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Hey guys just got a multimeter to test some batteries in this box that was left out for some time. At 2.485 V would it be just degraded or potentially unsafe? Haven’t tried recharging it yet

Factory cutoff shows 2.8

I got my results from my final CPA exam on July 10 and have been waiting for NASBA to send my file to the New Jersey State Board.

I called NASBA twice last week and was told they still haven’t sent my file over because they’re behind on sending NJ candidates’ scores/files. It’s been almost six weeks at this point.

Has anyone else applying for NJ licensure had the same experience recently? How long did it take NASBA to send your file after you passed your final exam?

Just wondering if there really is a general backlog or if I’m getting the runaround.

I'm looking to finally pull the trigger and buy a flowtoy. I play and am good quite at a few instruments, but my main one is the guitar.

I'm a 29 year old who graduated with a degree in finance many moons ago. November 2025 I decided to go for the CPA exams and get a job in main street tax with the goal of some day opening my own firm.

I only took 2 accounting classes in college and as a result had to take six accounting classes with cpacredits . com. Despite not learning anything, I found the classes incredibly time consuming. 

I started actually studying for the exams mid Januaryish, right as my first tax season was ramping up. Learning tax at work while studying was a lot, but honestly wasn't too bad since what I was learning at work was relevant to REG/TCP and vice versa. 

I did this on poverty mode: started off with just Ninja, but found the lectures unbearable and added Maxwell CPA. Then I took:

• REG in mid March. I walked out feeling good about this one, but it ended up being my lowest score (82)
• TCP a week after 4/15. I was convinced I failed, but ended up being my highest score (91)
• FAR Mid May. I luckily was able to study full time for this one (86)
• AUD Mid June (84)

 

My Study Approach

Phase 1: Learning 

For each exam, I would start by going through Maxwell’s lectures and after each chapter, doing targeted MCQs, along with occasional SIMs. I would also do Ninja MCQ sets of 20-30 containing everything I had covered so far, every couple of days. Maxwell’s lectures are super short, like 10 mins each, and I would listen to them on 1.5x. I would say I spent 20% of my time on lectures and 75% on MCQs and 5% on SIMs during this phase.

Phase 2: Review

I always allocated more time to reviewing than learning. During this phase, I would take alot of practice exams, and general problem sets to diagnose where I was lacking. Then, I would go back to the lectures and hit specific problem sets for those topics. 

Phase 3: Final Review

After average a 65%ish on the practice tests for ninja, I would book the exam for a week or so later and keep reviewing, with the goal of bringing my practice test results up to 70%ish. This worked because I found Ninja way harder than the exam.

Maxwell has these hour or two long final review videos. I would listen to these at 1.5x the day before the exam. This helped a lot, as many things I didn’t properly learn I still somewhat retained, which often times was enough to solve an MCQ.

General Advice from my Journey:

• Don’t be afraid to fail:

  • I remember initially feeling like I needed to study x amount of hours, and spend y hours watching lectures. I probably would have studied twice as much as I did if it weren’t for tax season ramping up. I went into the first exam thinking “I might as well take it now, if I fail I’ll just take it again after tax season”. After I passed, that mindset set the tone for how I studied for the rest of the exams and saved me a buttload of time

• Spend most of your study time doing practice questions:

  • I remember wasting a lot of time when I started studying for audit trying to absorb all the info from the lectures. This was a waste of time.

Exam Specific:

• FAR: * Test yourself and make sure you understand the debits and credits * Utilize excel formulas on exam day (DDB, SLN, amortization tables). That saved me a lot of time * I studied many hours a day for a short period of time. Given the breadth of the content I think that this is the best way to do it, if feasible.
• AUD:
  • I was actually doing really bad on AUD practice questions late into my studying. But something clicked one day, and I started to score way higher. I’ll do my best to try to explain based on what I remember:
    • The big realization was that I was spending too much time trying to memorize stuff, instead of focusing on the logic behind the MCQs
    • Always ask what audit phase we are likely in, and what type of engagement. Often there will be key words there.
    • A lot of questions feel subjective, and they are; but they generally adhere to the same line of thinking. For those judgement call type questions, they want you to be by the book when necessary, but also pragmatic when feasible.

   

• TCP:
  • Don’t go too crazy on this one. The bump is insane
• REG:
  • I got nothing for REG. Sorry