[SaveBandit]

Hi Everyone,

I’m trying to get all the necessary info together to send in to get my NTS (TN). My questions are:

1. Should I go ahead and pay for all the sections up front? Or just the ones I plan to sit for within the next six months?

2. The state requires a 2×2 photo of myself. I went to Kinko’s & got a passport photo taken but it is more like 1.5×1.5. Will that suffice or are they super anal about this kind of thing?

Just trying to get all this stuff together is a huge pain in the rear-end and kind of ridiculous. I’m surprised they don’t ask for you to sacrifice your first born too.

4 for 4

FAR 85
AUD 94
BEC 86
REG 90

[Zuly]

@SaveBandit I would definitely not pay for all 4 exams up front. At most you should apply for two at a time and even then I don't suggest it unless there's a good reason…I just did that because I plan to re-take BEC at the beginning of the window and REG the last day of the window because I need to get it all done before December. Anyway, spend the extra $$ and apply for one exam at a time. There's so much that can come up with these exams and life can get in the way that you may not be able to complete all 4 exams within the 6-month window that the NTS gives you.

I'm not sure about point #2 but I hope that your state is not that picky. :/

FAR - (11/01/14) 71 (02/07/15) 79
AUD - (04/30/15) 86
BEC - (07/21/15) 73 (10/01/15) 75
REG - (11/30/15) 55 (05/19/16) 74

[jcf175]

Yeah, don't pay for all 4 sections upfront.. I did and it's costing me some money.

Passed all sections between 5/15 - 10/15 order AUD REG BEC FAR (used Becker only)

[SaveBandit]

OK thanks for the advice. I'm assuming if I only pay for 1 section I can easily pay for another section later? My goal is to take FAR on 11/01, AUD on 01/01/16, and BEC on 02/28/16. But I guess if I failed FAR and wanted to retake it immediately, then I would have wasted $ on paying for AUD & BEC upfront.

4 for 4

FAR 85
AUD 94
BEC 86
REG 90

[Zuly]

@SaveBandit yes, that's correct…that is why it's best to wait to find out if you passed. Also, yes you simply re-apply for another NTS once you find out you pass a section. In NC we have to do an initial application and then every application after that whether testing for a new section or a re-take we have what's called a “re-application,” which is a lot faster to process on their end.

FAR - (11/01/14) 71 (02/07/15) 79
AUD - (04/30/15) 86
BEC - (07/21/15) 73 (10/01/15) 75
REG - (11/30/15) 55 (05/19/16) 74

[Anonymous]

Two at once is perfectly fine, because you'll be starting to study for your 2nd exam before you find out your score for your 1st exam (no reason to waste 2-3 weeks or more just waiting on a score!). However, 4 at once wouldn't be too smart. I did take and pass mine within 6 months, but I'm glad I didn't apply for all 6 at once cause I did have some unexpected life events and the added stress of “I *have* to test before xx/xx/xx” would've been more than I could handle. Things ended up resolving themselves in time to test, but it was nice to know I could push my dates back if needed.

As for the picture, I'm not in TN so can't say for sure, but would think that they're probably OK with the 1.5×1.5. For my 2×2 picture, I got a picture of myself printed as a 3×5 or whatever the standard size is through Walgreens, then just cut it to size.

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