Bar exam vs. CPA exam?

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Unless you're talking about the bar exam that involves shots. Then that exam.

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It's all just memorization and applying yourself.

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I think CPA is probably easier since you get to split it up into 4 parts and take each separately. Really makes the studying more focused and easier.

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If someone else is paying, I'll take any exam.

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You can do neither and make 6 figures in finance with less experience and education(time)

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Spoken like a true lawyer. Congrats on passing.

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CPA=job=6 figures w/6 yrs of exp

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Top law firms pay 6 figures right out of school.

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^ya but CPA is 4 separate exams. You only study 1 topic at a time. Isn't Bar two days in a row and you've got to study all sections at once?

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CPA exam is almost all multiple choice. Bar (at least Texas bar) is not. Bar is undoubtedly more difficult.

Why not both! I had 2 lawyers with CPAs tell me that studying for the CPA exam help with how they study for the Bar

CPA exam was hard, too. I failed one part & had to retake it. That sucked.

^ya failed one part and retook just one part. If that was the Bar you'd have to retake the entire exam.

Also the bar exam costs about $200K more and requires an additional 2 years of schooling, so I'd have to give it the edge in difficulty. CPA way better economically though (unless you're at a top 20 law school)

^even top 20 law school can't always get you the 6 figure starting job necessarily (not bottom 10% of class, by "top 20" I mean top 12)

Top law firms?! Salary is known and you can look that up. 6 figures is very doable

And CPA is only 6 figures in larger markets. Mid markets aren't paying audit managers $100K

BAR exam >>> CPA exam

I've had both tell me bar was easier. It's a 2 day exam. CPA is 4

Bar is easier for sure

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