Hi everyone,
I took FAR for the 2nd time on Friday. I thought I'd share my experience with you all since friends and family (as well meaning as they are) cannot possibly understand what I just went through for the 2nd time lol
Okay, here is my experience:
I've been extremely busy with graduate school. I thought since I was only 3 points off, I'd give it another shot (my first time around was a 72 back in August). I didn't get as much studying in as I'd liked, and I crammed for about 5 days straight before the exam. I highly recommend that nobody do this as this was borderline torture lol (literally studied 6-7 hours a day for 5 days straight).
Anyway, the exam starts....the first 30 questions are actually going well. I feel good after these first questions and feel like I'm finally going to pass this monster exam. They asked some theory, some calculations, but nothing crazy...things are going well...I finish the first 30 questions in about 35-40 minutes....then hit done....then BAM.
Ok, don't panic, I thought...I must have done well on the first 30 because these questions are really really REALLY difficult now. Every question had a twist. Even on topics I knew really well, I was struggling to get to an answer. I marked quite a few for review and this 2nd batch of 30 shook my initial confidence...I thought - ok - these were very "difficult" but the next 30 should be back to medium since I was sure I missed about half of them lol
Ok, next 30...the questions are not getting easier, they're getting HARDER. I start to panic...thoughts start drifting to how I wish I never took that first accounting course, how I didn't want to be a CPA anyway, how I hate prometrics...I almost have to slap myself to concentrate...I tell myself to calm down, that I have a job offer once grad. school is finished, and that I can still pass with a 75. I think I marked about 10 or 11 for review on this last set of 30...
So, multiple choice done....after 1st 30, Im in a great mood, after 2nd 30, confidence is a little shaken, after 3rd 30, I'm sure I failed lol
On to the SIMS....SIM #1....I look at the topics.....UGGGHHH..they've hit all the topics Im weak on...were they spying on me? I click on the first sim topic....impossible....I skip it...click on the next one......okay..skip them all and go to the Written Communication....I write what I think is a decent essay.....back to the topics...Its down to about an hour now so Im thinking I need to put some answers in and get to SIM #2.....I feel terrible after this....
SIM #2....I dont even look at the topics...I go right to the Written Communication and write a good essay.....I feel good..I knew the topic well and even though my brain was fried, I thought I wrote a strong essay....back to the final SIM topics...Topic #1...I skip..impossible...Topic #2...okay great, I know this!! I do topic #2 fairly well....topic #3....impossible....I'm running out of time now.....I guess until the very last second....then I run out of time.
I'm pretty sure I failed but who knows :)
