[FindYourBeach]

So I have been lurking for the past month and a half and decided to finally register and post! I just took FAR this morning. It is my first exam and I began studying mid-September. This is a somewhat redundant topic, but I wanted to get recent opinions on how people felt leaving FAR vs. how they scored.

I went all out with the studying for this exam and, upon completion, I felt pretty good about it. The first two testlets were pretty easy (marking 2-4 per testlet) but the third testlet was a beast. I didn’t think the sims were as horrible as people describe them. I did have two challenging ones but left time to check the codification to at least get a portion of them right. Maybe I got lucky.

Problem: there seems to be a consensus on this forum that people who felt pretty confident leaving the exam end up failing. Obviously I won’t know for sure until scores come out, I just wanted to hear some of your thoughts/ opinions.

[jlough]

When I took FAR, I definitely found Testlets 2 and 3 more difficult (which was a good sign). Unfortunately I allocated my time poorly and had less than an hour for the SIMS (bad idea). Of the simulations, three of them were on topics that I struggled with. I tried my best to get SOMETHING entered for all the sims, but I walked out of the testing center and starting crying!

Fast forward two months, I got an 84. I was shocked. I honestly thought I had some kind of temporary blindness that caused a 6 to look like an 8.

I agree with the other posters– get started on the next section. It'll get your mind off waiting for the score and if you passed FAR, you'll be on your way towards the next test.

F- 7/13- 84
R- 10/13- 79
A- 11/13- 99
B- 1/14- 86

Licensed in PA- 3/20/2014

This exam ALMOST defeated me back in 2006-2008, but I came back and WON!

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