Hana is a new NINJA CPA Blogger. Hello. My name is Hana. I am a nontraditional accounting student that has come to be sitting for this exam in a roundabout crazy way. I never imagined myself Hana C., CPA, and still question whether or not it will come true. But here I am, finally feeling

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Dewey is a guest blogger. Several years ago a coworker told me about Another71. At the time, I was more concerned about billable hours and getting returns done under budget than working on the CPA Exam. I thought I would be rewarded with giant pay raises and my work experience would provide a foundation of

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  Hey NINJAs! My name is Denise and I am from the beautiful island of Barbados!!! If you have never heard of it, look it up because after your exam is over you should treat yourself to a nice vacay at the beach basking in the sun with a margarita in your hand. As the

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David is a new NINJA CPA Blogger. I have been eligible to sit for the CPA Exam since 2002, and took it for the first time in 2002 when it was still “paper based” and only given twice a year. Three weeks before I sat for the exam, my family experienced the ultimate of tragedies.

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Patrick is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Last Wednesday, we gathered on the carpet of our still-empty living room to watch Victor unwrap his birthday presents. Amidst the Legos, Hotwheels, and necessities that parents pass-off as gifts, was a small box, about an inch cubed. Victor pulled out a folded-up sticky note with the number, 87,

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Kimberly is a NINJA CPA Blogger. I have been very good with not peeking at my first 2 scores from this summer study session, but as my third score hit my inbox Tuesday night, I was too anxious to go home and check what all of the results were. Here is a recap of what

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Leah is a NINJA CPA Blogger. I learned a few things on my last exam that I want to throw out to readers. I thought I was doing things right, but I really wasn’t. I had two main realizations. 1. Slow down and read the question. No, really read it. 2. Know how the test

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Tori is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hi NINJAS, I was really hoping that after fighting all morning with the CA state board web site that I would be able to present great news about my REG retake. Unfortunately, my score was dismal. When I first opened my status report I thought I had opened my

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Monique is a NINJA CPA Blogger. I’m finally sitting down to begin studying for FAR. My review course is known for its bite-size lessons. You have several lessons that are supposed to be around 30 minutes. In reality, the amount of time varies greatly depending on the subject. When I was studying for AUD I

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Meg is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hellooooo fellow NINJAs!!! So I took Audit on August 15th and have been studying for my audit retake since then. Some light studying … rewrote the NINJA Notes and have been working the Wiley MCQs. Well I can officially stop studying for my Audit retake because I PASSED!!! I

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