I passed!

Holy moly, I did it. I finally passed all four parts of the CPA exam!!! After a long, strenuous year of constant stress, I can finally rid myself of the burden of passing the CPA exams. The relief is honestly almost too good to be true. I probably could have finished the exams earlier if I had actually tried to study during the summer after my senior year, but I would not have given up traveling during my last free summer to study. Like, how lame is that?

Honestly, the amount of time I actually put into productive and efficient studying doesn't even amount to 6 months, but whatever. It was still hard when it was crunch time. Since I'm a crammer, I tend to cram all the information in my head in a matter of weeks, as opposed to months like some people do. Everyone has a different way of studying, so whatever works!

Now I can finally apply for my firm's CPA completion bonus, since I finished in the designated time period, and start filling out all the paperwork needed to actually get the title. Although, I'm pretty sure I haven't met the required hours yet, so.... guess that'll have to wait a bit.

Also, for those who said the take-home ethics exam was easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy -- lies!!! I spent over 5 hours taking that test! The questions were honestly so tricky sometimes, and I would have to read the question and answers multiple times to fully understand the meaning/what they were actually asking. Do you know how hard it is to concentrate fully on 50 multiple choice questions? Very hard, let me tell you that. Thank goodness I passed on my first try because my brain power by the end of that test was -2842918%. Work today was so bad, since I ended up only sleeping at 3am after finishing the test at 1:30am. Jeez. It's a miracle I got through the day.