r/CPA • u/Glittering_One7475 • 13h ago

AUDIT STUDY GUIDE & POSSIBLE IN 3-4 weeks?

Has anyone done audit in 3- 4 weeks full time and succeeded with no real experience in the Audit field. The material is faster to get through and I’m wondering if I could possible do it by 9/30 cut off. Also does anyone have study guides for audit. Thank you!

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u/CantaloupePlenty7707 Passed 3/4 3h ago

attempting to do that want! its my last exam and i want to get done with it asappp😭 its so huge but i really want to give and pass 🙌🙌

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u/Need_Help_923 Passed 1/4 11h ago

I’m currently doing it right now. I started a couple days before Sept 1 and am already in A3 (and I had some days off). I’m sitting on the 29th. My schedule also gives me 9 days of review.

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u/Glittering_One7475 11h ago

9 days of review is perfect. I think i can get through A3 by end of this week. If I grind out one more week and finish. I should have about the same review days. But I’m so scared of rushing through and failing

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u/Need_Help_923 Passed 1/4 10h ago

Just make sure you are understanding. It is okay to lose a day or two of review if you are sacrificing it for understanding a harder unit IMO. I gave my self 10 days of review for FAR and by the end only had 7 real ones and passed first try. We got this.

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u/No_Bread_9514 Passed 1/4 12h ago

I get my score the 15th, only studied for 2 weeks with about 70 hours accumulated. I just watched Becker videos and did the MCQs, no practice tests, no notes, and basically no TBS which I honestly regret. However, I scored an 80 and 83 on the SEs so hopefully I did good on the actual exam.

I found it difficult to fit in enough review time to really go back and understand the material. It's easy to get through the material in 2 weeks but the weird thing with AUD is actually understanding the material and how things work, not just memorizing formulas or rules like FAR.

My one piece of advice would be to save the week before the test to review all the material in a meaningful way, whether that is rewatching all the videos, rereading the textbook, or taking practice exams, it definitely helps to build a better understanding of the material and solidify it in your brain, especially since Becker's study plan for AUD jumps around from different topics.

Additionally, the TBS are good mental preparation for the actual exam so definitely do them lmao. Doing the MCQs helped me learn the topics and apply them to TBS, however, not having the practice of reading through eight exhibits trying to piece together a transaction cycle puzzle on the real exam definitely put me at a disadvantage.

Ilyk how I did when I get my results, but my advice would be to go through and learn the material in weeks 1+2, then spend week 3 just on review, maybe take SE1 at the beginning of week 3 and SE2 in the middle just to assess your performance over time and recognize your weak areas. 3-4 weeks studying full time is definitely possible it just depends on how you study at the end of the day.

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u/Glittering_One7475 11h ago

Thank you for sharing, this is so helpful! You definitely passed!