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CPA Reviewed Podcast #7 A lot of questions in this episode about practicing simulations and starting over after a failed exam. Have a question? You can Ask Jeff or post it on Facebook and it will get answered in a future podcast.

CPA Reviewed Podcast #6 topics: Should you use a 2010 CPA Review book for a 2011 exam?... How do you recover from a 74 on Audit?... Is 2 months enough for Audit?... How do you practice written communications for BEC?... How do you re-write your notes after failing an exam?... How do you finally pass BEC after multiple attempts?... Is it normal to feel so humbled by the CPA Exam?... What happens with your confirmation letter after you pass all four parts?... How do you pass REG after scoring a 74 and then a 70?... The CPA review courses cost a lot of money. Is there a cheaper way to study?...

CPA Reviewed Podcast #5 topics: Is 10-12 weeks per section overkill?... Should college students adopt habits now that will get them ready for the exam later?... How many hours are required for Pathway 2 in California?... Can you use a 2011 CPA Review course in 2012?... Is 7 weeks/25 hours a week enough for Auditing?... Is it possible to pass 3 sections by April 30, 2012? Can you put "CPA" on your business card after passing?... I failed...can I just get a "cram" course and pass?... What are the ethics requirements for CPA candidates in Texas?... Is it possible for candidates to see nearly duplicate questions on their exam?... How do you study again after failing?... How did I add 10 points to my AUD score?.. Can you re-take a failed CPA Exam section in the same testing window?... Any time management tips for the CPA Exam?...

CPA Reviewed Podcast #4 topics: Should you watch 2009 study videos?... How to study with ADD?... How to avoid losing credit due to the 18 month window?... Should you work for an accounting firm before starting your own practice?... Is there an "another71" for the CFA Exam?... What section should you take first?... How do you get NASBA tweets to your cell phone?... Can an inactive CPA sign off on your experience requirement?... Is it feasible to take two exams in one window?... Should you appeal a 74?... 2 years and 14 exam sections later...how do you get traction and pass?...

CPA Test Requirements | Another71 Podcast #3 Are the CPA Test Requirements easier in one state vs. another?... What is the difference between being licensed and having a certificate?... Where should you go to go your ethics course materials?... What is the best CPA Review course?... Getting to 150 hours: MBA vs. MAcc?... How do you stay motivated while studying?... Well, it's happening to everyone. Welcome to the Another71 Podcast. Today is Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 happy Tuesday to you. Alright. CPA exams score release. I anticipate it starting to roll out next Monday, September 19th so that's something that we all have to look forward to. All right. On today's show, we have several questions. You can ask me your questions and I will answer them on this podcast. Go to another 70 one.com. And in the upper right-hand corner, click ask Jeff, and that's all you have to do. All right. And also you can go to facebook.com/another 71 I believe we passed 8,000 people on Facebook over the weekend, which I greatly thank you for. All right. First question is from Michael and. He has questions about the Wiley test bank. I am an official reseller of Wiley test bank pins, which means that you can buy the test bank pins from me for their online software at a significant discount over the retail price at wiley.com. Jeff, I have several questions about the Wiley regulation software and your store, and that store is@anotherseventyone.com if I purchase it from your site, will it be the same as purchasing from wiley site directly? Will I get the same material? The answer is yes. Also, is it a one-year subscription or a four-month subscription? I only resell the one-year subscription and it's because the difference in price was pretty negligible and. I didn't want people to be in a position where they bought software and then they find out that they failed their exam and then, oops, their software has expired. So I only resell the one-year pins. Lastly, when I purchase will I, will I get the activation code via email? Yes. You, after you purchase it, you email me@jeffatanotherseventyone.com and ask for your pin and I will send it to you and hopefully, I get an automated system up soon where I can wear them, the unique pins just get automatically sent to you from the list. Right now I have to manually send them to you and the turnaround on those is usually very quick. Right question is from Priyanka. Jeff, I need to know if it makes a difference in the exam. If you apply from a certain board of accountancy. I've passed the exam from Delaware. My friends are taking the exam from California. I'm hearing that the chances of passing from Delaware are higher compared to the California board. Is this true? I know that the eligibility criteria to sit for the exam differ in these two different States. But after putting so much effort when I'm told it's easier to pass them, Delaware feels like a slap on the face. Wait my facts. Right. Well, you're correct that the. That the CPA test requirements to sit for the CPA exam might be different in those two States, Delaware and California. However, it is a uniform exam, which means that the person in California who passed it had the exact same type of exam. As the person sitting in Delaware, maybe, maybe your, your testlets were a little bit different, but that all depends on how you were performing during the actual exam. But your chance of passing and once they or the other is exactly the same. It is a uniform exam and so there's nothing to worry about there. Jeff, I'm planning to sit, and this is from Chris Jeff. I'm planning to complete the CPA exam this coming January. I have a BS in accounting with 124 hours. What would you suggest the next step to get my 150 hours...

