Elizabeth is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Greetings all, I hope all is well and this entry finds everyone well and their studying progressing well. As to the house-keeping details, yes I read my notes and studied my flash cards religiously. Additionally, there were a few days when I knew studying was out of the question
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Final Review Time: Nine Days Until REG Round Three
Tori is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hey NINJAs. I am officially T minus 9 days until my third attempt at REG. I am feeling very anxious about the upcoming exam. A lot is riding on me passing this section. Over the last several months I have been going through my review material in great detail.
Read MoreThe Cougher: A Distracted REG Exam Experience
Patrick is a NINJA CPA Blogger. I’m writing from McCarran International, waiting for a flight back to Seattle, where I will attend Pacific Coast Banking School for the next two weeks. I spent the day prior to the exam working a few questions but mostly reviewing notes, trying to rest my brain as much as
Read MoreRealistic Study Plan: Gearing up for BEC Again
Ashliegh is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Hello NINJAs! It has been a few months since I have logged in and it my last exam score shows that my brain checked out when the weather got nice. Audit season has hit and the joys of summer have been painfully tempting. In February, I received a 72
Read MoreCPA Exam Success Story: From Limbo to Passed, Part 2
Raffi is a special guest blogger sharing his journey to pass the CPA Exam. This is part two of two installments. Take the father’s advice (who is also a CPA) – Fall 2012 – His grandiose advice was to just focus on two parts at a time until you pass them and then move on
Read MoreThe Sims Killed Me: Already Planning for AUD Retake
Sarah is a NINJA CPA Blogger. One phrase sums up my audit retake score…the SIMS killed me. I got a 74 on my retake and was shocked. I really felt like I had passed it, even felt like the SIMS weren’t two bad, but I just received my score breakdown from NASBA and I scored
Read MoreLooking Back at FAR Scores + Looking ahead to BEC
Maria is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Well, I’ve finally picked myself up off the floor since my fourth (ouch!) fail on FAR. I tried not to dwell on it too much, as I’ve been distracted studying for BEC, and in an odd way, this fail actually gave me some good motivation to tackle my first
Read MoreTwo Months Later … A New Job + A New Plan for BEC
Ali is a NINJA CPA Blogger. To say I fell off the bandwagon is a total understatement. The last NINJA blog post I wrote was about two months ago. Shortly after writing that post, a new project came my team’s way at work and we became considerably more busy. I left public accounting because I
Read MorePraying for a Knockout: AUD Round Three Coming Up
Kristin is a NINJA CPA Blogger. Round 3 with Audit is exactly 13 days away. In the next 13 days I am doing nothing but staying home and studying. Oh wait. Sorry, I was DREAMING!!! My youngest son is turning 7, my boyfriend’s sister is getting married, my kids are starting school (2nd and 3rd
Read MoreTime to Jump: Just a Few Days until REG
Patrick is a NINJA CPA Blogger. I’ve noticed that I tend to use a lot of analogies in my writing, so bear with me, but with a few days left, I have a feeling in my gut that brings me back to the first time I jumped out of an airplane. After two weeks of
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