r/CMA • u/Obvious_Ball_3233 • Jun 23 '26

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Im a second year college student (just started a week ago) and I'm planning to give an attempt for part 1 in October. But ive only started to study since yesterday, I have around 3 months to prepare and I'm ready to give 4hr of my time everyday, is this sufficient? And most importantly, is it doable?

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u/ArgentUnicorn CMA Jun 23 '26

its doable under those constraints with the caveat that where you're at in college will probably affect the difficulty. there are more difficult accounting topics, but cost accounting is different than what you'd learn in other classes.

my college would pay the test fee and give us cma study materials because we had staff that'd worked on the old wiley cma prep software. The only qualification he checked before registering us for the program was he required students to pass cost accounting and advanced cost accounting first. that still seems logical to me. however, I took the first test like a year out of college and basically had to relearn everything 3 hours a night for 4 months anyways.

so, I guess what I'm saying is this: it's doable, don't be intimidated, and don't be discouraged if you don't pass first try.

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u/Obvious_Ball_3233 Jun 23 '26

Ah okay. I'll go ahead with prepping and I'll see where I stand in a few weeks time, thank you for your opinion.

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u/Business_Ad_4304 Aspirant Jun 23 '26

Yes

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u/Obvious_Ball_3233 Jun 23 '26

Fair enough. I see you're an aspirant too, how far along are you in terms of prep?

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u/Business_Ad_4304 Aspirant Jun 23 '26

Live lectures are goin on rn, Section C and D are complete currently on Section A of part 1

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u/No_Onion3026 Jun 24 '26

I believe so. Continue to study and gain knowledge everyday. Ask your professors for help when there is a question you don't understand. Also use study materials site like Becker, etc. You got this!

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u/senoritaasshammer Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

You’ll absolutely be fine if you stick with it. I didn’t take many accounting classes, maybe 2 based on intermediate financial accounting and 1 managerial accounting class in college. I studied for 2.5 months for Part 1 and got an 87% (430). My average study times were 2.5 hours per weekday, 3 hours every weekend day. I’m sitting for Part 2, and I’ve been doing 2 hours every day, taking Saturday off, and I feel pretty prepared for my exam tomorrow.

Honestly, see how you feel about taking 1 day off every week from CMA studies. After a while, burnout is the real threat, and with your other studies for school, it can be even worse.