More CPA Studying
While walking around campus today, I saw someone wearing a shirt that said, “Hard work pays off later, laziness pays off now.” While I had to laugh at the comical shirt, I have not adopted the strategy of reaping immediate rewards this quarter in the hopes that my hard work pays off exponentially in the future. Last week, I skipped taking a trip on the last “Spring Break” of my life to study for the BEC & REG exams the entire week.
I am roughly 6 weeks into my studying for BEC & REG and feel very confident about the material (which I can only hope will translate well to the exam). I finished up my last MDS REG class on March 20th and have been working on the seemingly never-ending homework problems since then. While I have not officially signed up to take the exams yet, I plan on taking BEC at the beginning of next week and then REG at some point in the 3rd week of April because my Financial and Auditing classes begin the 4th week of April. From there, I hope to take one of them in mid-May, and the last at the tail-end of May.
While this is a very ambitious schedule, I think it is very doable and offers many advantages. To name a few--first, I will be given a second opportunity to pass any exam I may not pass the first time in the summer before I start working in the fall. I don’t think I will be able to successfully study for the exam once I start working in the fall, so I want to give myself this second chance this summer. Secondly, if I am able to pass all four sections on the first try (something accomplished by roughly 10% of all test takers), I will be able to enjoy my summer without the CPA exam hanging over my head.