Kitty gave the best advice in this entire thread: “So yeah….expectations…. guess it's better to have none…… :(” The truth is, no one gives a flying fugazi about you except you (and maybe your momma 😛 ). I didn't tell anyone I was even scheduling/taking the exam except my girlfriend at the time. We are both extremely competitive people, so it would be like, “what'd you get on FAR; 88; oh, I got a 92 ;)”, she made some crack about me getting an easy exam…don't think I talked to her for about a week. Then I think she scored better than me on AUD and REG and I probably downplayed it. Of course, we both congratulated each other when all 4 were passed, but of course, because of some prior work experience, I got licensed before her ;). Continued into work though, first year, I was a “2”, she was a “1”; second year, I was a “1” she was a “2”. Shockingly, we're not together anymore. Moral of the story: don't date someone as hyper-competitive as yourself that is in the same field as you…it will turn out poorly. Hope that story put a smile on your face…my friends used to laugh about our “dynamic” all the time haha.
Anyway, took FAR in Oct, BEC in Nov, AUD in Jan, and REG in April. Told my folks when all 4 were in the can. Told other people if they asked. Don't read too much into what people do/say…they're either trying to bring you down, or your exhausted, stressed-out, sleep deprived brain is making mountains out of molehills 🙂 [it happens!]
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