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A BIG sigh of relief, but more challenges await

Happy holidays to all!!!!

I hope that you are all enjoying the holiday season while finding some quality time to study as well.  I received some awesome news last week.....I passed REG!!!!!!  Wooo-hooo!  That was the best Christmas present I could have asked for.

Don't get too excited, though.  Although I have been trying to study as much as possible the past several weeks, I have been falling way behind in preparing for AUD.  Between work, holiday parties, last minute Christmas shopping, and spending time with family and friends, I have managed to dig myself into a deep hole.  I am way off my studying goals for this section (AUD), but I will keep working hard. 

I have been reading through the lectures and practicing the multiple choice.  I decided to not work through the simulations since I felt that they provided me with little benefit for my previous two exams.  These next 12 days will be hectic, but I have no choice.  My goal is to wrap things up by next Thursday and then do an intensive mini-review.  My exam is scheduled for January 11th.  Wish me luck!!!

I hope everyone is working hard, receiving good news, and feeling comfortable about upcoming exams.  Don't lose your motivation!

Best wishes for happy, healthy, and prosperous new year!

Ryan

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The next flight after "74"

Hello Everyone,

I am back, and pumped for my next exam "Regulation" I have read the books, final review, past questions, AICPA released questions all for " 1 " point.

The Regulation airline departs for me on the 2nd of January at 8am, at the Fair lawn airport (test  center). I am hoping to land on the island of (above 75) by mid february (when the scores are released).

Enough to get you all laughing, we all need a laugh sometimes, and all the time. Sometimes we also need to de-stress, and live a little bit, but I wish everyone a safe New Year, I had a lot of questions for Santa this year, I actually told him to keep his gifts and give me all goods scores in 2010, he told me I was greedy, and asked for too much, I told him to come through with it or else...........CPA, CPA, CPA..One day it would be over.

Now to answer Jen's question (my fellow blogger)  if you apply for another NTS you should get it in 2-3 business days by email.

Cheers everyone,

Ed. Adiele

Review Time

Hi all!

Hope everyone had a good holiday!  I know mine was quite relaxing, and it was much needed after an interesting/busy month at work.  Now it's back to business.  I have to focus on getting as much reviewing of Financial done for during these next two weeks before my test on the 9th.  It's always crazy to me how fast these test days creep up.  

I will say that getting through the material was much easier this time around.  My original plan was to take Financial first, so I had already gone through the lectures and homework during the summer and I was completely overwhelmed. Now, with this review time, which will be a third time for me reworking the homework and getting more familiar with the material, I'm hoping for a passing score.  But you never know.

Before I go, I do have a quick question for everyone that has had to re-take an exam.  About how long does the reapplication process take? 

I hope everyone has a happy and safe New Years!

And happy studying!

-Jen :)

Study Time Awaits

Hi All,

As I have learned during the course of this exam study and the beginning of my career, the best laid plans are usually tested.  The last two weeks have been an adventure in an of itself, and this exam prep has been put to the side.

Two weeks ago, I was finishing up the minor details on the client work that I had since October.  Things were slowing down, and with Tax Training, I was sort of studying for Reg without actually studying for Reg.  That came to an end when I found out I had the opportunity to help out on a client that I previously worked on.  The only catch was that this would be a one week assignment where I would be in Pittsburgh.  As such, I spent almost all of the last week in Pittsburgh working to help that team meet a deadline.

Between work and the studying, my personal life has been reduced.  The biggest highlight and most humbling moment in my personal life was this weekend when one of my best friends ands' married his college sweetheart.  I had the honor of serving as best man at his wedding.  Being able to reconnect with friends and having to think through a best man speech has given me a new perspective.

I know that I haven't provided much of an update with the studying.  I have the next two weeks off, and plan to go through all 7 Becker lectures.  As we speak, the software is being loaded on my machine.  The goal is to watch a piece of the lecture and answer the questions (not spending the proper amount of time on multiple choice practice questions has been the determining factor between the parts I passed and the parts I did not pass)

Good luck studying.

Kunal