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Old 10-19-2011, 02:06 PM
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Passed.It was harder than I expected.
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Old 10-19-2011, 04:21 PM
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Passed!

Cheers to everyone else who passed. And good luck to those who are sitting tomorrow.
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Old 10-19-2011, 04:40 PM
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Passed.It was harder than I expected.
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Passed!

Cheers to everyone else who passed. And good luck to those who are sitting tomorrow.
Congrats! See you on the MFE forum!
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Old 10-20-2011, 07:35 AM
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Passed! Calculator was very helpful, there were a few questions that can be solved just using the calculator

See you guys on the MFE forums, and congrats to everyone that passed!
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:55 PM
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I passed

but barely I think, despite all the hours I put in and all the formulae memorized... I mean, there were some ridiculously easy questions, and then you had some weird ones
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:12 PM
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Well that was interesting, flew through the first 18 questions in an hour, answering 16, leaving 2 blank, and had two more I marked just to revisit if i had time. the remaining 17 questions took up the rest of the 2 hours. finished with 2 minutes left. I passed!
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Old 10-20-2011, 04:21 PM
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My first post. Today passed FM ASM was so much harder than real exam (makes me disappointed but still recommended. especially DM section is much more comprehensive in compare with Actix). Actix questions are much more simillar to the exam questions in total. I start @ Sep and did not study like crazy since I am working fulltime... happy that I am done with FM... Message for the one who has not write FM yet: Go for it is not as hard as it looks
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Old 10-20-2011, 05:00 PM
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Passed on Saturday!

Worked through ASM. Skimmed through ACTEX to cross-reference sections that seemed unclear. 22/24/24/29/31 on the ASM exams. After each exam re-worked the problems I got wrong, classifying which topic each was from, and systematically reviewed their sections.

Still had a week before the exam, picked up 7-day access to ADAPT. 32 at Lv3 on first exam, placed me at lv5.68. 23 on second exam at lv5.68. 26 on third at lv5.68, placed me at lv6.14. 29 on fourth exam placing me at lv7.12. Again, studying each problem I got wrong on each exam then spending some time generating Topic Quizzes on sections I systematically got wrong. Took some extra time studying Immunization and Swaps.

The actual exam felt easy by comparison of my preparation. I burned through 18 problems in the first hour and stopped worrying about time. I leisurely worked through the first problem to trip me up, discovering an algebra error after 15 minutes. Allowed myself extra time for any additional problems I was not 100% on. Finished the exam in full right on time.

Time for MFE! =)
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Old 10-20-2011, 05:55 PM
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Passed today... Good feeling knowing that you have one more under your belt...
Used ASM and TIA(very useful)
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Old 10-20-2011, 06:26 PM
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PASSED!! was definitely harder than I expected...took a few blatant guesses.
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