Katrina is a guest blogger sharing her journey to pass the CPA Exam. It’s finally over. I just received my final passing score. It’s absolutely surreal. This journey has been long, difficult, frustrating, annoying, expensive, humbling, angering, yet completely worth it in the end. I’ve been a member of the Another71 Forum for a few
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REG results are in: PASSED with an 86!
Ben is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hello NINJAs! I was putting off this post a couple of days last week solely because I was waiting for my REG score. I had been waiting about a month and it was killing me. As a recap, this was my third attempt with REG. When I took REG
Read MoreStudy Strategy on the Eve of My FAR Exam
Tori is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hey NINJAs I am writing to you on the eve of my 3rd attempt at FAR. I am so nervous about my performance. I have put in a lot of effort to get ready for this section and I still am not sure I have done enough. There are
Read More93 on AUD! Time to move on to REG
Cassandra is a NINJA CPA Blogger. As many of you know, scores were released Monday. I’d been waiting for my AUD retake score, which was a 93! If you remember, my first AUD score was 71. That’s an increase of 22 points. It CAN be done, so if you got a failing score this time,
Read MoreDealing with Failure during the CPA Exam
Arthur is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hey NINJAs! If you are reading this post right now, there is a good chance you have failed or will fail a part of the CPA Exam. I am not trying to scare or discourage any candidates but it is the hard truth. Although I do not know the
Read MoreTragedy & Loss: My 10 Year Journey to PASS the CPA Exam
David is a NINJA CPA Blogger. It’s over!!!! 10:45 am. October 2, 2002. A phone call that would change my life forever, and alter my CPA path for a very long time. I had been studying for the exam for about three months–back when it was paper based, 4 exams in two days, only in
Read MoreIntroducing NINJA CPA Blogger Patti
Patti is a new NINJA CPA Blogger. The week has finally arrived. This is the week that I sit for FAR. I have not taken any other parts of the CPA exam yet. Understandably, I am nervous. Actually, nervous doesn’t even begin to describe it. Terrified, stressed, pressure to pass. Those all accurately describe me.
Read MoreIntroducing NINJA CPA Blogger Andrea
Andrea is a new NINJA CPA Blogger. CPA. Those three little letters strike fear into the hearts of students and accountants-to-be everywhere. Until you climb that mountain, those three letters can be the most daunting in the world. These are all of the clichés we are told to get us through the hell of studying
Read MoreCaring for Body and Mind while Studying for the CPA Exam
Arthur is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hey NINJAs! I hope everyone’s studies have been going well. Something that gets overlooked throughout the process of studying for the CPA exam is a candidate’s fitness and diet. To be able to endure the physical and mental punishment that one puts their body through from sitting for hours
Read MoreLife is Busy: Finding Time for FAR Studies
Joe is a NINJA CPA Blogger. As I prepare for FAR I am fortunate enough to have a decent amount of time to be able to study for this exam. I am going to take this exam the first week of April, although mid-March may have better suited my study program. Instead of trying to
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