Top 3 Tips to Improve Your CPA Study Process

Hey it's Nate with Super Fast CPA

In this short video, I want to give you the three biggest difference makers you can add

into your CPA study routine so that you can get dramatically better results on test day

Each one of these three tips can individually add 10 to 15 points to your score or more, and

they won't take you any more time than what you're already doing. In fact, the first tip will save you a ton of time from what you're already doing, so you

can spend less time sitting in front of your review course each day. So let's get into these three

tips. Okay, so tip number one is questions first. Now, I need to just explain what this means

First, when you start a new lesson, jump straight to the questions, specifically meaning the practice

questions for that topic in practice mode so that you can look at a question, press the

button and see the answer right away. Jump through the questions, read the explanations

and I fully get that you're not going to really understand the lesson yet. This is the

beginning of the whole point. Going through the questions will give you context about what

parts of the lesson translate into questions. For any given lesson, and you can prove this to yourself

you can watch a half hour or 45-minute video lecture, and then if you go to the

questions, you will see that you're really only seeing questions on the same four to five key

topics. And all the questions are basically being based around the same kind of pillar concepts

within an entire lesson. So once you do that, go through the questions. You're trying to get an

idea about how the topic translates into questions or what types of questions you're seeing. Then if you go

back and watch the video lecture, it will make a lot more sense since you now know what you need to

learn. It also prevents you from zoning out and having to restart the lecture two or three or four

times because once you've gone through the questions, you start to have these missing pieces

in your mind that you're trying to fill in by going back and watching the lecture. And then as the

professor explains things, you'll see, oh, okay, so the cost method for treasury stock, I

saw that, but I don't know what that is. Now she's explaining it. Then it will make more sense the first

time. So you waste a lot less time by doing this. The whole idea with this is you should be spending

80% of your study time working questions and practice simulations because that is what you'll be

doing on test day. Here's kind of a visual for this. Under the normal way of studying

everybody starts in their review course. They start with the video lectures

and they watch a whole lecture. The professor covers, you know, possibly a dozen kind of key points

within a lesson. A lot of the times it's very technical, dense information. So you get to the end of a

video lecture and you think, okay, I have no idea what they just covered. So you restart the video

lecture again. Now, what this upside down pyramid is illustrating is basically the time and effort

spent, you know, per component of your review course. So most people just spin their wheels on the

video lectures over and over. And you might not even realize this, but most people, they spend 80 to 90

of their study time just watching the video lectures. Now, there's two problems with that. First

watching video lectures, it's giving you everything. And again, what you'll actually see on questions

per topic is very different than all the background information that's being covered in the video

lecture. The video lecture is really giving you everything. And then a lot of times you want

to understand the video lecture so you spend some time skimming or highlighting the chapter

And really, per topic, on a per topic basis, you end up spending very little time actually

working through the practice questions and the simulations. Now, this is simplified. We have a whole

video course on how to do this. Under the super fast CPA approach that we teach candidates

you reverse that. You simply reverse that. You do the practice questions and the simulations

first. The reason is, even if you watch the video lecture first, it doesn't immediately

translate to success on the practice questions. And you've probably proven that

to yourself over and over. You still will get to the questions and you'll feel confused because in the

question format, the information is a little bit different. And so you're not really sure. So then you have to

jump back to the video lecture anyways. So you go through the questions and the practice simulations first

Then for some lessons, you won't even need to go back to the video lecture because some topics are

fairly simple. You make a few flashcards and you move on. You then go back on the harder topics. You then

go back and watch the lectures as needed, or maybe it's just a formula you need to find or a

definition that you don't understand. You go and find that specific info in the chapter. But as you

get more and more familiar with the questions and the simulations, you are, you're speaking the

language, so to speak, of the CPA exams. A key point to remember is that you are studying to pass

these exams. You are not going to earn a PhD through taking the CPA exams. So you don't need

a professor's understanding of all the background information and how every little law or regulation

fits together and all the contingencies. Okay, tip number two, to make flashcards strategically

you don't want to spend all your time making flashcards for every new word that you see in your

review course. The idea here, as you go through the study process, there will be topics, definitions

formulas, or concepts that for whatever reason, you personally struggle to remember or understand

