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I was planning on making a post right after I took the exam, FAR, on July 6th but its been a busy couple of weeks.  This was a TOUGH exam.   Like the last time, I just don’t know how well I actually did.  In fact, I am just not feeling it right now.  I am planning worst case scenario; study for my last exam, REG, and after I take that exam, to restudy FAR in preparation for retaking this exam.  But then again, who knows.  I said the same thing for BEC and AUD and I ended up passing with a pretty good margin for error.

I just want to say I have taken three of the four exam thus far.  And my overall feeling for the CPA exam is pure outrage and shame.  I am going to be a CPA and this exam is past its prime, its outdated, its pure garbage. The program was probably designed over a decade ago so prepare for the unfriendliest of programs.  Let me be clear, it does test the material, but the exam itself is outdated.

You will be using the ORIGINAL windows calculator to do math.  Often I am retyping the calculation 3 or 4 times because it doesn’t register my typing.  You click on the calculator icon and it opens.  Then use the mouse to click on the calculator, type my math problem by keyboard, and hope it actually registered.  If it doesn’t I have to hit clear two-three times and retry typing.  All the while my time is clicking away. And then it disappears after each question. When you are using it 50% of the time, it shouldn’t disappear after each question.

Their version of excel is awful.   You click on entry line, type the answer and then click on the cell you want it entered.  Backwards from every excel program out there right now.  The entry line is at the top of the grid and does not slide with the cells, so if you scroll to the bottom of the screen for the last few questions you need to slide back up to enter them and slide back down to click on the cell.

There were other weirdly designed program quirks too.  If you are curious and have not taken the exam.  This link is a sample program offered by the AICPA, and it is identical to the type of exam you will get.   So you will see how outdated  the CPA exam really is for yourself.   You need to install a small program as well.  Open the webpage below, click on install to install the program and then you can try one of the simulations listed.

http://www.aicpa.org/cpa-exam/launch.htm

Ben




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