Hey, welcome to VoraPrep Audio. Today's episode is from our CMA Exam Strategy Masterclass: "Surviving Month-End Close: A Realistic CMA Study Schedule".
How do you study for the CMA when you are working 60 hours during year-end close? You build close-week buffers.
Ava: Marcus, management accountants face a unique problem: predictable periods of intense work during monthly and quarterly financial closes.
Marcus: If you plan on studying three hours a night during close week, you will fail and feel guilty. Accept that close week is maintenance mode: do 15 minutes of mobile flashcards on your lunch break to keep concepts alive.
Ava: And make up the volume during the middle two weeks of the month when your schedule opens up. Consistency over 16 weeks is what gets you to 360.
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Ava: See you in the next masterclass.