My REG Experience - 2nd Time Better Be a Charm

Sooooo I took REG today. (This is probably going to be a long post but I have to share)

First I'll just start from the beginning.

I worked a full day yesterday. I was unable to get the day off because my manager requested the day off before I could so therefore I took a day off earlier in the week. Although I wished had the day off I worked with it. I took a two hour lunch break and I studied hard. I reviewed all of those areas that I wasn't too sure of (and I'm sure glad I did because if I didn't I would have been in a bad place).

After work I came home and worked some more individual tax questions. I was in the bed by 8pm.

I woke up today at around 6 am (my test was scheduled for 1:30pm..yes I know thats crazy). I was so anxious. I just wanted to get the test over with. I was anxious to see what was on the test. I just wanted a break.

Since I woke up so early I started reviewing some more. I went over business law for about 45 mins and taxes for about an hour.

I decided that I wanted to get to the city early so that I wouldn't have to rush. I got to the city at 11:00am. I found a Starbucks and I hit the books again. At this point I was pretty comfortable with taxes so I decided to hit Business Law hard. I skimmed the ancillary material and I also just started circling things that I felt were important. Before I went to the testing center I looked at taxes one more time.

I started at about 1:20 and I was done with the first testlet in about 20 mins. Just to make sure I reviewed my work.

After the first testlet I was praying that the questions got harder....and they did! But then that's when it happened.....My head started pounding so hard. I mean to the point that I had to massage my temples. I was squinting at the screen because the light was bothering me. I would periodically close my eyes because I wanted some type of relief. As bad as my head was hurting I wasn't going out like that. I just sucked it up and kept at it.

I finished all of my testlets with 83 mins left to do the sims. The sims weren't too bad. But I will say that I benefited infinitely from doing the TBS marathon (thanks Dee).

I had two research questions. Now here is the crazy part. When I started the first research tab I was spending too much time on it. I decided that I would move on and then come back to it. I didn't want to spend so much time on it and then scramble with the other tabs. I completed the other sims and then I get to the second research question. That one was a problem too. By this time I had about 35 mins left to do the research questions. I'm not sure about the second one but the first one I know I got right. I got that one word for word. I was getting discouraged with it at first but then I just told myself that I have to use the words in the sentence as search words and next thing you know the answer was right in front of me. I couldn't believe it! By that time I only had 6 mins.

So the waiting begins. I told myself positive thoughts only. I fought through this test. Not fighting because I felt like I did bad but fighting like I put my all in it. I double checked everything. And if I just didn't know an answer (which was about 3-4 questions at most) I just chose "C" LOL.

Well enough rambling. Off to BEC (Hopefully I can get a April 2nd or April 3rd test date). If I do then that leaves me 8 weeks for FAR!!! (Oh Joy).