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I felt like I was always trying to figure out what they wanted but never quite could. I felt that if they had permitted me to have all my books and notes I wouldn't have done better. What a mess.
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Morning was tough. Afternoon was fair. Ran outta time in both
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I agree with everything you just said
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I felt like I was always trying to figure out what they wanted but never quite could. I felt that if they had permitted me to have all my books and notes I wouldn't have done better. What a mess.
totally.

If I fail, I don't even know how to prepare it again.

Of course I missed some questions appeared from PAK seminar and mock exam. Too bad... There is just too much to *master*
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Definatly rant out of time in the morning. Left at least 16 points blank. I think this was party due to bad time management, putting to much for the first couple of problems, and taking the time to write neatly. Afternoon, I had about 12 points blank with about a half hour to go and was able to get something down for all but 4 points maybe.

I think it go either way for me.
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Yes, time management is very essential in this exam, especially the fact that sometimes you have to read a looooong question.

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Agreed. Except I didn't run out of time so much as I ran out of pertinent things to write down. Oh well, just popped Guinness #4 for the night, so I'm starting to care less and less.
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Am I the only one who's a little miffed he spent THAT much time going over the case study and then only got those 2 questions (one of which could be answered without actually looking at the case study)???
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Am I the only one who's a little miffed he spent THAT much time going over the case study and then only got those 2 questions (one of which could be answered without actually looking at the case study)???
The case study is very important in the other exam tracks (e.g. AFE/APM), not FETE because it was borrowed from the APM exam track and many materials inside are not relevant.
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Am I the only one who's a little miffed he spent THAT much time going over the case study and then only got those 2 questions (one of which could be answered without actually looking at the case study)???
See...those of us that have taken this exam about a thousand times are familiar with the fact that there are usually 2-3 case study questions.
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