[Anonymous]

Let me start off by saying that ive alway been an another71 viewer/advocate, but never started a post or even created a username.. i just took possibly my last exam (FAR), altho there is a .00000001% chance i passed- only keeping a little hope based on soo many people thinking they failed, but passed. The reason i think i failed was because the exams i did pass, i felt i did well on them. i know what it feels like to pass, but didnt have that feeling.

i studied the past 10 weeks or so- studied everyday after work and and prob about 80% of the weekends (took the first two weekends off for sanity purposes) last week i took the entire week off and studied from morning until night- used becker. some MC sections i did well on the first time through i got destroyed on the 2nd time through. looked through sims, never really been a big fan of working them through since 1. they scare me and i cant mess with my confidence before the exam and 2. the actual exam sims are always different.

Anyway back to today/FAR.. barely slept last night and wasnt truly in the zone today- ADD was def kicking in. felt blah going into the exam- prob my first mistake. i guess i did well on the first testlet as my second were redic, my 3 testlet had barely any cals maybe 10 and most of the theory seemed like __________, but i didnt expect it all in 1 testlet- anyways 3 was def easier than 2. sims were funny.

my question is- anyone have a similar experience and pass?? im so burnt out from studying and would hate to have to do it again when i was telling my self all summer this would be it, but i will bust my a if i need to take it again.. i still have 2 windows before i lose AUD.

[Anonymous]

First…you probably need to edit the amount of your 3rd testlet that was on a specific topic. Just don't wanna get you in trouble. 🙂 Saying it was all over a certain topic is fine, just probably not naming what topic that is. Though I'd agree that I wouldn't have expected that much on that topic! Mine wasn't that way…so who knows!

Second…here's still a chance you passed. People have thought they absolutely had no chance of passing, and yet passed. Just hope that AICPA thought the topic in Testlet 3 was the most difficult questions, so getting those questions meant you did well on Testlet 2, and it sounds like you already think you did well on 1!

Best part is, you've got about a month till scores release – that is 100% goof off time! You won't know if you passed or failed till scores release, so have fun. Go find a pool, or a park, or a game, or a book, or a movie, or a bar, or whatever suits your fancy…party like you passed till if you find out otherwise. 🙂

[novatrek86]

I'm in the exact same boat as you. Took FAR which will be my last section IF i pass. My Audit score expired the day after I took FAR so I have a lot riding on this result.

You know what I've realized, a lot of what people say about the CPA exam is totally mental and totally anecdotal. I've done fairly decent in the three exams that I passed and there was no way I could tell whether I passed the test after walking out. It was always 50/50 in my mind. I think you may be mistaken when you say you know what a pass feels like. Again, at one point I thought I could tell when the testlets were harder or easier. I've abandoned that mindset as well.

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