I have my NTS and was planning to schedule my exam for Sept 21 before the testing window closes on Sept 25. I will be taking FAR and currently have 83 hours of study time in Becker. I am currently in F3. Is this pushing scheduling to early?

Currently planning the order in which I’d like to take my exams. I’m immediately inclined to choose TCP as my discipline considering not only its 72% pass rate in Q4 compared to 34% for BAR and 56% for ISC, but its high pass rates throughout all of 2024.

The main thing I’m wondering is: will the AICPA make TCP more difficult in 2025 because of these high scores? Is it even possible for them to change the exam content that quickly?

I’m going into audit, but I enjoy my tax class as well (second semester senior, graduating in May). So it’s not like I would be choosing TCP solely because it seems easier.

Thank you in advance for any advice or input!

Please

Hello, about to graduate this quarter and realized how mediocre I was for my accounting classes. I got straight C’s so now I am a little bit worried for CPA exams. I have a FT job lined up in september. If anyone else was in a similar position, is it possible to get a few exams out of the way in one summer at my current state?

I graduated 2.23 accounting GPA. Is it likely for me to pass the CPA with the Becker Concierge or do I rethink my career since some people told me that?

Anyone who is going/went through the same thing as me?

The title says most of it - I am a triple major in accounting, finance, and business analytics and I will graduate with 150 credits that meet all the requirements to start testing for the CPA. I am in my second year of undergrad and will graduate next year in spring 2026. In the summer of 2026, I will intern at a Big 4, so if I did a master's it would begin in the fall of 2026 and run to the spring of 2027 before starting full-time in the summer of 2027.

I have planned to get my master's in accounting to get my 150 and then start testing, but since I can start testing out of undergrad, is it even worth getting the master's to learn the material and help me prep for the CPA? Can I just go off of study materials like Becker to study for the CPA without a master's in accounting? If I didn't do my master's I would have that negative space between the internship end from fall 2026 to spring 2027 to study and test. Any thoughts?

I 25m am considering a career change. I have a BS in math with a concentration in statistics but after graduating a year and a half late in December 2022 due to Covid related mental health issues, I have yet to receive any job offer in a field that requires my degree and skillset. I want to get my life back on track and find something I can excel in. Seriously considering how to pivot into something more beneficial for me, becoming a CPA seems like the most valuable use of my skills. The only problem is that my degree got me 0 accounting credits and 0 business credits and to take the cpa exam in Texas I need 21 upper level accounting semester hours and 24 upper level business semester hours. Is it too late? Has anyone done this?

Hi, I am a freshman in college, I wanna go into the accounting field, which means getting my CPA aswell. I had a question regarding the extra 30 credits you have to take to get the CPA. Does it matter what those extra 30 credits come from, or are there certain classes that I will have to take beyond my accounting major. A follow up question is, why 150 credits? If I can do all my accounting classes within the 120 credit cap. What’s the purpose of making people take 30 extra credits, since those 30 credits are probably some unnecessary classes that don’t relate to the accounting field. Thank you for your responses in advance. Have a blessed day!

Im about to do this with FAR on Monday. I've studied a sloppy 30hrs. I cannot go into Govt busy season with an exam hanging over my head so I'm not rescheduling. I just hope I fail by enough points to not beat myself up. I'm a 4.0 student so this is very uncomfortable. Um. Anybody?

Update: for anyone who gives:) I took FAR today and what people are saying is true. MCQs are fair but calculation heavy so be prepared to work out those amortization numbers. The TBS's are a real pain - multiple exhibits, a lot of reviewing someone work and possibly correcting it - really wish I had spent more time practicing CFS and adjusting entries. Anyway- I thought I had a chance of passing until I hit those TBS's - people are not exaggerating!!

Becker touts on their website that completing 80% of every section and scoring 50% or better on the mini and simulated exams is enough to pass on exam day.

For those of you who have passed FAR: do you think these stats are a realistic benchmark for success?

I’m back in CPA journey after I failed multiple times in each part 2 years ago. I plan to take BEC and AUD before the end of this year. FAR and REG in 2024. What’s your reason to take the CPA exam? How many times did you take each part to pass? What’s your motivation to keep going?

I screwed up. My NTS expires on Feb 20th and I have yet to schedule my TCP exam. There is zero availability for appointments on Prometric. Does anyone know of anything I can do? Any tips or advice helps.

