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Learn from top CPA Exam professors at leading accounting schools
Our review courses are authored and presented by experienced university professors and CPA Exam Review instructors from some of the nation's top accounting schools. Years of involvement with the CPA Exam have enabled our authors to present the material in a way that provides you with the optimal learning experience. The level of course detail matches the level of detail you'll find on the actual exam questions.
Meet Our Authors and Video Lecturers
Top, left to right: Pam Smith - Northern Illinois Univ.; Donald E. Tidrick - Northern Illinois Univ.; Greg Carnes - Univ. of North Alabama; Marianne M. Jennings - Arizona State Univ.; Allen H. Bizzell - Univ. of Texas - Austin; Dan Stone - Univ. of Kentucky;
Bottom, left to right: Gaylord A. Jentz - Univ. of Texas - Austin; Janet D. Gillespie - Univ. of Texas - Austin; Robert A. Prentice, Univ. of Texas - Austin; Charles J. Davis - California State Univ. - Sacramento; B. Douglas Clinton - Northern Illinois Univ.; Donald R. Deis Jr. - Texas A&M Univ. - Corpus Christi
Meet Our Authors and Lecturers.
Our students receive individual attention from CPAexcel's professors
CPAexcel's highly-experienced exam review experts provide every Guided Seminar student with ongoing guidance, support, and prompt answers to their questions.
Meet Our Guided Seminar Mentors
Left to right: Jeanne Yamamura, Univ. of Nev.- Reno; Charles Davis, Cal. St. Univ.-Sacramento;
Craig Bain, N. Arizona Univ.; Allen Bizzell, Univ. of Texas - Austin; Janet Gillespie,
Univ. of Texas - Austin; Christopher Meakin, Univ. of Texas - Austin;
John Karayan, Woodbury Univ. - Burbank, CA; Claire Latham, Wash. State Univ.
Meet Our Mentors.
Choose the CPAexcel course that best fits your personality
Some people prefer a highly structured study experience while others prefer to study on their own. Which course fits you?
- Guided Seminars are professor-guided distance learning seminars that provide regular assignments, progress monitoring, grades and unlimited access to personal mentoring from subject-expert professors. You'll be guided through a block of lessons from the Core Study Materials. You'll have, on average, three days for each assignment, with completion defined as getting a 90% score per assignment. Your professors will contact you if you appear to need additional help. You also have unlimited access to your professors who will answer any questions you might have about the content of the CPA Exam or the course materials. Students who learn best by watching and listening can add CPAexcel's Video Lectures to their Guided Seminar course, or add textbooks or printed flashcards for studying away from the computer.
- The Self Study Courses provide complete flexibility to create your own schedule and study methods, while simultaneously providing all of the content you need to pass the exam on your own. The course is comprised of the Core Study Materials module, which includes Diagnostic Exams, Study Text, Proficiency Questions, Past Exam Questions, Electronic Flashcards, Simulations, the Exam Tutor and Simulated CPA Exams™. Students who learn best by watching and listening can add CPAexcel's Video Lectures to their Self Study Course, or add textbooks or printed flashcards for studying away from the computer. See our most popular courses.
Bite-Sized Lessonssm optimize study time
Complete an entire lesson during a 30-minute coffee break, including study text, proficiency questions, flashcards, past exam questions and more. Everything you need to know about a specific exam topic. Perfect for today's exam candidates, who seldom have long blocks of study time due to job and family demands. These lessons let you accomplish a lot in half an hour! See more. Bite-Sized Lesson Study Topics.
Maximize learning & retention using CPAexcel's Efficient Learning System
This unique learning system, including over 400 bite-sized interactive lessons, keeps you focused and improves concentration. All learning resources are integrated for one-click access, providing instant reinforcement and saving you precious hours you can better use to raise your exam scores. Intuitive courseware navigation is easy to learn and simple to use. See more.
Learn by watching CPAexcel's Video Lectures
A team of CPA Exam review experts from leading U.S. accounting schools cover the key concepts and principles in each exam area, including heavily weighted exam topics and challenging subjects that often give students trouble during the exam. The videos are integrated into each bite-sized course lesson and accompanied by printable slides of the lesson outline. See more.
Gain knowledge through CPAexcel's Integrated Discussion Groups
Subject-oriented discussions are integrated directly into the lessons so you are never more than two clicks away from topical discussions with classmates worldwide. Guided Seminar students also receive unlimited access to subject-expert professors from top accounting schools who provide prompt answers to questions and help solve simulation problems.
Boost your scores using CPAexcel's personalized Study Strategies
Based on your current knowledge level and available time, choose from three CPAexcel study strategies, enabling you to focus your study time where it is needed most. Diagnostic Exams provide you with an initial assessment that identifies where your proficiencies and deficiencies are so that you can zero in on weak areas and better prioritize your time. In the "Study Course" strategy you move through the entire course material from "A to Z", ensuring complete review of the entire course. The Exam Tutor lets you build custom exams covering any subject or range of subjects in the course table of contents. This is an efficient way to drill on exam subject to increase your mastery of the material.
