I, female, major in foreign trade, have a baby, and I am engaged in financial outsourcing in the Big Four.
See hongjing for the first time
It was about ten years ago that I first learned about Hongjing. One day after work, I came out of the high-rise office building and instantly drowned in the sea of people. On the way to the station, someone handed me a leaflet. The introduction of USCPA and the services that educational institutions can provide. Because I have no experience in studying abroad, I pay special attention to foreign certificates, hoping to make up for this shortcoming by obtaining foreign certificates. However, when I saw that the location of the exam was Guam (in fact, I didn't know where Guam was at that time), I thought it was an impossible task. First of all, I am airsick. I will never fly unless I have to. Secondly, since I want to take an exam abroad, the prices of air tickets and hotels are definitely not cheap, which I can't afford when I first started working. Although I didn't intend to apply for USCPA at that time, I remembered the name of this educational institution, Hongjing.
once and again
Because the university is a non-accounting major, in order to adapt to the accounting work as soon as possible, I have taken the accounting qualification certificate and the accounting junior title one after another during my work. Because every financial officer has a four-fold complex in his heart, I jumped to the top four after working for a few years. From the former back-office financial personnel to professional consultants who provide financial outsourcing services to customers.
In the process of providing services to customers, I deeply feel that the financial knowledge I have learned from myself and my work is far from enough. Although I got the intermediate title of accountant and certified tax accountant, I still feel that I have not studied accounting systematically. At this time, I began to consider obtaining the certificate of certified public accountant. I have participated in the domestic CPA examination, and the overall feeling is that the teaching materials are boring and the examination questions are biased. I think modern accounting was originally introduced from abroad, so it is inevitable to sacrifice the coherence and fluency of the original text when reading the textbooks translated from Chinese. In addition, most of the clients I serve are foreign-funded enterprises, so I extend my plan to foreign accounting certificates.
At the beginning, English certificate was considered, and the preparation process of English certificate can systematically learn accounting knowledge. But I am not an accounting major, so there is almost no possibility of exemption from the exam. Faced with more than a dozen studies and exams, considering my thirties, high-intensity work and young children, I resolutely ruled out the British certificate and chose the American CPA instead. At this time, I remembered the brochure ten years ago, searched Hongjing American CPA on the Internet and contacted Hongjing's teacher.
Under the introduction of teacher Hongjing, I learned that there are four courses in the American CPA exam, each of which is a condensed essence. FAR, AUD, BEC and REG cover the knowledge that certified public accountants must know, and the four exams need to be passed within one and a half years. It is said that the fastest learner can pass all the exams in eight months. I think this is the most suitable wild card for an on-the-job worker like me who goes to work during the day and takes care of her baby at night. Since Hongjing has been training in this field for ten years (in fact, it should be longer), it is a trustworthy brand. Later practice proved that my judgment was correct.
Start learning
After signing the training contract with Hongjing, the teacher made a study plan for me. My initial goal is to finish the exam in eight months. Of course, at that time, I really overestimated my learning ability and underestimated the amount of knowledge in the exam.
far
I started studying FAR and BEC in April of 20 15. The initial research was very painful. In his thirties, his physical strength suddenly dropped like a cliff. I often read a page for a long time and then fell asleep after class. Although I am also doing the problem, it is not enough to do it for half an hour at the weekend. In this half an hour, most of my time was spent understanding the correct answer. In this way, the days passed day by day, and it was the end of 20 15 in a blink of an eye. After listening to the courseware, I didn't do much. I was in a state that I couldn't see it at first sight, but I was still wrong.
At this time, teacher Hongjing reminded me that it was time to consider the exam. I think I can really take the exam after listening to the courseware. However, the end of the year and the beginning of the year are the busiest times for financial personnel. I don't expect that I will have much time to review and do problems, so I made an appointment for the exam in May of 20 16.
FAR's review mainly focuses on doing problems, and I want to tell you my experience and lessons here. Because I didn't do much practice when I first listened to the courseware, I began to practice from the first chapter after nine months, and found that the teacher had basically forgotten what he had said before. The high probability of wrong questions hit my enthusiasm for learning very hard, so I adjusted my review plan. The adjustment review is carried out like this. First of all, take the section in each chapter as a unit, read the e-books highlighted by teacher Hongjing first, and then do the questions in that section. For the wrong question, go back to the chapter to find the original text. Practice has proved that this kind of review is very effective, learning section by section instead of chapter by chapter, and decomposing tasks one by one. Every learning front will not drag on for too long, so as not to forget what happened in front of you after reading it. Read the book first, understand the key points, then do the questions to test your understanding, and finally go back to the book to mark the key points. After this process, the corresponding knowledge points were consolidated three times.
