2013 Reg Exam Experience

So this is my first post ever. I have read these threads to get me through the exam experience because I feel alone in this whole thing. I have a great support system mind you, but they don’t really “get it”. I haven’t seen many 2013 exam experiences on here and I thought since I depend on reading all of your threads maybe it was time for me to share.

So today was Reg exam day. I took it in November and scored a heart breaking 74…..totally ruined my Christmas. I walked in feeling pretty good. I have been focused and was scoring pretty well on my practice exams in the 80’s. I used Yaeger and I have to say, I think they do a good job of preparing you. So let me break it down how I felt and maybe some of you can relate.

Testlet 1: WAS GREAT! I flagged a few but I felt very confident. If the rest of the exam went this way I was going to pass. I would say the questions were of medium difficulty with some easy MCQ’s.

Testlet 2: Ummmm yeah way harder right off the bat. MCQ’s were more detailed. I spent more time on this testlet than I wanted to but I feel like I was able to get through with it without wanting to jump from a 30 story building. There were about 3 that I flat out just guessed becasue I had no clue.

Testlet 3: MCQ’s were better but not easy. I would say medium difficult which makes me think testlet 2 may have not gone as well.

Overall MCQ’s I felt decent about and still thought it wasn’t too horrible.

Testlet 4: THE SIMS………… (I had a little over an hour left at this point._

Ok first of all WTH is with these freaking detailed sims that have like 50 parts to them????? 3 hours for MCQ’s and SIMS that have a million parts/calculations to them SERIOUSLY????

There were 4 sims that I was thinking “God I hope they give me enough partial credit”. If I could have answered my way and not in the format the exam made me go through I would have done better since I did know the topics thy were asking about. One SIM I left blank because guess what??? i ran out of time. The other SIM was a complete guess. I put crap in there and tried to give it my best shot but I woud bet a million bucks I got 10% partial credit on that one if any credit.

My feelings when I left the exam were I didn’t walk out feeling like I bombed it. However, I don’t know if I did well enough to pass. My score range was probably b/t 70-80 if I had to make an educated guess. Watch….I say that and my score will be a 50.

Well I hope you guys can read this and if you had a similar experience, know you are not alone. On to BEC and then hopfully I am done. I WANT MY LIFE BACK!!!!

AUD-84

FAR-78

REG-74 Retest 1/13/13

BEC- 2/24/13