The practice case for my Performance Management Elective module I attempted today was one of the most challenging ones I have written. There was a lot of information (7 pages), a wide variety of AOs (production schedule, financial statement impact,…
CPA PEP Core 1
Failing your CPA PEP exam is frustrating. However, that doesn’t say anything about your intelligence or ability. Since your grade is determined by your performance on two cases, failing your PEP exam only means you could have executed your exam…
If you have been following my CPA journey, you would know that I just wrote the PEP exam for the Finance module. Even though the result won’t be released for another two weeks or so, I am quite confident that…
I shared the message below on my Instagram after writing the Finance exam yesterday. The Finance and Core 1 exams both started at 9 AM even though the latter ended earlier. A few Core 1 writers messaged me after their…
I wrote a post about my experience after I wrote my CPA Core 2 exam at home in June. Fast-forward 5 months, I am writing my Finance exam at home again in less than 3 weeks. I got an email…
If you have been following my journey for a while, you probably know that I chose the extended pace for both Core 2 and Finance. I have also written a comparison post in the past talking about who the two…
I have a reader who just wrote her CPA PEP Core 1 exam yesterday. For those of you who did not know, the link to Knotia did not work during Case #1 and candidates spent precious exam time submitting a…
I want to start this off by telling you the good news – the pass rate for CPA Core 1 was 79.4% and 81.9% in 2019 and 2020 respectively (source: CPA Canada). If you are taking Core 1, then I…
On my last update (here), I said I would try to do an update after Week #6 of Core 1 but here I am, already more than halfway through Core 2. MOST IMPORTANT UPDATE: I PASSED CORE 1! I took…
I expected my CPA journey to be difficult, but it has proven to be more difficult than I expected. We had a long weekend last week and I studied for 10 hours over Saturday and Sunday and 3 more with…
