Hey guys. I am fairly new to this forum and I need your advice. I recently graduated in May with my masters in accounting (what else?). I start my Staff 1 Audit position at E&Y on September 18th. I had originally planned on doing the Becker Fast Pass this summer in order to take (and hopefully pass) all 4 sections of the CPA exam by August 31. That way, I would be done before I started working full time. Well, I was off to a great start. May 13th started my first Becker class for BEC. I had approximately 3 weeks total to study for BEC. Like I said, I started out really strong, studying 12 or more hours per day (exhausting), and fortunately, I was able to pass (barely) with a 77. Thank goodness! Next up was FAR. Unfortunately, it seems like I had lost all momentum. FAR was 10x harder to study for than BEC, and each chapter was taking WAY longer for me to complete and actually feel like I understood what I was doing. I was originally scheduled to take FAR on July 6th. With the date approaching (and still being on F3), I panicked, and decided to change my test date to July 12th. Then, with that date approaching and barely making any progress, it is now scheduled for July 31. I first thought I would just take FAR and AUD, and leave REG for when I'm working. However, it is now July 18th and I feel as if I could use so much more time studying for FAR. I don't know what my problem is, but FAR seems absolutely impossible to me.
To get to the point, what would you guys do in my position? I currently have FAR scheduled for July 31 and AUD scheduled for August 31. I will have to take REG sometime while I'm working. Do you think I should keep it like this and take a shot at FAR? Or should I extend it, focus all of my time and effort on passing FAR before starting work, and then worry about AUD and REG while working?
Any advice is appreciated! I feel lost!