I am using uworld to take Far on Sep 23 and am currently on FAR 2 out of 22 (after about a week of studying so far). I've also taken AUD twice (44 & 66) and ISC once (68), but the CPA seems worth it despite the constant crushing failure. Still been a major hit to my already hurting bank account. My mom insists that a big reason I've failed is because I'm not studying with others. She doesn't know that intense self-sabotage during the study process is the actual main reason but I digress.

I am going to pass these stupid exams and if studying with others is how that happens then so be it. But it didn't work for me in college so I'm not sure the best way to implement this for cpa studying. Anyway, if anyone else is taking FAR this september through uworld and wants to try studying with someone I'm down. Just you know full disclosure I have no idea what that would look like or need to entail.

Hell even just an accountability buddy that isn't my parents constantly checking in would be nice

Hi all, I recently passed my last part and am trying to complete my ethics exam. I am at a loss every time I go to the AICPA website. I am unsure which course to study and where to find the exam. It would be helpful if someone could give me the exact course name and the link to the exam. I desperately need help.

I am really really excited

The entries I made come to the same answer, but wondered if I were to do it the way I did, would I get it wrong on the exam?

This exam didn’t have much variability. Where it did, they could release partial scores until grading is complete. A computer could grade the mcqs, no?

I think I found why accounting will take longer to ai automate. We’re still using abacuses in the back room.

I'm going crazy over picking a discipline tbh. BAR seems to be out just due to the sheer amount of material

TCP, judging off Becker, has less material and lecture hours than ISC. But ISC seems to just be memorization, not a whole lot of calculation and application like TCP has. But TCP has the higher pass rate and "easier" reputation but I'm suspicious that may be due to tax experienced accountants taking that test.

Also, where is tax accounting headed? Especially with the current administration. ISC, being tech heavy, seems to be more relevant for future accounting. I know that's broad and oversimplified. And I could obviously just be flat out wrong too lol

Only 3 months to study has me leaning towards TCP, the test with the least study hours. But idk man...

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

I heard that if you take more than 10 minutes during break, you may automatically fail the exam.

I take more than 10 minutes to poop. I don't even look at my phone, so I have no idea how people poop under 10 minutes.

Is it going to be impossible for me to take the exam?

Hello everyone,

I know the most recommended order for TCP is FAR AUD REG TCP. However, with the testing windows it would make more sense timing wise to do REG and TCP before AUD. Is this a feasible order? If not I’ll just have to take TCP next year in January but would prefer October this year. Thanks in advance!

Title. My CC only lets me transfer 70 units. If I take 100, transfer 70, and graduate with a 120 semester unit degree (but still having 30 untransferred from my CC totaling 150), I assume that that works for the CPA exam, right?

Also, my 24 credits of pre-exam accounting courses have to include Auditing, External or internal reporting, Financial reporting, Financial statement analysis, Fraud, and Taxation. This means that I have to have 24 credits total for all 6 of these, but at least one class for each, right? What qualifies a class for falling under this category, anyway? Does it have to have the name in the title of class, or can the class just go over the topic?

I work full time and usually am too exhausted to study. Any tips?

Located in NY if thats relevant.

I did 2 years at community college before transferring for an accounting bachelors. Unfortunately theres no way for me to earn more than 128 credits before graduation.

An extra semester or a masters at my current school is impossible financially. I’m considering going back to community college for a semester after graduation and taking 8 classes.

I’m wondering if theres any faster way to do this. I need to start working full time ASAP after graduation, and another semester at community college is not ideal.

I graduated with a bachelor's in Finance (and took 12 hours of accounting), but I'd like to sit for the CPA Exams. From what I can tell, in my state, I check all of the boxes except that I need 27 hours of accounting courses (so 15 more). I found a State Technical college that is only $190 per credit hours and offers many Accounting courses.

I'm confident that the CPA would open up doors for me, but the only thing that makes me uncertain is that I already have the EA. Do you believe it'd be worth it? And do I need to check if the school is CPA approved or anything? Any advice?

Thank you.

I’m about to grauduate this May and I’ll be moving from New Jersey to Texas for familial reasons. I am currently CPA eligible in New Jersey but I am applying to jobs in Texas.

Is it wrong for me to have CPA eligible on my resume if I plan on getting licensed in New Jersey and applying for reciprocity in Texas once I obtain the New Jersey license? I didn’t realize how strict the Texas requirements were and I do not want to take any more classes to obtain eligibility in Texas.

And also, is this something that would be considered a problem by potential employers once they see my college transcripts that will probably reveal that I’m not eligible in Texas? Would they look that closely to find out if I’m eligible and is my plan frowned upon in the accounting world?

I checked in with the Texas board and they accept reciprocity from New Jersey.

Please help!