Struggling with the CPA Exams?

Okay, so if you've struggled at all with the CPA exams so far, whether that means that you've just looked through the materials and you feel overwhelmed, if you've started the study process and you just feel like you're not making progress, or maybe you've even taken a few sections and failed those sections

Whatever it is, if inside you're not feeling confident about your study process, then this video will help you

there are three things that this is really going to come down to anyone that's struggling with

the exams is really struggling with one of these three things the three things are retention

study methods and then the third one is time itself not having enough

time in the day. So what are we talking about here? These two are obvious, but retention

how do you learn all the information you need to learn in a short enough time and remember

it well enough to go into the testing center on test day and pass the exams? That is what people

find so difficult, especially with FAR and REG with how much information there is. So we have a few

key strategies that we teach related to retention. We teach ongoing retention. You know

when you think about it, most review courses, they don't necessarily come with instructions

You kind of the, if you read it between the lines, you would just assume that you need to

log in, watch every video lecture, watch every chapter, take every quiz, you know, learn every

question every practice simulation. And again, for far and reg, just those two sections alone

that amount of information is absolutely huge. And that's why people get so overwhelmed when they log into their review

course and they see everything that in there So the big thing with retention is that in the traditional way of studying you go through your review course by chapter however that organized chapter one chapter two

you know, all the way to whatever it is, chapter 20 or chapter 30. And the weeks go by

but by the time you're at the end chapters, it's been weeks or even months since you studied the

first few chapters. So it's very common for people to feel like, okay, I'm far as tomorrow

and I'm realizing that I have forgotten everything that I studied in the beginning. That's a

very common experience. And so we have a few strategies where you spend 30 minutes a day

re-reviewing and you do that in a certain way so that as time goes on, your retention and

comprehension, you know, goes like this, whereas normally it would just go like this

So you want that retention and comprehension to be constantly improving as time goes on

So that on test day, your overall comprehension and retention of all the topics is up here

Instead of getting to a few days before the exam and realizing your comprehension is down here

and you have to do a big, nasty... final review, where you're basically trying to relearn everything

So that's retention. The study methods, there are active study methods, and there are passive study methods

Most people spend their time on passive study methods. These are things like watching a video lecture or highlighting a chapter

It's very passive, but it allows someone to think, okay, I'm. I'm studying right now, you know, start the timer

This counts for my four hours today. But it's too easy to just zone out of a video lecture

or you're not really gonna learn the hard concepts by highlighting formulas and things like that Active study methods on the other hand these force information into your brain It forces you to consider the context of how things are being asked

how it relates to the overall big picture. The bottom line is we cover these in the training

but you need to be spending 80 to 90% of your study time

doing these active study methods. And again, we'll cover what those are in the training

So the third one is time itself. When I was studying for the exams, I had four to five hours a day, my first time around, I had three months to study for far

And I put in the effort. I mean, I would watch the video lectures

I would struggle through reading the chapter. I would struggle through the questions. I didn't really know how to study

And I ended up failing that section. And at this point, I had started my job full-time, working full-time in public accounting

but I wanted to pass more than ever. So I thought, okay, I have two hours at the most in the morning to sit down with my review course and actually sit and study

The rest of the time, I'm going to have to make this up in little chunks or study from my phone

I didn't know what I was going to do, but I was more motivated than ever. And so I just figured out how to leverage my time

There are a few different ways to do that, primarily what we're going to teach you on the training

is how to cut that main study session in half. So if you're supposed to be hitting three to four hours a day in studying

or if you're on a tight timeline and your review course is telling you

you need to study five to six hours a day, we can show you how to accomplish your main study session in just two hours a day

And there's no magic tricks involved. Again, when we go through this on the training

it's a very coherent, it's common sense approach. but it's something you haven't heard before

And we going to weave these three things into a cohesive study program that you can apply to whatever review course you using And when you have all three of these things working together they all improve each other and it makes the study process feel almost easy

As an example of that, my fourth section was reg. And I wanted to be done, obviously

I had three out of the way. And I had this, I just had my study process down to a science

I had this figured out. I was feeling really good about the material. I was ahead of schedule and we had an out-of-town audit that I didn't want to deal with the test around

So anyways, there were a few factors, but I actually paid the money to move my test forward two weeks

and take it two weeks sooner than I was planning just to get it done

And like I said, I had the study process down. I went in, I felt good about it

I passed the test. Best day of my life when I saw that passing score on my first

So this training, it takes about an hour. It will save you months of time

It will be very worth your time. Go to superfastcpa.com slash training

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there should be a button or a link below this video or on the video

You'll end on the registration page. We run this training most days of the week

so you can pick a time that works for you, and we will see you on the training

I forgot to mention, we will also give you a free copy of our CPA flashcards

for being on the training, because it's a big part of our study process

and we'll talk about that, but you'll get a free copy of our CPA flashcards

when you attend the training. So we will see you there