However, the work at the beginning of the year is very busy, and there is no guarantee that I will take time out to do the questions every day. After a preliminary calculation, I don't expect to finish all the questions in the question bank before the exam. The review plan was adjusted again, and BEC gave up decisively and spent two to three hours every day on weekends. Moreover, in order to ensure that the questions done before the exam can cover all chapters, only 70%~80% of the questions can be done in each section. Of course, my situation is that I have been engaged in accounting work and have a certain foundation. For students who have no foundation and time can be guaranteed, according to the teacher's requirements, try to finish the question bank twice before taking the exam. For the chapters that I didn't master well, I listened to the lesson again until I understood (the lesson) and got it right (the question).
I used Hongjing's textbook. It can be said that the content of the whole textbook is very clear, and teacher Helen's class is also very good. For example, I want to know the accounting treatment related to investment. Before reading the domestic textbooks and standards, I need to read at least four chapters: financial instruments, long-term equity investment, enterprise merger and consolidated financial statements. Especially in the last three chapters, when looking at long-term equity investment, control rights are often mentioned, so look at enterprise merger; When you look at the consolidated financial statements, you must look back and see how the initial long-term equity investment was accounted for. Obviously, it is one thing, and it is abruptly split into relatively independent chapters, which refer to each other and refer to each other. It is difficult to have a sense of wholeness after reading it, which increases the difficulty of understanding. However, in the textbook of FAR, investment is a separate chapter, which is divided into financial assets and long-term equity investment according to the difference of investment proportion or control right, and the subsequent single accounting and merger treatment are naturally written. Reading and listening to lectures along this line of thought only makes me feel that the knowledge that has stirred my brain into paste for so many years is so concise and clear. After listening to the whole chapter, I only feel hearty and happy!
The sprint before the exam also plays a decisive role. My sprint before the exam was completed in Guam, and I reserved two days to take the first exam in Guam. I arrived in Guam in the early morning of the first day, stepped on a spot in the examination room in the morning, and began to do mock exams in the afternoon. I did two sets of simulated test papers in the system in two days, and the score was around 75. I was not sure at the time. But the arrow must be shot.
During the exam, I sighed while doing it. First, judging from the knowledge points covered by the examination questions, all the knowledge points involved in the examination questions have appeared in Hongjing's question bank, and there are no blind spots that have not been reviewed. Second, from the difficulty of the topic, I personally feel that the macro view of the question bank is slightly more difficult than the examination questions. To sum up, the more you take the exam in the distance school, the more excited you are. The overall feeling is good, and I feel that it is likely to pass. The score is 83 points.
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In the second half of 20 16, I faced new challenges in my work and my study time was even more tense. Thinking that the validity of the FAR score is one and a half years, that is, I must pass the remaining three exams before the end of 20 1 1. I set myself the study goal of preparing BEC, REG and AUD in February 20 17. Once again, I overestimated my ability and covered my face. )
Because I have attended BEC once before, I spent most of my time on REG and AUD at the beginning of my study. I've always wanted to challenge myself to see if I can take care of both high-intensity work and study. About the end of the year, two or three months before the exam, I resolutely gave up AUD.
My biggest feeling about BEC learning is that this course seems simple, but in fact it is very comprehensive. First of all, the textbook of this course is thinner than other textbooks, but it has a lot of content. Chapter six, macroeconomics, microeconomics, financial management, etc. Each chapter is an independent subject and can only be explained clearly in a book. Secondly, other exams are multiple-choice questions and comprehensive questions, and BEC exams have writing questions. Writing questions should be more difficult for China candidates. According to the scenario given in the topic, it is required to position yourself as a financial manager, CFO and other roles, analyze the situation to the company's senior management or shareholders, and give the theoretical basis and ideas for solving the problem.
In this review of BEC, in addition to doing as many questions as possible in the macro view question bank, we also choose to listen to BEC courses explained by different teachers. The feeling is that every teacher in Hongjing is very responsible and all the knowledge points in the textbook will be mentioned. But each teacher's teaching method is different, so you should choose the teacher's course that you can understand most easily. If time is up, you can listen to a teacher's class for the first time and another teacher's class for the second time. Think of it as checking for leaks and filling gaps, and double insurance for yourself.
If you write questions, you must finish all the questions in the question bank. Basically, important knowledge points will have writing questions. Doing writing questions is not only practicing the ability of expressing, analyzing and summarizing the writing questions themselves, but also a comprehensive review of all the knowledge points learned.
2065438+February 2007 BEC exam, faced with three writing questions, I was also at a loss. When I first read a question, all the knowledge points in the book flashed through my mind, but not much could be captured. At this time, my heart began to get impatient. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down. Say to yourself, think about what advice I can give to help customers if this is their problem. When the heartbeat stabilized, the idea came out. Briefly describe the problem, list several key points of analysis, make two comments on each key point in combination with theory, and finally summarize. Test score, 82 points.
Hongjingtun, I hope these tips can give some help to the exam friends of USCPA. We will continue to learn the study skills and exam experience of AUD and REG tomorrow. Pay attention to the "Hongjing AICPA" of WeChat official account, USCPA will apply for free pre-evaluation and send a full set of learning materials free of charge.
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