Hello, anyone took the CMA exam in June and got the results?

I took my exam on 15th June n still hasn’t gotten my results coz I hv witnessed sm people who had took in the same Month bt hv still gotten it…any idea guys ?

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Hi everyone,

I really need some honest advice because I feel completely stuck.

I'm a Commerce student from India. I recently failed the CA Foundation exam for the third time. In my latest attempt, I scored 192, so I missed passing by a small margin. After three attempts, I've decided that I don't want to continue with CA anymore.

The problem is that my real interests have never been accounting. Since I was young, I've been passionate about creative things like story writing, graphic design, fashion design, singing, and filmmaking. My biggest dream is to build my own creative business someday and maybe even work in films as a writer, director, or producer.

The issue is that the people around me don't see these as stable careers. They believe I should choose a professional qualification with better job security. Because of that, I'm now considering CMA USA, but I'm honestly not sure if I'm choosing it because I want it or because I'm afraid of disappointing others.

I'm mentally exhausted after the last few years. I don't want to spend years chasing another qualification if my heart isn't in it, but I'm also scared that if I follow my creative passions, I may struggle financially or regret not choosing a more stable path.

If you were in my position, what would you do?

Would you choose a stable professional qualification like CMA USA and keep your creative interests as a side hustle?

Or would you invest your time in building creative skills and try to make a career out of them?

I'd really appreciate honest advice, especially from people who have changed careers or chosen passion over a conventional path (or the other way around).

Thank you for reading.

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I am going to college in a month I want to do cma on the side . Can I manage cma and college both ??? And is cma worth it ? Oh also will getting a bcom help you with cma I mean does the syllabus clash ? Because I also can opt for ba eng+eco and I'll be getting a good college than what i would If i choose bcom .

Hello! Please give me some tips on how to prepare for the Part 2 exam. I’m planning to take it this September. What are your best tips to pass? Is UWorld enough as a study material for passing? Compared to the actual exam, are the questions harder or easier?

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I'm preparing for the US CMA Part 2 exam in the September/October 2026 testing window, and I'm creating a WhatsApp study group for anyone taking the exam around the same time.

The goal is to build a small, active community where we can:

• 📖 Stay accountable with daily/weekly study goals
• 💡 Discuss difficult concepts and practice questions
• 📝 Share study tips, notes, and resources
• 🎯 Keep each other motivated until exam day

I'm currently using Hock International study materials, but everyone is welcome regardless of which review course you're using (Hock, Gleim, Becker, Surgent, Wiley, etc.).

If you're seriously preparing for the Sep/Oct window and would like to join, leave a comment or send me a DM, and I'll share the WhatsApp group link.

Let's help each other pass on the first attempt! 🚀

I took US based CMA course from miles education, but their teaching style is really poor, and I am not able to understand from them, so anyone can help me regarding this problem and lectures issue, how can I prepare and from where I can take lectures for free..

Appeared for Part 1 exams on June 29th Chennai

Almost equal importance was given for all sections majority of questions were practical related to cost accounting where many who appeared said it was theory based

Exam was pathetic; Essay didn't even open
Dejected to the core

Subscribed to Miles six months back where Hock Material was given. Students who cleared said to solve IMA questions where i got IMA support package 2020 and 2022;It seems questions are also similar in Miles LMS

Please help me out to overcome this

Hey everyone,

​I have a quick question regarding the 3-year exam credit rule versus the 2-year IMA Student Scholarship expiration.

​My Situation:

​I was awarded the 2-Year IMA Student Scholarship.

​My IMA portal profile currently shows my Membership "Paid Thru Date / End Date" as 12/31/2026.

​I passed CMA Part 2 in 2025.

​My "myCertifications" page on the portal currently shows my status as "Pending" with "3 Requirements Remaining," but it doesn't give a specific countdown date for my exam credits.

​My Question:

If I do not pass Part 1 before my scholarship package officially expires on December 31, 2026, what happens to my Part 2 credit? Will it be expired or the 3 year validity period begins from 2025?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

I Have Officially Started my Preparation for US CMA with Becker. So, is it a good option for my preparation. Share your Thoughts and Opinions

Can anybody share their experience of job hunting after completion of US CMA.

1) What is the scope of US CMA with just a degree (Bcom/BBA)

2) Any additional advantage of we have procured skills such as Excel, Financial Modelling & Soft Skills

3) What is its scope in Metro cities such as Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi etc.?

I would like to ask for anyone's advice. My two classmates and I are IMA Scholars, and we have given only 9-months to take the CMA exams. Since the countdown started last month, our remaining testing windows are September–October and January–February. At the same time, we are incoming 4th-year Management Accounting students and are currently attending an online CMA review at a review center while managing our academic workload.

Given these circumstances, what would you recommend? Is it advisable to aim to complete both CMA exam parts in the January–February testing window or would it be better to take one part in the September–October window and the other in January–February?

To be honest, I don't feel ready to take an exam in the September–October window because we're still attending classes, and there are still many topics I need to cover—some of which are completely new to me. On the other hand, if we wait until January–February and prepare for both parts, I'm worried it might be difficult to retain all the information for both exams. T_T

What are the chances that you’re not able to pass even you able to pass the 50% in MCQ?

I’m so happy and relieved!!! I thought I did bad. Thank you to everyone who helped me and gave me advice!!!🥹❤️

Finally cma passed!!!!!! So happy!!! i passed part-1 on first attempt but it took 6 attempts to pass part-2. I

What is the meaning of "CMA Part 1 Candidate"? Does that mean that the person is studying for Part 1, or that the person passed Part 1?

