...and be forgotten with the rest.
Passed! With an 85, or 213 questions correct, which means I wasted 38 correct questions' worth of study time.
During the break, I went outside, opened up the sample exams, and started missing questions. This wasn't doing my confidence any good, I skipped answering them and just started looking at the answers. One or two of them showed up on the exam, so I don't suppose it hurt.
Now, it's on to the Series 86, for Research Analysts.
UPDATE: It occurs to me that an 85 is probably the 2nd-worst score you can get. If you're going to fail, fail big. The worst score you can get isn't a 0, it's a 69. It's like running down the escalator in time to hear the door-closing bell on the last train of the day. You paid the money, spent the time, and if you hadn't stopped off for the package of breath mints at the newsstand you'd be home by now.
If you're going to pass, on the other hand, either get a maximally-efficient 70, or a maximally-imposing 100. There's decreasing value to each correct answer, until somewhere in the middle the thing turns around and people start to be impressed, probably at 90. Eighty-five is like rushing to make the train, only having to wait 10 minutes on the platform, amongst the winos, breathing stale air. Yeah, you made the train, but you also had time for that snack so you're not hungry all the way home.
