[Anonymous]

Ok, I feel better now. On the day that scores come out it is more stressful than taking the test. I swear that every time I hit the score button on the score page my heart stops for 2 seconds and then starts back if there is no score. If I see a failing grade I get dizzy, go through denial and curse AICPA. I get home and reflect then I feel much better. This is so tough but I am half way there. I was so hoping for a BEC pass today but got a 73. I feel like I know the information going into all the tests but you absolutely have to be a good test taker which is half the battle. What are your emotions immediately after a fail?

[Mamabear]

Pretty much the same as yours. I cried. A LOT after my REG fail. I really thought I would have done better, but I know I didn't feel great going into the test so i shouldn't have been surprised. I was really sad and then I got pissed….at myself. I wish I had written down things from the test after I took it, especially the SIMS. I did nothing and I remember nothing. I'm still angry at myself. I would have been done if I had just passed REG.

CPA Exam - Finally DONE (November 2014)
BEC (08/10/13) 80
AUD (08/24/13) 65 (11/13/13) 85
FAR (04/12/14) 81
REG (07/19/14) 69 (11/29/14) 87!!

[AScott89]

I got my 72 on AUD today and literally felt nothing. I just stared at it blankly then went to myself ‘Okay look like it's retake time'. Next time we'll get our 75 guys. We just gotta put the work in and hope for the best.

BEC-65
AUD-72(8 '14); 68(11 '14)
FAR-
REG-

[CPA50]

I cried for 2 hours straight this weekend after failing my motorcycle skills class. When I got my (YIKES) 64 this morning, I was all cried out already. I can't say I was overly surprised, just disappointed and embarrassed. Sucked it up, had another cuppa joe and reworked my study plan. The worst part was telling my 10 year old that mommy has to disappear and study again. I'm pretty sure I know what was wrong and I can't wait to fix it and try again. (Same with my motorcycle riding.) At least I hope I can be a good example for my daughter as to how to bounce back from a temporary setback.

Last time, I was SO over the top anxious and afraid of failing that it became a self fulfilling prophecy for me. I focused on the ditch (my metaphor for failing) and so I ended up in the ditch. (Gee, same as my motorcycle class…)

FAR, you're my B****!

Chin up everyone, we CAN do this!

AUD 88 (expired), 80 retake
FAR 64,69,67,73,67,73,73,73, August 3
REG 75 (expired) September 7
BEC 72, 77

The adventure continues...

[Anonymous]

I had two shots before loosing FAR credit on November 27thish….

I failed BEC this window with a freaking 74…….

I am 40 questions into studying for a retake, i am taking it early next window, shooting for around october 6th…

At first, I was emotionally distraught, then the anger set in…. I have a big ass piece of paper with a 74 pinned to my wall, I am studying for the next 28 days as though I must make a 90 to pass…

I only need one additional point, but when i go test, i need to get 75 more points, no relaxing, no slacking, going hulk mode on this test, get the rings together here comes captain mutherfreakin planet, in the air; its a bird its a plane, not its a pissed off dethnode and Im coming to kick your ass BEC…

P.S. screw you aicpa and your 74

[JMOR]

AScott89, I felt the same as you. I got a 63 on FAR and just stared at it and felt emotionless. I think that deep down I knew that I didn't study hard enough and didn't do the things I needed to. I had a bad study plan to begin with and didn't accomplish enough to pass. I reworked my study plan last night and now I'm ready to kick some A** and take some names!!

REG - 86
FAR - 74,
BEC - 72,
AUD -73,

[menachem]

I need your help. I failed AUD and REG in August with 55 , 56 both . i dont know what to do. i am planning to retake the audit in November and do the FAR for the first time as well.

can any one guide me with study plan and method that avoid me from memorize the MSQ answer. i used to memorized the answers before i read the question.

[mariam almas]

i got my score when i was at office, i had a feeling that i would pass the AUD, or i would fail with 74 or 73, but the fact was 69 ??? WTH ?? immediately i dropped a message to my best friend and told here that i failed, it was very hard feeling, couldn't cry because i was at office, after two hours of thinking i started calculate my budget to retake it. Still feeling sad but trying to be strong.

Will start study tomorrow to retake it on 6th Oct hopefully i will pass this time.

AUD: 81 (Done)
REG: Currently studying
FAR: TBD
BEC: TBD

NH

[Anonymous]

My first thought when I saw my FAR score was “Ugh, back to studying…” And then I had to laugh at myself over receiving a 73 in FAR when I hadn't thought the exam was all that bad and I had received a 75 in AUD last score release and was absolutely certain that my score on that exam was going to be in the 50s. I guess you just never know with these exams!

