[Starved_Wolf]

2 weeks until score release. How do you guys think you did on your exams?
I’m dreading score release day, but at the same time, I can’t wait.

Those of you that thought you failed FAR miserably but actually ended up passing, please tell me your stories!! I for sure bombed 3 sims. Had no idea how to do them and ended up guessing. And they weren’t educated guesses either lol. They were more like hm.. alright im just going to put a zero here.. a zero there..

Just praying that i passed!!

[jdub]

I thought I failed FAR. I took it on a Thursday and that Monday we were making a move 1,600 miles across the country. I didn't get through 100% of the study material but I felt like I needed to attempt it before we moved because my studying was going to halt for a while. And I got a 75. I didn't have any real feelings coming out of the exam because I was focused on the next thing in my life.

I'm waiting on AUD and BEC this time around and I'm obsessing over it. I can't think about anything else because I don't feel like I can assume that I'm going to be done 🙁

[Anonymous]

I'm honestly terrified to see my scores.. I have AUD and FAR in this one. AUD I took in April and would be the 3rd time I failed after a 69 and 74 and FAR I just don't feel all that confident on. If I pass both though, my god, that would be the best day ever (next to actually getting licensed). I'd have over a full year to pass just 1 more test!!!

Is REG that bad? I don't know much about that section.

[Nate]

Not feeling confident with REG, it felt WAY tougher than the other 3, and not feeling like I did that great. Hoping I passed even though I don’t feel great. Though I have heard of all the 4, REG is the one where most people thought they failed only to find they passed.

[Anonymous]

I thought I bombed FAR and REG. Got an 81 on both. Don't stress until you get your scores it isn't worth thinking about.

[luciusthegreat]

I took FAR in January for the 2nd time. I had a trending mcq of 81%. My aunt had just passed away the week before the exam and I was really close with her. The day of the exam I was sick to my stomach before I went in. Not a pleasant experience. I didn't have enough time to finish and I guessed and rushed through my last 2 sims. By the grace of God I passed with an 82%. If I didn't pass, I was going to lose credit for REG. Instead I passed and I am done!

[Anonymous]

I'm waiting on FAR and REG scores on June 28th. Don't feel confident at all that I passed either especially REG (the sims were insane!).

[Anonymous]

I think since the exam is not representative of a % correct, most think they failed. I have not felt confident in any exam I have passed

[PianoCPA]

Failed FAR in early December with a 64, skipped all holiday stuff with my family and in-laws, studied NINJA MCQ four hours a day for two months, took FAR again near the end of January.

The night before, I was trending a 74 in NINJA, decided to try out “a few MCQ” before going to bed, and my trending dropped to something like a 60. Yeah, I was screwed.

Here's how FAR went: spent an hour on the first set of MCQ. When the second set of MCQ didn't feel any more difficult, I nearly got up and walked out. But I had to get through it, said some expletives in my head, and got through the second set of MCQ in a half hour. I was convinced I didn't get the research question correct at all, there was only one simulation I actually felt somewhat confident about.

After every exam, I usually went out to get a drink (but not too much…I've got a family!). This time I walked out with a piercing headache, went home and directly to bed. If I failed this exam, I was going to lose credit on two other exams, and I had lost so much time with my family already. Finally, because of the stupid score release, I wasn't getting the score (my last exam) for two more months.

Passed with a 77. You'd think I would have celebrated…I spent the entire day thinking terrible thoughts about NASBA. I'm over it now.

[Recked]

I was thinking about 50/50 on any of the exams I took.
Figured I would do well on REG since I do tax, but honestly would not have been surprised if I failed that one.
FAR was especially rough for me, almost no sleep the night before with an early morning exam. Thought I bombed that one for sure.

[Anonymous]

@jdub and @emerged, it looks like we were all in the same boat with getting a 74 on AUD last window. I was mad as a result and put in much more study time for my retake in April. I felt like I did well on the MCQ and then the SIMS completely destroyed my confidence. I had not taken FAR yet, and a few of them I felt required you to know FAR in order to answer them correctly. I was incredibly frustrated leaving the testing center as I had prepared and felt confident going into the exam, and my experience on the SIMS has me feeling exactly like I did when I got my 74 last time. I know the general consensus is that the AUD SIMS were insane this last window so maybe I am not alone and that will help. I am just ready to have this section behind me.

[CS]

FAR was my first one, didn't finish the test (2 blank SIMs – 1 huge one with 10-20 fill-ins & 1 research). Didn't feel so hot on the others (bunch of guesses with tons of calculations) and felt barely decent on the MCQ, sweated a couple of weeks and hit an 81. I always mention it's ironic everyone says to take FAR first (I guess I still agree due to the amount of material) but definitely studied least effectively for it. I had Wiley Platinum and followed the lessons but nothing more, and didn't realize until a couple of days before (yes thought 3 – 4 days of review was enough) that I forgot a ton of basics I took for granted from the first 30-40% of the course.

Audit I felt 50/50 but definitely better than FAR, & BEC was similar, though I thought I would score less than Audit.

I feel the same 50/50 for REG due to the SIMs, but we'll see.

[Starved_Wolf]

Wow thanks for sharing all your stories everyone!! You guys give me hope!!

[Anonymous]

@4matic – I couldn't agree more… taking any exam for a 3rd or 4th time is just so incredibly demoralizing. Like you said, I'm ready to put this one behind me. I always feel pretty confident on AUD but it ends up being anyone's guess as to how I actually did.

I'm glad communities like this exist. People who aren't in the process just don't get it!

[RustyShackleford_75]

I got a 81 on REG and was kind of surprised. Surprised in the sense that if someone made me bet $1,000 on if I got a 71 or 81, I would've picked 71.

The release date stress is bad… Hoping to see a pass on FAR and BEC so I can focus what is left of my brain on AUD.

[Starved_Wolf]

Hey guys!! I ended up passing FAR with an 85. I just can't believe it. It's my highest score yet. I don't know what to even say. I struggled with this exam. I ended up leaving blanks and filling out zeros for 1 sim and wasn't sure how to do 2 others. Didn't feel too hot on the mcqs either. I felt terrible after the exam. I don't know.. maybe there's some truth to the saying “if you leave the exam center feeling like shit, it means you passed with flying colors”.

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