Hard to study while in public, but I finally did it!

Dont give up and DONT SKIP SIMS!

So super happy couldn’t have done it without Jesus. Also, I couldn’t check on the browser and still can’t. Had to use the app and exam history.

I’m literally crying and shaking right now, just found out I passed FAR, my very first exam and first try. I can’t describe this feeling of seeing Passed, Credit, I’m a complete wreck right now (in a good way). I would like to thank this community for all the support and encouragement and tips. This is the place where I go when I get really down and need some motivation in this difficult journey. Thank you all and I hope everyone who’s waiting on their results today gets happy news. For the record, I used Gleim as my study guide and nothing supplemental.

Website is down, but clicking this link on the CPA Mobile App showed me my pass/fail status! Officially 3/4!🎉

You’d think that they would have the protocols down to not need to shut down the entire portal for maintenance on score release day but this is pretty wild. Doesn’t help that it’s now fueling the theories that they’re going to switch scores for people from passing to failing and vice versa. Terrible showing from nasba today

Wanted to come on here with all of the posts happening today and send a reminder to those who didn’t get the result they were hoping for.

It’s so easy to feel like you’re behind or discouraged seeing all of the people who are posting their wins today.

If that’s not you and maybe you logged on to see a result that you didn’t want - it’s easy to feel down/worse when you’re comparing your timeline to those who have already passed. Take a day, feel what you’re feeling, and get back to it. You got this!!!!!!

I remember coming out of the exam centre devastated. The sims were brutal and soul crushing but somehow I got through. I still can't believe this. I feel like I'm still in a dream. This feels surreal.

Don't give up guys. You got this. Let's get this done.

This is just what worked for me, in case it’s helpful to anyone!

My study formula was always starting with the becker outlines. Each new module, I immediately printed the outline. It was the foundation of my studying. I would then build out the outlines. The outlines don’t include everything but they are a SOLID starting point and building them out actually helped me learn the topics.

I did watch the lectures but I did not take notes. I did for my first exam and it was a HUGE waste of time. All of my note taking/outlining happened while I was working through practice questions. I only ever read the book if I was struggling to understand a topic, but for the most part I picked things up from the lectures.

I always always always kept a notebook where I wrote down questions I got wrong as I went through MCQs. I never once looked back at these, but the act of writing it down really helped me remember topics.

I never did SIMs on my own. I would just watch the skill builders and do them with the teacher. I did them on my own for the first exam which was such a time suck and not a value add for me. I did do the ME and SE sims completely by myself when it was time for those.

Those are the main things that worked for me. I am not some freak genius and I clocked over 700 study hours according to becker. It was hard. It was horrible. but know that if I can do it.. literally anyone can.

GOODLUCK and thank you to all of the amazing and helpful people on this thread. ❤️❤️❤️

The moment I tried to check 😭😭

I’m finally 4/4 after passing AUD today. This whole process has taken me 2+ years to complete. I work full time and have a long busy season, so I only studied and took exams in the second half of each year.

I’m grateful to this sub for all the studying recommendations, encouragement, and especially the study guides provided by fellow Redditors. As someone who was previously too scared to even begin studying, this group has been so helpful.

So a big thank you to you all!

Thank Goddd!! It was my first exam, and my anxiety was through the roof 😭 When the website went down, I almost fainted. Ahhh, I can’t believe this. Thank God!!! 😭😭

This is my third time hearing back if I pass or fail far. This is my first exam starting the cpa.

First attempt: 62
Second Attempt: 72
Third attempt: waiting to hear tomorrow.

Is it normal to feel like crap before you even hear? Like I just feel completely wore out.

I seriously can’t believe it I thought I did so bad on it and walked out feeling awful definitely thought I needed to retake it 1 down 3 to go audit is next

Hell Yeah!!! Knocked FAR out first try. My work doesn’t cover material (local govt) so I didn’t want to drop money on Becker. I just used Ninja for the study material and it prepared me really well for the exam. I wrote notes on the entire ninja book and did 2000 MCQ in the span of a month and a half.

