[Anonymous]

I just took FAR a couple weeks ago and am very anxious to get my score! It was my first exam and I honestly have no idea what to expect for my score. I don’t feel like I bombed it, but I don’t feel like I totally blew it out of the water either.

While I’m waiting for my score, I thought it would be interesting to see how people felt vs what their score ended up being.

[HoosierCPA]

I've only walked out of 1 exam thinking I failed immediately and was correct–72

FAR-hard for me to remember exactly how I felt, it was close to a year ago but I don't remember hating my life. — 78

BEC–thought I did enough to pass — 82

REG 1st attempt — knew i bombed it — 72

REG 2nd attempt — thought I nailed it, would have put my paycheck on it — 74 (ouch!)

REG 3rd attempt — knew it was a huge toss up, rushed through it big time because I was more worried about a bachelor party then my score (Big mistake I know) — 71

AUD 1st Attempt — thought I did enough to squeak by or maybe get in the low 80's — 64 (shell shocked!)

AUD 2nd Attempt — We will see…

FAR - 78
REG - 72,74,71...please just go away REG nobody likes you!
BEC - 82
AUD - Aug 16

[CPA2BEE]

IGNORE YOUR GUT FEELINGS IT REALLY MEANS NOTHING AND YOUR SCORE WILL BE WHAT IT WILL BE. I took a total of 7 exams and went through every possible emotion with the same or different result and in the end it was a huge waste of time and anxiety even thinking about it! Sometimes I thought I passed and I failed, sometimes I thought I failed and passed, sometimes I thought I failed and failed, and sometimes I thought I passed and passed. I would have never guessed in a million years what any of my scores would have been, no matter how good or bad I felt about an exam. Of course this is all easier said than done but seriously, what you think means nothing – none of us know until we know!

FAR - 80
AUD - 82
BEC - 80
REG - 85

ETHICS - 90
EXPERIENCE - COMPLETE
Application for California license mailed 8/4/2016

[Texasmom]

When i took FAR the first time I felt ok about it, didn't feel like I bombed it but wasn't sure, passed with an 84.
Took REG first time – was not sure about the SIM'S and a few of the MCQ'S, felt uneasy after the exam, sure enough got a 72
Took REG second time – did not feel like i did great on the SIMS but thought I did ok on the MCQ'S, actually felt like i passed it and nope! got a 73
Took BEC first time – felt ok about the MCQ's and written communications and got an 83
Took REG third time today – felt pretty good about the questions, felt like the SIMS were not obscure but they did take me 2 hours to complete. Praying for a pass on November 22nd!!

FAR - 84
REG - 72, 73
AUD-
BEC - Sept 2016

[DiXing82]

I must say that you should believe in your guts. My experience:

1. FAR: totally believe I passed, 79
2: REG: feel very confident that I passed, 85
3: BEC: leave the written part blank because English is not my first language but do very well on MCQ, went through BEC bubble and got a 75
4. AUD 1st: feel like I failed, 63
5. AUD 2nd: boomed SIMs, 73
6, AUD 3rd: even harder SIMs than last time, no chance of passing, 72
7: AUD 4th: I feel I did extremely well on SIMs and confident than ever I will be passing, 89

Overall, I hate AUD!!!! SIMs are so random and I even change another exam location for the 4th attempt!

FAR---79
REG---85
AUD---Fail on Jan 2016 Retake on 4/30/2016
BEC---75

[Jdn9201]

These exams really do play with your head..sometimes even more so after they are taken. My reactions in the order I took them:

BEC – Aug 2015 – Felt like I crushed it – made an 88
REG – Oct 2015 – Not as confident b/c of Bus. Law, but slept well on score release night. Made an 82.
AUD – Jan 2016 – Messed with my head big time. I didn't feel stumped on a particular topic, but had no clue what to think – made an 85.
FAR – Feb 2016 – Didn't know what to think. I was expecting it to be a monster because I only took 19 days to study. SIMS weren't too terribly difficult, but very tricky (if that makes sense). To my surprise, made an 80.

I intentionally planned on my exams close together so I wouldn't have the time to get too worried about scores. Beyond thinking about what you can do better in studying, there's not much use in over analyzing the exam after the fact or beating yourself up..easier said than done though.

BEC - 88 8/29/15
REG - 82 11/14/15
AUD - 83 1/8/16
FAR - 80 2/29/16

[jculbinthisbish]

BEC – just knew I failed, got an 85….LOL

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