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2019年4月24日水曜日

米国公認会計士(USCPA) 合格へのヒント US Certified Public Accountant (CPA), tips to get passed

理系の人へ...米国公認会計士合格へのヒント 
To Engineers ... Hint to pass CPA(Certified Public Accountant, US)

.. English follows ..


貸借対照表の「た」の字もしらない理系の人が米国公認会計士に合格するためのヒントを私の経験からメモ。

1.近道の勉強法(王道)を考えるより、とにかくWileyを8回まわす
2.問題文が不完全でも、出題者が何を問題にしたいのかを分かるようにする。
3.BizLaw・Auditは英文テープを聞くのが効率的

25年前、米国公認会計士試験を2年間、4回受験して合格。予備校に通い、クラスメートと話し、いろいろ試行錯誤。最初の回は全滅、2回目でFinancialとControl Accounting、3回目全滅、4回目でAuditとBizLawが終わり、全科目合格。
 予備校は同じ目標をもった仲間を得る上では良いが、そこで、効率的な勉強法(王道)を仲間と議論しても成績は伸びない。「ごちゃごちゃ言っている時間があるなら、1問でも多くWileyを流す」。これが私の結論。重いWileyをどこにでも持ち歩き、次から次に解いていきます。電車の中、トイレetc。8回目まで回すころには、のべ2万問解いていることになり、もう問題を覚えていて、より早く解けた。
 問題は必ずしも論理的に完璧でない(暗黙の前提条件がある)ので、出題者が何を答えて欲しいと思っているかを知ることが重要。この試験の最も難しいところは、自分の精神レベルを出題者とおなじレベルに合わせることだった。 

How to pass CPA(US)


This is a memo of tips for engineers, who do not even know what balance sheet is, to pass United States public certified accountant test. 

1. Run through Wiley 8 rounds but not look for short cuts(Royal Road) 
2. Train to the level to see what is questioned even if question is incomplete
3. Use audio tape to learn business law and audit

I completed public certified accountant test 25 years ago. It took 2 years, 4 trials. Joined prep school and tried many study methods talking to classmates over shortcuts. 1st trial no credit. 2nd trial, passed financial and control accounting. 3rd time no credit, and 4th time, finally got passed all subjects with audits and business law.
  Prep school was good to find people with same objective but discussion over best study method(Royal Road) did not help. My conclusion was to `Run though another question if you have time to discuss`. Brought heavy Wiley everywhere and solved questions one after another, on the train, bathroom, etc.  After 8 round, ended up solving totaling 20K questions, then basically remembering all questions hence could solve faster.
  Questions were not always logically perfect ( i.e., included tacit conditions ), hence it was important to understand what examiner really wish to be answered. The most difficult part of this test is to adjust my mentality to those who created the test.