Has anyone taken and passed 3 or all sections of the cpa exam in one testing window? What was your study plan?

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I passed all 4 sections in one window while I was in school so I had more free time but basically just keep doing MCQs and SIMs over and over again until it became like an instinct

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I passed all four in 2.5 months, basically just studied a few hours every day and practiced MCQ and sims as much as I could

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Passed all 4 the summer before I started working, but was studying at least 4-5hr everyday.

My trick was just to get through every lecture as quickly as possible and then, like PwC 1 said, drill MCQ to figure out which areas I was worst in and only review those. Was averaging ~3 weeks between each exam.

Definitely require more free time if you’re aiming to do most of your exams within a window.

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If you’re already working FT, then you’d be hard pressed to pass three in one window.

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I bought ninja questions to supplement Becker. I did however notice some overlap. I also know folks that purchased Wiley questions to supplement as well

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Ninja is another 71? If so, avoid that crap.
The exams are easier than people make them out to be. Study the most for FAR and then go down from there. I only studied a week for BEC and 2 days for AUD. All my scores were over 90+ as well. Just binge and purge the content.

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Binge and purge sounds about right! Yeah Ninja is another 71

I passed three in one testing window. Take the hardest first - at the beginning of the window so you can build up more study time. The easiest during the midpoint of the window - gives a little time to relax. And then next easiest at end of the window

For me I took FAR, then REG, then AUD. I ended up over-studying for all of them

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Am working FT so may be pushing it a little bit but also I work in TS and the project I currently have will average a solid 40 hrs a week, for the next three months.

I started studying for FAR this month and I planned for 4 weeks for AUD and 4 weeks for BEC with 4-5 hrs of studying M-F and 6hrs per day on weekends

I won’t squeeze in REG in there for sure!!!

Thoughts on Adding NINJA MCQ?? Or just stick with Becker all the way

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