Retake the exam or move on?

i think he should take it again, for the third time. my friend failed 3x and made it on her fourth. she never gave up. luckily when i took my board exam i passed with just one take and studying on my own. i just kept studying on my own, gave it my best and i am so proud i made it i hope he passes the exam this time. when i studied for my exam, i did my best but of course i was so nervous, and i couldn't sleep thinking about the results. i was not getting enough sleep just reading and answering exams i research on the internet. good luck on his next exam

well i know how that feel to feel like a failure when you do take a test and miss it epsically for a job so i understand why he dont want to take it again, just let him think about it and make up his own mind and support him in what he chooese, here is why i say that, right after high school i got a great job as a dispatcher and i worked with my husband my first husband. he was an emt and after being there a couple of years my boss ask me if i wanted to take the emt class so i could go on runs with them and still dispatch but be able to do both , he said he would pay for the class, and i was so excited and wanted it so bad... so i took the class and i got my cpr first try and then came the final exam to make you the emt.. and i took it and when i got the results i almost cryed.. i missed the test by 7 points my instructer said he thought sure i would have passed it and bad thing i had to tell my work, my husband and we lived with his parents at the time so everyone was counting on me passing.. so i told everyone and my boss said retake it and we will pay for it again.. and everyone tryed to get me to take it again even the instructor and i refused for fear of not passing it again.. it really makes you think when you fail and everyone is counting on you.. and what if i did take it again and my co paying for it and fail again.. i could not go thru that again.. so im not am emt .. and now i really dont think i even would want to be., as i seen them go thur so much its a tough job.. and wiht my bi polar i would have never been able to do it anyhow... so let him make his own mind up and support his decision.. i think things happen for a reason.. :) and have no regrets

If your good friend has already taken the exam twice I would think he would be looking for other work. Atleast until the time for the next exam. Maybe by then he will have found a job and won't need to take another test. Sort of depends on what happens. Job or not. If he hasn't found a job by then he could take the exam again.

Hi, Failures are the pillars of success… and please try and try till you win. That's the winning attitude. Getting or clearing a professional exams like engineering or CA or whatever stream it is, is not a joke and everyone can not pass in one go. But once you clear it enhances your qualifications. So it is better to clear the exam even in his 7th try. I know two of my friends – one failed 6 times in B.Com and another could clear his CA after lot of attempts and this day he is earning handsome. When you start working/ apply for job, the employer will not ask you in how many attempts you cleared your course, he is more concerned about your ‘present qualifications’. And above all, if your friend decides to take a job, then he should state that he is ‘pursuing for professional license’ so that during the exam time he could get availed the leaves etc.. Best of luck and congrats you have cleared it.

i think he shouldn't stop from trying ., but it depends upon him ., if he really wanted to have that liscence then he wouldn't stop from trying

Tell your friend to take again. They don’t lost hope, maybe it’s not really the time for them to pass. Follow what you really want in your life. Take a better review; change your strategy in studying. And don’t forget to ask guidance to the Lord. I have also a friend like that, but she did not surrender until she pass the exam.

Well you cannot fault someone for what may be either complete dedication or perhaps complete stubbornness. I really do think however that there will come a time where you work hard, you give it your all, and your all might not be enough. But there are times where we fall the first time out. To me, three is the magic number. If after the first couple of times, you don't nail it on the third time, I think the likelihood of you succeeding is going to be something that may be considered upon the rather slim. Dedication is one thing but there are times where we just got to throw in the towel and realize that this might not be happening.

Its never too late to try again. Anyway, there are no rules on to how many you should retake the exams as long as you pay for it. If he is really determined to pass it, then he will take the exam until he pass it. Good luck to you friend!

I think it is his decision to make to take or not because in the end he will be the one who pass or fail. My point is, is he able to handle another failure if ever or are there things that he need to do to pass the exam. Anyway life will lead us to where we should be but it doesn't mean quitting at all just be open minded.

if i were with the same shoe as yours, i will also encourage hi to retake the exam. no matter how many times he failed as long as he is willing to wait for his time to pass and get a license he'll pass. it may not just be his time to have a license. he should wait for his time.

Well, hard studying would be a great help for that. but if it took many times that he had failed the exam maybe he should quit for that and try new other one. :)

It is good to know that you have such positive outlook towards things despite waiting for such a long time and for the undertakings that have passed your way you have not lost faith till you have reached your goal and eventually passed it what an attitude I admire you on that.Maybe you must persuade your friend more, tell him to try it the second time around or for a couple of times more and tell him to try it again till he passed it ,inculcate to him the perseverance that you are having and your ability to concentrate on things.Well it won't matter if he looks for a job as long as he allots time for reviewing making him familiar with the subject still perhaps if his decision is to continue his goal of taking the exam support him and if not respect it likewise.

I think you should take it anew. First you have given money , second you have had depressions in your head and third there is to much hope in the family for you to have the liscense.

Nice Discussion Friend. Exams Exams Exams all kids are afraid of this word. Exams are really a challenge for every one. If we work hard for our examinations than we get success in our life. And board exams are beginning of your life. If you fail you have to work hard for next time.

It's hard when you fail an examination of some important.ometimes everyone around you expect to deal with all the tests.It is bad when people accuse.When you start some work,at least people will not blame.

Exams are hard, for some people and there is nothing to do about it but study, continue to familarize themselves with the exam, and have a little bit of luck on their side. People fail at many things in life, espeically big board exams. Your friends just might need to shell out a couple bucks for a study book, or study program to give them an upperhand the next time they take it. I know if I put so much studying and time into it, I would make sure that I eventually passed it!