Today I finished all the readings for C211 Global Economics for Managers. I took the pre-assessment because I have a phone call with my student mentor and wanted to gauge how well my approach of just reading the chapters could work. The required pass rate is 65% and I achieved 78%. Although the time limit was 2 hours, I finished in 57 minutes. This included a review of 15 questions I bookmarked and recording of word prompts for future concept study. I’ve completed less than 15 hours of study time for this course and have already demonstrated enough understanding to pass it. Two nights ago I completed two homework questions in Cengage online to see the format of the questions. I’ve found all the reading to be generally familiar and easy to understand. If I worked through the multiple choice online homework questions I could probably significantly increase my score and speed of completion on the test. Overall this result is promising and indicates I have a high degree of familiarity with the subject matter, despite taking only two economics courses during undergrad approximately 10 - 12 years ago. Would I like a better score than what I obtained? Yes. Did the CPA exam teach me that barely passing the exam versus crushing it yields the same result? Definitely. This should make my mentor phone call tomorrow interesting. She asked me to read one week worth of material by tomorrow and I’ve nearly completed the entire course. I feel good about scheduling the official exam. Hopefully I can take it Saturday and move right along.