Took BEC today Written Communication question

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    GSU-CPA
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    So i took BEC today I would say first testlet was medium but i wouldnt be surprised if i got all of them right. Bad thing is i did take like an hour to complete it.

    Realizing i took too long on the first one i rushed through testlet 2. It was definitely hard and i was sure about 60% of them and another 20-30% i was able to narrow down to two answers. Also there was about 2-3 questions i had no idea what it was asking and i had not seen the material at all so i had to take complete guess.

    Testlet 3 was about medium/hard and i think i did same as testlet 2 only this one didnt have any questions on material i didnt see before.

    I went into the written portion with about 50 minutes to go and normally i would have no problem writing 3 memos in 50 minutes but considering that i just spent 2 hours and 10 minutes under extreme pressure/stress solving MCQ questions my brain was not cooperating very well and it took me 30 minutes to do the first memo. I managed to write 3 paragraphs with 3 sentences each for first one.

    Knowing i had 20 minutes to do two more memos i decided to do 3 paragraphs with 2 sentences each on both of them thinking if i had extra time i would come back and add some more fluff to them. I didnt, i managed to write the last sentence for memo 3 and didnt even have time to put a period at the end of the last sentence lol.

    I am fairly certain that i knew exactly what they were looking for and what keywords computer is looking for so i made sure to include them in my writing but at the same time i realize that these memos are fairly short and 2 sentences is not considered a paragrpah.

    What do you guys think will i get any points for doing 2 sentence paragraphs… i know memos are only worth 15 points but if i got 15 points on the written portion i am pretty sure i would get the magical 75%..

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    BEC -Waiting on score May 5th
    AUD - May 30
    FAR - Q3 depending on if i pass above two in Q2

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    MaLoTu
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    There was a guy I know and he said that his written memos were 3-4 sentences long and he scored 89. I know nothing about the BEC exam, but thought maybe that would be helpful info.

    Almost always from my phone... please excuse my typos!

    All 4 passed - 2016

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