In an ideal world, you’ll only take the CMA Exam once. For that reason, choosing the best CMA Exam Review is one of the most important steps you’ll take in the preparation process. At Becker, we produce and support what we believe to be the finest CMA Exam Review offering out there. But before we get to that, we’d like to give an unbiased rundown of the things every CMA candidate should look for when evaluating CMA Exam Review partners.
No matter which partner you ultimately choose, we advise you not to compromise on the things we’re about to cover in this article. Preparing for the CMA Exam will cost you plenty of time, money and mental bandwidth, and passing it on your first attempt is one of the best feelings you’ll have in your career.
What is the CMA Exam?
You most likely know this answer already, so we’ll be brief here. The CMA Exam is one of the biggest requirements to earn the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) certification.
It’s a feather in your professional cap that shouts to the accounting and financial management world that you are an expert who puts in the work to stand out from others in your field. A CMA is widely considered to be the standard for managerial accounting.
How to choose the best CMA Exam prep course
There are four factors that determine the quality of a CMA Exam Review course.
1. High-quality study material
An absolute non-negotiable. Great coursework should include content from both parts of the CMA Exam, giving you a healthy variety of multiple-choice questions and essay questions. If the curriculum is on point, it ensures that you can spend your study time with maximum efficiency and minimal frustration.
2. Subject matter experts
The CMA Exam is one of the most difficult tests, and perhaps the most difficult test, that you’ll face in your career. That kind of challenge should not be tackled alone, which is why you should look for instructors who are true experts in managerial accounting.
These are the people who will teach you the CMA Exam Review material. On top of their skills as educators, the best instructors are also practicing CMAs in their own right.
3. Flexibility and personalization
All of us learn a little bit differently, and our differences should be embraced rather than crammed into one box. The best CMA Exam Review course will give you options that allow you to personalize your experience.
By studying for the CMA Exam in a way that works best for your learning style, you save yourself time and stress, while adding confidence for exam day.
4. A proven track record of success
Your CMA Exam Review partner should have a good amount of history and evidence that they’ve helped many nervous and hopeful CMAs become happy and official ones. Feel free to explore the cheaper and less established options as well, but if you decide to work with them, remember that the timeless phrase caveat emptor (buyer beware) applies.
4 reasons Becker makes the best CMA Exam Review on the market
1. Top-of-the-line CMA Exam preparation content
Our CMA Exam Review coursework includes detailed lectures and print and digital textbooks – and it’s routinely updated to reflect what appears on both parts of the exam. On top of that, we stack a plethora of review questions, practice exams, videos and learning material to give you multiple ways to make the info stick.
Whenever the CMA Exam content is changed by the IMA, our curriculum changes alongside it. You can rest assured that you’re getting the most up-to-date material that will be as true as possible to the test you’ll get on exam day.
By the numbers, our CMA Review Pro package offers:
- 500+ digital flashcards
- 3,000+ multiple choice questions
- 70 essay questions
- 5 one hour 1-on-1 academic tutoring sessions
2. The best instructors in the industry
Becker instructors across every specialty possess the ideal combination: a passion for teaching and an active, encyclopedic knowledge of their craft. They love nothing more than passing what they’ve learned to their students, and those are the people you’ll be preparing with. Truly, there’s nothing better than that.
3. A fully personalized experience
Becker CMA Exam Review is tailored to the way that you study. No matter the topic at hand, you’ll get a preparation experience that feels unique and works well for you—with practice tests you can customize.
Our revolutionary Adapt2U technology can actually identify your areas of improvement so you can focus on them, and it’s supported with a few features you won’t find anywhere else:
- Exam Day ReadySM indicator: tracks your current level of subject matter mastery so you can decide if you’re ready for exam day
- Personalized review sessions: get an adaptive review session at the end of every unit to test your current proficiency
- Unlimited practice tests: thanks to all those multiple choice questions we listed earlier, you can essentially create a limitless number of unique practice tests
4. Unmatched success rate
For more than 60 years, Becker has been a universally trusted name in CMA Exam preparation. Over those years, we have helped 1 million+ accountants pursue the next step in their careers, carrying a 96% “extremely satisfied” rating for our CMA Exam Review. We’re a team with a rare combination: we’ve seen it all over a long period of time, and at the same time, we’re open to and excited for the changes that the future will bring.
So when you’re ready to get Exam Day ReadySM, you know exactly where to find us. Take the next step in your career by trying our CMA Exam Review for 14 days for free.
