T-minus 8 days and counting…..

Tonight I took final exam #2 of 3 for my summer term classes. I have the last final on Thursday, at which point I’ll have 147 credit hours in the bag. I need 3 more to hit the magic 150 required for CPA licensing. Cost Accounting and Control II is the lucky class that gets to enjoy my presence during the fall.

I am prepping REALLY intensely for the REG section of the CPA exam right now. At this point, its like carrying that really big load of laundry from the dryer to the couch – just pick up the socks…oppps, there goes another one, let me pick up that underwear, DAMN, there goes a bra (NOT MINE!!!), etc. I’ve crammed so much information into my head that I occasionally run across a question that I forgot about only to look it up and sure enough, I’ve highlighted the information, underlined it, etc. I’ve been here before. I just cannot retain everything. During the last six days leading up to the exam, I am going to try to hit 50 hours of prep that way I’ll be maximally crammed for the following day – test day.

However, I am trying to plug the holes and build on my weak points. As it stands, I know where I am weak and know where I am strong. I am consistently scoring in the 80s (uncurved) on the practice exams. The actual exam requires a 75 (curved) to pass. All information seems to indicate that I’ll have success in 8 days, but I will not know until I walk out of the testing center (preliminary guess), with final certainty coming when the results come out (1-2 months later).

I am enjoying the challenge, but I cannot say I am having fun. Its like running through the pouring rain when your vehicle is on the far end of the lot. You just suck it up and keep going knowing eventually you’ll get there.

More later on…..

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