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milkatz
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I've seen many posts that ask how many hours to study. I've come up
with the following guidelines that I believe determine the amount of
time to devote. I'm using Becker with Wiley for supplemental
questions, so I'll use them as a basis. I'm studying for REG, so I'll use
that as an example.
First, watching each video takes about four hours each. Seven videos
times four hours is 28 hours. Second, reading each chapter is
mandatory. Each chapter should take 6 hours each, if it is read
carefully and slowly. So 6 hours times 7 chapters is another 42 hours. For each question, I think you need an average of fifteen minutes
each. This includes understanding everything in it, reading the
textbook for information regarding that question, and doing each one
three times. Between Becker and Wiley, there might be 1500
questions. 1500 questions at 15 minutes each comes to 375 hours.
The grand total is 28 + 42 + 375 = 445 hours.
Is that too much? Probably....but I bet if you follow those guidelines,
you'll pass.
Constructive thoughts, anyone?
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15 minutes per question? uh... I usually answer after 20
seconds, read why i got it right/wrong, move on. There is
no way you are spending 375 hours doing M/C, that is a
month of 12 hour days. Seriously?
For BEC, I probably spent 8 hours (1000x30seconds average)
on BEC M/C questions and did fine.
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milkatz
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agfresh88 wrote:
15 minutes per question? uh... I usually answer
after 20
seconds, read why i got it right/wrong, move on. There is
no way you are spending 375 hours doing M/C, that is a
month of 12 hour days. Seriously?
For BEC, I probably spent 8 hours (1000x30seconds average)
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Afresh,
More power to you. Some of us need more study time.
Three facts of life:
You can never be too thin.
You can never be too rich.
You can never study too much for the CPA exam!
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Not sure if your 3 facts of life are serious....
But:
-Yes you can be too thin, it's called anorexia and people
die from it often.
-I'd argue yes you can be too rich.
-You can definitely study too much or the CPA exam.
You've proposed studying 445 hours for one section. What
I want to know is, were you seriously willing to spend
the equivalent of 30 straight days of 12.5 hour days,
WITH NO BREAKS, doing multiple choice... after already
spending 70 hours studying? Or, if you have more days, 60
straight days of 6.25 hour days?
I'm not sure if you are trying to scare people or what,
but I don't want people to get the wrong impression about
"The definitive number of hours to study".
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And everything I've heard says that anything over a 75
means you studied too much. I studied too much for BEC.
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