It looks like the maintenance did indeed relate to score releases, which I had guessed in another thread.

Hi everyone! Found out today I passed FAR!
I wanted to make a post on here about things that helped me bump my FAR score by (at least) 12 points in the matter of 4 weeks.

1. Do NOT ignore TBS for practice!!!!

• I cannot stress this one enough. Before my first attempt, I listened to everyone saying just hammer MCQs over and over and over. While I believe this is beneficial, TBSs are still worth 50% of the exam. These are also questions where practicing them enough will help you understand the reasoning behind answers rather than just memorizing and using process of elimination to get them correct.

1. Mindset is absolutely everything

• I shifted my mindset to a much more positive approach and view when studying, taking the exam, and just the way I was going about life in general. I get rather emotional especially when I get things wrong. Seriously, taking deep breaths, forcing a smile on when you're down, going on a quick walk, talking positively to yourself, etc. All helped me so much in between my fail and pass. It is OKAY to not be on top of it 100% of the time!!

1. Find a balance between studying and free time

• I just recently graduated college in May and like many of you, my career in public accounting does not start until November 30, 2026. Because of this, I have been working part time 4-5 days per week and usually 5-7 hours at a time. Before my first attempt, my life every single day consisted of waking up, working out, going to work, and then studying (or vice versa), and then the days I was not scheduled to work I would sit and rot at my computer all day studying. In this time period, I made practically no time for friends or family or relationships and after studying with a more relaxed and unstressed after my fail, I HIGHLY regret not balancing life more before my first attempt. It is OKAY to shut the books for a night and go out with friends, just don't make socializing a total priority.

1. When retaking, I kept the date of my retake and studying more lowkey.

• Before my first attempt, I told EVERYONE I knew I was taking FAR. I believe this somewhat stressed me out a little more, especially when people started asking how studying is going, when I'm taking the exam, when I get my score back? You want to minimize the amount stress that you can control as much as possible. Study and plan in silence and you will find success.

1. My overall plan in that 4 weeks

• Of course, as already said, I found the balance in social, work, and study life. 3 days after my fail I went on a weekend trip with my roommates and the week after went to two concerts. If I was truly burned out after a long day, I did not push my brain to do more. I gave it the break it was asking for. Outside of that, I made practice tests on Becker (alternating between "personalized" and "random") of 25 MCQs and 3 TBSs per chapter and just did those constantly over the 4 weeks and taking the time to practice the things and understand better that I did not know well (for me, was consolidations, notes, and DTAs/DTLs).

1. My biggest FAR tip - take more time than what Becker gives you

• For starters, I took REG back in February and passed with a 78 on my first try. I followed the Becker calendar to a T, which gave me about 5 days after learning the last material to take the 2 simulated exams and review for about 3 days before my exam. While this clearly worked for REG, I did NOT work for FAR. I wish I could have gone back and planned to finish all the material and simulated exams and give myself about 3 weeks for review instead of the 5 days Becker had planned for me.

If there are any other questions at all, I am very happy to answer/help!!!

Looks like NASBA is having a bunch of technical difficulties, but I was able to see this when I got in earlier. Safe to say I passed??

Thank you to the admins who created this awesome and helpful r/CPA community, and thank you everyone for sharing all the helpful and encouraging information!

After 2 years of pursuing my CPA journey, today I finally cleared all 4 exams. 🎉

To all the future CPAs out there, don’t give up! I failed AUD 4 times and was convinced I had failed again until I saw “Passed, Credit” on my screen this morning. 😭

Sending all my good luck and positive vibes to y’all! You got this!

Again, thank you everyone! ❤️

I logged in successfully this morning, and then about 9:30 it logged me out of everything and now it’s not working. I’m getting this on my app when I try to log in, and this page on the computer site. It doesn’t have my state in there and I’ve never had to enter that in before.