In what order did you take your CPA exam sections?

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Also finished in 6 months as well. No matter which order you choose, your drive to finish and your personally defined ability as a test taker/ability to retain information should drive the amount of focus you should commit to getting it all done.

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FAR, BEC, AUD, REG. Get these done ASAP, I finished 3 before I started full time and I thank myself every day for doing that

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Fail, pass, fail, expired, pass, fail, expired, pass, pass

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REG, FAR, AUD, BEC

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FAR BEC REG AUD

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AUD (fail), FAR (pass), AUD (fail), AUD (pass), REG (fail), BEC (pass), REG (pass) woo hoo!

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Aud, far, bec, reg

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FAR REG AUD BEC

AUD, BEC, REG, FAR. Once you have a few passed, it'll give you extra motivation to get through the harder ones.

FAR, AUD, REG, BEC

Take far first or one of your first two before you lose the motivation to keep going. Far will take more out of you as well so if you're tired it'll be harder to get over that hump

AUD, FAR, REG, BEC, REG

FAR, BEC, AUD, REG

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I'm thinking reg aud far then bec.... I wonder how the exam changes affect it now.

AUD, REG, BEC, FAR. Finished in 4-5 months

RABF. Did three while also in grad school. Took roughly a year for all of them.

The only advanced classes I took Howe and Co. were adv. accounting and advanced tax. I finished all exams in 3 months of studying on first try with an 84 as my lowest score. Dedicate time, learn progressively, and pretend to enjoy it.

Also, I was working while taking exams

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