Make your own flashcards for these items. But again, that does not mean everything. You don't

want to rewrite the textbook in flashcard format. You only want to make flashcards for things

that you personally struggle to either remember or understand. Use a free app like Quizlet

So you make flashcards on the desktop in the desktop browser while you're studying, and

and then you can review your flashcards that you've made on the phone app later

Quizlet lets you do that, and it's free, it's very easy and convenient to use. The key point in doing this is to explain the concept out loud to yourself in your own words

until you understand it. Then write the flash card in your own words

Now that doesn't guarantee that you'll memorize it for 100 years, but what it does do

is when you review these flashcards later, because they are written in your own words

all of that understanding comes back to mind much easier, and it's easier to remember

Now, the real key here is if you're diligent about making these flashcards through your study

process, in the last 48 hours before an exam, review these flashcards that you've created

two to three times. If you're diligent about making flashcards through your study process

you will have essentially everything that you have personally struggled with on your flashcards

and this little 48-hour review where you go through your own decks two to three times

this can easily add 10 plus points on test day. I promise you that

So if you will just be diligent about making your own flashcards for the things that you

personally struggle with and then you review them two to three times in the 48 hours

before an exam, you will get dramatically better results on exam day

Moving on to tip number three, this thing we call mini sessions

The number one thing that candidates struggle with is fitting in enough study time throughout

the study process. Many sessions simply means studying in small chunks all through your day from your phone

So as you go through your regular day I fully understand that you probably work full And studies show that working adults in the United States we somehow fit in one to two to three hours of social media time every single day during the work day And that because

just looking at your phone in these five to ten minute chunks adds up very quickly and you don't even

realize it. So this idea is basically just replacing some of that social media time with CPA review

from your phone. For example, when you're in your car, you should be listening to audio notes

When you're walking across the office or waiting for a meeting to start or the second half of your

lunch break when you're just sitting there, read a few minutes of review notes or take mini quizzes on your

phone. You already spend one to two hours a day wasting time on your phone, so simply replace that time

with CPA review and it will pay huge dividends on test day. Constantly re-reviewing in small chunks

in this way is proven to be the best way to commit new information to long-term memory

instead of just covering each lesson once and then not seeing it again until your final review

This is the number one strategy that we teach our users, and they routinely see score increases

of 15 to 20 plus points. Why this is so effective, this is pretty self-evident

So let's say, you know, you do your study session in the morning, your main study session

Then you get in your car and you drive 30 to 60 minutes to work while listening to the audios

That gives you an hour. Then you read review notes slash and or take quizzes all through your day from your phone

like we just described. That gives you another one to two hours. Then you listen to the audios again on your way home

That's another hour. So at the end of the day, without having to sit in front of your review course, any extra

time, you have studied an extra three to four hours. and of course this should go without saying this is in addition to your main study session

So over a six-week study plan, that is 100 plus hours of extra exposure to the material

And you're hitting the most tested material over and over again. So it's not hard to see why this translates into much higher scores

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we have the study hacks course. What this is is a video course, and these teach you a specific

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So this teaches you the questions-first approach in detail, as well as the other components of what we teach candidates about how to study

Again, this is what you do when you're sitting in front of your review course so that you spend less time

In fact, the recommended daily study session with your review course following this plan is only two hours a day

And then you do the mini-sessions. These are for your mini-sessions. These help you steadily increase your understanding and retention over time

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after each question. So they are in five question mini quizzes, but everything about these

we've set these up on purpose. They're five questions at a time pulled from all the material

they're to be used as a learning tool. They're not really an evaluation tool

If you want to see how you're doing, that's a job best used for your review course

These are just another thing to add into your arsenal for your mini sessions during the day

