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Hurrah!  Today I found out that I achieved a passing score on the licensure exam for audiology.  I took the exam last month, and it was announced that scores wouldn't be available until 4 weeks after the exam date.  So this afternoon it dawned on me that 4 Saturdays had passed and maybe my score report was available on-line.  It was!  You'd think a notification e-mail would have gone out. Oh well.  I know how busy computers can be. ;-P 

I'll admit that I was cringing before opening up the score report.  When I did finally open up the score report, I was pleased to have passed and on my first attempt.  So the $130 fee wasn't a waste and no need to retake it (for another $130...).  Whew! 

I'll also admit that I didn't study for this exam as much as I would have liked.  It was futile to try and study during Spring Quarter with post-Year 3 Comps burnout and juggling clinic & 3 classes.  So I had a lovely 6-week study plan drawn up for after Spring Quarter since Summer Quarter consisted of the same amount of clinic & only 1 class.  Well, let's just say that 6 weeks turned out to be more like 6 days of studying.  I didn't stress out like I did for Comps.  I just told myself that if 3 years of classes & clinic to date didn't prepare me to pass the licensure exam that I didn't deserve a license to practice.  I figured the exam questions were written by audiologists and that they weren't out to trick us students.  AND if I was to not pass, then I had the opportunity to retake the exam later in the year.  So I went into the exam cool, calm, and collected. :-)  I gave my best, answered according to my clinical intuition, and did not second-guess myself.  I had a few minutes leftover at the end of the exam period, but I didn't double-check my answers to argue with myself & change any answers (most likely to the wrong ones...).  My score was above the required passing score of 600 (in addition to being above the median score of 1,360 examinees in a 35-month period), but I wished I had scored higher.  Suppose I should stop being so hard on myself and celebrate, right? ;-)  Well, actually I already had a celebratory lunch on the same day that I had taken the exam.  A friend took me out even though I told him it was premature.  Luckily I was able to text my friend today and let him know that the celebratory lunch wasn't a sham. ;-)  Ah, sweet is the taste of success...literally and figuratively.  Heh heh.  And I wrote the friend who sent me an Edible Arrangements fresh fruit bouquet as good luck for the exam that it was all the fruit that nourished my brain that allowed me to do well.

I'm "Hear 4 U Always"...and edging ever closer to becoming licensed to practice as a doctor of audiology.  My 10-year college reunion is next month, and here I am still getting my nerd on.  Career #2 in my 30s...a healthcare career...something desired many moons ago.  It just goes to show that life is what you make it.  If you're passionate about something, you'll do anything to achieve it.  And it's never too late for new beginnings.  After all, there's no time like the present.  Okie dokey...I think you HEAR me on the point I'm trying to make. ;-)  May all your dreams come true, readers. XOXO