Anybody ever winged a CPA exam and has any success? Trying to finish my final part before the exam changes 😬. Just wondering if taking it's a waste of time

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Ey5 if you have time for 1000 mcq before then sure. Ninja mcq is good for cramming.

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To the people out there just starting to study, these folks are the very very rare exceptions that got lucky. These are exceptionally challenging tests which require dedicated efforts to prepare enough to pass.

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Winged far the first time. It went as expected

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You people saying you barely studied or didn't study at all make me feel horrible about myself failing with months of studying...

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Studied BEC the night before and passed with a 77. You can always get lucky

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Winged REG with a week of studying and passed, it's possible but would highly recommend not winging it aha

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I wouldn't recommend it either, just saying it's possible..

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Just walked in and took Audit

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Same thing happened for me! Thanks FBers for the inspiration!

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^I wouldn't recommend that. Most people would fail miserably at that.

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I think once you pass 3-4 weeks of studying it starts to get inefficient

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I winged FAR and got a 75.

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Everyone I meet spends too much time learning the material. Just memorize the questions and you'll pass.

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Guys there is a spot open on March 7th for BEC, now really thinking to try after reading your stories

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I'd take an exam anyway now since you can only take it once per quarter. Take it just to see how the the testing environment is like.. study a little too. You might get lucky, and plan to retake in April. It wouldn't hurt to take it next week (only hurts the money paid to take it twice). Thats what I did for an exam... And I got lucky enough and passed with a 75. However, I didn't expect to.. and was going to retake it. You never know

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Thanks to this post I decided to wing BEC, before changes, studied only one week and passed it. So yes, i have a success story.

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Congrats 👋

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I passed 3 of 4 with one week of studying for each. It took me about 10 days of studying to pass FAR. Though, I only scored in the high 70s for each part.

You can wing bec

I took Far/Reg/BEC in the same week with 2 days of studying for each. Definitely possible.

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