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Terry says, “Hi Jeff. Unfortunately, I just got my score back yesterday on BEC and I failed with a 68. Doesn’t make much sense to me because I failed BEC back in November with a 73. I could probably recite the formulas and mnemonics to you. At school, I was always a good
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Joe is a NINJA CPA blogger. There are a million distractions that get in the way of studying for the CPA Exam. The key isn’t getting rid of all of them, but limiting them so they do not consume you and take up all of your time. My largest distraction is my phone. Text messages, Instagram,
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Ashley is a NINJA CPA blogger. I have finally scheduled my AUD retake. I wanted to sit for the exam on a Sunday. This would have allowed me to review throughout the day on Saturday. However, Saturday wasn’t available, so Sunday it is. There’s something about scheduling an exam date that makes everything seem more real.
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Rollie is a NINJA CPA blogger. NINJAs – As I stare out my upstairs window into the gloomy and dark January sky, I would like to say… I finally hit the adaptive phase in NINJA MCQ! It took way too long, which I interpret as a sign of laziness and motivation. In case you didn’t
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CPA Reviewed #75: Friday February 10, 2017 Get Notified of Future Episodes Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Castbox | Podcast Addict | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Amazon Music | Stitcher | Pandora | RSS Like the Podcast? Please Subscribe and Review![Listen on iTunes][Listen on Stitcher][Listen on Tunein] Want to be on
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Joe is a NINJA CPA blogger. After passing BEC in November I started studying for REG a few weeks later. I was able to read through most of the material before our year-end and then started listening to NINJA Audio. Then the real test started: a year-end close for a publicly traded corporation. I am
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Kimberly is a NINJA CPA blogger. My son is graduating from school in a few short months and, as a result, our schedules are starting to get a bit hectic. Nevertheless, I have finally gotten started on the NINJA MCQ for AUD. I have been reading my AUD book for what seems like forever. I
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