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CPA Strategy: Order of Battle: Sequencing Your CPA Sections and Picking a Discipline · VoraPrep Audio — Professional Licensure & Certification Exam Prep

Hey, welcome to VoraPrep Audio. Today's episode is from our CPA Exam Strategy Masterclass: "Order of Battle: Sequencing Your CPA Sections and Picking a Discipline". Picking the wrong section order or discipline can cost you 6 months and thousands in retake fees. Let us map the smart sequence. Marcus: Ava, the debate between starting with FAR versus starting with AUD is endless on accounting forums. What is your definitive verdict? Ava: For 80% of candidates, start with FAR. FAR has the largest blueprint and the steepest learning curve. If you pass FAR first, you tackle the mountain before your 30-month rolling credit clock starts ticking down. Marcus: And when you finish FAR, its principles flow directly into everything else. How can you audit inventory or revenue in AUD if you do not understand the accounting rules from FAR? Ava: Exactly. But what about the discipline? People obsess over whether firms care if you took BAR, ISC, or TCP. Marcus: Firms do not care at all. The license is identical. You are a CPA, full stop. If you like tax, take TCP right after REG. If you hate math and understand SOC reports, take ISC right after AUD. Play to your strengths. Marcus: If you want to put this exact strategy into practice with thousands of blueprint-aligned questions and an authentic exam simulator, head over to voraprep.com. Start your free trial today—no credit card required. Ava: See you in the next masterclass.