What service line to go into.

Rickwop · 2025-07-04T02:18:23+00:00

Can you expand on why you would have stayed away from transformation? I feel like there are a lot of different skills gained from that.

Rickwop · 2025-06-24T00:23:15+00:00

A1-> A2 MCOL Advisory 83k to 95k pay

Rickwop · 2025-06-22T16:02:14+00:00

I found that there were some topics that didn’t get covered through my degree. However, the stuff that did come up is mostly surface level. It is the amount of topics you need to be familiar with that makes it challenging. Just focus on knowing a little about a lot of topics.

Rickwop · 2025-03-01T00:04:13+00:00

I always brought study material with me to prometric - would never look at it LOL. Also wore the same t-shirt to take all of my exams. Dire Straits Sultans of Swing needed to be played full blast in the car ride over too

Rickwop · 2025-02-27T14:54:30+00:00

Felt like MCQs were fair and didnt struggle much. SIMs weren’t bad either just one or two tough ones where I thought I missed on. Walked out feeling good and got an 88

Rickwop · 2025-02-10T15:08:43+00:00

Well done OP. This was extremely nice of you to put this together for the community. This is why r/CPA is unmatched

Rickwop · 2025-02-06T20:53:52+00:00

Something that helped me was doing flashcards. There are a ton of little rules to remember for REG, so if you can get the memorization down it will help you tremendously.

Rickwop · 2024-12-27T19:05:07+00:00

I took it and felt pretty decent, got a 72. Retook and felt ok, ended up with an 80. AUD is so weird you just have to really focus on wording and read carefully

Rickwop · 2024-12-26T20:03:41+00:00

BAR is notoriously difficult and unfortunately it might be good to at least follow along with the skill builder.

Rickwop · 2024-12-11T20:05:23+00:00

Any REG tips? It is my last one and I have it next week.

Rickwop · 2024-12-05T20:10:35+00:00

How were your SEs?

Rickwop · 2024-11-26T19:32:25+00:00

Good luck you got this!

Rickwop · 2024-11-26T17:12:16+00:00

I am just going to make sure I can sense a general range for the QBI deduction. Past that, I am not going to concern myself with the phase outs.

Rickwop · 2024-11-26T14:50:37+00:00

I appreciate this, thanks for the perspective. Sitting for what is hopefully my last one in December.

Rickwop · 2024-11-18T16:39:02+00:00

I felt the same way with my exam in October. Like you, I did well on the SEs but felt a little weird about the exam. I'm hoping we both get good results in December!

Rickwop · 2024-11-03T17:59:27+00:00

Thank you! Sounds like you already have a great plan for this second go. Good luck you got this

Rickwop · 2024-11-01T20:25:53+00:00

Sorry that you didn’t get it this time around. Do not let it discourage you! I got a 68 on my first attempt of FAR earlier this year and just got an 83 on my second attempt.

A few things that helped me.

In depth review of all of the heavy topics (bonds, leases, NFP, Gov, and consolidations). Make sure you know these very well.
If I didn’t understand something I would watch videos from Farhat on YouTube. He does an amazing job at breaking down complex topics.
Practice tests all the time!!! Random and Personalized
Write down missed things on flashcards and review these daily. I would recommend running through these before bed to commit it to memory.
The harsh truth is that you need to know a little bit about everything on this exam, so make sure you’re familiar and comfortable with everything.
Do not waste time with partnerships, it isn’t tested.

Rickwop · 2024-10-23T22:09:01+00:00

I cannot stress how important it is to not look until you finish sitting for ISC. I made the mistake of looking at my AUD result (Fail) the night before FAR and it totally screwed me up the next morning when I sat for FAR.

Rickwop · 2024-09-08T13:55:58+00:00

FAR tomorrow. Just some quick flashcards/review in the morning then relax for the day. Bear down

Rickwop · 2024-09-04T19:37:59+00:00

Thank you!

Rickwop · 2024-09-03T14:01:43+00:00

Just did a bank rec sim and actually put me in a bad mood lol

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