For those that have failed and then passed parts of the CPA. What did you do differently?

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I failed FAR twice and then passed the third time. After the first fail I focused on where I knew I had weak areas (bonds and leases). After the second fail I knew that there was a certain section in Becker that I didn’t know well enough. I focused on that for 10ish days and passed the third time.

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