Megan shares with us the trials and triumphs of CPA Exam preparation, all from the perspective of a non-accounting major. She currently resides in Pennsylvania, and is anxiously awaiting her BEC score after studying with Roger CPA Review.
I can’t tell who is more impatient to find out my last exam
score, me or my “fan club”: parents, my boyfriend, co-workers, my supervisor. Everyone wants to know how I fared on BEC,
most notably, me, myself and I! I took BEC on the first day of this testing
cycle, and this is the longest I’ve had to wait to receive a score. Some days I
am busy enough to forget that I’m in CPA exam limbo. Other days, I am
constantly reminded that I have not crossed home plate.
This score has some very significant meaning to me other
than the obvious NASBA significance, “A score of 75 indicates examination
performance reflecting a level of knowledge and skills that is sufficient for
the protection of the public.” This score, if 75 or above, means I have reached
the culmination of many months of personal sacrifice and non-stop studying with
Roger CPA Review. Although part of me will miss sharing my nights and weekends
with the entertaining and enlightening Roger Philipp (If you are using his
course, you know I’m actually being serious!), I would really love to see the
caboose of this CPA train.
If the routine of the past nine months has taught me
anything, it’s the acceptance of delayed gratification. No matter how much I
want to believe that my preparation was solid and my methods proven, nothing
satisfies the over-achiever in me quite like a NASBA email revealing a passing
score. Okay, I’ll admit, I didn’t have to wait very long to find out my
previous exam score. I received my REG score 12 days after the test date. This
has totally spoiled me!
Twelve days is nothing compared to the time it used to take
for candidates to receive CPA exam feedback. Some “veterans” I work with claim
it used to take around five months.
Maybe that’s true or maybe it’s exaggerated. Regardless, I don’t blame
people for overestimating the time it takes to receive a score, because it
feels like I have been holding my breath for so long – 31 days to be exact!
As if the score itself wasn’t enough to be anxious about,
many caring friends and family have been dangling celebratory offers in front
of me. My boyfriend has already told me he will be presenting me with a kindle
once the CPA exams are behind me, so I can remind myself what it is like to
read for pleasure! My colleagues are planning an ice cream break at work to
celebrate the milestone. There is even talk of a party to mark the occasion.
You can see how the impatience is a fire being fed from all sides.
Keep your fingers crossed. I wish you all luck as you await
your results!
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