Back from the beast. Not feeling very good/confident, but not necesarily feeling terrible. Time to use this forum to vent so that I can just get over it and begin the waiting process for scores.
A decent amount of the multiple choice were fair, a solid chunk were shaky(topics I knew, only with a different twist that I never saw in my review), and then a few were like huh(didnt know the topic or never saw anything similar on my review). I felt like the first 6 in a row on testlet 1 were really shaky for me, I thought to myself “really Reg?! reaaaaaalllly!?”. Then I caught fire, or so I think, I feel like I finished off testlet 1 really strong. Testlet 2 came along and I sure hope it got harder—I have trouble telling the difference between hard/easy, but I know for dang sure I bombed testlet 2. Not necesarily hard questions in terms of the wording/topics, but hard in the sense that I just wasn't sure of the answer on a lot of them. Testlet 3 felt like an in between of 1 and 2, so again, I am hoping I really nailed testlet 1 and did well on testlet 3, and that testlet 2 did in fact get harder.
The Sims were pretty tough yet not nearly as bad as last time. I will say that they covered pretty random topics—nonetheless about 4 of the topics were covered at least to some extent in Becker. One of the sims was very similar to one that I had on my last exam, and I still don't know if I got it right this time! I'd say I got partial credit on at least all of the sims except one—which wow am I kicking myself and cursing at myself for. The one sim I definitely bombed was covered more than any of the others in my review—but who was the genius who said “this topic won't be heavily tested and its too complex for me to try and learn/grasp in a limited amount of time, so ill just skim it and understand the big picture and hope for non detailed questions on it”—yeah that genius would be me! I know for certain I got no points on this sim, and the worst part is this one was definitely not pre-test. Again though—I feel like I picked up some points here and there on the sims, and I think I got the research question right, just hoping it was enough!
The waiting game begins now, really hoping I passed and trying to remain optimistic, no sense in dwelling for the next few weeks, best of luck to those still yet to take REG this window….obviously I hope we all get good news in a few weeks.
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