So these now include our mini sims. We've started to add mini simulations

into our mini quizzes so that as you do the mini quizzes

you are getting practice on the multiple choice question content and also simulation type content all on the go

So it's very effective to use during your day. Now you'll be able to get extra practice

and sharpen your understanding and retention anytime, anywhere. Speaking of the app

just to kind of show you what it looks like, when you first log in

you'll have the section, you tap on the section, then you choose the resource you want to use

review notes, audio notes, or take a quiz. The review notes in the app

this is just a random, you know, one page, to give you an example. You have a linked table of contents. There's also a thumbnail slider across the

bottom. This is more of just how the notes are set up so you can see what they look like. So you first have

for any given topic, you'd have an overview or an explanation. And it's not always this short of a

paragraph. You know, this is just an example. Some are a lot longer. Some are shorter. Then you have

the example problems like we're talking about. This walks you through an example

sample problem, or a scenario, I guess. And then you'd have the corresponding journal entries

So you can see how all those entries stack up based on the calculations

The audio notes, this is the view you'll see. You just pick the subtopic and they're easy to

understand. They're made for repeat listening. These are the track listings. So you click on one

and this is the player view. So we've built in a lot of things to make these just highly, highly

usable. That's the whole point, is that you actually use these and that they're easy and effective

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You have multiple player speeds. So I would recommend you listen to these at 1.5 or 2 times speed

and then, you know, the back 15 seconds button. It makes it a lot easier to use and you can just

cruise through topics doing that. You instantly download each track so that you can listen without the

internet. And this will turn blue when you have downloaded it. And we went through a bunch of these

so I won't really go over these. Again, if you want to see, we have a lot of reviews from our users

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to kind of get an idea of the results people have had. Spoiler alert, they're very positive. We get a lot of

good feedback with our study tools. The idea is simple. You do your main sessions in a much more

effective way based on the study hacks videos. And then you use the review notes and audio notes throughout

the rest of your day to constantly be re-reviewing all the concepts. And that's just a one-two punch that is

very, very effective for passing these exams. So who is this best for? If what you're currently doing

isn't working or you feel like you're spinning your wheels and what we've covered makes sense to

you, then give these a try. If you currently have a hard time fitting in your four to five hour

study session each day and you are constantly feeling like you're falling behind, then give this

approach a try. It's much less time intensive and ironically you'll be fitting in more quality study

time each day but it's much easier to handle behaviorally because you're just trying to do two hours

in the morning with your review course and then you rely on the mini sessions all throughout

the regular day where you don't act you know have to be sitting at a desk setting aside study time

It's happening while your regular day is happening. If you find it hard to stay productive for your

study sessions, then give this approach a try. We cover a lot of that behavioral type stuff in the

study hacks course as well that makes it really, just makes it a lot easier to stay on task and stay

focused. Now, you should have a full review course that you're going to use along with this

This is not a review course. That's important to understand. Who is this not for? If getting your

CPA isn't a hardline goal, and I say that, you know, not in like a reverse

psychology sort of way, but the CPA might legitimately not be like a hardline goal for you

If not, if it's not, you know, you probably don't want to spend extra money on that, so don't

If you've already passed far and reg, just to be honest, you should just keep doing what you're doing

If you've figured out how to pass far and reg, you probably don't need extra help

A few frequently asked questions, how long does my access last? your access never expires. All future versions and updates are included for free

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purchase to the source files in addition to access on the companion app. And so you can take the

source files, put them on different devices, print the notes, etc. But most people use the app

just because it's so easy to use. Are the apps for iPhone and Android

Yes, there is both. Your login info will work on the apps right after purchase

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are we going to offer the bonuses we covered. Those will come with any bundle, whether it's the total bundle

That's everything for all four sections or one of the section-specific bundles

and if you have any questions, you can email me directly at Nate at superfastcpa.com

and I will get back to you with whatever questions you have. So thank you for watching, and I'm very confident that our study tools will help you

immensely in your CPA study process. So I would invite you to give them a try, especially since on this page you can save over 40%