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

I waited until after graduation but a lot of my friends took 3 hours their last semester of graduate school and used the extra time to take the exam. Either way, the only thing that really matters is once you pass the first one you have to keep going or you'll risk losing credit. I need to pass REG (taking 8/27) and FAR by 3/9/16 or I lose credit for AUD.

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Did you guys start studying for the exam during your last semester or did you wait until graduation and just hammer it out?

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I had a job before I graduated with my Accounting degree so I waited a little while after graduation before I took my first exam.

My career has turned in such a way that I don't really need a CPA anymore, but it wasn't going that way before I passed the first part I passed so I figured I'd stick with it. The job situation has just taken all the pressure out of it.