"How Did You Pass the CPA Exams in 3 Months?"

The question I get asked by far the most is, how did you pass all four CPA exams in three

months while working full time? And the short answer is, I studied completely differently than you're supposed to, but at

the same time, it's almost anticlimactic because it didn't involve any secret tricks or loopholes

But it was very different from what most people do. And I'll show you my NASBA score sheet with the dates in just a second

In this short video, I want to give you three insights that you need to understand that

will make every aspect of your CPA journey much smoother so that you avoid the three

biggest mistakes that happen to almost all CPA candidates at some point

I'm Nate with SuperfastCPA, and we specialize in helping busy CPA candidates pass their

CPA exams, usually while they're working full time. The strategies we teach our clients and customers are based on my own experience taking and

passing the CPA exams. The short version of my story is, I studied the normal way for two months between finishing

my master's degree and starting my job in public accounting. So I had all day every day to study

So that meant watching every video lecture, reading every chapter, and then going through

the practice questions. Of course, that's all easier said than done, and most days I would have to restart the

video lecture several times, either from zoning out or not understanding what I was watching

So I went through this process for two months. Most days I just felt like I was spinning my wheels, but I did put in a lot of time

and effort. So test day comes, and seeing the exam in person made me realize that I had studied

completely wrong. More on that in a minute. But I take the test, and a few weeks later, I find out that I failed with a 74

So at this point, I've now started my new full time job in public accounting, and I've

still got all four exams to pass, and I definitely don't have all day every day to study anymore

So out of necessity, I switched to my own ideas about studying, which were based on

those realizations I had when I saw the real exam that first time

So I implement this new form of studying, and I end up passing all four sections back

to back to back to back, and it wasn't until I got my final score report that I realized

I'd passed all four within three months. Here's a picture of my actual score report with the dates

You can see based on the dates that it's three months and four days to be exact

So what were these new study strategies I used, and what did I do to pass the four exams

in three months with limited study time? To frame this, I want to point out the three big challenges of the CPA exams

Every candidate struggles with one of these three things, and a lot of candidates struggle

with all three. First is being overwhelmed with the study process or not being sure what to do each day

After about a week of beginning the study process, it really starts to sink in how much

material there really is to cover in your review course. Yes, the topics are technical, challenging, and hard to understand, but the bigger problem

is the sheer volume of information. How do you effectively and efficiently try to learn it all

Second is time itself. Most people are aiming to study four to five hours a day, but when you're working full

time, most days you get to the end of the day and you don't have the time or energy

to study. So what do you do about that? The third challenge is retention, and this was a big thing that instantly hit me when

I saw the exam in person. I had spent all that time slowly working through lesson after lesson, covering over 100 topics

and then when I'm sitting there taking the real exam, I realize how much of it I had forgotten

So again, the three big challenges are the study process itself, finding the time to

study, and then retention. How do you remember everything you've studied so that you can pass on test day

Well, what if you knew exactly what to do when you sat down to study so that you can

approach every day and dissect every lesson the exact same way, and you knew that what

you were doing was working? And what if you could actually have a much shorter daily study session each day so that

it was much easier to fit it in, and it was more effective and worked better than what

you're doing now? And what if you had a way to build daily re-review right into this shorter daily study session

so that your understanding and retention of all the topics actually increased as you got

closer to test day instead of slowly forgetting what you've already studied

The super fast CPA study process teaches you exactly how to do this, and you can learn

our exact study process for free, and you can apply this framework to any review course

So today and tomorrow, we are doing a free training where we'll walk you through exactly

how to study using this approach. Each session has a limited number of spots, so you'll want to choose a session and register

soon so that you make sure to get a spot. To register, you can simply click on this video, or click on the button that's either

on or below this video, and go to the registration page and choose a session

Or in your browser, you can go to superfastcpa.com slash training, or you can just text PASS

NOW one word to 44222. The trainings take about an hour, and this one hour can literally save you months of

time and frustration, help you pass your exams faster, and save you from failing sections

and having to pay to retake sections. The biggest thing you'll come away with is a crystal clear plan for what to do each day

when you sit down to study that's easy to do and extremely effective so that you can

move through the lessons quickly and consistently improve on all the topics as you go

And when you attend a session, you'll also get a free copy of our CPA flashcards for

all four sections. These are digital and customizable. There's over 700 flashcards

You'll also get a mind map of what we cover on the training so that you have an easy to

understand reference of how it all fits together. And you'll get a free copy of our strategy guide, the busy candidates guide to passing

the CPA exams fast. So again, to register for the training, just click this video or the button on or below

this video or go to superfastcpa.com slash training or text pass now to four four two

two two. And I hope to see you on the training