It's worth it to pursue a CPA license in your 40's

It's worth it to pursue a CPA license in your 40's

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Dunkin I think it's interesting for FAR that you haven't taken notes. I started taking notes but found toward the end it may have been a waste for me. I do better by DOING. Meaning understanding the concept, doing the MCQ, and understanding why it's right or wrong. I've also found I rarely look at my notes...maybe for some acronyms to help remember but that's about it. I use note cards, Ninja Notes, and Ninja MCQ 99% of the time.

 found throughout the process that taking notes was only helpful to me to the extent of making diagrams for processes, writing out journal entries and T-accounts for MCQs, and understanding why I got a question wrong on practice tests. Writing notes other than brief, explanatory stuff in the margins of my books didn't really help me much.

If you are a visual learner, I am a big believer in diagramming. For instance, if you're trying to learn the formula for pension liability or for calculating AMT or the steps for determining goodwill impairment, drawing it out and continually looking over your diagrams can be a big help.