[Anonymous]

I was taking BEC. I was in the first testlet. I was not feeling well. So I tried to get through the last 6-7 questions. I then ended and took a break. I then stood in the bathroom looking at myself in the mirror. “Can I breathe in and out a few times and it will go away? Why the &%$#@ did I eat McDonald’s for Breakfast?” I finally made the decision to just go to the stall and hurl. I was on break for about 9 minutes. My testing center is not psycho about 5 minute time limits. But I learned something that I want to pass on.

If you feel sick, go in, throw up, rinse in the sink and hurry back. I almost spent a good half hour in a daze trying to supress tossing my cookies. But at the end of the day, I didn’t pay $250+ to sit int he bathroom and puke, I came here to pass the Exam.

By the way, I got a 75. I was complaining for the past 7 days that I deserved higher but then I just remembered that I had this episode in between testlet 1 and 2.

[suzzette1]

@bevan78 I have the same experience with BEC when I took my exam. I almost passed out in the prometric center and to make matters worst, the staff in prometric center was going back and forth thinking that I was doing something else. I am just happy to be done with it and get out of the place. I too ended up with a 75!

BEC 2/8/10 - 75 (studied hard & prayed less)
REG 5/15/10 - 88 (studied less but prayed hard)
AUDITING 8/9/10 - 79 (studied hard and prayed hard)
FAR 11/30/10 - 79 (studied hard and prayed hard) Thanks GOD! I'm DONE

[whitesoxfancpa]

Is the five-minute time limit for breaks something new?

AUD 96 FAR 95 REG 94 BEC 88

[Anonymous]

I've never heard of time limits on breaks either.. your time on the test keeps ticking.. so it's your loss for however long you take.

[mlima]

Prometrics cancelled my FAR exam on the last day of the testing window. I called to re-eschedule but they told me to contact the AZ CPA Board and get a new NTS. The board told me I had to pay again. Well, I sent a letter to them saying that was not my fault that the exam got cancelled. The process is open and I am waiting for a Board resolution. Any advices?

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