Oh. My. God.
I can't believe I get to say this, but I am now officially in...
Qualifiers!!!!
I am overjoyed to share that I passed my 180 4-V on September 24, 2015, at a whopping 98.8%!
It was a wonderful test about someone stealing the tortillas! While I was taking it down, there was a moment where I just smiled and thought, "This is the one." Stamina wasn't an issue, the readers were pretty solid -- even with one blooper -- and I didn't let those little words screw me up (thank you, slower dictation practice)! It was sorta surreal, magical, blissful. "Blissful"? Can I really use that word when talking about a test? Yes. Yes, I can.
I was teaching the CAT class that night, too, so I dove right into editing what was a surprisingly clean script to be begin with. I really had to watch out for my KWRAFRPBLGTS strokes because they're supposed to translate to "A: Yes, ma'am," but I guess I haven't defined enough sloppy strokes so it was only coming out as "A: Yes." That was something I had to go over very carefully.
I sent off the PDF to my instructor without even checking it over, and then corrected it myself that same night. I came out of the room in a state of semi-numbness when I reached my final error count.
The official sign-off from my instructor came the next day; and, needless to say, we celebrated with sushi that night. ^_____^
There are now only three weeks before the cut-off date for registering for the November CSR. I would DIE to be able to qualify in time for it, but I know that it's tight. I also believe, however, that the Mock will be much easier than the 180 4-V. It's been just over a year between pass the 160 4-V and the 180 4-V, but now that I have the formatting down of interchange and 10-minute lengths, the Mock is just a hop, skip, and a jump away.
Even though I've been hearing and attempting Mocks for a while now, I've never had to take them seriously, so I need to seriously overhaul that. Oh! I just realize now that even if I don't qualify for the Nov CSR, so long as I pass a Mock, I can at least start focusing on taking the CSR's WKT (written knowledge test,) and I would be very happy to get that part out of the way!
It's all about the positive thinking!! Here's to passing a Mock in three weeks! That's one, two, three...six chances left!
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