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Here’s Your Open Thread For the Third CPA Exam Score Release of Q2 2019

Posted on by Adrienne Gonzalez

My, time flies when you’re mired in the misery of sitting for the CPA exam, don’t it?

Today, NASBA received and processed an absolute shitton of scores from the AICPA, making this another CPA exam score release on time without a hiccup. Well, no, surely there’s some poor candidate in Wyoming or something who didn’t get her score on time, but all things considered, the year is chugging right along without issue. Makes you feel a bit more confident they’ll be able to pull off continuous testing within the year, eh? Er, maybe let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

There’s just one more score release left for this quarter and then I’m happy to say you guys are half done with the year. For some of you I’m sure this is a relief, for still others I imagine the concept of time not ticking but sprinting away is terrifying. Terrifying enough for you to stop procrastinating and get to testing? It will be Christmas before you know it and no one wants to schedule for the second week in December, come on now. Actually no, that’s not true, everyone who also procrastinated wants to schedule in December, so better get on that now while you can.

Here’s hoping for good news, and if not, hey, there’s always next time.

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All About the 4.5th Section of the CPA Exam: Ethics!

We covered Ethics before but since this is the last in our daily columns this week on the CPA exam, it’s a good way to wrap things up. Once again, if you are looking for CPA exam tips, tricks, hints or just have an idea for a topic you’d like to see addressed here, get in touch with us.

Last time we talked about the ethics exam, we suggested the following:


Speak to your state society of CPAs to find out if they offer some kind of ethics exam support. Helplines exist but you’ll never find them if you don’t look.

Because the ethics exam is open book, not timed, and allows potty breaks (unlike, say, FAR), take your time and don’t rush through it. You have more than 1.5 minutes to read through and answer the questions, take advantage of this fact.

If all else fails, try to find a lifeline. The CalCPA Education Foundation gives you a “lifeline” if you have unsuccessfully attempted their ethics exam three times.

A few more things to keep in mind:

If possible, choose the Online version of exam materials in searchable PDF form so you can search for keywords that will answer the questions. It beats flipping through a book and is often cheaper than the book version of the exam anyway.

Don’t take the ethics exam too early or you may have to take it again. If you decide to take the ethics exam before you have completed all four parts of the CPA exam, be sure you know how long your score is good for (probably a year max). You don’t want to have to take it twice so wait until you are at least 3/4 of the way through the exam or completely finished to tackle ethics.

Though review courses don’t have coursework on ethics, there are tons of resources available that consist of tips from others who have taken and passed the ethics exam. Start with the CPAnet forums, plenty of candidates and would-be CPAs have shared their experiences and many are happy to help if you have specific questions about how they did it.

Hope that helps and thanks for joining us for this week of CPA exam goodness!

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