The CPA Exam is Hard (Breaking News)| Another71 Podcast #2 "N" in NINJA further explained... After the CPA Exam...CMA? MBA?... What states should international candidates register with?... Hurricane Irene affecting score release?... When can scores be expected?... The following is general information only. Your situation is fact-dependent, and the advice on this show may not necessarily apply to your unique situation. This is also not accounting or legal advice. Friday, September 9th, 2011 happy Friday to you. This is CPA reviewed the CPA exam podcast from another 70 one.com my name is Jeff Elliott and I am your humble host. Now there's some new ones that has been around since 2008 and had some pretty. Humble roots starting out on blogger blog spot. And, uh, the, the old school, another 70 one.com logo was this woodgrain creation that I made with Microsoft paint. And, um. Three years later, three and a half years later, it's gone through four evolutions. And I launched the new theme yesterday. Yeah. So this is another 70 one.com version 4.0 and whenever you go live with a new theme, there are always some things that don't work. I tried to do a promotion today with some discounts offering 40% off Wylie and Ninja study guides and flashcards, and guess what? The coupon didn't work. So that's a little bit of a fail on my part, but I'm getting it fixed. Everything should be 40% off sitewide. Now. Um, all right. Well on today's show we are going to talk about what we, what do we have here? We're going to talk about score, release information. I had some people write some questions. One of the coolest aspects of the new theme is in the upper right-hand corner, there's a button called ask Jeff, and it's just a field that you fill out and you can, you can send me. Your question and it comes right to my email. You don't have to go through the trouble of emailing me. You can probably even send me hate mail anonymously and I would never know who you are. Not that that's ever happened. All right. Alison says, Jeff. Alison on Facebook, when can scores be expected? Alright. I've been doing CPA exam score release predictions since the beginning, and I was the first one doing it because people always wondered when scores are going to come out. So I started tracking when scores were released and I was able on several occasions to nail the dates and the sequence. For four out of the four sections. Um, usually window one was always my best window too. I was often over four. So that made for a nice average of two for four, which if I was a baseball player hitting 500, I, I'd be a Hall of Famer. Right. Um, so here's the deal. Uh, the score release process since another 70 one.com started doing the score, release predictions and, and started getting attention. The powers that be really tried to clamp down on the information that was leaked. So pretty much all of the information is on lockdown and. They have taken to social media to give vague announcements like scores are coming out soon. Um, so pretty much they didn't like this blogger guy being their voice. So they've taken that over and. So what's going on with score releases now is in theory, supposedly this is supposed to be the last testing window that they released scores like this, AKA in the third month of the quarter, all at once. There used to be window one, window two, Oh, excuse me, wave one and wave two and now it's just wave two. Supposedly they are going to be releasing scores a lot sooner now that they have a, a good sample size of exams starting in January when they switched over to the new exam format, did a little switcheroo. So, um, all of that to say it's impossible to predict what the AI CPA is going to do because they do something diffe...

What is CPA Exam (and How Many CPA Exam Parts?) | Another71 Podcast #1 It runs approx. 30 minutes. I cover 10 or so questions from readers...study tips, motivation, etc. It's version 1.0 ... I welcome your feedback :) Welcome to the CPA Review this podcast of another71 and it's official because it's the first and it's the one and only, right? So I get a lot of emails. I would say I get hundreds of emails a month from people who. Are you looking for help? Who knows that I used to be in the same situation. So they're looking for insight on studying exam scheduling, how to, how to pick a review course, you name it. So I thought it was time to start a podcast because that's pretty much what you do, right? He started a podcast. So anyway. So today is Wednesday, September 7th, and I hope everyone had a great labor day weekend. you know, normally for a holiday, you were supposed to take it easy maybe. But, labor day weekend was just that I was manual labor, on Saturday. I actually had. I had a good day. You know, as a parent, you maybe do things with your younger children that you wouldn't have done with your older children when you were a new parent, for instance. I have five kids and, and they were all with my wife, by the way, and I'm not, not Catholic, not Mormon. So I get asked those questions. and so as a new parent, I would not have taken a three and a half month old to a college football game, but you know what, baby number five. It was time to go. So we took my eight-year-old, six years old and my three and a half year old and packed up for the promised land, which is Manhattan, Kansas, in case you didn't know for K state football game. My wife and I have a book, K state alarms. And I used to go to almost all of the games and once parenting hit, I maybe make it to two a year. So. That was a new experience taking a three and a half-month-old to a football game. It kind of puts a new spin on, on tailgating, you know, when you have to haul around the diaper bag. So, and, you know, then, Sunday I spent a good five hours, trimming around my mother-in-law's property and, and then Monday, labor day, I. Renting a power washer, which I've never done, and I power washed my deck, which as it turns out, was long overdue. So basically, let's, let's get started. I get, I get a lot of questions and I know some of you have very similar questions. First question is from Kim. Jeff, this is, this was my third time to sit for my exam this year. And unfortunately, I felt the same about the simulations as I did before. I used my time more efficiently though, and I'm hoping that maybe I managed to get a 75 this time. I know this feeling of uncertainty is very common, but would you recommend that I move on to the next section, which is fir financial. Kim didn't mention what CPA Exam she took. But you know when you sit for an exam and whether or not you feel good or bad, that exam is done and while you're waiting for your score, you could spend the next, well, sometimes you spend the next like eight weeks waiting for a score depending on when you take it in the window. But you can spend that time anxiously second-guessing yourself or you can decide, okay, that exam is done. I'm going to focus on the next exam. And let's say you have to wait three weeks for your score and it comes back that you failed. I mean, What is CPA Exam life without a little failure. Well, you can decide then if you want to jump back in and take that exam again and put your current study, not halt, which in this case would be financial accounting and reporting, but. You know, at that point, you know, let's say, let's say that you score a 74, let's say that's regulation and you score 74. Well, today you're not one point away from passing regulation. You are back to, you know,