Surgent CPA Review

As a non-traditional student who graduated with an accounting degree at 34 years old, attempting to pass the CPA exam while working full time was an incredibly frustrating challenge. I studied using a competitor's program (Jaeger) and was not successful, giving up after multiple exam failures. 6 years later, I decided to try it again. Having just turned 40, I thought "now or never." I gave Surgent a try after reading many positive reviews. At first I was very skeptical, because I had read positive reviews about other exam prep courses, too. Also, I wasn't quite sure how to use the software at first. That's where the one-on-one tutoring helped me to develop a study plan. I would take the hourly study recommendations with a grain of salt. The Surgent time tracker says that I studied 200 hours for FAR, but that only counts the hours I spent doing practice MCQs and watching videos while online. I spent at least another 200 hours writing note-cards and reading the textbook. In the end, I was overprepared for FAR, passing with an 86. However, if you graduated recently, you probably won't need to study as much as I did. Overall, I will say that the Surgent ready score is fairly accurate. I made sure my ready scores exceeded 85 each time I took an exam (Surgent recommends 80), and my actual exam scores were mostly within 3-5 points of my ready score. The only exception was AUD - I only studied for a month, because I was more confident with the material. I had a ready score around 85, but scored 78 on the actual exam. That ended up being my lowest score of the 4 exams. I highly recommend Surgent to anyone who has struggled with the CPA exam in the past. The software tracks your weaknesses and lets you really hone in on those areas. I do not believe I could have passed the CPA without Surgent's help, at least not nearly as efficiently. Every time I received my score after taking an exam, I was shocked at the positive result. Thank you Surgent for helping me to reach this long-awaited goal! Now I am looking forward to getting licensed and my future as a CPA.

The interactive technology with the correct answer and explanation displayed immediately after allow your mind to go straight to the right concepts without delay.

I like it so far. The platform is very similar to the actual exam platform. The videos are also easy to follow.

Ability to maximize study time while preparing the strategy for the exam.

very educational instruction and training exercises.