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Summary: Time Management
Review: It is very important to have time management will preparing for the CPA exam.
This 4 volumes set is much better than the other 2 volume set although they both contain the same material, this one has it in a more well organized way where the questions follow the outlines, some people might find it not that helpful but it really is.
In general the both sets are easy to use and handle, the advices are very much helpful, and the material is right to the point a thing that really saves your time.
As an advice you have to go through this set at least three times; the first time (2-3 hrs/day): Read then answer the questions try to do so within 3 months (prepare notecards and don't put any marks with the questions); the second time(2-3 hrs/day): Answer then read topics on your mistakes and review your notecards on othr subjects within 2 months; the third time (5-7 hrs/day): complete a whole module daily (order is not important but might be good) you have to pass all modules 90% at least. One last time is a 4-days approach where you go through a whole section every day.
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Summary: Very Complete. Good Book.
Review: Thanks to Wiley's CPA review, I passed ARE 85, FARE 84 and Audit 79, first try. (Failed on Business Law 72 but that was more due to lackluster studying than to the quality of the study material!)The books are very complete albeit somewhat slightly confusing at first. All aspects of the CPA program are covered, and, if you study these books thoroughly (material + multiple choice), you have a very good chance of passing the exam at the first try. Make sure you understand the structure and the way each book is organized before you dig into it. I found the overall organization of the books to be confusing at first, and the content quality is definitely not constant from one book/one chapter to the other, which is why I would give a 4-star rating instead of a 5. Also, I would highly recommend the Wiley's CPA Preparation Software. It speeds up your preparation greatly, and is a good way of avoiding the inevitable and endless page-flipping of book study. Good luck!
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Summary: Bar none, THE best review program for the CPA exam
Review: The format of this CPA exam review set is designed better than the other programs that I have seen (Gleim, Kaplan, Barron's) and provides more comprehensive and all-encompassing exposure to the material that you will see on the four sections of the exam. Most other review sets only contain multiple-choice questions, full-length practice exams, and/or short dissertations on the various subjects. That is not enough to sufficiently prepare you for the various subjects and question formats that you will see when taking the exam. In these books, the subjects are organized logically into modules, and in each module you will see outlines and detailed reviews of the subject matter, followed by multiple-choice, sets of "matching" or similarly formatted questions, and essay questions, complete with detailed answers and analysis to each and every question. Even though those questions taken from actual exams are somewhat older, the practice questions given in these books are very close to what you will see in "battle" conditions. Also, with the CPA Exam becoming computerized in the next couple years, Wiley now offers the CD-ROM version of this review program. Bottom line, if you are truly committed to passing this exam, you should buy this 4-volume set of review books from Wiley. I should know. I bought the 2000 version, followed Delaney's suggestions, and passed all four parts of the exam in my first attempt last November, by sizable margins.
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