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bird
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Posted: 15 Sep 2009 at 10:06 \| IP Logged

carj3232 wrote:

bird wrote:

I'm in a similar situation, graduated in May, have not starting working yet.

I used Becker. I studied around 240 hours over 8 weeks. In the end, how much and how long you study depends on the individual. If you were a good accounting student and learned the material in college, you could easily get by with less.

I considered the "risk" of taking the exam and failing. No matter how much you study there will always be a chance that you will fail, BUT the more you study and more hours you put in, the smaller that risk becomes. It depends on how much risk you can tolerate.

So did you use Becker and if so, do you feel its sufficient enough itself to pass

Becker was more than enough for me. Since I just graduated, my college courses had a big impact as well. I think you could study and take FAR in one month and pass, but the risk of failing will be larger. Doesn't mean you will fail though.

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Posted: 30 Dec 2009 at 15:56 \| IP Logged

240 hours?!?! What?!?!?! FAR can be done by stsudying 60 hours. I just passed AUD with a 93 studying about 30 or less hours. Do you guys have NO acctg experience?

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Posted: 30 Dec 2009 at 17:32 \| IP Logged

100 to 150hrs depending on your experience.

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Posted: 31 Dec 2009 at 15:13 \| IP Logged

TracyL wrote:

240 hours?!?! What?!?!?! FAR can be done by stsudying 60 hours. I just passed AUD with a 93 studying about 30 or less hours. Do you guys have NO acctg experience?

Agree with the othersDepends on the personIve been out of college (MIS major & Finance/Comp Sci minors) for a number of yearsIve been working in the IT field (networking & database work)Recently (~2yrs ago) had the opportunity to jump onto a financial consulting gig and Im loving it.So I decided to take up the CPA.I plan on studying for ~6 weeks while working full time.Hope I can pass and then Ill be done!!!

So some of us may need a little more time..ha But it does go to show that if you put the time into it, even an IT guy can do it.

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BEC / 2-28 / 76 / 3-14 - Expired - Passed again with a 81
AUD / NOV / 81 / 12-19
REG /8/29/70/ 9-15 - Retake May-74-Retake July 80
FAR - Jan 73 / Retake April or May - Passed!!

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