I have a very low learning curve as well, I often have to read, re-read and re-read again the book, MCQ, notecards, etc. I was supposed to take FAR next Monday, Nov 22nd... after much contemplation, I moved it back to the first available date I could get in the next testing window, Jan 4th. I know this means that I now have to learn all the FAR changes and international rules or whatever, but I am prepared to do all that if it means I have a better chance of passing!! I just ordered my 2011 supplies, so hopefully they will get here in time for me to learn the changes.
I have had several friends pass all 4 parts, and who are now done... some had to retake several, others, only one or two, and even one friend who supposedly read all the books (no mcq, no flash cards, no lectures....only reading the books), took 2 of the tests at one sitting and two at the other sitting and PASSED. -UGHHH... it's so frustrating because it takes me so long to even comprehend what I am reading, let alone figure out how to solve the problems.
Everyone automatically thinks that since you are an accounting major and were a good student in the pass that "you'll be fine" and tell you to "stop worrying" or my favorite, "do you think you're over-studying?" which we all now know, is not the case... it makes me want to scream even though I know they just will never understand. This site definitely gives me motivation when mine starts slipping, it gives me hope when I start to lose all mine & feel lost and alone in this.
Of course it doesn't help that I have an extreme deficiency of vitamin B-12 and therefore, EXHAUSTED every waking hour of my life... I started getting shots for it because for some reason I can't absorb it in the pill form or through food, but the shots still haven't kicked in yet. I actually found myself having to load up on 5-hour energy drinks or old prescriptions of adderall to even stay awake long enough to get a good study session in (which I know I probably shouldn't be doing, but I guess whatever it takes, right?). I also was just diagnosed with some weird stomach/digestive disorder that makes me nauceas about 45% of the time, and about 10% of the time I am physically getting sick... which, needless to say, makes it even HARDER to study & retain information.
It's beyond frustrating when you think you are doing well, and then you go back and look at previous chapters & think "what the heck?? I don't remember this stuff anymore..." but I am hoping when I go through it all for a second time it will start coming back to me. I started making posters of formulas with brightly colored markers in hope that it will help myself remember more. I study my notecards on the way to work on the bus, I study 3-4 hours a night during the week and anywhere from 5-10 hours each day on the weekend (more like 10+ hours when the exam gets closer). Once I get through the lectures, I am going back to each chapter and reading my notes and doing the MCQ again, along with the progress tests, followed up with the simulations. After I am done with all that, I will move on to the Yaeger CRAM... I'm PRAYING that this is enough to help my slow-self to PASS.
Rant over... bottom line, if I can keep plugging away at this, I'm sure you can too!! Just remember you are FAR from alone in this, we all understand what you are going through and the intense amount of frustration that comes with it all! Good luck, you can do this!!
