@AnnaNuther:
Thank you very much for your very kind post! You are very close to getting through this journey. It took me the entire 18 months, and therefore if I did not pass REG in February, then I would have lost my AUD credit. Therefore my focus was always on learning as much REG as possible. Frankly, I always (for all the exams) told myself that its ok to fail the exam, but its NOT ok to not fully prepare and learn as much as possible (that last comment sounded a bit like a CPA exam question with the double negative, oh well, you can see what I what I'm saying). But by telling myself that its ok to fail, but not ok to do less than give it my all, that helped lower (or at least control) the amount of pressure I felt as my exam day approached. Further, my live review class professor told us to embrace the challenge and to ‘love' the material and that will make it much easier to study, learn, and pass. For me, it was hard to ‘love' the material in a section when I first started the review and began to see how much information that I really did not know very well or at all. For example, until I studied for FAR, the cash flow statement had only been completed on a direct basis and while it was mentioned that there was an indirect basis too, that was as far as it went…. But once I was able to start to grasp the material, I could then ‘convince' myself that it was fun and to strive to study better, longer and more completely.
You are s-o-o-o-o close and so every MC, or SIM you work may get you one more point, and that may be the difference to making the 75 threshold. To me these exams are about ‘earning' the right to pass through preparation. While that is a simplistic ideal, that's what I told myself to stay motivated. And frankly this site is great, because everyone understands what this endeavor feels like. This site is so great for emotional support as well as a few great tips…I posted very little while I was testing, and instead spent my down time from studying, reading posts, so I want to provide whatever support I can to others as a way to pay back those that provided support to me.
So stay focused so you will be prepared for whatever you see on your REG exam, and you can put the CPA testing in the rear view mirror!
Best to you and everyone studying here!
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