Author: Jeff Elliott, CPA

Sarah writes in, “I need to pass my FAR and BEC exam by tax season time. My REG expires 3/31/19 for me, so I obviously just want to get my two tests that are left done by tax season. I was using Becker and then my course expired. Do you think I am OK still

Lisa says, “I want my license but I can’t find the energy to work hard and study. I feel overwhelmed with the time FAR is suggested to take and I have fallen so far off track. Becker suggests 10 weeks for FAR and realistically it will take me what seems like 20 weeks. That is

Kevin writes in, “I have a general question about accounting education requirements to sit for the CPA Exam. I’m considering sitting for the State of Washington and I still have some classes to take to satisfy the requirement. Regarding the quarter-to-semester hour conversion, in general terms are conversion hours rounded up? I calculated 17.7 semester

CPA Exam Immediately Following College Graduation. Run writes in, “I am entering my senior year in college. I want to take my first CPA Exam immediately after my graduation. I am thinking about “piggybacking” the AUD exam a few weeks after my college audit course so that the concepts are fresh. What are your thoughts?

Ellie writes in, “I want to study for the CPA Exam and I need your help. My son is nine months old and I need to study at night. Would you please let me know where do I start and what is the first step? Do you think a 20-day time frame is right for

    Utpal writes in, “I am frustrated with Gleim CPA Review because the questions are very hard and I feel that no mater how many times I’ve read the outline, I do not get the magical score of 75 on any of my units. I have the NINJA Monthly subscription for FAR. Do you

Cole asks, “I had a question related to the Ninja Study Framework. I’m not seeing anywhere in the Framework on how to incorporate doing the SIMs or doing practice tests. Do you have a suggestion or advice on how to tackle those if at all?” I used to tell people that I was not a

Amir writes in, “I’m in desperate need of some advice on how to study for FAR, and specifically in the ASCPA content area of Select Financial Statement Accounts. I started stronger and comparable in all areas except this and Simulations. I find that time is my biggest hurdle, and that I’m very thorough and tend

Ricky writes in, “I’ve seen you mention that you can rewrite notes from the NINJA Book or you can rewrite the NINJA Notes word for word. What’s your experience choosing between the two for most people?” That step in my Study Planer is coming up soon, and I’m not sure what to do.” So when