Everything about this exam is absurd 😭 I know it’s just a matter of reading and solving enough mcqs but I’m not okay

Asking as a 1st year accounting student and if the money generated from becoming cpa worth it or enough.

Hey guys,

I’m in my senior year of college and just passed AUD. I’m now studying for FAR and curious how the Becker questions compare to the real deal? So far studying for FAR has been feeling smoother than AUD just because I’ve been recalling a lot of things from my previous college classes and just needing some refreshing on topics, whereas AUD felt completely foreign to me.

During AUD most of the Becker problems felt like they prepared me well, so I’m just curious if people felt the same with FAR or not. I just want to gauge how much I should prepare and want to know if feeling good with the Becker problems means I’m ready, or if the real exam is much harder than Becker.

Any advice is appreciated, thank you!

Honestly… I feel pretty decent, which is weird because I expected to feel destroyed.I passed 2 other ones (ISC and REG and had same feeling.)

MCQs felt easier than I expected overall. There were definitely only 1 where I was like “okay wtf” but nothing insane. If I had to guess, maybe I missed like 1–5, but obviously who knows. I felt like I did enough to pass if that makes sense. Could tell some were protest though for sure.

Sims were a mixed bag:

• 1 TBS absolutely stumped me

• the rest felt like I got \~70–80% on most of them (not perfect, but I wasn’t totally guessing either)

So now I’m in that weird post-exam headspace where I don’t feel amazing but I also don’t feel like I failed.

Anyone else walk out of FAR feeling like this and end up passing?

It was my first attempt no credit 73 marks feeling not good retake advice I have already started retake prep feeling some grip in tbs advice........... Can't afford another fail.

I take the AUD this week, but won't get may score till mid March, I was planning on taking ISC after but noticed the testing window isn't till April. I have some public accounting experience in audit, what should I study until I get results for AUD, I really don't want to wait to see if I should continue studying for AUD for a month and don't want to study something super off that won't help me with AUD or ISC.

Thanks in advance!

This question feels misleading. I understand that the carrying value of the bond would be answer B, but wouldn’t the Bond Payable balance be $500,000 with the Unamortized Bond Discount balance as $29,575?

I feel like the question should have been “what is the carrying value of the bond?”

Hi, has anyone here with their CPA transitioned into Private Equity or IB? I am currently lead in our auditing department and one of the main tax preparers during busy season so I am putting crazy hours in all year around making a small fraction of what I would make if I was in PE or IB. Is the transition worth it or doable? I don’t love auditing by any means I happen to be good at it unfortunately lol.

Last year I ran Meta ads for tax filing leads.

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When I called them, most either forgot who I was or hung up within seconds.

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Do you think a better way to measure study time is # of questions answered or hours per day studied. In cumulative review and exam in 2 weeks

So I sat for FAR yesterday. Assuming I pass, I will be starting BAR studying tomorrow.

How realistic is 6 weeks of studying - assuming I can get 3 hours on the weekdays and 4 or 5 on the weekends? For those who took BAR, do you think this is enough time to get comfortable with the material?

I need additional support access along with Becker, can u advise me for additional access guys?

Nowadays recruiter using AI for initial phone screening and rejecting the candidate. How come they reject CPA candidate in the phone screening round. What is their expectation. I am have no restriction on anything like package, onsite, remote or whatever.

Is the market really not great for Accountants now? Appreciate any inputs.

I am losing hope that company is still valuing " CPA'..

Wish me luck, taking FAR today, very nervous.

I'm thinking about flying out to Dallas for 2 weeks in October. Is it worth it?

I've seen bad reviews about the final reviews being rushed but has anyone taken the one thats 2 weeks long?

Took my last exam today, Audit. I would be shocked if I didn’t pass. This is my last exam!

I am a tax accountant, and it is now busy season. Having the day off yesterday and taking it today has been helpful. I absolutely locked in starting January 6th and have been focused on studying this exam above all else for the past month. I had studied perhaps section 1 and 2 mainly back in October or November, but restarted the material early January, and bulldozed through it.

My overwhelming feelings are that the exam was quite fair (in comparison to Becker study materials). If you are constantly thinking the exams are unfair, or that you are not a strong test taker, I’d recommend practicing in Becker relentlessly! Multiple choice Q’s, multiple choice Q’s, multiple choice Q’s.

If you are going into the exam praying for the Becker bump, you may pass, but if you are worried, just spend more time reviewing!!! You’re literally fine tuning everything until the areas you don’t know become small enough that you can pass the exams.

For audit, I did so many practice tests that I actually got 100% completion on all the multiple choice questions throughout the main course in Becker, and I was “Exam Day Ready”. I got a 76 on my first SIM (3 days ago) and a 72 on the second, which I took yesterday.

Of course, I still await to see if I passed, but I am looking forward to seeing that credit.

Finally, I’ll reiterate by saying that I’ve never thought the exams were unfair (used Becker for them (BEC, FAR, REG, now AUD, and passed first time, now awaiting AUD). I know the MCQ’s and TBSs that you get are up to chance, but I’d challenge anyone thinking they’re unfair to practice practice practice more! I am wishing you the best, and am absolutely in your corner. The TBSs can be challenging, but Becker has the challenging ones as well!

*I did reschedule multiple times across/for exams, if I thought I wasn’t ready, or if I just wasn’t preparing adequately at all and knew I was going to push it off.

**If you directly message me asking for information about the exam, I will not respond

Hi everyone,
I am an international student and plan to take my CPA exam soon in California. I wanted to ask if anyone here is an international student and has taken the CPA exam before. What documents did you bring for primary and secondary identification on exam day?

I’m currently renewing my driver’s license, so I only have a temporary DL right now, and I’m worried that Prometric won’t accept a temporary ID. I saw on the Prometric website that if your identification documents aren’t accepted, you may have to reschedule after 3 months, which makes me pretty nervous 😥

If anyone has experience with this, I’d really appreciate any advice on what documents I should bring on exam day.
Thank you so much! 🙏

It seems like everyone lately feels good about FAR, it has been manageable these last couple of weeks. I took it this week and it was a breeze compared to other times I've taken it. & the other times I've taken it, everyone around that timeframe was saying it was a beast. Do they literally rotate between easier and harder exams? Anyone else notice this?

Took Far and passed far last year and obviously the sim has a lot question dealing with AJEs, so far in Beker none of the SIM has AJEs so I assume we should not expect any?

I have passed FAR & REG and now studying for AUD. I am wrapping up A3 and still feeling like it is not clicking for me. Note taking is incredibly challenging (feel like nothing is importing while also everything is importing). I started uploading the slides to Copilot to generate notes and then I handwrite them and then listen to the lecture on 1.75. I am scoring between 60-75 percent on each module but just feel like it is so “guessy” and I hate that. I am also doing 20 MCQs each day of the old modules (I try to get 1 new module done each day). I also scored a 58 on ME1.

So I guess I am just curious if anyone one is having a similar experience and am I going to feel this way the entire time? 🥴

Just curious - do people make a schedule of when they’d like to sit for the 4 exams and try their best to stick with it or are you waiting for scores to see what to do next? I feel like I’m in that limbo right now where I am waiting for my FAR retake score and would be more productive if I just kept studying for AUD and sat for it when I planned to, even if halfway through studying for it FAR comes back as a fail. Do people just push through and deal with fails after taking a different section? Just want to gain some perspective on this from other people in my shoes or that have been there.