Get instant performance feedback with CPAexcel's Performance Metrics
View exam results for every lesson, including correct and incorrect answers and rationales. Track your progress over the last five exams to see how well you are progressing and how consistently you perform.
Know where you stand in every subject area
CPAexcel's Diagnostic Scorecards give you a visual representation of your scores at a glance. Ideal for identifying weak areas so you can zero in on topics that have been holding down your scores.
In addition, the table of contents displays your progress using color-coded feedback to identify your current level of proficiency - visually telling you when you are ready to pass the exam:
Sharpen your exam-taking skills
Study and review the course material using the same skills you'll need on exam day. CPAexcel's exam-identical AICIPA multiple-choice question and simulation formats, functionality and time limits give you the skills and confidence you'll need to get high scores on the exam.
Final Review
Complete Exam Preparation - Much like a dress rehearsal before going on stage opening night, the Final Review fine-tunes your exam performance. Every CPAexcel course includes the Exam Tutor and Simulated CPA Exams™ as a final review, ensuring your complete preparation. See more about the Final Review.
Drill from 4,000 past exam questions
CPAexcel's Exam Tutor gives you essential exam practice, drilling from a library of over 4,000 past exam questions. You choose the question parameters based on topic, level of detail, difficulty, frequently missed questions and other criteria. Includes full explanations of right and wrong answers.
Practice makes perfect: Take the CPA Exam ahead of time
CPAexcel's Simulated CPA Exams™ mirror the actual exam experience, down to the number, type, and mix of questions, user interface, time-limits and break policies. Take the exams as many times as you want. Each time you'll get new questions and a detailed report of your results, highlighting your strengths and weaknesses. See More.
Automatic Updates and Free Course Retakes
Personalized Updates™ keep course material continually current
Your content is automatically updated online and integrated throughout the course. Personalized alerts indicate where and when changes are made. Newly revised text will appear in blue if you have previously viewed a section. You'll never answer exam questions incorrectly because of outdated information, or waste time searching through update supplements as with other review courses. See more.
CPAexcel offers you guaranteed success at a guaranteed price
Your initial cost for CPAexcel is your total cost to pass the exam. You can extend your learning schedule if you like, or if your study schedule is interrupted, know that you have continued free access to current course content and seminars. You need never take the exam until you are confident you will pass. If you ever need to retake any exam part, you receive free content updates and seminar retakes.
Flexibility and Convenience
Learn from any computer
Learn offline AND online on any computer 24/7. Avoid firewalls and phone line conflicts. Pick up right where you left off using our simple Last Login / Last Location capability. Back up and transfer your scores across multiple computers, and between online and offline course usage with the 'Synchronize Scores' feature.
Learn anytime
CPAexcel offers you 60, 40, 30, and 15-day seminars to fit your time schedule and knowledge level. Seminars covering each exam part start 6 to 8 times per month - the greatest flexibility offered by any review course.
Study anywhere with CPAexcel's printed materials
Textbooks and printed flashcards make it easy to learn while away from your computer. You can also print your own "Text booklets" directly from the courseware, covering as many lessons as you'd like.
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"The CPA Exam has a lot of information to digest and memorize, and CPAexcel does a great job at breaking up all that information into manageable chunks. Its structure, past exam database and testing flexibility are excellent. If you need a flexible way to pass the CPA Exam, schedule some quality study time, and get CPAexcel, you won't regret it."
"CPAexcel is the only material I used to prepare for the exam, and I have passed on the first attempt for 3 sections so far. I recommend CPAexcel because I can study at work or at home. The material is organized and divided into convenient sections. The combination of text and practice questions for each topic help reinforce and identify where I need to concentrate my studies."
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"CPAexcel is an excellent program. It helped me to organize my study time and track my progress on a topic and subtopic basis. I was able to master each section before going on to the next. This gave me tremendous confidence and the motivation I needed to stick to my goal of passing the CPA Exam. The study materials were very thorough and I loved the convenience of being able to log on anytime to study. The tech support people were wonderful and they were very quick to respond when I needed help with the technical aspects of the program. I had a great experience with this program and I recommend it to anyone who's serious about passing the exam."
"The package was truly efficient. I was able to prepare for this section of the test in under two months. I completed the all four parts in under a year with an average score of 89."
"I found CPAexcel to be an excellent tool for preparing for the CPA Exam. It covered all the information I needed to pass the exam in a clear and concise manner. Its use of proficiency questions and past exam questions effectively reinforced the study material. Having previously used another review course, I found CPAexcel to be a better use of my time and money and I would highly recommend it. With the inclusion of practice exams in the new version, CPAexcel is only getting better."
"CPAexcel really helped round out the audit internships and class instruction I received at UT. I can't believe I got a 97 on the first exam I took! I recommend reading the text lessons the week before you sit and of course, do as many multiple choice questions as you can."