[mikedurelli]

Does anyone else get these rolling waves of confidence that rise and fall after they sit for an exam? Is it just the fact that as time goes on before the score comes out we sit and analyze and doubt ourselves?

[Titleistg0lfer]

Yes, I thought I was the only one. I think the time makes us way overthink everything.

REG: 84 (10/5/15)
AUD: 83 (11/23/15)
BEC: 77 (2/27/16) - The bubble sucks
FAR: 90 (7/20/16) - AND DONE FOREVER!!!!!

[Pony Boy]

^^ Agreed. Felt like I failed after leaving the testing center. Then over the next few days felt like I passed, but now back on the fence about it.

REG (02/2016)- PASS
BEC (04/2016)- PASS
FAR (06/2016)- PASS
AUD (08/2016)-

"Stay Gold, PonyBoy, Stay Gold"

[CPA2BEE]

It is a roller coaster, and none of it does you any good lol. I have felt the pain of failing, and also the joy of passing. I can tell you each time I go through the thought process of “I bombed it” one day and “I think I got it” the next. The only score that I've been remotely close to guessing was my most recent one – REG 74. And even that was almost jokingly like “Oh I think that was close, watch me get a 74”. All of the others, pass or fail, would've never guessed what my score would've been. Its impossible, but try not to worry about it.

FAR - 80
AUD - 82
BEC - 80
REG - 85

ETHICS - 90
EXPERIENCE - COMPLETE
Application for California license mailed 8/4/2016

[ncjm304]

I have a hard time with this as well. I am waiting on the score for what could be my last exam. Not in a pessimistic sort of way, but I keep telling myself that I probably failed. That way if I pass, I will be pleasantly surprised and if I fail, I wouldn't have gotten my hopes up for nothing. I flagged a lot of questions in FAR. I felt like for a good amount I could reason my way down to 2 and make educated guesses, but time was really an issue on FAR and it has never been for me with the other exams. There are 3 sims that I feel like I either got entirely correct or close to entirely correct. The other 4 are a mix of partial credit and just trying to get any points I could while the clock was ticking away. I have heard of people passing with similar feelings as mine, but really don't want to be disappointed when I see the score. The first exam I took I was convinced I passed, only to find out I got a 71. That was a terrible feeling so I am definitely taking a “prepare for the worst, hope for the best” approach.

AUD- 71,79
BEC- 72,77
FAR- 83
REG- 63,71,83

DONE!

[mikedurelli]

Emotional roller coaster. I thought I passed FAR and failed with a 74, retook it thinking I failed and got an 81. It's insane how this test is scored. There's no way to rationalize it which makes it impossible to feel comfortable after taking. I'm waiting for and audit score and am expecting any score between a 25 point margin…insane.

[mtaylo24]

Every time I walk out I feel as if I failed, with the exception of Audit attempts 2 and 3, which I ended up failing lol. Attempt 1, I had no clue what I was doing, didn't even know about this site and the exam weights/tricks/barely anything about simulations and deservingly earned a 60. Attempt 4, went through the M-H-E thing and thought there was no way I passed, but ended up with a 78 (my only feeling of success during this process.)

Reg attempt 1, swore I bombed and I did. Weaker all across the board. I didn't really think the test was too bad, but I kept getting fed 1 liners throughout the MC.

BEC attempt 1 and Reg attempt 2 – Left the center really feeling like crap but overthinking during the waiting process led me to believe that their was a slight chance that I didn't do as bad as I thought, and I was right, stronger on WC and Comparable on the simulations, 71 and 69 respectively.

Gotta love the process!

AUD - 1st - 60 (12/12), 61 (2/13), 61 (8/13), 78! (11/15)
REG - 55 (2/16) 69 (5/16) Retake(8/16)
BEC - 71(5/16) Retake (9/16)
FAR - (8/16)

[Anonymous]

LOL – wish I had time to do a flow-chart. Maybe after I'm done.

Looks likeyou've got a heck of a July scheduled there Mtaylor!

[mtaylo24]

@CPA2021 The saga continues!

AUD - 1st - 60 (12/12), 61 (2/13), 61 (8/13), 78! (11/15)
REG - 55 (2/16) 69 (5/16) Retake(8/16)
BEC - 71(5/16) Retake (9/16)
FAR - (8/16)

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