u/groozlyy

My RD exam is coming up next week and I decided to take a simulated practice test to see where I was at. I've been studying 4-5 times a day from anywhere between 4-6 hours for the past three weeks, mainly using PocketPrep, Inman and EatRightPrep.

To be honest, the questions that I saw seemed very difficult. I only got one question that required any math, which was surprising because I was expecting more foodservice calculations.

The last time I took the mock test on EatRightPrep, I got a 51%. I was hoping for at least a 65%. I know people have said the mock tests are harder than the actual exam, but I still feel quite defeated that I only got 56%. I've done so many practice questions on PocketPrep and some on EatRightPrep. Now I'm starting to question if I'm truly ready for this exam and if I should postpone it and study more. I just feel less confident now than I did before I took it.

My RD exam is about 3 weeks away and so far I’ve been feeling so overwhelmed by the amount of information. Right now I’m mainly doing practice questions on PocketPrep and trying to understand why the answer is correct or wrong, but then it’s like when I do practice questions there’s always some terms or concepts I’ve never seen before and it just makes me feel even more overwhelmed because now it feels like even more things I have to know when I already feel overwhelmed.

Did anyone feel like this when studying for their RD exam? And how did you deal with it?