I just took the REG exam today. Pretty crazy day. I was scheduled to test at 8:30 am and got to the test center at 7:45 am. I decided to stay in my car and study a little more. Finally, went in at 8:15 am to discover I had forgotten my NTS! AHHHH! I was really lucky because I told the woman that I live 15 minutes away and asked her if it would be okay if I went to pick it up from my house and come right back. She said it would be fine. Thank G-D! So I rushed home and back (so glad I didn't get a ticket) and started my exam at 8:50 am.
Anyway, prepared with Becker and felt very confident about the material. The multiple choice felt difficult, but I also felt like I knew the material enough to answer most correctly. Becker says to leave 25-30 minutes for the simulations. This is not enough! I had 58 minutes on the clock when I started my simulations. Finished the first one (it was hard). Then had 18 minutes to complete the second one. I started the first simulation tab and realized I had 10 minutes left and decided to quickly write my communication. After writing that I rushed to the research tab and quickly found the answer (correct I think). Then I went back and had 10 seconds left to click one more drop down answer. Basically I think I only did about 50-60 percent of simulation tab and not sure how I did on whatever I did complete on the tab since my heart was palpitating and I was rushing.
To make a long story short, I found this blog and many of your posts really helped cheer me up and give me hope. I thought I would have to basically do perfect on the MCQ to salvage not finishing my second simulation. Looks like I might have a chance to pass after all.
The worst part about this exam is the time constraint. I knew and felt confident about the material, but the time was so constrained that I wasn't able to apply that knowledge completely. Oh well.
I took AUD and FAR last month so I should be getting my scores shortly. I felt that AUD was not bad at all and left with like 30 minutes left on the clock having finished everything. FAR was definitely more difficult than AUD, but I managed my time well enough to finish it. After I left the testing center, I felt like it could go either way. It's hard to feel confident about an exam like FAR because there's just so much room for error.
As for BEC, I'm going to start studying for that now and hopefully take it by the end of August.
FAR: 07/08-94 AUD: 07/22-98 REG: 08/05-81 BEC: 08/19-90
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