I also felt somewhat relieved afterwards because even though it was a failing score (and my first, too), it's still the last exam I have to pass and I don't start losing credit for any of my other exams until my BEC score expires at the end of August 2015. Not that I want or plan to continuously fail FAR, but I at least have a bit of a buffer for now in terms of not having to worry about the other exams.

Oh, and one more emotion: anger. Anger at that one SIM that I know I did terrible on because it involved creating a statement for the one type of entity and the one type of financial statement that I'm weak in. It was the very first SIM on my exam and I remember just staring at it in disbelief because really, what are the odds that you're going to get a SIM that is literally tailored to your very specific weakness? Apparently pretty good! And also, I had a very similar MCQ no less than four different times that I just couldn't make match any of the answers available and I figured out why afterwards, but I also know I got all of those MCQs wrong. I know that SIM and those four MCQs alone didn't result in my failing score, but I'm pretty sure if I had nailed those I may have creeped up to a 75 or so. Oh well, you live and learn. And now I know how to do that MCQ. And at least some of that SIM, lol.

My way of staying positive about this whole thing is that I finally get to see what the whole stronger/comparable/weaker comparison breakdown for my exam looks like. I've always been curious about how I did in the different areas and now I'll actually get to see. Which will definitely help with studying for the retake.

[AScott89]

We got this JMOR. I'm ready to pound out some SIMs because I know that's the part that I was most likely the weakest on. If I get my report in the mail and it says I was weaker on the MCQ I will be VERY surprised.

BEC-65
AUD-72(8 '14); 68(11 '14)
FAR-
REG-

[Anonymous]

My score breakdown below. I got a 73. I am disappointed but I know why I failed. I ran out of time on the written communications so I did not finish one of them. I was banking on it being a pretest but apparently not.

Corporate Governance- Stronger

Economic Concepts and Analysis- Comparable

Financial Management- Weaker

Information Systems- Stronger

Strategic Planning-Comparable

Operations Management-Comparable

MC-Comparable 85%

WC-Weaker 15%

[willpassby2014]

I was confident that i will pass but when i saw the failing score of 74 i cursed myself that it should be due to a topic i less concentrated that i got my first 3 MCQ's……that shook my confidence……now i am back to studying and want to come back with a bang

BEC Passed
FAR Passed
AUD Passed
REG Passed

[katerina2665]

well this thread is fun 🙂

i remember when i received 75 for FAR (3rd attempt), i was so scared it can turn into 74 for some reason, i was checking it every day until i got a confirming email.

when i first time got 62 on Audit, i was fine. When second time i received 65, i did cry like people cry in the movies, sitting on a chair, sobbing loudly and looking into the window far away like my life is over. Yeah…

[ScarletKnightCPA]

Well when I got my one fail I thought I was going to fail. I actually forgot to look up my score since I figured I failed and looked it up a few weeks (or was it days) after it came out and saw the fail. I had already began studying to retake it so I was like meh. Me failing was due to me experienmenting with other ways to study, in this case, reading the wiley textbook.

Far: 76 (Wiley Test Bank)
Aud: 77 (Wiley Test Bank)
Reg: 61, 76 (Wiley book, Wiley Test Bank)
Bec: 86 (Wiley Test Bank)

MBA in progress

[samdiegoCPA]

I failed my last exam, FAR, last Feb with a 74 and found out a couple hours before my friend was picking me up to go wine tasting all day. I could not stop bawling but the drive was an hour away so I had time to collect myself in the car. I drank my sorrows but had to visit the bathroom a few times to let out a quick cry.

Actually glad that's how that fail went because I would have spent all weekend in bed and may have even called in sick on Monday (CA scores release 6am Saturday) or who knows what because I am very dramatic 😉

AUD: 84
REG: 84
BEC: 79
FAR: 83

[Anonymous]

When I got a 73 on Reg, I was actually impressed. I didn't feel like I deserved such a high score based on the amount of time I had studied.

Then I took BEC. I was 95% sure that I'd passed. I actually celebrated after my exam. When I saw that 74 I didn't believe it. I thought there had to be a mistake. I kept rechecking throughout the week hoping it would change. I sat in my cube and cried. And then I decided to give up. Here I am three weeks later going back through the BS. I hate BEC.

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