[yarddog]

My neighbor is both a lawyer and a CPA.

I once asked him which exam was more difficult and he said the CPA exam was much tougher. He also said the Florida Bar was one of the harder ones.

[Yaelle]

Yeah, there are some idiots who manage to pass the bar. Sure they have some smarts but some of them, it is hard to believe.

[Ancesthntr]

“I once asked him which exam was more difficult and he said the CPA exam was much tougher. He also said the Florida Bar was one of the harder ones.”

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I also took both, way back when. I took Florida and passed on the first go-around - but NY was (for me) much more difficult. It had 35 different subjects to choose from, and though you knew that there’d be Constitutional law, criminal law, evidence, wills and torts on the essays, that is ALL you knew. Heck, you don’t even have 35 different classes in law school!

And, yes, the CPA Exam is much harder to pass all at once. Something like 7% of those taking the Exam pass on the first try, vs. upwards of 50% for the Bar (depending on the state - and the CPA Exam is identical in all states, so it doesn’t matter where you take it).