MY QUESTION IS BELOW, I wanted to add more substance so you don't get the wrong impression of me.
Yes I apologize for this being my first post. Yes it looks like I signed up to get one answer for ME, no contributions to the community, and then never come back. First part is true, but over the last 6 months I have frequented this forum many times looking for great tips for studying for when my time came.
Backstory: All my paperwork went through no problem, I'm in Cali, after I sent the processing check (Mid-March), it says 4-6 weeks to process, I logged on a couple days later it said check was processed, I was so happy, Then I called to ask what the next step was since it was processed, low and behold, woman says even though it says that, it is going to take up to 6 weeks. I'm like you see it was cleared and processed, push it through, no such luck. 6 weeks later, I get the next step. Another check to pay, whatever, apparently unlike my previous belief.. THIS payment would enable me to finally get the NTS code of whatever it is that allows me to actual schedule my exam. (apologies its 3:30am, didnt sleep a wink last night and work at 8am). Sent that payment and waited and waited, Finally it came. This is around May 9th. I opened up the scheduled, no surprise to me, but the only reasonable section available (unless I wanted to take it like 4 days later) is in Fair Oaks, CA. I'm from the Bay Area. Whatever. Scheduled for the 28th, 5pm.
Now you may be thinking all this time why didn't he study and would have been ready anyways. I work at a Big 4 firm in SJ, promotions are coming up which I really don't care about but still. I was put on back to back YE's after busy season (currently on one as we speak). Also during this time, my mother suffered an on the job injury and no longer could work so I am living their and giving half my salary a month to them. Now with these clients, my father because I am away at work more, has begun abusing my mother and his wife of 30 years. Now divorce is coming. Also, my fiance of 3 years left because her parents said they didn't think I tried to spend time to get to know them. I'm a FREAKIN Public Accountant. Oh yeah, I have a CPA exam coming up huh? I need help please.
Heres the 411: I will be done with A-2 lecture tonight. I need help with what to do, advice, whats more important mcqs or lectures, what order to study everything in, maybe by the grace of God even a schedule of exactly what I need to do to pass and I will do it. I did A-1 Lecture only really aside from questions during both lectures, no HW questions or test exams nothing. Basically Lectures of 1 and 2 are done, highlighted and noted. HELP PLEASE
***I have about 5 hours after work on a good day to study, I can push 6 or even 7 and be up this late, just don't want to crash. On Friday after work though, I will have Fri Evening-Tues exam at 5 to study nonstop. Also, on Monday I will be driving to Fair Oaks, staying at a hotel so that I am a few minutes from the Testing location instead of driving the day of.
Currently I have ideas, feel free to blow them up and just tell me, "Tip, do this if you want to pass, in this order."
Right now, I am considering a few ideas:
1) Do all the Lectures, being 5 hours each, 1 a day, would complete them all by Friday around 11pm. After that through Monday: Do the MCQ in the book, then the HW MCQ for the chapters on the computer along with simulations. But each chapter, the computer MCQs are 5-6 hours (30+ hours total), plus a total of about 8 on simulations, and the progress exams. Then I would work on the practice exams. Hopefully I can do them both on Monday, and work on areas I am failing. Tuesday I would do another practice exam and go over any final issues one last time, and perhaps do flash cards with the remaining time. Exam's at 5pm,
2) Ditch the lectures. I just don't like this because I feel it makes the book bigger. The highlighting important areas make the required info seem less and easier to find etc. But if you guys think its better please tell me. Like stop the lectures, just start the MCQs and then finish them all and go over wrongs etc, then practice exam, do the same, maybe MCQs again, then practice exam again and so on? Just wonder if I will be able to grasp the chapters I haven't looked at (3-6) how well will my retention be?
I had a few more but they are really just alterations to those 2. PLEASE HELP! I have to pass it now, otherwise I will have to take the 2014 extra school year requirement, and purchase a new AUD book because post-june it changes and 2012 Beckers only has 55-60% of the test. I must past. Please just show me how I will do it.
Thank You so Much for any responses I really appreciate it