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This will benefit someone, so I’ll share:
6 years, 20+ tries. Needed to change service lines and make a career pivot to have normal hours. Also, was dealing with chronic depression and a bit of memory loss. My situation was very extreme. But I hope this encourages someone going through it very heavily. You’re not alone. These exams aren’t a test of intellect, they’re a test of perseverance. Keep going. Don’t give up. It’s worth it in the end.
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6 months with 2 kids under 5. It was rough, but I did it.
6 months, full time job and three kids…so worth it. Becker Review was my go to study method
Oh man, that part of my life sucked so bad. It took me about the whole 18 months, or whatever the limit was for my state at the time. I did fine on 3 of them but I got a 74% on audit 3 times in a row. Finally passed it on the 4th try with like no time to spare. I was also working at EY at the time, so it is doable. Just have the mentality that it’s basically going to be busy season all year for you. As soon as you’re done with work busy season, you need to put that same amount of time into studying and testing. The sooner the better. It’s only going to get harder the longer you wait.
Same. Took it to the last exam period before I would have lost credit. But I did it working full time, moving across the country, and getting my house destroyed by a hurricane. It can be done but it won’t be as easy as those kids that get a whole semester just to study and take exams.
Took me around 4 years. Didn’t take it seriously till I was a senior which was a mistake.
12 months
About 8 months during my first year as an associate. You’ve got to really want it and be ready to sacrifice a lot of your personal life for a few months to make it happen, but it is doable!
It took me about 10 months as a first year associate who started in January.. Really just gotta sacrifice and devote all your time to it. I studied 1 module a weekend, by going into the office on Saturday and Sunday for 12-14 hours a day. Took about 10-12 weeks for each test. I also used my pto to study. I took the week before each test off and treated it solely as review. Some may say it's overkill, but all I knew is that there was no way I wanted to invest a whole bunch of time to study and then fail and have to do it all over again. So I made sure I wouldn't fail, and my test scores reflect that with an 89 average across all 4 sections. Obviously passing is 75, but like I mentioned I wanted to take a 0 risk approach cause I knew there was one this that would suck more than the extra studying the first time around and that would be failing and having to do it all again. Take my experience for what is worth
4 years. I had 3 done and failed the 4th then they all expired and I had to start over. I was busy with work and have ADHD.
Thanks. That's what I'm looking at. But my state went back to 36 months. I start this Sept 24 when my kid is back in school
A little over a year
14 months although I was working as state auditor at the time so it does not compare to doing it while in PA. They literally let me study on the job lol. I got hired at Deloitte after I passed the exams and could not understand how people passed the exam with tax season. You really just have to have no life which is what I did even when I was at the state.
Good luck to you! You will look back on this and be proud you did it!
13 months and a lot of saying “no” to friends, co-workers, and family. The grind is lonely but worth it!
I would study 6-9 am. And 6-8PM M-F. 8 hours on Saturday and Sunday at Panera for 9 months.
what was your scores?
Same here man
I met someone who passed with 5 kids after 5 years. Gives me hope.
Official start to finish prob 5 years. Got derailed by personal life so 1 year plus 1.5. Covid time sucked and I lost two tests. Ended up taking some time off work and just accepted life sucked for a bit. My actual time once fully commuted to studying was prob just shy of two years. I did have a 3 year old daughter and husband who worked a lot, super supportive but you really cannot turn off being mom which is why I ultimately took time off work to knock the last two out.
Half the battle is determination and time. You got this!
11 months, but i had to get out of public accounting to make it happen
Yeah this was my strategy. Leave for a year to study. Just hoping it doesn’t look bad once I re enter the market
2 years. I studied for FAR first. FAR took me 7 months. The rest took about 3 to 4 months each. I took some breaks in between sections.
2 years and 7 months; 11 tries; 4-6 hours of studying per day. Basically no life the entire time, but totally worth it.
Don't lose hope, no matter how long the journey may seem, your career as a CPA will be a lot longer. You got this!
I put it off for 5 years and took more than a year to make it through the parts. I even failed reg and I’m in tax! It was terrible but I made it through.
This may be completely outdated but still a good story. I think it took me 7 years to pass all four parts (back then there was no time limit). Our state only gave the exam twice a year in April and October in the State capital. Problem was my biggest tax deadlines were in May and November. Thus it was pretty valuable time.
I already had my law license so no pressure from the firm to pass anytime soon.
10 months