FAR in 8 weeks. Is it doable considering I’ll be taking 2 weeks off from work for review? Thoughts?

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I think that's very doable. I studied for like 4 weeks (probably only 40 actual hours of studying done) and took the exam. failed. studied 4 more weeks with probably 60-70 hours studied and passed with an 81. it's a massive amount of material.

Thank you for your input

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Totally doable. I took it first time without studying (Nts was gonna expire) and got a 70. Second time I worked 45 hours/week and studied about 5 weeks and got a 77. My study method was a little different as I just bounced around and “guessed” what I thought would be tested and studied those sections.

Thank you 🙏🏻

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