What should I do to get an Elijah Watt Sells Award?

What is US CPA?

A Certified Public Accountant is a professional who has earned the CPA license from any of the 55 state accountancy boards of the USA all of which are part of NASBA (National Association of the State Boards of Accountancy). Each state board has the authority to grant a CPA License. One must meet all the requirements of the state board including Education, Experience, and Examinations.

The curriculum of US CPA is widely recognized for its breadth and depth of concepts. The test also ensures that a candidate is thorough with the concepts required for an accounting professional to work in real-life complex scenarios. The curriculum of CPA is spread across 4 subjects. They are:

• BEC- Business Environment Concepts
• AUD- Auditing and Attestation
• FAR- Financial Accounting and Reporting
• REG- Regulations

You need a score of 75 or higher to pass the CPA exam. Specifically, you must earn a 75 or higher on each of the four tests that make up the CPA exam.

What is the Elijah Watt Sells award :

Since 1923, the AICPA has bestowed the Elijah Watt Sells Award upon high-performing candidates for outstanding CPA exam performance. The award is named in honor of one of the country’s first CPAs who was active in the establishment of the AICPA. As an advocate for the profession, Sells played a key role in advancing professional education in the profession.

To earn the award, a CPA candidate must have:

• Obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the CPA Exam 
• Passed all four sections of the Exam on the first attempt

Historically, On average, out of 75000 students- only 80 students get this award globally.

Simandhar Education CPA Alumni - Kavneet's outstanding achievement of getting the Watt Sells Award:

Scores of 99 in BEC, 97 in REG, 96 in FAR, and 93 in AUD made him get the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award.

It gives us immense pleasure to see our Simandhar student Kavneet, from Delhi, pass the US CPA exam in all the sections with amazing scores, achieve the AICPA Watt Sells award, and make India proud.

Kavneet is having a B.Com degree and has passed CA intermediate exams.

Simandhar Education congratulates him on this remarkable accomplishment by making India proud.

Simandhar Education is fortunate to mentor such amazing students who make us proud by achieving heights of success.