starting Fall, 2014. I’m going back to China this summer from May through August and am planning to take my first section of the CPA exam in late August after I come back to school and before school starts, which means I have like four whole months to prepare. I have the most recent Wiley Study Guides and Focus Notes for all four sections. My friend also lent me her 2012 copies of Becker books. I am taking Audit class this semester and am doing really well in my class. So I am thinking maybe I should take AUD first and FAR, REG, BEC… My concern is: obviously I can’t study AUD for four months straight and I am sure that won’t be necessary either. Could someone plz help me figure out a way to allocate this amount of abundant study time? I think I am able to study for at least 6-8 hours a day Sunday through Monday everyday. April is already here and my CPA prep journey will begin in less than a month. Four months is A LOT OF precious time for studying and I definitely wanna utilize every single minute of that period to maximize the overall efficiency with a strategy… I really want to pass all four sections by the time I get my Master’s degree.

(I’ve been reading through posts on this forum for a while and just registered an account today. Since this is my first post, I am a little nervous especially as a foreign student… Anyways, thank you all in advance.)

– Joe

[Anonymous]

It's a somewhat common opinion on this message board that FAR should be the first exam. It has, by far, the most content- and is in many ways the most challenging of the tests. If I had a full four months to study before an exam, this is the one that I would tackle first.

I think there is a small amount of overlap between FAR and BEC, which made sense to me to take in that order.

I would also suggest purchasing a study tool with a test bank- whether that be with Wiley, Gleim, or another option.

Good luck in your studies!

[Anonymous]

It's a somewhat common opinion on this message board that FAR should be the first exam. It has, by far, the most content- and is in many ways the most challenging of the tests. If I had a full four months to study before an exam, this is the one that I would tackle first.

I think there is a small amount of overlap between FAR and BEC, which made sense to me to take in that order.

I would also suggest purchasing a study tool with a test bank- whether that be with Wiley, Gleim, or another option.

Good luck in your studies!

[joelee724]

@Aggie_CPA: Thank you for your suggestion! Looks like I may just study FAR during that period of time and worry about Audit later.

[joelee724]

@Aggie_CPA: Thank you for your suggestion! Looks like I may just study FAR during that period of time and worry about Audit later.

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