Hello guys. Congratulations sa mga CPA na! Hard work pays off. Finally, tapos na tayo.
But we or I am not yet done helping, especially those who tried pero di pa pinalad, I cannot say na okay lang yan because I have no idea what you’re going through. One thing is for sure, you will and you will get that license definitely, maybe di pa ngayon but you will. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone trips sometimes. It’s all part of the journey.
Truth be told.
I was a first-time taker, I graduated last May 2022, an honor graduate, magna cum laude. But was it an assurance that I’ll become a CPA on my first take, no. I enrolled in a review center pure online, I couldn’t grasp the totality of this CPALE thing. I studied with no one but my computer and handouts. I thought it was enough, but I know it wasn’t. Fortunate or unfortunate, I was not able to take the OCT 2022 CPALE due to issues with our TOR. So I didn’t. But I continued my review anyway with my first RC until October and self-studied from November 2022 to May 2023. Come less than one month before exam, one fine morning, without doing anything my heart suddenly pounds crazy, it went from normal to 240+ beats per minute. I was so close to a heart attack, I was so fortunate we live close to a rural hospital. I was tested and all, but no findings would be concluded so we decided to seek a psychiatrist, and I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Every move I make, I got scared, I can’t even normally walk, because every step costs so much breath. Normally, a person with GAD is said to recover after 3 to 9 months medication but not even 1 month have passed it’s already the board exam day. I still went knowing I wasnt able to finish reviewing. I showed up with nothing but fear, literal fear. And as expected from someone who just shows up to one of the most difficult exam. It was really a suntok sa buwan. I FAILED the MAY 2023 CPALE. My grade can’t even measure up to 55%.
I was then a retaker, I enrolled in REO online for OCT 2023. My health improved, I am now better. But somehow I don’t know how to effectively study. I still tried anyway. My confidence level is better than in May. My grade improved but not yet enough to be listed as CPA. I FAILED AGAIN with a GWA of 70.something%, my MS and AFAR being the lowest.
After that I was a refresher, still in REO and its partner school, it came to me that I have been studying for 1 year and I always make notes but never really had the chance to actually use it. I was wasting resources, what if I fail again on my third take. That’s when I decided to create this channel. I started making new notes, and upload it here initially for safekeeping only. I created this channel so that I will feel obligated to listen to my refresher classes and review, to take notes and annotate. Which by the way helped, because I was eager to listen just to provide something in the channel. It went on and smooth, I’m a bit disciplined compared before. I tried to timely upload and be up to date on the materials to be shared here. I focused on MS and AFAR, and it paid off. MS was my highest grade come MAY 2024 CPALE, and my grades improved again. GWA 75% but I still failed, I failed the 2 subjects that made me a conditional examinee. I was already there, but never good enough to be there. So I had to retake the two subjects.