Starting to study for the CPA exam during this quarantine during my masters. What order did you take the exams and why?

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FAR, AUD, BEC, REG

I did Far first because it’s a beast and I studied in November/december when work was slower. Audit was easy for me as I work in audit and BEC third cause it has some topics that sort of overlap with audit and far. I’m not a tax person and had no motivation for reg so I knew the only way I’d get through it is if it was my last one.

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Same order and reason for me too!

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I took AUD, BEC, FAR, and then REG. One of my professors told me to take BEC first, because it was the easiest and I would pass it and then I would have the confidence to move forward. I actually ended up doing AUD first, because I took my undergrad audit class final semester, graduated and then did an audit internship, so it made sense to study for AUD then.

I took FAR when I did because my grad school classes lined up with it. And then REG just happened when it did🤷🏼‍♀️

Thanks!

I’m not done yet but I’ve done FAR first and then REG. I took FAR first because it’s so much info and most of it I had at least somewhat recently covered in school so it was fresh in my mind. I took REG next just to get another hard one out of the way. Currently studying for Audit and then planning on BEC. I guess a downside of doing this order would be if I kept failing audit or BEC and then FAR expired. I say do whatever you think is best for you.

I did FAR (F), AUD (P), BEC (P), FAR (P), REG (F), REG (?). If I could go back, I'd probably have done REG & FAR first bc they are hardest.

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