1. Access To A Large Number Of Professionally Marked Practice Cases

Professionally Marked Cases: You really do not want to overlook this detail. Some programs and the institute may provide minimal, impersonal feedback which may often be provided too late, leading you to forget the case by the time you get your results back.

This is what you should be aware of: some prep programs and firms use a combination of in-house markers and professional markers, some of which may not have the actual institute or professional marking experience. Do you really want to work with someone who just wrote the exam, instead of a professional?

Some markers in the industry get paid for each case marked in bulk and may lack the interest in communicating your unique strengths and weaknesses to you as a student. Feedback from mass-marked marked cases may be impersonal and may lack depth or direction. We feel that it may not be appropriate for each student to write the same case at the same time – this is why we customize every student’s case based on their unique needs. We also double mark each case within a 24-48 hour time period.

PrepFormula’s prep course only uses actual professional markers specifically focus students’ needs – improving writing skills with every case written.

3. You Need To Focus On Your Unique Strengths and Weaknesses

Learning in a classroom in a classroom compared to one-on-one affects the way you absorb information. Some supplementary prep programs encourage students to exclusively attend their lecture sessions in rented classrooms (typically large lecture halls rented from universities).

According to a research study published by the American Educational Research Journal in 1972, by R. Barker Bausell, William B. Moody and F. Neil Walzl, effects of one-one-on tutoring achieved significantly greater achievement levels than classroom instruction when time, the curricula, and teacher differences were held constant.

I saw this to be a significant problem with the CPA training industry – so many programs focused on producing binders of self-study technical content without explaining the key items to focus on. This is why, we teach live classes, twice a week.

After the recent amalgamation in the Canadian Accounting industry, I wanted to make sure that PrepFormula would bridged the gap between the legacy CA, CMA and CGA streams. Each Candidate will receive one-on-one coaching/writing sessions with a professional marker. The one-on-one sessions cover writing skills, technical content and offer strategic advice on issues such as ranking, time and stress management.

5. You Need An Efficient, Custom Study Schedule

There are two main factors that allow students to study efficiently and pass the CPA Core Modules, Electives and the CFE. The first factor is having a study schedule which includes one-on-one resources that maximize the technical/written/strategic experience covered. The second constant live classes and access to up to date, most tested materials.

To achieve an efficient and natural learning progress, the pace and content must be delivered to each student at different speeds and in different ways. This means that a generic study schedule may not cover the needs of all individual students based on unique learning styles and existing commitments. Learn one-on-one with a CPA Marker.

PrepFormula provides a customized study schedule which may change based your unique requirements to ensure all content is covered.

Last Note

I truly put my heart and soul into learning everything there was to know about creating the perfect CPA PEP and implemented these findings into the design of our course.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: mike dot katsevman at prepformula.com

Mike.

Mike Katsevman, CPA, CA