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  • #1393818
    hasy
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    I genuinely didn’t think this day would come. This journey has been so much harder than I even thought it should be. I found this forum summer of 2014 and have been checking in everyday about stories of the CPA journey.

    I started studying since Sept 2014 and took BEC on 10/23/15. On 10/28/15, I was let go by my firm. On 11/5/15, I was in a car crash that totaled my car (my very first car too 🙁 ). Don’t worry, I was unscathed, mostly. So CLEARLY, the CPA exam took a HUGE drop from my priority list, because I had to find a job and another car. Fortunately, my job search did not take long and around Thanksgiving, I found out that I passed my first section. With some renewed energy, I went back to studying.

    However, I knew that studying for FAR would be so different than BEC. I had to earn this and by not working hard enough, I pushed FAR and indirectly harmed my chances of studying for REG. Collectively, I skimmed the material for REG and knew I was not ready. However, I took the exam regardless since I wanted to see what the exam was like. Within the month of May this year, I found out that I failed FAR and REG. It hurt but I knew that I could’ve studied harder. After those fails, I attacked FAR with a renewed passion. I left no stone unturned. I even googled “what is a credit/debit?” to force myself to learn journal entries. With some fortune, I passed FAR.

    Moving on to AUD, I truly wondered if what people said about doing audit helps with studying for the exam. It did, like a lot. AUD is, by FAR, the only one that I had no qualms when I left the test center. Then I met my nemesis, I had encountered my first breakdown with this test. It was SO hard. Like really hard. If anyone asked me how I passed, I don’t even know how to answer. REG was especially hard since I didn’t even think I could be able to study for it. Within the month of November, with work getting busy and I had to move out of the house that I had lived in for 20 years, I didn’t think I even had it in me to pass REG. I was really resigned to retaking REG in 2017 Q1 and I knew that I couldn’t joke around anymore since I am NOT going to take the exam with those changes. BUMP that.

    This morning, CBA website was playing tricks with me. I woke up at 5 and I kept refreshing though I secretly knew that the scores wouldn’t come out until 6. When it finally hit 6, I was like, wtf, where’s my score. When it got to 630, I knew something was weird. So I actually went into the score report, and there it was… my last score… (barely scrapped by) but a passing score of 78.

    I just want to thank you ALL the NINJAs, you are awesome and never forget that. You will pass the CPA exam, whether it is this version or the new version, if you truly apply yourself to study and make sure you comprehend the material. I will be around this forum still, since my hand automatically types “a” and the address pops up on my web browser. I wish everyone much luck. Now to finish ethics.

    AUD - 83
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 83
    REG - 78
    BEC - 80 (Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB)

    FAR - 72; 83 (Roger + NINJA MCQ)

    AUD - 83 (Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB)

    REG - 52; 78 (Roger + NINJA MCQ)

    Ethics - 68, 96 (how I dislike you)
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    This forum is more addictive than drugs. Still returning after licensure.

    Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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    BEC 80 (10/23/15)
    FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
    REG 52 (4/28/15)
    AUD (9/9/16)

    Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

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  • #1393839
    mckan514w
    Participant

    YAY Hasy! I have been checking back all morning to hear about you. So happy for you congratulations!

    And they ask me why I drink

    BEC 71, 82
    AUD 75
    REG 75
    FAR 61, 69, 83

    and they ask me why I drink...

    FAR- 61-next time I'll ask for lube instead of a calculator
    REG-75- Never been so happy to see such a low grade
    BEC- 8/11
    AUD- 9/2

    #1393848
    kayfcpa16
    Participant

    🙂 Congrats @Hasy, I remember you were doubting that you passed REG and look at you now, ALL Done, its been a journey!

    Hopefully this will be me next qtr!

    May the force be with you .

    BEC - 78 (2/16)

    FAR - 78 (2/16)

    AUD - 69 (8/16), 75 (10/16)

    REG - 65 (8/16), 65!! (10/16) - Just Shoot Me [Re - Retake (1/17) 75!] ..

    DONEEEEEEEE

     

    FAR - 2/16 - 78
    BEC - 2/16 - 78
    AUD - 8/16
    REG - 8/16

    #1393851
    hasy
    Participant

    @mckan514w

    Aww, thank you so much! I'm sorry to hear about your score. But I've given my advice with FAR, learn the journal entries, they WILL save you!!

    AUD - 83
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 83
    REG - 78
    BEC - 80 (Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB)

    FAR - 72; 83 (Roger + NINJA MCQ)

    AUD - 83 (Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB)

    REG - 52; 78 (Roger + NINJA MCQ)

    Ethics - 68, 96 (how I dislike you)
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    This forum is more addictive than drugs. Still returning after licensure.

    Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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    BEC 80 (10/23/15)
    FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
    REG 52 (4/28/15)
    AUD (9/9/16)

    Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

    #1393955
    Stilgoin
    Participant

    Woop Woop!!! Congratulations @hasy I am soooo happy for you!!! Happy holidays to you and your family. 🙂

    Stilgoin, CPA

    There are enough critics. Be an encourager

    B | 62, 78
    A | 73, 67, 79
    R | 82
    F | 59, 59, Waiting

    Ethics | 93

    "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
    ~Winston Churchill

    “In a world full of critics, be an encourager."

    #1393959
    hasy
    Participant

    I can't even edit, but it's Sept 2015*.

    AUD - 83
    BEC - 80
    FAR - 83
    REG - 78
    BEC - 80 (Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB)

    FAR - 72; 83 (Roger + NINJA MCQ)

    AUD - 83 (Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB)

    REG - 52; 78 (Roger + NINJA MCQ)

    Ethics - 68, 96 (how I dislike you)
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    This forum is more addictive than drugs. Still returning after licensure.

    Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved - Helen Keller

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    BEC 80 (10/23/15)
    FAR 72 (4/2/15); 83 (7/11/16)
    REG 52 (4/28/15)
    AUD (9/9/16)

    Roger + NINJA MCQ + WTB

    #1393992
    NeedsA75
    Participant

    Congrats hasy!!!! I know how happy and relived you must be to finally be done with this thing. Enjoy the holidays without worrying about studying!!

    AUD - 96
    BEC - 86
    FAR - 76
    REG - 92
    PETH - 92
    Licensed in California

     

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