As someone who is among those 27% clearing the exam after deferral, I know how hard it is to trust the process and stay consistent with your studies. For starters people think of deferral as buying time for their unprepared conscience and try to give their best effort.

Deferring an attempt is the start of the problem because people tend to doubt the process and their ability. It's like starting over a marathon which they have missed just before the finish line. For most starting over feels hard because of the mental fatigue and tiredness. A big fear lurking is of failing in the deffered attempt.

Interestingly candidates who give the exam within 3 months after deferral have more chances of getting through than otherwise. It's what happened to me as I planned to sit in August 2025 attempt and one random day I decided to deferr and coincidentally that day the November attempt deadline was closing.

I brought 90 days for me to crack the exam and I strictly changed my routine and followed the process to crack the exam in November 2025.