How much time ahead should I start preparing for CPA exam? Will you please suggest me the best way to be prepared?? Is there any specific course i should take?? any specific school I should go for test preparation like we did for SAT ?? CPA is a knowledge-based test which means that if your undergraduate program (school) has done a good job of teaching you all the required skills then you might not even have to take any kind of prep class, you could buy some prep books and study for it. I know a few people who did that and were able to pass all the sections successfully on their first try and I know lot of people who took prep classes (Roger, Becker, Wiley, Kaplan.....) and still weren't able to pass the tests. The CPA exams are difficult (just like everything else in life). To answer your question-- The best way for you to prepare is by getting straight As in all your accounting classes and then during your last semester you can decide if you want to take any review course or not. Most states don't let you sit for the test until you have graduated, some states let you sit for the exam during your last semester in school. 

ani kun state bata CPA exam dida ramro huncha I mean from job and career perspective?? Northeast, California or somewhere else?? Don't worry about this right now. You can take the exam from wherever. It doesn't matter where your school is located. You still have 2.5 years left in school so this question is completely irrelevant at this point. Try to get your accounting degree from the best school possible and get good grades. That's going to improve your job prospects.

regarding my info. i'm about to get done with my 4th sem. major : Accounting. planning to minor in finance so still 5 more semester to go?? A lot of states have 150 credit hours requirement meaning you need to have at least 150 credit hours to be able to sit for the exam. Besides the 150 credit hour, they also specify certain number of upper-division accounting hours, business hours etc. The best way to meet this 150 credit hour requirement is by doing a Masters. However, some students choose to complete 150 hours of undergraduate credits. I can think of at least one state where it is impossible to fulfill the upper-division accounting hours requirement without doing a Masters. So, if your school has a 5 year Masters in Accounting Program, do it.

I would strongly suggest you to talk to the people in the Accounting Program at your school. They will be able to answer all these questions for you.

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