How many hours do you remember putting in to pass the AUD CPA exam? The will to study is nonexistent...

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I crammed as much of the book as I possibly could in two days because my NTS was going to expire. Somehow managed to pull a 75. Definitely the highlight of my CPA journey.

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Yeah made me feel better about failing FAR and REG in that same window lol

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60ish. If you're in audit, a lot of the stuff on the exam is just going to make sense.

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15-20, had just taken audit in college so focused mainly on the areas we didn’t have time to cover

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30 maybe?

No where near a genius, just only had a week to pass it and got lucky

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