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TangerineBees

Finished FAR Yesterday. How do you deal with the anxiety of waiting for the scores?

For context this is my first CPA exam, but third time starting up studying for FAR. If anything I feel I over studied. I got through all of Gleim about two weeks before my test and spent the last two weeks just hammering 100+ MCQs a day and maybe 8 or so sims. I felt ok on most topics, maybe a little weak on Consoldation, but once I was actually sitting down I felt like I knew every question and all my SIMs almost felt too easy and I completed it an hour early. This being my first test I expected it to be so much harder. I'm not trying to tell myself stories about passing or failing but i'm almost panicking because if I don't pass it this time I can't imagine what I could do to improve my score. I almost feel like i'm setting myself up for disappointment because everything felt like it was so simple

I hope none of this sounds like a flex, it is a weird feeling because like, if I took that test and it was hard at least I couldn't blame myself but if I am too dumb to even know how the questions I answered were wrong than i'm screwed.

Posted Jan 25, 2026, 4:26 AM UTC

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