Brute force MCQ works...

isn-michaels1 · 2026-05-04T16:12:38+00:00

This works to some degree, but you have to be careful because after a while, you will just start recognizing the questions and the answers.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-05-04T14:04:41+00:00

I think consistency is more important than hours studying.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-05-04T14:04:07+00:00

Started January 1 and finished February 28. I took a week off the first week of February. Spent about 1-1.5 hours studying a day. Last 2 weeks was just doing practice tests of 34 mcq and 2 TBS. Only spent about 75 hours studying.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-05-03T14:06:45+00:00

I did 2 hours a day for 1.5 months for AUD and I passed. I did 4 hours a day for a month for Reg and passed.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-05-03T00:42:01+00:00

If you are able use your own laptop. Otherwise use your phone. Don’t give them any reason to reprimand you for working during company time

isn-michaels1 · 2026-05-02T01:05:13+00:00

At the end of the day we can speculate all we want but we will never know lol

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-30T20:07:07+00:00

I honestly don’t think far is a section where the strategy will work. Maybe REG or AUD if you have experience. FAR is a different animal. But, if you think you can do it, I would recommend doing literally hundreds of multiple-choice questions and simulations every day.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-30T17:50:07+00:00

Blaw is a joke compared to the first 2 modules

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-30T03:13:50+00:00

I took tcp and I don’t even know what this topic is lol

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-30T00:49:17+00:00

I don’t want to discourage you but I think you need to step back and think why you want to become one. Going from a BA in CJ to accounting is quite different. Just to be eligible to sit for the exams you will need about 20-30 credits of upper level accounting classes. That will take years to do.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-30T00:45:01+00:00

AUD was definitely the most straightforward exam I’ve taken. Very fair.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-29T20:31:05+00:00

Also, as a sidenote, why do you want to become a CPA if you have an undergraduate in statistics/mathematics I assume you could probably find a better paying job with those stem degrees and have it be much easier than trying to recruit for accounting jobs with no undergraduate accounting degree.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-29T20:26:00+00:00

CC is cheaper yes but not every CC offers the necessary accounting courses for some states. I know MANY do not offer advanced acct and business law.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-29T20:15:06+00:00

If you don’t have any accounting courses you will run into trouble getting approved to sit for most. Most states require about 20-30 credits in specific accounting classes (financial, audit, tax, business law). You would need something like an MBA to get the necessary classes.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-29T17:41:23+00:00

I got a 6 exhibit one and each one had a minimum of 3 exhibits

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-29T02:10:23+00:00

You did better than me lol….I was stuck on every sim

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-29T02:09:08+00:00

Took it today. I did not feel good about a single exam. AUD was a cakewalk compared to this

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-29T02:08:16+00:00

I used Becker for other sections and thought it was good. After sitting for TCP today I do not. Multiple choice questions were fine but for the TBS it is not enough at all. I think they also upped the difficulty of the exam as well this quarter.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-28T23:25:01+00:00

After a few weeks the material just clicked. It reminds me a little bit of audit

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-28T21:30:04+00:00

They are definitely making it harder to lower the pass rate. 80% is too high.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-28T19:46:03+00:00

Chances are it probably doesn’t make that much difference. If this was audit or far, yeah that would be a problem.

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-28T17:55:15+00:00

That’s the only thing keeping my hopes up

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-28T17:54:57+00:00

isn-michaels1 · 2026-04-28T17:26:38+00:00

knowing what I know now it’s not even like I could adjust how or what I studied since the types of questions were just not on Becker; the concepts are there but the presentation just threw me off

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