I took the exam in July for the first time and did not pass by 3 points. A passing score was 35 and I received 32. I was quite upset because it took me 6 weeks to get the result that I didn't pass. While I was waiting, I just assumed that I was going to pass and I began studying for the clinical exam. In hindsight this was a good idea for me because Law and Ethics were covered again with slightly new information from the Law and Ethics curriculum. When I received my failing score I was upset because of the waiting period and because I felt that my scores were high enough on all of the practice exams. I changed my strategy and focused on memorizing whether issues were law, ethics, or both. I memorized which topics are both with a mnemonic device CRAPS IS FAIR, where the first C stands for confidentiality, the R for Records and so forth. By the time I took the second exam I felt more confident. What I noticed while taking the test is that the questions seemed more similar to the TDC practice questions than the first test I took. This made me feel better because I reasoned that I may just have had an experimental batch the first time. I am now getting ready to take the second exam.