Well Illinois so kindly provided results today and I failed both of mine. 65 on FAR and 67 on BEC. I studied about 2 months for FAR and at least 150+ hours.
I felt really good going in FAR and I ultimately screwed myself with time management and got to the sims with 35 minutes left. I had a plan going in and didn't stick to it. I knew that I should move on and not be stubborn trying to solve every question even if I was 100% sure I could get it. Well that went out the door when I zoned in. My fault, lesson learned. With the SIMS, I answered 1 research question and partially answered 3 problem SIMS. So only getting through 4 out of 7 SIMS I knew I probably failed since they are around 35-40% of your score. Whats frustrating for me is that I won't really be able to confirm this. On top of it, was 1 of the 4 I did do a pretest? In the scheme of things it doesn't really matter, but I am just trying to find a speck of positive that could come from this disappointing defeat.
With BEC, my NTS was expiring on the 9th and given I had just taken FAR the prior weekend. I knew I wouldn't be prepared and didn't even look at it until the night before. I had never really assessed the content that was covered which I regret now because that night before, once I saw it, I knew that I was very familiar with most of the material from school courses and I began my all nighter in attempts to pull off the unthinkable. Well I didn't pass, but a 67 after only one day is commendable and helps me believe I can pass it if I put in some good quality time ( Once again, I am just venting trying to boost my crushed self confidence in any way possible so please ignore my ego).
I am taking Audit next Friday and think that I have a chance at passing. Its tough at this moment to pick my broken self off the floor and get back to studying, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger…. I guess?
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