Anything Less Than Your Best Is A Felony

Lets talk about the final exam! It’s now GO time. I know I’ve been M.I.A, but I’m back and ready to fill ya’ll in on what you missed out on!

Real Estate school….wowza. Everyone says, “it’s hard”, “It’s a lot of information”, “get ready to live on caffeine” and boy are they not kidding. I made the mistake of not listening and being over confident during this whole process. I figured if I could get through four years of college how hard can a two month long Real Estate class be. That was my first big mistake. I underestimated the amount of information and the time frame it all needed to be memorized by. I didn’t come home and do the quizzes at the end of each chapter, and I didn’t read chapters in advance. I kind of just showed up to class and tried to engage in every lesson. You would think the light would go off in my head that my method wasn't working out so great after I got a few 50s and 60s on quizzes, but it didn’t. I got comfortable in my routine, and didn’t want to sacrifice any leisure time. I mean I was in a new city and still wanted to explore and make new friends. I was the queen of excuses who did everything except what I was supposed to be doing.

As time went on before I knew it was final exam time. I watched some YouTube videos, I formed some study groups with classmates and I went into the test nervous but also confident. That was my second mistake. I took the test trying to read every question as slow as possible to ensure i wasn't missing anything key. It’s good to keep in mind that these tests are designed to trick you. You may think you understand the question, but just one word can change everything. After 3 ½ hours I crawled out of that exam head throbbing. I thought to myself “that wasn't too bad. i probably passed”. WRONG. I didn’t. Suddenly i'm faced with failure and i'm crushed. Here I am a college graduate being defeated by a Real Estate exam. It stung a lot. It was the feeling that maybe I wasn't cut out for this. I wasn’t sure how to go forward. That’s when my rock star of a boyfriend picked me up, dusted me off and helped me come up with new strategies to get back on the path and ace the exam!

I did just that. I spent two weeks doing exactly what I should’ve been doing from day one. I took every quiz at the end of each chapter, and I took it until I got over a 90 on them. I bought QBank, and CompuCram and took quiz after quiz until I was getting 100s. I would spend 8 hours a day in our home office studying until my brain felt numb. It was exhausting, but I gave myself no other choice. This NEEDED to be done, because I wasn’t giving myself an option. I was GOING TO BE a realtor. I walked into the makeup exam telling myself “no matter what happens I know I gave it my all every day leading up to this”. Just like that… I PASSED! What a relief It was getting that phone call. I danced around the house ecstatic that I wasn’t going to have to redo the whole two-month course again. My goals of becoming a realtor felt like it was in arms reach again. I felt unstoppable.

If only I listened to the people before me that told me how challenging it was maybe I would’ve skipped the whole hitting rock bottom moment. But i'm a strong believe in you live and you learn. My experiences with these tests have certainly influenced how badly I want to succeed in this career. I know I’m not the only rookie out there who’s failed, and that’s why my mission with these blogs is to limit the future rookies from going through these expensive experiences. So, buckle up and get ready for a rollercoaster ride of emotions, because there’s more lessons and stories like this coming up!

Study Links:

https://www.compucram.com

https://kaplan.com

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