[Y05H1 3GG]

I use a spreadsheet as well that tracks current year hours and it calculates carry forward for the next year. I save a PDF of each certificate and print them to keep in a binder.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I took BEC for my final section and it crashed on me as well. This was the response I got from NASBA:

Good afternoon,

Thank you for contacting NASBA's Candidate Care.

We are sorry for the disruption you experienced while taking the BEC examination on 2/27/2019.
We have looked closely at your examination file and can confirm for you that all of your answers in all five testlets were captured, saved and successfully transmitted to the AICPA for scoring.
Due to the fact that you finished the exam and submitted it, there is a good chance that you may have passed.
Scores will be released on 03/08/2019.

If after you receive your score, you find that you did not pass, please contact NASBA's Candidate Care again, as you may be eligible for a free retest of this section.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I’m having a similar experience as you. I became licensed in August and initially got a verbal congrats from my supervisor. After 3 months I had a check in with him and I mentioned that I was interested in moving into a senior analyst role. His response was not yet and that job roles may be redefined since we were recently acquired and have gone from a not for profit to a publicly traded company. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago my supervisors role was eliminated and now I feel like I have been completely reset on any momentum toward becoming a senior analyst I have built after being with the company for the last 5 years. I’m pretty frustrated too and feel like it hasn’t paid off yet as well.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I practiced FAR, REG, & BEC MCQs with Excel and found it very helpful to use the actual exam. The only thing I didn't like about the actual exam software was that it closed Excel when going from question to question.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I mailed the application in on June 24 and was approved by the Board at the August 19th Board Meeting. Then it was like another 2 months before the license came in the mail.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I took the 8 hour in person course in Charlotte last year and you get the credit for it just for attending (no quiz). They didn't put out the dates on NCACPA until closer to March or April. The instructor was nice and kept the class interesting as well.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I found the Business Law section hard to understand and didn't give it much attention because I thought not much would show up on the actual exam. However, my actual exam had a lot more Business Law than I anticipated and I was lucky to score a 75.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

My BEC exam crashed while i was taking it during an MCQ Testlet and it took about 20 minutes to get it back up and running. I reported it to NASBA and they offered to waive my retest fee if I received a failing score.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I just watched the Wiley videos at 1.5X speed and read the book/text below the video only if I was struggling answering the questions

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[Y05H1 3GG]

If you are in NC and close enough I would recommend App State's Masters program. The program is 12 hrs in fall and spring and 6 hrs during the summer. We had a lot of transfers that did their undergrad at Chapel Hill and everybody in my graduating class has passed the CPA exam either during the program or shortly after.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

You'll get that Present Value Factor on the FAR/BEC exam and you just have to know which factor to use in different circumstances.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

This has been my journey…

I got my undergrad in Accounting and immediately got my masters right after and my first job was with a small interior design firm that paid $11/hr for 3 days a week.

My next position was with a local cpa firm and made $13/hr part-time.

After leaving the cpa firm I started with a large health system in my area as a “Business Specialist” at $19/hr. I pretty much did month end journal entries for my department and submitted them to finance. After two years at this position I was able to make a case to be reclassified as a Finance Analyst and my salary went to $47,700. 2 years later I am at the same company and make $49,700.

I recently passed the CPA Exam and should be licensed later this month. Once it becomes official I plan to make a case to become a Senior Finance Analyst and reevaluate comp.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

Thanks for the info Jimmy. I was wondering because 10 weeks would put me at the September Board meeting and that sounded like an awful long time for approval.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I don't think putting life on hold is necessary to pass. I started taking Jiu-Jitsu 3 days a week (1.5 hours on Tuesdays,Thursdays, and Saturdays) and my wife and I had season passes to a local theme park/water park during the year I was taking exams (we went at least one or two Saturdays a month). I was also able to maintain going to the gym to lift weights an hour or two each day (Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays). I was able to pass all four in 14 months and only failed one of the exams. This was also while working full time.

So I would say it is definitely possible to pass and not sacrifice your whole life.

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[Y05H1 3GG]

I passed my final exam on 2/27/19 and found out on the 3/7/19 release. Then my wife and I went to Thailand from March 17-26 and my congratulatory letter from the NC Board was in the mail that we received while we were out of the country. However, I haven't received or heard anything from NASBA since passing all 4 parts.

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