[NYMadMan]

10.00am works for me. I get to wake up late have a good breakfast and is set for the 3 to 5 hours endurance.

ACCA (London - CPA)
CMA

BEC(4/17)-90, REG(5/28)-88, AUD (7/11)-83, FAR (8/31)- 90

[75 CPA]

9 a.m.

I study until noon the day before the exam. I then drive to the exam site and I spend a night in a motel. I take the exam at 9 a.m.

[Anonymous]

I'm not a morning person so prefer afternoon.

[financeguy]

I feel fortunate that I have a testing center located about 15 minutes from my house. First exam I did at 9am, all others at 1:30 pm.

AUD - 81, BEC - 74, 80, FAR - 82, REG - 81
Done!

[potatogun]

Early afternoon so I can relax in the morning. My test site is about 30m away.

FAR 92 - AUD 91 - REG 94 - BEC 86

[MPoni123]

I like to take them late afternoon. I took BEC at 4 p.m. on Monday. This way I can stay up late the night before (probably till 1 a.m. and do multiple choice). I can sleep till 10 or 11 a.m. and study some more and leave the house about 2 hours to 1.5 hours before my exam. (testing center is 45 minutes away) then I usually review in my car for 15-20 min before I go in to the testing center. I always end up sitting for the exam like 15-20 minutes early.

FAR is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.!

AUD - 84; REG - 90; BEC - 79; FAR - 75; ALL DONE!!

[italianCPA]

Early afternoon is best.

I live in Los Angeles and making a morning appointment is either a bet or significant lack of sleep (waking up several hours earlier to be sure to beat traffic).

I schedules FAR at 2pm, AUD at 11:30am (close to my apartment though) and REG at 6pm in Anaheim, so I'll have the whole day to get there and maybe go to Disneyland before 🙂

No way in hell I could ever go to a 7/7:30am appointment.

FAR - 7/26/10 - 95
AUD - 8/10/10 - 88
BEC - 8/31/10 - 88
REG - 10/15/10 - 95

[NYMadMan]

I never review on the day of the test. I keep all my mental energy for the exams, that is why I like the morning sessions.

ACCA (London - CPA)
CMA

BEC(4/17)-90, REG(5/28)-88, AUD (7/11)-83, FAR (8/31)- 90

[nolifecpa]

Friday afternoons so I can get trashed afterwards. Alcohol just tastes so much better on a friday night after an exam

REG-65,71,74,73,70,74,79
BEC-60's,60's,69,71,76*,78
FAR-67,66,65,79
AUD-54,60's,65,83*,69,80
*expired

DONE

[Anonymous]

I wish I had some of the options that you guys have. My only options are either 7 -7:30 AM or 11 – 11:30 AM. Not a single afternoon appointment was available let alone around 4 PM or later. I am not a morning person so all of mine where at the 11 – 11:30 AM timeframe which actually sucked. Since I did not want to eat very much so I wouldn't have to worry about bathroom breaks. I always finished the exam hungry. But I would eat a light breakfast at least 2 hours prior to the exam arrive at the exam at least 1 1/2 hours early and reviewed the stuff that I was having trouble with. Usually help me for 2 or 3 questions that last minute review. Kept the same routine for all exams, walk in about 20 minutes, hit the bathroom and drink a water and then check in. Always started at least 15 minutes early for every exam. Always scheduled the exam on a Tuesday if possible and took Monday off and did a 3 day cram which I also found extremely helpful.

[Anonymous]

closest testing center for me 2-3 hrs away so for sure no earlier than 10a. I always scheduled at 12pm. I dont like to schedule later either cause after wards I can have go have fun in the city and later in the night go out club/bar/drink with friends who live in the city.

I don't like spend night before cause I dont like sleep in unknown beds (hotels) cuz that in itself is stressful for me unless I get a $500 super luxury room with i cannot afford, or i physically take my king size bed with me.

[Cruzer]

bump

“There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” -Anonymous

• AUD - PASSED (Q1 2017)
• BEC - PASSED (Q3 2016)
• FAR - PASSED (Q2 2017)
• REG - PASSED (Q4 2015)

 

[JMG]

I feel like 1pm is the sweet spot for me, eat a good lunch before heading to the exam (30 mins away) and I get to sleep in if the nerves get to me the night before.

Your fail scores are like battle scars, so wear them proudly!

REG - 76 (expired 7/31/18)

BEC - 69, 72, 80

AUD - 62, 70, 74

FAR - 50, 60

[mckan514w]

I'm an early-birder so as soon as they can open the doors and get the computers cut on. the Pro with this is I rarely have problems finding open dates because I think I may be the only one crazy enough to want to test at 7:30am 🙂

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

[JBeaty0507]

I like the 12:30 time slot. My testing center is about 30 minutes away. This allows me to sleep in a bit, review any flash cards that I've made that I still want to go over and get them fresh in my head, and then plenty of time to drive to the testing center without worrying about traffic so much. The only downfall is like one poster said, I usually don't want to eat much before the exam so I don't have to take any breaks. However, I do try to fit in a light breakfast.

AUD - 87
BEC - 89
FAR - 85
REG - 78

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

[Iceman6]

Always 8am or 9am. Wake up early, get it over with and treat myself to lunch and a beer. My testing center is only 20 mins away so I can sleep in until 7 and just get up and go. I never study the night before so I can rest my brain, so an early time slot works perfect for me

AUD - 79
BEC - 77
FAR - 78
REG - 80

After 4 long years, I'm done.

[Author]

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