I PASSED FAR and I'm in A Daze

The Beast, the one that gives us nightmares, the one with so much info, I did it, I passed, and on the first try. Whew!!!

Scores came out earlier today and I was sick to my stomach when I got word that NASBA received the scores. I had thee worst anxiety today. I think it was bad because I have never studied this hard before for one part. I didn't want to imagine what going back to study would be like.

I checked my score at least 8-10 times in 3 hrs and finally at about 9:30pm my score was there...75 on the dot. I seriously wanted to cry.

FAR took so much out of me...I basically gave up my summer because of FAR and hurricane Irene caused me to miss the 2nd window. But can I tell you every disappointment is a blessing because some things I studied just days before FAR were things I didn't even look at during my second window studying.

I can't begin to express my many thanks to my twitter friends. They really inspire me and help me stay on track. I love you guys!!

One more to go and I'm done...with everything I have in me I'm going into Audit with a fight!!

Oh and the Roger Cram for FAR is just fantastic...I COULD NOT have reviewed that amount of material on my own..

I Passed BEC

I just checked my score and I passed!!! I'm super excited.

I first took BEC on 4/9/2010 and failed with a 69, then a 64, then a 70 and then finally on 4/9/2011 I passed with a 75!!! I'll take it. So thats four times!! Determination is key.

Now I can get some sleep.

I'm so happy.

Whoa....I did It. I passed REG

I know I said that I wasn’t going to check my REG score….but Twitter was jumping.

I pondered, and contemplated and pondered some more.

I then decided I would check it. I text MissGina and told her I was so nervous and tempted to check.

She made me promise that no matter what the outcome I better be determined to beat BEC down on 4/9.

I kindly excused myself (I was at work) and went into the bathroom and had a heart to heart prayer. I told GOD that no matter what I see I have to deal with it and move on.

I walked back to my desk and looked up my section ID in my email.

I went to the NASBA site (hands are shaking and heart is beating fast).

I put in my info and this is what I saw

87!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was in shock.

When I first took REG I got a 63. That’s a 24 point improvement.

Getting one under your belt just lets me know that I can do this. Hard work does pay off. I studied so many hours for this test. I did so many MCQ’s that I can’t keep count. I made sure that while looking at Beckers class notes I could fully elaborate on their summaries. I liked to look at it as if someone was asking me about taxes and business law I had to explain it to them.

The key I believe to me passing were the live Becker classes. Yes I know I said that they were a waste but obviously they weren’t. They were definitely pretty boring and my Sunday’s seemed consumed. However the fact that I had to force myself and stay on schedule made me stay on track. I definitely have more drive then I did last year. I also have more confidence. I will be the first to say that I didn’t use 100% Becker and I know that for future tests I won’t. But the software and the trackers really helped me focus on my weaknesses.

Its been 324 days since I sat for my first exam (which was BEC on 4/9/10. Ironically I will be sitting for BEC again on 4/9/11)

Now off to BEC!!! I’m going to put 150% into this.