[ndgc74]

For BEC, I started studying on 6/24/2013 and passed the exam on 8/1/2013.

For AUD, I started studying on 8/5/2013 and passed the exam on 8/28/2013.

For REG, I started studying on 9/23/2013, and as of today (10/7/2013), I have gotten through all of the lectures, MC, and SIMS. However, due to scheduling for work, I had to push my REG exam back to 11/18/2013.

My FAR exam is scheduled on the very last day of my NTS, 1/3/2014.

Because I am so far ahead with REG, would you recommend starting on a couple of the FAR lectures before taking the REG exam? Or should I just continue on my strategy of just one exam at a time with about a month of study for each?

BEC - 86
AUD - 93
FAR - 76
REG - 65, 70, 1/9/15

[Anonymous]

Eww having to push the test back sucks. 😐 I almost had to do that with my REG, too – wasn't sure it was safe to attempt my Oct 5 date due to work schedule, but closest date that would've worked was around the start of November.

All that being said… You studied for about 1 month and a few days for BEC, and about 3 weeks for AUD. You're just about 2 weeks into REG, and it sounds like you're awfully close to being ready. If you start studying for FAR now, you'll have about 3 months of studying, which may end up being too long for you, since you seem to do well with short study-to-test times (I'm kinda the same way). So, my suggestion would be to either start studying as soon as you're done with REG (which would still give you a couple weeks more than you've had for the other tests, presuming you can study well through the holidays), or to start studying for FAR now and try for a test in the end of November.

I've never studied for 2 at once, so I can't say for certain how that'd go, but my thought is that I'd rather stick with a similar study schedule (month or a bit more per exam) than change up the schedule, even if that means studying for 2 tests at once in order to maintain the schedule. Worst case scenario, you decide in November to re-schedule for January, or absolute worst-case you fail in November and can schedule for anything you want in January.

[Anonymous]

Eww having to push the test back sucks. 😐 I almost had to do that with my REG, too – wasn't sure it was safe to attempt my Oct 5 date due to work schedule, but closest date that would've worked was around the start of November.

All that being said… You studied for about 1 month and a few days for BEC, and about 3 weeks for AUD. You're just about 2 weeks into REG, and it sounds like you're awfully close to being ready. If you start studying for FAR now, you'll have about 3 months of studying, which may end up being too long for you, since you seem to do well with short study-to-test times (I'm kinda the same way). So, my suggestion would be to either start studying as soon as you're done with REG (which would still give you a couple weeks more than you've had for the other tests, presuming you can study well through the holidays), or to start studying for FAR now and try for a test in the end of November.

I've never studied for 2 at once, so I can't say for certain how that'd go, but my thought is that I'd rather stick with a similar study schedule (month or a bit more per exam) than change up the schedule, even if that means studying for 2 tests at once in order to maintain the schedule. Worst case scenario, you decide in November to re-schedule for January, or absolute worst-case you fail in November and can schedule for anything you want in January.

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