How Much of Passing the CPA Exam is Luck?

A 76 does not prove you studied well. A 73 does not prove you studied badly.

We love looking at outcomes and working backward.

Passed? The strategy worked.

Failed? Something must have been wrong.

But life, and the CPA Exam, is messier than that.

You can make good decisions and get a disappointing result. You can make questionable decisions and still get away with a 75.

Which raises a much more interesting question: How much of passing the CPA Exam is actually luck?

Not “hope you get easy questions” luck.

I mean the mix of circumstances you were handed, the environment you choose, the…

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