Well today was the BIG DAY! I took FAR this morning. It was by far the most intense out of the 4. I passed the other 3 the first time I took them, sort of, I took the exam way back in 1993 (the old 2 day paper based BEAST!). I failed every section and never looked back until the last summer (16 years, 1 wife, 2 kids, 2 dogs, later…) One of the guys who works for me started studying for the exam and started passing parts, I just felt like it was time for me to do it too.
I will say that it isn't easier taking the computer based version, but being able to concentrate on one exam at a time is a plus. The problem is that I feel like I studied more hours for FAR than I did the other 3 combined, and I left there with a maybe/hopefully feeling, as well as an “oh my god I am going to have to study for this thing all over again feeling.” I took BEC first and I just felt like I passed, and I did 84, I took REG 4 months later and I really didn't feel like I passed, but I did (78) and damn glad to get it! I took Audit in January and had just taken an Auditing class in Grad. School, plus I studied the review material, made a 91! Then came FAR…. I just can't believe the volume of information that it covers. I hope I passed, but if I didn't I will just study more and take it again! I KNOW I CAN BEAT THIS THING!!! I was just really hoping to be done by June. I will be 40 in June and I would really like to have this behind me.
I know this is a long post, I don't expect comments, I'm just tired and rambling. It's almost 5:00 so I think I will celebrate! I just wish I knew what I was celebrating…….
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