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PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
my message to you
My goal is to provide whoever is reading this a simple and minimal guideline to registering, studying, and taking the CPA Exam. If you are ever overwhelmed just read this: Everybody feels overwhelmed with these exams and you will never feel 100% ready. Also, if you are using all the learning resources Becker has to offer and you are staying on your study schedule, you should be fine. Don’t get lost in the weeds. Go slow, be consistent everyday, but work hard because you don’t want to study this stuff twice.
Now onto the details!
My Overall Timeline
- UW-Whitewater Fall 2015 Freshman year – Double major in Accounting and Information Technology
- Senior year fall 2018 – Start the accounting internship matching program. Do interviews with firms to determine who you are going to rank on top.
Registration Process
When I was in my 4th year of college, I had 114 credits before I started my second semester, 6 semester internship (after 7 full semesters of college). This means I had 120 credits after my 4th year was complete (wow math is cool). The usual college CPA candidate will wait until they get 120 credits…
Business Environment Concepts
BEC was the third CPA Exam I took. It was an exam. I personally liked BEC as strange as that sounds. Read below to find out why. 🙂
Auditing
Auditing was the fourth CPA Exam I took. I didn’t have a good relationship with Audit but I sure did learn a lot about both auditing and myself. Read why…
My 10,000 feet advice for the CPA Exam.
Here is my overall advice to you based on what I would do if I had to take the exam again. I would also recommend reading my specific articles below but definitely read this as a beginner. I wish I knew this before taking the exam.