ramyashree 22 started preparing to be a chartered accountant ca in 2018 for the last five years the journey consisted of relentless hard work and dedicated work to achieve her goals two years of articleship and one year of industry experience enabled her to earn laurels by getting air 2 in the recently declared ca final resultsborn in a family of government employees in mangalore karnataka ramyashree was inspired by her mother who wanted to be a ca i wanted to fulfil my mothers unfulfilled dream to be a ca i witnessed the kind of respect ca professionals command she saysi took my cacpt chartered accountant common proficiency test two months after finishing my standard xii boards says ramyashree who was the fifth state rank holder in her class xii karnataka state board exams for the next year she prepared for the ca intermediate exam i chose to take coaching which helped in setting deadlines and following a set schedule to handle the enormous coursework says ramyashree who got air 16 in the ca intermediate examshe chose to pursue a bcom honours from indira gandhi international open university ignou delhi as she wanted to spend more time on her ca preparation this is a special threeyear course which ignou runs in association with the institution of chartered accountants of india icai students enrolled in this course get a degree after submitting one project and qualifying for a final exam along with this students also need to complete two years of articleship and get one year of industry experience before they get the final degree says ramyashreethe articleship and industry exposure is key to excel during the three years of my course i divided my study hours judiciously one hour for my bcom studies and two hours for my ca course and an average of 810 hours on my articleship and corporate training says ramyashree who enjoyed learning about the financial dealings from an auditees perspective which enhanced the knowledge selfdoubt is a natural emotion while one prepares for the exhaustive ca exam those aspiring to be a ca should plan their study schedules and plan for it in advance stress and anxiety are a part of the process but you need to move past the feeling and focus on bigger goals students tend to take their health for granted which impacts the performance says ramyashree who enjoys listening to soft hindi music and write shayari being an avid reader she reads whatever she can lay her hands on