[Peasqueezy]

Hi everybody. I took audit in August and failed it. And I deserved it. I got cocky after passing the FAR and I memorized a lot of the questions without truly understanding the material. I moped around for a few days. We moved. And then I started studying for my retake. This time I really went at it. Failing it was embarrassing and I was not going to let that happen twice. I watched every video, made flash cards, took every multiple choice question twice. I was ready. And I failed it again. If you had asked me about the exam before I got my score I would have told you that I felt good about it. I felt like I passed that exam. I was so sure I passed that test that I came home that day and scheduled this BEC exam for the same quarter- keep up the momentum, ya know?

So there I was two weeks into studying for BEC and I got my 70 for the audit retake. I was crushed. And honestly, I still am pretty bummed out over it.

Today I took BEC. I have to say that I have never experienced anxiety before like I did yesterday in anticipation of this next exam. I think the whole point of this post is to commend all of you for what you are going through– and to assure myself I’m not alone in this. But yesterday I was a hot mess.

Today I felt good. The exam was “easier” than I expected it to be. None of the questions were out of left field. I think I have a good feel for COSO and I spent a lot of time learning all of the equations for financial management and cost accounting, which I hope paid off. My WC questions were all on topics I knew, but for whatever reason I never scored very well on the practice WC in Wiley so I think those are a wash.

Even though I feel “good” about it, I’m reluctant to say that I passed it. Actually, I’m terrified to check my score next week. I hope some of you can empathize with me? Surely some of you know what I’m going through? I think I’ll wait to check my score till after Christmas just in case…

[NeedsA75]

I took BEC today too. I put my thoughts over in the other thread but I was definitely anxious about it yesterday.

Overall I feel pretty good about the exam but I feel like that's the kiss of death. I know there was stuff in there I missed. The IT stuff was incredibly random. I'm just hoping for a 75 so I can move onto my last section.

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