My May 17th BEC exam was actually the 4th time I've taken BEC. The first 2 times I took it I didn't study appropriately. I kept thinking since it was BEC it must be easier right? That was wrong. But the third time I really did study hard, very hard – and still ended up with the exact same score! (Another 71, ahhh!) So hopefully this time, since I've been studying like crazy, will be the time I passed.
As to how I felt about it, I'm not exactly sure – every other time I've taken any section, I've finished way early because I'm a fast test-taker, but this time, I had less than 10 minutes left. I definitely agree that there were many more computations than I remember, and I thought the writing section was a bit harder as well. Overall though, I feel cautiously positive, but this might be because I can't imagine basically starting over & having 3 sections to pass again. Hope that helps!
FAR – 10/12/10 (82)
REG – 11/07/10 (78)
AUD – 11/30/10 (68), 11/30/11 (78)
BEC – 01/04/11 (63), 08/29/12 (71), 02/29/12 (71), 05/17/12 – WAITING