So I just withdrew, and have some questions.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:28 am
As the title says, I just withdrew my registration. I've been prepping for a little over 6 months, took the June test (cancelled), and deferred October. So i've used (1) of my three tries. Here's some info to help those who may be able to answer my question:
1. Un-timed, my practice tests would average in the high 160's and low 170's, but I only started strictly timing them a bit a few weeks ago. I understand the content and know I can truly do well and get in the low 170's, but I don't feel like I was adhering to the strict timing as much and as long as I should have.
2. I think I was burning myself out since I haven't taken a break longer that was longer than 3 days since May and really started losing some motivation, so I think that may be able to partly explain my inability to get hyped/jumpstarted on strict timing?
Given both of the above, I found that it really affected my performance much more than I had previously thought: another timed test yesterday yielded a 160. My goal score is a 172/173.
I was devastated, but was still considering that I could pull off a 170 up until 30 minutes before the withdraw deadline.
My question: Was withdrawing a good decision? I was really worried that using my 2nd try and getting a score like that would have made me feel like I was trapped by the 3rd try/2yr limit situation. I really wanted to take the test, and was very confident up until an hour ago, but I had that inkling of doubt. But I also feel like I owe it to the people (and myself) who were counting on me to finally take it?
Opinions? I'm so stressed out.
1. Un-timed, my practice tests would average in the high 160's and low 170's, but I only started strictly timing them a bit a few weeks ago. I understand the content and know I can truly do well and get in the low 170's, but I don't feel like I was adhering to the strict timing as much and as long as I should have.
2. I think I was burning myself out since I haven't taken a break longer that was longer than 3 days since May and really started losing some motivation, so I think that may be able to partly explain my inability to get hyped/jumpstarted on strict timing?
Given both of the above, I found that it really affected my performance much more than I had previously thought: another timed test yesterday yielded a 160. My goal score is a 172/173.
I was devastated, but was still considering that I could pull off a 170 up until 30 minutes before the withdraw deadline.
My question: Was withdrawing a good decision? I was really worried that using my 2nd try and getting a score like that would have made me feel like I was trapped by the 3rd try/2yr limit situation. I really wanted to take the test, and was very confident up until an hour ago, but I had that inkling of doubt. But I also feel like I owe it to the people (and myself) who were counting on me to finally take it?
Opinions? I'm so stressed out.