re: 2015 CPA Study Thread - Post status, questions, tips, words of encouragement

Just wanted to say good luck to everyone studying. While the number of students graduating with accounting degrees is rising, exam takers numbers are flat or even slightly down, so, glad to see y'all taking the exam.

I will say the same thing I tell our young staff and I tell groups of students whenever I speak to them - take the exam as soon as you are eligible. Yes, you will be busy, but, you will always be busy, and as you get older, you also have kids/wife/other stuff to deal with. Knock it out when you can.

Also, if you went to a halfway decent school, and spend 70-100 hours of actual real studying for each exam, you should pass.

Don't get too caught up on any one topic, the exams are like a river 8 miles wide and 3 inches deep - it govers lots of material but not very much into any particular issue.

Oh, and I used Gleim, cause I was cheap and our firm offered a bonus at the end rather than paid materials.