Written by Another71 Forum Moderator mla1169, who is now a Licensed CPA. July 20, 2010 Dear Pre-CPA Exam Me, So you’re getting ready to go and mail the application to sit for the CPA exam? Good for you, but I think you should know a few things right now: 1. This is going to stress
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Meg is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Sometimes I wonder if I am the only person in the CPA studying world who just can’t seem to grasp the test application process. I have registered for 4 tests, showed up to 3 and passed 2. Each time I go through the registration process, it is completely new
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Greg is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hiya! It has been a long time since I posted a blog entry. Here’s what’s been going on. I took REG in the beginning of July. I thought I did pretty well. It was potentially my final section of the CPA exam. So all I could do was wait
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Dear NINJAs, I am having problems with the simulations. I soar through the multiple choice, but freeze up when I get to a simulation. Do you have tips for answering these? – Tiffany Dear Tiffany, If we NINJAs had a Shuriken for every time someone said “hey NINJAs, my score report says I’m
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Kenley is a new NINJA CPA Blogger. My fellow NINJAs, Roughly three years ago, I vividly remember sitting at T.G.I. Fridays on a Friday night with a close friend of mine. Then there came that moment after dinner when she asked me to check her AUD score. CPA scores had just been released that day
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Elizabeth is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Greetings all, For those of you in tax … Wait, who am I kidding? If you are in tax you are not reading this … though I will express my best wishes to you anyway. I am still recovering from my epic fail. My immediate game plan was to
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Monique is a NINJA CPA Blogger. No excuses! That’s what I want to scream at the top of my lungs to any non-candidate that complains about their lack of time, energy, sleep, etc. So many of us have children, husbands, siblings, parents to take care of all while struggling up this hill. We have full
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David is a NINJA CPA Blogger. As mentioned in my last post, I received a 74 on FAR, when a 75 would have licensed me … and it caused me to lose credit for REG. I am now having a hard time focusing on the retake of FAR on October 17. When I received the
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Leah is a NINJA CPA Blogger. As the saying goes around the Another71 Forum, I’m half way to CPA! After making it past FAR and then failing AUD, I was hoping for a pass with BEC just to prove passing FAR wasn’t a fluke. I did pass BEC, but it was in the window that
Read MoreIntroducing NINJA CPA Blogger Katie
Katie is a new NINJA CPA Blogger. Hey NINJAs! My name is Katie and I’m from Illinois (sitting for exam) and Texas. I graduated from Loyola University Chicago in 2009. Before graduation I learned that I was at 140 credit hours only 10 hours away from the 150 credit hours I would need to be
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