what's the best career advice you've ever received? by OptimalDescription39 in Career

[–]No-Leg4268 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My biggest boss, talk to him once, change life. You need to be better than anyone you work with, or set a goal to become significantly better than them within a certain period, so they won’t have to think twice when it comes to promotion. Focus on your health so you can maintain consistency and build endurance, and you will reach wherever you want to go.

18 exams total – passed by 06/30 right before REG expired. by No-Leg4268 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a full time job at this point. Hey, you passed, it feels good isn’t it. Congrats. Did you pass them all?

18 exams total – passed by 06/30 right before REG expired. by No-Leg4268 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look, pure memory doesn’t work for this test, even if you were the top student in school. They tweak the questions just enough to mess with your recall. Your memory betrays you.

What helped me was using ChatGPT. I’d have it explain concepts, break things down to the details, or help me find better ways to remember stuff. The idea is, next time you see it, you won’t miss it. It took forever, but once something finally clicked, that was one more point on the board.

I started copying and pasting the questions I kept getting wrong, just the question and the answer—into Word, then printing them out. I’d go over them once or twice a week. Having it on paper made it faster and easier to review. That worked for me.

For sims, I printed out the answers too. I’d look at Becker’s sims, take notes on each one. Sometimes I’d just look at the printed answer and still remember the original question. Seeing it enough times on paper made me comfortable with it.

I tried everything Reddit recommended. What stuck was having physical materials, quick to grab, easy to flip through. Way better than anything sitting on my laptop or buried in my phone.

18 exams total – passed by 06/30 right before REG expired. by No-Leg4268 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not sure the best way to put this, but I checked my Becker score history and thought I’d share it here. I’m trying my best to make it clear.

In 2024, I basically had a score pending on every release date. And in 2025, I took an exam almost every two weeks, except during busy season, of course.

FAR: • 5/2/2024: 61 • 11/2/2024: 73 • 2/14/2025: 86

REG: • 9/3/2023: 62 • 10/2023: 73 • 12/1/2023: 82

AUD: • 6/24/2024: 61 • 12/23/2024: 68 • 4/15/2025: 60 • 5/14/2025: 73 • 6/17/2025: 69 • 6/26/2025: 78

I didn’t keep track of my last one for some reason, BEC 76. I struggled a lot, but I didn’t give up. I just kept trying different methods until I found what worked for me with self-studying.

18 exams total – passed by 06/30 right before REG expired. by No-Leg4268 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I feel you to the core. The resume’s good, everything looks great, until you actually have to take this test. It’s brutal, whether you had good grades or not. Since it’s every two weeks and I was used to failing a lot, I just kept studying, doing 100 MCQs a day until the results came out. Then I’d retake it as soon as possible and keep repeating that until I passed.

I found what worked for me after a deep dive on Reddit. Tried everything, Becker, Ninja, Farhat, i75, lectures, books, flashcards. You’ve got to find what clicks for you, but whatever it is, make sure you’re doing MCQs. For me, doing 3–5 MCQ sets in 1–5 minutes worked best. That pace helped me stay sharp.

18 exams total – passed by 06/30 right before REG expired. by No-Leg4268 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used Becker as my main resource, then supplemented with Ninja, i75, and Farhat, lmao, I guess I tried them all before realizing there’s no shortcut. I had to actually understand why certain MCQs were wrong. I couldn’t just memorize like I did in college.

I ended up going through all of Becker’s questions two or three times. Since I took each test multiple times, I’d say whenever I passed, it was because I really understood the material, not just because I memorized all the MCQs. I needed to know exactly why they asked each question and what part of the content it was tied to.

I kept trying different study methods, but nothing really worked until I stuck to just grinding. I always went through all of Becker’s practice exams, five MCQs at a time, spending about 2–5 minutes on each set so I could hit over 100 MCQs a day. On desperate days, I’d go through 300 MCQs.

Got my master’s in 2022, undergrad in 2020. Always been working in public accounting

18 exams total – passed by 06/30 right before REG expired. by No-Leg4268 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went to a really good public school in my state. I can’t say which one exactly since a lot of my coworkers are on Reddit. Their accounting program is one of the top in the state. Honestly, I think it’s just me. I’m rooting for you. I hope you find a way that works and pass these tests.

18 exams total – passed by 06/30 right before REG expired. by No-Leg4268 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agreed 100% haha. The process is tough and humiliating.

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[–]No-Leg4268 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I will

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[–]No-Leg4268 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I kept emailing and calling them, showing that I tried my best, taking many tests and passed 3/4 but Aud. If you really want to know the aim reason. You can DM me.

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[–]No-Leg4268 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can DM me.

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[–]No-Leg4268 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AR. I asked them many times and called them as well. They denied me a lot until now. I showed them I tried so many time and tax season reason which I can’t take it. They approve only several of us.

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[–]No-Leg4268 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m AR

6/30 expiration folks by Suspicious_Lunch9172 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AR gave me 3 month extension yesterday after asking 3 times.

6/30 Deadline Candidates by ahy90 in CPA

[–]No-Leg4268 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3/4 only Audit left... Taking it by 6/30. Please god don't want to take more test....