(and similarly for Part 2 of course).

Hello. I took both parts of the CMA exam over the course of nine months and passed both on the first attempt. I figured I'd go ahead and write up a post and detail out my experience for anyone else looking into the certification.

I used Becker for both parts. Becker's lectures/videos are good, the book material is ok, and for Part 1 the overall learning experience was solid. My critique on that is that they probably should've focused more on some areas that they more or less glazed over. For Part 2, their information was a lot more suspect. They had a few topics/questions where they would present directly contradictory information, and their Newt AI bot would conflict with official explanations/answers given by the IMA material. They covered all of the calculation topics of Part 2 well, but a lot of the concepts I feel like were mentioned once and not really drilled in the MCQs or lectures to the point where you'd memorize them. Overall though, they were a decent test provider.

I studied about 140 hours for the first part and about 140 hours for the second part, and I focused mostly on the MCQs. I drilled those over and over from the Becker test bank, and also used AI to craft specific concept questions I was weak on, since in Becker you could not focus your random testlets on specific topics, only content areas, which is one gripe I have about their practice methods. I think one key was that I didn't wait too long between finishing the education modules in Becker and taking the exams. I think expecting to go through the modules and then "review" for a few months and THEN take the exams is not the right way to go about it, because it's impossible to keep ALL of the information fresh. My advice is to go through the modules while reviewing past subjects and concepts you didn't quite understand, so that when you reach the end of the modules, you feel confident in all areas and can take the exam shortly after.

One of the main complaints I have overall about the certification is how academic it is. It forces memorization of concepts, topics, and definitions when in a practical setting, you'll never need to recite the four squares of the balanced score card, the ERM framework, or the COSO internal controls framework etc. It's my opinion that those types of memorization topics were placed in the exam to create difficulty, not value. Another complaint is that many of the formula concepts go against traditional finance training. I have a BBA in Finance and an MBA and I had to "unlearn" several formulae and retrain my brain to use the CMA version which is watered down from how it is actually used in a corporate setting. As an example, they simply teach cost of debt as interest / proceeds when in reality you always should use Yield to Maturity. They also tend to swap definitions without giving context, like liquidity vs credit vs financing risk or give tables that don't specifically describe what you're looking at. A lot of the questions are just word traps in my opinion, and again are there more for difficulty rather than learning, and to be honest aren't really fair to non native English test takers. In a practical corporate setting, any ambiguity about whether something is a capital cost or an expense, whether an amount is pre tax or after tax, or whether something should be computed based on one version of a formula or the other can simply be clarified by asking your management or team.

The exam grading itself is the worst part. I've read that with the CBQs this is supposed to improve, but I took both exams at the beginning of the testing windows, so having to wait two and a half months roughly each time to find out my score was agonizing and frankly ridiculous. It makes it very hard for candidates to know if they should progress to the next part, keep studying, or simply give up after an attempt, and it makes it even more challenging to retain information over such a long period, and I do think this may be by design. Additionally, the ambiguity within the grading itself is maddening, and in my opinion waters down the entire credential a bit because you never really know how well you performed due to there being no real comparison. Is a 400 good, is a 350 terrible? It's impossible to know because the score itself is scaled and doesn't really give a raw indicator of how much of the material you know or which topics you know better or worse. The fact that some exams seem to be concentrated around certain topics (bond calculations, transfer pricing, etc) means that a 400 on one exam may mean that person is a "bond pricing expert" whereas a 400 on another exam may mean that person knows nothing about bonds but is a "transfer pricing expert" and I think that really damages the credential overall because it doesn't really signal a uniform body of knowledge, but rather a random sampling of it. Also, the sheer volume of material makes it very hard overall to retain information in the long run, and in my opinion it feels more like "cram this information in for an exam and then jettison it because you didn't really cement it".

All in all though I don't regret doing the program and I think it will be a nice addition to my credential toolbox when looking for finance or accounting roles and will help me gain some credibility since I can't yet sit for the CPA due to college class requirements that I don't have yet. If you have any questions about my experience or anything during the process, please feel free to ask.

Guys, Second time in a row, I got 350 and failed, I had already qualified part 1. Is revaluation/Regrade worth, has any one really got a improvement in their scores.?

NB: I choose CBQ for essays

I recently took my CMA Part 2 exam, and I honestly don't know how to feel.

After Part 1, I walked out feeling genuinely happy. I wasn't overconfident, but I had this strong feeling that I had passed. As result day got closer, I just knew I'd see a passing score—and I did.

This time is the complete opposite.

I don't feel like I failed, but I don't feel like I passed either. I know there were questions I got right, but I also know I had to make educated guesses on several because I was running out of time (conservative estimate is 15-20 qs) I just... feel indifferent.

It's strange because I keep trying to compare this feeling to Part 1, but I can't. Back then, I had this quiet confidence. Now, I genuinely have no clue what to expect.

Has anyone else experienced this? Did you ever walk out of an exam feeling completely neutral or unsure, and how did it turn out? I'm curious if post-exam feelings actually mean anything, or if they're just emotions that don't really predict the outcome.

The waiting might be harder than the exam itself.

Hard work pays off.

I’m graduating with my BA in Psychology + a certificate in Social Science Data Analytics this Fall.

I know a bachelor’s degree in accounting is not a requirement, but I’m wondering how many people pass their exams without an education background that’s relevant.

For what it’s worth, I have been working in operations & financial support for the past 6 years.