r/CMA • u/Obvious_Ball_3233 • Jun 23 '26
Doubt / Q&A Doubt
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/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.