Shaila is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hey NINJAs! An amazing thing happened. I walked out of my first exam attempt a couple weeks ago resigning myself to a retake, but lo and behold, I passed AUD with an 80. I’m not really sure how that happened, but hey, I’ll take it! It feels awesome to

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Alex is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Greetings Fellow NINJAS, I was set back a little bit this past weekend with a head cold (might have been liquor induced), but I am excited to be back on the grind now this week. This is usually the most exciting time in Lexington, Kentucky as this is no

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Clint is a NINJA CPA Blogger. It has been a suspenseful wait for the last few weeks. I had estimated that I would be borderline pass/fail for the Regulation section. Thankfully, I received my score on Friday and I passed with a 76! I am glad that REG is out of the way and can

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Angel shares his CPA Exam experience as an international candidate. We all have our own variety for being obsessed with something. “Obsession,” as defined in the dictionary, is the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, desire, etc. It is “an unwelcome, uncontrollable, and persistent idea, thought, image, or emotion that a

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Ben is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hey NINJAs- I know, an optimist typically views the glass as half full, but since last summer I’ve been seemingly sipping away at the bitter drink that is the CPA exam. I’m halfway done though, and each new swig brings me that much closer. It’s an acquired taste. My

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Jimmy is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hi fellow CPA Exam takers, I received my score from my last exam. I received another 71 (pun intended). In focusing solely on government and non-profit during my European trip, I improved significantly in those two areas from my last attempt. In doing so, I made the classic mistake

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Jen is a NINJA CPA Blogger. I survived the audit! Not the CPA exam section, but my first ever audit at work. It was relentless, and it’s hard to imagine doing that work for weeks and months at a stretch, like the actual auditors do. Of course, I also had to work on a paper

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Haley is a NINJA CPA Blogger. The thought of making sacrifices in the name of hard work is nothing new. It’s fairly common knowledge that students, professionals, and most working adults in general often forgo opportunities to eat, sleep, enjoy time with loved ones, or do other things for leisure in order to finish a

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