CPA

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Obviously, the best CPA review course is the one that helpss you pass the exam. In that light, what type(s) of study/learning situations best suit your ability to absorb what you most likely already know (because you really already learned most of this in college). From there it's "pick your poison", because they all contain the basics of the exam material, and people who have passed the CPA exam have studied under different providers.

It's posible these days. They all should offer some form of live classroom instruction (and someone probably offers it via a webcast), CD/DVD, books, etc to help you learn in whatever environment siuts you best.

The one I found helpful was the one that helped me pass the exam.

Sit for the exam in the state in which you curently live, and/or in which you will be movingto or working in.

Apparently you can take as little as one part at a time. But, it can't hurt to take them all. You might know more than you think, or get lucky, or at a minimum, you'll be that much more knowledgeble about that part of the exam the next time.

In the order they are offered. It's a silly question that deserved a silly answer.

Determine your strengths and sit for those strong parts first if you have to piecemeal it. Only you can determine that.

1. I agree with what Paul said.
2. You have to find what works for you.
3. IMHO, I THINK the books are better than the live & taped approaches. HOWEVER, so many people say the converse that all I can say is 2 above.
4. Before they changed the exam I was told that it took, on average, about 800 hours of study after a B.S. Accounting to pass the exam. My recommendation was budget your time. I have no idea if the new exam requires more or less preparation.
5. Best of luck.

"Ron Todd" wrote

I took Becker classes up in Atlanta every Saturday for the entire summer (or so it seemed). Plus study time every day from when I got home till I went to bed (six pm till ten or eleven pm most nights). You have to give up everything for a short while. Cancel vacations, don't answer your friends phone calls (they'll just taunt you with visions of the pool, beach, ski slopes, dance floor, etc), forget about birthdays, holidays, and a personal life for the next few months (4 to 6) and you'll get through it fine.

Consider it a "second job" in which you get paid now in passing grades, and later with a bigger salary and benefits.

Yeah, I bought that lie too.

"Ron Todd" wrote

There will always be at least one exception to the rule.

I have confirmed that there are a great many more than one.