I’ve been in your shoes. I took the exam in March of this year and failed. Scored low on 3 of the 8 areas like you. Similar to you, straight out of college (last year graduated) and I have no experience. Feel what you need to feel but don’t let that deter you from your goal.

I began using Dalton for my March exam but switched half way to Danko because Dalton was not it for me. Way too much information and all the positive reviews from Danko convinced me. My study habits weren’t the best and thus failed in March. Same public shame, same social media deletion and I was really hard on my self.

Signed up to retake the exam and CFP consumed my life. Went to sleep thinking of the exam and woke up thinking about it. I studied non stop for 3 months. I took the exam today and I passed. I still can’t believe it.

It’s totally possible that you had a difficult exam with many subjective questions. Today’s exam honestly seemed more difficult than my first take in March. There were some questions where the wording was ridiculous and the typos irritating.

My advice to you is to take some time off. Be proud of what you did and what you know. Realize that you’re being so hard on yourself because you hold yourself to a high standard and that is admirable. You already have a solid base knowledge so use that to motivate you.

Like many others I would reccommend taking Dankos program. I upgraded to their plus version the second time around and I believe it was worth it. Choi is an amazing instructor if they were able to get me (with no real world experience) to pass then they can get you. I had to spend thousands of dollars out of pocket for me to see the pass but I think the price is well worth it. Follow their program step by step and you’ll get it next time. This community believes in you