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Yes keep moving along. 1 month is a lot of time to “lose” when you don’t know if you passed. Most of my CPA exams I thought i failed, but ended up passing
Rising Star
4th it. The only exam I felt okay about I completely bombed
Yes. I took a cpa exam before I even found out the score for another. I thought I failed…..but I passed both. Just keep chugging
Is this your first time taking any cpa exam?
The reason of people thinking they did not do well is simple. We are used to thinking in terms of percentage (exp. 68 questions and I think I only knew 50% of it.. I must have failed) but the CPA is different. Every questions weighs differently and the more correct answers you get, the harder it gets but the more points you receive per question
I felt like this after all 4 exams (I passed them all).
I scheduled my testing days in the last available window so I’d only have to wait 3-4 weeks to get my score. During this time I just chilled and waited. However, I will admit that I am a lazy studier and only spent a month studying per exam. If you’re someone that needs a full 2-3 for each exam, then I don’t think you have the luxury of waiting for your score to be released before you move on.
Pro
I would still study for it. I am literally in the same boat.
I thought i failed every exam and i passed all four first time each. Take a break for a couple days then get on to the next one.
Sounds like most people have said that the test is designed to make you feel you failed.
To drive this home, I passed all 4 on the first try. I walked out of FAR crying because I was absolutely positive I failed. I passed with a 92, my best score. The cpa exam will reak havoc on what you think of as pass/fail, just keep moving through and don’t look back until you have confirmation if you failed!
I personally waited until I got my scores. My mind can only retain so much information and if I started studying for another one I wouldn’t retain much from what I had just taken and would be starting at zero again. That being said, I took one in every testing window and passed them all on the first try so it didn’t take me long to get through them. It might be a different answer if the process is dragging.
Only exams I walked out and thought I passed were BEC and REG but I work in tax and my undergrad was economics so those 2 were just naturally within my interest range. Now AUD and FAR, when I walked out the days I passed I was in total confusion. Didn't know if I passed or I failed. The quarter I passed FAR though in 2017, was the lowest pass rate for an exam in years. I don't think it was 40% or if it was it was barely above it.
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I always took those gaps as time off to reload.