Anyone ever take an LOA to study for CPA exam? Wondering if I should do I can eat, sleep, and repeat MCQs for at least a couple of months....

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Take the LOA, get certified, then stay for a year while you look elsewhere.

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If you are planning on staying here at the firm then yes. Otherwise you have a better work like balance in industry

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I took off 2 weeks before each exam to cram and it helped a ton. 4th and hopefully last one coming up on Monday!

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I’d probably get the “easy” ones out of the way while still working, but I could see doing that for FAR and REG. Or honestly even just taking an extra week vacation over holiday break and really finalizing the material in FAR/REG.

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I know two people who did that and didn’t pass. Make sure you have a realistic plan and stick to it. It’s very hard to study 10 hrs a day, unless ur a student and are used to it

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This is what I am afraid of. So, I will most likely take PWC’s advice on taking extra time off to grind through MCQs and review materials closer to exam day.

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Love the time blocking strategies. Definitely v helpful 🤩

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