Just completed my first in-person exam!

Some impressions:

• I sat in a room with the girl who was doing her exam before me. She was practicing her songs and made some mistakes, but still returned from her exam looking happy. It’s acceptable to make a few mistakes during the exam.

• I underestimated the difficulty of the sight reading portion, and I wish I had an extra week to get my last song down and work on my contrary motion scales and dominant seventh arpeggios.

• The examiner was friendly, and let me take my time. I arrived an hour early but the schedule was very flexible so I was able to complete my exam early and leave within half an hour.

Edit, April 27: I got my results back. Just barely passed. High marks on my three pieces, but my scales, arpeggios and aural test went badly, as I expected.