@cole testlets were :
Testlet 1: medium
Testlet 2: HARD (took about 45-55mins)
Teslet 3: seemed really easy, although I don't think there's an “easy” ranking testlet.
Essays were all difficult. Asked particular questions and I scrolled through all three to see if I could find one that I really knew, however, with my luck, there wasn't any. I started to panic and started to jot down ideas for each one thinking maybe some knowledge would come back to me. After about 20mins, I realized I only had another 20mins left and I panicked. Started to just fluff up the essays as best as I could in hopes of “partial” credit. Ended up getting kicked out because time was out.
After the test ended, I was in absolute depression. I thought I 90% failed the exam. The difficulty of the second testlet along with my performance on the essays played a big role in that. I didn't know that it is actually a good sign that testlets get harder if you do well on the previous.
With that said, you can bet that I was extremely excited when I saw that 78.
After taking the exams, I can definitely tell you that you should feel good if you think you did bad and the testlets got considerably harder. If you think you did “OK” and the testlets seemed like they were all the same, that's a bad sign. I had that feeling when I took my audit exams and I ended up failing them.
REG: 82! Dec. 2012
AUD: 74 5/28/2013, 73 8/17/2013, 96 10/07/2013 ! FINALLLY (simulations definitely play a big role on your score)
BEC: 78! 10/25/2013
FAR: Scheduled for 12/4/2013
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